The Washington times., 1894-07-01
Mainly for W0non;
Home and S0Gi6fu

Nine Carnot has SO much fascination, says
writer in the Gentlewoman, SO great per-
sonality, that the Elyses palace is one of the
most attractive homes in Paris. Even the
proud. uncompromisng royalists and Bona
partists are obliged to express their edmira-
tioa and esteem. They acknowledge that
thev are often tempted to exclaim "v.vs Nine.
la Rein but the sereneiy dignaied wife OF
the repub les ruler replies: mo title can be
higher than that OF President of the French
repuhic. ie .aiss that name cannot Q SD
arixted RON tie history o France" At iirst
vev Nine. Casnot sesms u little pun uIitanical N
al learance, but perhaps therein lies her
chr Sne must have reached certain
age. because silce her husbands presidency
n oh has been born to her dGur h er, Nine
Gun SIS q Ca 'uot. But at times Nine. Garnet
q a.. TO ,s no NOR than Is years cd. On
or iac c III re is no; wrin lie. not a line
III Ell MT Il thread o. silver in her ebon
hair aud hi large, dark eyes are as biilia MT
as those OF u young girl.
Nine. Garnet stroya to be the best dressed
woman in France and with Felix, her favor
ite contourier. she had frequent consultations.
Her desire to be well dressed was not a pas
sion for dress. but IA wish to do everything in
keeping with her position. She may be Pc
danuc Tor her book learning is marvellous.
but she Is very unaffected. Not French
woman understands better than Nine. Car
not the political situation of Europe, and not
one has devoted herself more sincerely to the
welfare OF France.
\ slight deafness, instead OF detracting
from Nine. Carnot's charms. adds to it GER
tain originality. Never has Il woman in pub
lie life known how 10 adapt herself TO circum-
stances than has Nine. Carnot. Before her
husband : election TO the presidency she was
mother, devoted TO the interests of her hus-
band. .ind Tie education OF her children. Her
home in the EIe dcs Basaiis was simple in
arrangement and that every Tuesday she
received her intimate friends. for neither she
nor her husband cared Tor society" When
the husband : position called her from happy
home life Nine. Carnot's natural grace and "a
desire to be agreeable to all Ettcd her to give
to the name wife Of the President n mean-
ing beyond that sometimes conTeyed by the
tide. The family OF Nine. Carnot Is extremely
religious, and her children have been strictly
educated to obey the doctrines ofthe Catholic
church. Her eldest son, Hippolyte IS a grad
uate from ST. Cyr; tile second son, Ernest. is
an engineer. and the third, Francois, lately
flushed his studies at the Janson Lyceum.
TIE dau-nter. Nine. Gunisset-Carnot. is as
blonde as her mother is dark. Her husband
is the advocate general at Dion, and mag
istrate OF distinction.
The women of New York in their recent
Suffrage campaign left no stone unturned
that could lurther the movement. A NAM
moth petition of more than 200. 900 names was
prepared II was the intention OF the women
10 obtain 100000 names. bat so popular was
the movement that the number was consider
ably more than doubled. Among other tell
ing arguments prepared and presented by the
campaign committee was the carefully gath
cred statistics concerning the woman prop
erty owners of the state. which showed that
outside or the city OF New York $500 900. .00G
worth of property belongs to women.
The devil has to work extra hard to get his
hands on children vino have good mothers
KAN 5 Horn.
The craze for rugs has caused an excellent
thing to be abused. \ rug. not a multitude
OF rugs. IL more desirable than a carpet in a
bedroom from sanitary point OF view in
the dining room the waxed floor and the
larger center rug are de rigeur. but in the
drawing room, where there is much passing
back aad FORTH a VEL ,hosen carpet, with one
or two rugs dscreetly placed, will be found
preferable and in better taste. says Trbant.
We are apt TO overload our houses with
rugs just as we overload them with tables and
chairs and meaningless pieces OF furniture.
BITS OF silk dignided by the name OF hangings
seem to- drop from the nowhere into here
and alight the edges OF holdings, the cor
hers OF the mantel. and droop over the paint
ihgs like foolish butter / 8 without the wit to
30 about their business and yet n rich, warm
toned drapery. either as a background for
piece of bronze or as covering for an un-
calmly mantei. is one OF the most potent
iactors in the artistic finish of an apartment
In Worth's shops in Paris, says London
print. there is dignity and severity almost