Arizona republican., 1899-01-07
FOREIGN NOTES
 AND COMMENT

Among the many quaint fctlonS that form part and parcel of the etiquette of monarchical courts in Europe is that when a royal or imperial parsonage honors a noble or commOner by be- coming his guest, he becomes theOreti- cally the master of the house. It is the royal or imperial guest who takes the place of the host at table, who leads the way into the dining room, and who selects the guests invited to meet him, while, if staying in the house. it is to him that the chefs menus are submit ted in the morning for approval, and who, moreover, decides on the plans for the day.
 This is all very well for royal and imperial personages. But now Presi- dent Faure is insisting upon the same privileges, and the consequence is that the entire French people are up in arms, part Of them denouncing him and the others assailing him with every species of Tidicule. It seems that dur ing a recent tour in the provinces he had occasion to spend a night at the prefecture, or palace of the provincial governor, that is to say, t--e official residence of the latter.
 Until recently, on such occasions, the prefect invariably surrendered his pO sition as master of the house to the pI6SIu6IlI GS dA eCG Ol COlt4IeSy, UuI Mime. Ia Prefecte," his wifs, retained her full pre.ogatives, both as hostess and as mistress Of the establishment, did the honors of the official residence to the president and took his arm at all entertainments and banquels given in the palace, and at which ladies were present.
 This time, however, President Faurs caused an intimation to be made be- fore-hand to ''Mnle. h Prefete" that she must not regard herself as hostess, or as mistress of the establ; shment during the presidents stay beneath her roof; that she must not attend any sociaI' functions given under her roof, or ap- pear, in fact, at all unless especially in vfted by him, or in his name by the officers of his household and that if thus invited to any day reception, she would be expected to appear in hat and gloves, just the same as if she were the wife of any other of the local digni- taries and a mere visitor in her own house
 ''Mme la Prefete" happened to be a woman of spirit and tact, and declin- ing to submit to any such treatment, took her departure before the arrival of the president, giving as a pretext for her absence that her mother was ailing and required her presence. She, however, took good care that the press, and through the latter the public, should be made aware Of the prePoster- ous instructions which she had receiv- ed, and the result is that at the pres ent moment there is hardly a single paper in Francs that is not either ridi- culing or abusing the president in con- nection with the affair.
 Nor is this all. One of the most in fluential papers in Paris, and one which | has hitherto been regarded as particu- larly friendly to the Elysse, came out the other day with a sensauonaI article l to the effect that the president was be- l ginning to heartily sicken (embeter) the French people with his monarchical pretensions, and in connection there with cited the following incident as having taken place on the day previ- ously:
 It seems that at o'clock m the af- ternoon in question all traffic was sud denly stopped on the Rue Lafayette, the broad and extraordinarily busy thoToughfare that leads in an unbrOk- en line from the Northern railroad ter minus to the Grand Opera Policemen were stationed at evsry ten pace5 along