The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-28
GOSSIP OF GAY PARIS.

GOSSIP OF GAY PARIS.
4 Paris. Jan. si--Tbis is the first day thi:
i winter that envy has entered my .leart
and the desire for sunny chimes possessed
/ me. 1t has showed all day and the
streets are wet and nasty. while the Their.
! mometer registers lower than at any tins
| during the present season. The theater:
are playing to crowded houses, and IL i:
/ impossible TO have tickets for La Dame
/ de chez Maxim" since every seat in tn.
/ house is sold for six weeks in advance
| lie Roi de Rome" provided an evening
/ OF excitement when the audience took III
| the cry of ''vive rEnpereur." and elected
| fror1 the theater the one man present
VINO dared oppose the cry of the audience
/ lie occupied a .fauteuil d'orchestre, and
| protested violently against the cries %
I the imperislists, who, in their turn, pro-
| tested quite as violently that he should
| either retire or remain silent. The FolIes
Bergere has each night some exciting
-'luttes," while La file de Madame
/ Angot' entiees many to La Gazette. Sarah
Bernhard in her new theater seems "a
| be inspired with renewal of her
wonderful powers "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac," Notwithstanding the protests
of our Chicago friend. Mr.. s. 5. Gross,
continues 10 be impersonated by the in
comparable Coquelin. Rejane holds the
boards at the Vaudeville, and the Opera
and Opera Comique have always some
thing attractive to offer. Nine. Adelina
Patti Caedsrstrom passed through Paris
yesterday on her third honeymoon. and
the husband who accompanies her this
& to ha Eic-aro
of Albion, one OF those Engiishmen with
whom at this moment we are not on
very cordial terms, but whom we know
10 possess great powers of endurance and
trepidity" Nine. Caederstrom has played
many roles. both on and of the stage,
and apparently has been fortunate
enough TO discover the fountain OF eternal
youth. for she does not seem TO have
changed in appearance during the last
twenty years. Let us hope that, while
the disparity of age strikes one as being
appalling. the Diva may at least be con-
tent and her present marriage prove a
happy one.
The colossal statue Of Ferdinand de
Lesseps. which will be erected at the
entrance OF the Suez Canal was finished
last Monday. Tie eminent sculptor. Ere
MET, to whom was confided the execution
of this gigantic work has succeeded be-
yond all belief in preserving the likeness
TO NJ. de Lesseps, which. owing to the
dimensions of the statue, many feared
might not be possible. He has delivered
his model to the Fonte, where IL will re-
ceive the bronze prior to its departure to
its final destination. The statue alone
will not measure Jess than twenty feet,
while the pedestal upon which II will be
placed measures over ten feet in height.
This pedestal will be decorated in bias re-
lief, and the first intention was to repro
duce the portraits of the four khedives
who assisted Monsieur de Lesseps in the
accomplishment of his work. However.
this they have been forced 10 abandon,
since the etiquette OF Egypt will not per-
nit that the portrait of any Khedive be
placed beneath the image of any Other
man, no matter how great he may be;
hence the pedestal will bear simply the
name of Ferdinand de Lesseps and the
Latin inscription, "Aperire perram genti-
bus" Prince dArlanberg. President of
the Committee of the Suez Canal, states
that the Inauguration of the statue of
Ferdinand de Lesseps will celebrate the
30th anniversary of the commencement of
November 1899. this imposing ceremony
will occur at Port Said, communicating
as 1t will, one of the greatest works, If
not the greatest, of the nineteenth cent
ury.
Very soft materials appear TO be the
most successfully used for spring cos
tunes. Fallle muslin is among them, and
l saw yesterday an exquisite combna-
ton of orchid and mauve colored faille
and venetian lace, with skirt completely
tight from the waist to the knees and
six pleats vertically. Beyond the pleats
are no longer stiff, and the faille forms a
pleated founee. IL is shaped and made
in one piece, with the lace that covers the
corsage. On the tunic are laid bands of
violet velvet rather deeper than the tat
fetas In color and three centimeters wide
cut in the cross. They are of unequal
length. diminishing from the bottom to
the top in graduation like flight OF stairs.
The eorsage, which matches the skirt,
fits closely, like a princess dress, and
covers it except down the center in front,
where II opens. Each side of the opening
is trimmed from the neck to the waist
with a band of violet velvet The bands
on the skirt are continued in an upward
direction in unequal legnth like the cor
sage. The neck trimming is of violet vel
vet. surmounted by long collar. The
sleeves are fiat and made with stiff pleats
forming chevrons. l saw the other even
ing lovely high-necked gown worn at
dinner. 1t was OF white satin, covered
with white mousseline de sole. The skirt
was extremely tight round the figure
down to about half way. whence the
width pTQHIa lIv datrafnpa L..
1t was long In front and at the sides.
and was made with train OF moderate
length. The ground of mousseline de sole
is inlaid with garlands cut out of black
lace, representing foliage and roses. The
lower part Of the skirt has the appearance
Of shaped flounce at the sides and
back. 1t is headed with black satin rib
bon laid on the mousseline de sole and
embroidered with black chenille and span-
sies. This ribbon Is continued I'D the
front on each side. forming an edge TO the
narrow apron. In the center at the bot
tom Is a large Louis XVIth bow OF black
taHeta. inlaid in the mousseline de sole
ana embroidered In chenille and spangIes
All around the bottom of the skirt is a
band OF black lace insertion inlaid in
mousseline de sole. The corsage is of the
same material and in the same style as
the skirt. In the center I'm front is a
Louis XVI bow like that on the skirt
but with long ends, and above il is a voxa
or guipure, cut out OF white satin and
embroidered with silver beads. This yoke
diminishes at the top so as to form a
trimming al the neck. The back OF the
corsase is ornamented in a similar wav
10 the front. TIE waistband is Of BLACK
taffetas simply draped The sleeves are az
~hite mousseline de sole and satin. made |
long and tight, and are inlaid with lace
IKE the rest OF the dress.
The march Of progress goes on. and AL
most each day brings US some new limo
Satlon, some surprise. often We found n
dihcult at first 70 adapt ourselves. hJr
eventually custom wins US over 20 the
new thought. Few people recognize the
tremendous strides cremation has made in
the past few years. Possibly nowhere has
TINS been more noticeable than In Paris
ana IL remained for Partisan to add the
hnal touch 10 this remarkable eeremonv
IL Is now looked upon as an actual ocos-