The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20

o of the POpes.
was no more accustomed. A colony, as
numerous as it is brilliant, has settled
down there. The Marchioness of Espe-
uilles, the Countess d'Haussonville, with
her charming daughters, the Prince Ga
htzine, the Niscount and Viscountess Ben
edetti, the Viscountess Aguado, with her
GRANDSON, Count Louis de Perigord, and
hundreds of others not less distinguished,
are in their elegant villas surrounding the
palace of the president
Nothing can be more beautiful than the
garden parties given in the English gar
den reserved for Madame Faure For
your lady readers benefit I wish 1 could
give you a sketch of one of these charming
soirees. Here is the palace, respondent
with a thousand lights. From the win
dows fire beams spread themselves over
the flower beds and among the branches
of the 400-years-old trees, are thousands
of Venetian lanterns shedding their middle
rays on all around. The carriages sue
coed one another and the ladies alight in
the gallery Francois ], embalmed with
the rarest and most beautiful flowers
that adorn the, rooms in profusion; they
RI II, enveloped in torrents of
light. Nothing can be compared
with this dazzling, blazing, wonderful, i'm
mense room with it's decorations of flow
ers, shrubs, draperies, mirrors producing
| effects so varied and striking that 1t is
| hard to realize we are not in fairy land.
| The palace is literally on fire Nearly all
| the toilets are of tender and ethereal
| shades, like the evening zephyr, and form
| the most brilliant contrast with the gor-
geous costumes of the officers of dragons,
| chasseurs, hussars, engineers and artillery.
| The guests are the principal functionaries
| of the department of Seine-at-Marne and
| of the municipality of Fontainebleau, the
| generals, colonies, officers of the regi-
ments Of the garrison, the sub-prefect,
| the mayor, the judges of the tribunal,
| few literary men, the deputies and sena-
tors of the district with their wives and
| daughters
Madame Faure. in a silver-gray satin
toll frfVr, .aI 1fe1,
! and with jewels worthy of a sovereign,
I performs the honors of the evening with
a charming grace. Her movements, her
| smile, the words Of welcome with which
| she receives every guest everything is
| possessed of singular charm, besides
which her expression, so full of life and
sincerity, draws every heart to her.
The lady President is surrounded by a
crowd of distinguished ladies, among
whom we note the Marchioness de Gallifet,
with a dress of heliOtrope ana wlAte silk,
the Duchess de Duras, in straw bengaline
embroidered with gold; the Warehouses
de Vogue, delightful in her pretty pink
toilet with pompadour bouquets. The
Duchesses de la Rochefoucauld ana de
Cosse-Brissac rival each other in the ele-
gance and beauty of their charming tot
| lets of forget-me-not and pearl
grey, which are decidedly becom-
ing. The beautiful Countess de Greffulhe,
the Princess de Ligues, the Countess of
Clermont-Tonnerre, the aristocratic Prin-
! cess de Leon, married TO the Duke of
Rohan-Chabot, who presides over one OF
of the Faubourg-St. Germain; Mile. de la
ROchefoucauld in very pale blue, having
for jewels none but her two large eyes of
sea hue, now blue, now green, attributed
to Minerva, is too lovely in her simplicity.
Miles. de Brantes, in china-crepe of sea-
weed hue, bedecked with lilies of the val
ley; de Tame, in navy blue silk batisJe,
the skirts held UP by ribbons of the same
color, are fresh and bright in their natural
beauty, like. bunch of wild roses, ana
hundreds of others impossible to name,
uniting beauty to a simplicity full of
grace, to something exquisite transmit
! ted to them through eight or nine cen
turtles of aristocracy, which gives to these
reunions charm peculiarly their own.
They all come, go, laugh, chat, walk about
and are full of merry making. Supper Is
partaken of at small tables, whilst a mill
tary band sends forth its sweetest strains
after which flowers cotillion is led Off
by the Marquis de Rochebrune, chief of
! squadron of the Sixth Dragons, and Mile.
Faure, daughter of the president. In
presence of this activity, which nothing
tires, and of this exhibition of muscular
energy by Savannah temperature,
let no one now talk of the degeneracy OF
the aristocracy, of its exhaustion, or alb
sence OF nerves. People that dance like
that, who seem to have struck sleep out
| from the obligations of existence, must
indeed have steel muscles and solid
organism, l assure you.
There is much speculation in political
circles as to the ventual successor of
! Pope Leo XIII and of the conclave which
| viii be called to name the pontiff destin-
| ed to replace the holy father. 1t is not
exactly that the health of Leo XIII is at
| the present time a serious cause of I'M
| easiness. 1t has been, however for some
time past wavering, and the pope's age
obliges the unfortunate inevitable to be
fOreSeen. The death of Pope Leo is an
| eventuality which may happen very sud-
denly and it is only natural that more
regards should be paid to its conse-
quences as the pontiffs age increases.
This is the reason why the question of
the future conclave is a subject of gen.
eral interest and is discussed somewhat
KyK4Tn4 in ~ nd in
| France.
The great question is: Where will the
electoral college meet? strong party
Rome in order to thus emphasize the
| permanent state of conflict with Italy.
And in fact, the city of Avignon, in
France has Just decided to thoroughly
repair the palatial residence of the popes,
which, for nearly seventy years, in the
fourteenth century, has been the pontifi-
cal seat, and remained the property of
the Roman church until 1871 Does that
mean anything? Who may know? The
truth is that the situation of the actual
sovereign pontiff is now much more sat
isfactory than 1t was on the eve of the
death of Plus TX, and if Leo XIII has a
merit, which has not been contested, it
| is that of having by his moderation and
| great ability Gained down many of the
passions which the fanaticisrq of his pre-
| decessor had called forth.
Much has been done in a certain section
TO induce the holy father to renounce his
| present policy The good relations of
France and Russia seem to be of a nature
to ALLEVIATE from him the good feelings Of
| the triplice. which was manifested in
time past, by the visit of William II to
the Vatican, and by the concessions OBJ
tanned in Germany in the question of the
| May laws.
! But it is replied to those who hold this
| opinion that in reality the triple alliance
is only a league of sovereigns hostile to
the extension of democracy, and at the
same time to the spiritual power of the
papacy, which they would like to reduce
! TO It's simplest expression. The pope had,
therefore, good reasons in drawing nearer
to the French democracy in order to be
able the better to Withstand the coalition
of the monarchs of Central Europe. What
ever may come out, and whatever opinion
! triumphs, the coming conclave will be
| matter of general interest by reason Of
| the political events always involved in
| the election of a pope, and of a successor
to Leo XIII in particular
Antoine MuzzarelI.