New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-03

rUnion. with excellent appetite eating the
breast of Rouen duck and four slices of saddle
OF spring lamb besides quantity Of hors
d'1uvres and vegetables.
Great prominence is given here by the press
to Senator Jones's charges against Commits
sioner Peck and the American officials at the
Exposition. Your correspondent has conversed
on the matter with Mr.. Green, secretary of the
American Chamber Of Commerce. with over
thirty members of that chamber. and with lead
ing American exhibitors now in Paris In no
instance could anything pointing to the slight
suspicion of dishonesty or peculaton on the
part Of the American officials be detected. All
that could be stated by those who seemed most
hostile to Mr. Peck and those connected with
the American administration of the Exposition
was that Mr.. Peck had in some of his speeches.
and conversations evinced a want of tact ana
rnetaphorfcally speaking, had trod on the toes
of some Of his French and foreign colleagues:
but any approach to dishonesty or misapproprla-
ton of funds is entirely out of the question MT
Peck moreover, has invariably showed an eA-
traordinary amount Of American push ana ener
gy, and has certainly worked the American nag
here for all II was worth.
Notwithstanding the cold. rainy weather there
has been during the last week an unusual
amount of gayety and smart entertaining Among
the Americans now in Paris. The most prom
,nan+ incident was Nine Madeleine Lemaire's
ball for which two thousand invitations hao
been issued. and where the guests all wore cos
TUNES representing features of the Exposition OF
1900, and where staid American matrons founa
themselves side by side with captivating Paris
ian actresses such as Mesdames Bartet, Reich
enberg Rejane, Jeanne Granier, Regnier, Rosta
Mauri Rioton and Rose Caron Nine. bemalre
and her charming daughter, Mile Suzanne Le-
maire received their guests standing on an
elevated platform in the courtyard or their resi-
dence in the Boulevard Suchet.
The hostess's dress was an alegory of the
Exposition made Of cloth of gold. magnihcently
embroidered in silver and turquoise, with long
court train. On her head was gold filigree he'll
met surmounted by statuette of the Paris
ienne" of the monumental entrance. in the Place
de la Concorde. Among the most successful cos
fumes were those Of the Grand Duchess Wladi-
mir, as a Byzantine Empress. blazing with dia-
monds and emeralGs; Mile. Rechenberg. Car
men. representing Spanish music and mounted
on a. huge pasteboard camel and attended by
half dozen Andalusan dancing girls In nation
al dress. Mrs. Henry Ridgway was very hand
some in historical costume as Marie An
toinette. Mrs. Arthur Paget appeared as the
Queen OF Sheba, the Duchesse de la Rochefou-
cauId as Night, with a coarette of diamond
stars; Mile. Jeanne Granier represented a Span
sh dancing girl, and she danced now and then
few steps Of the fandango, using the castanets
most effectively. Miss Eustis appeared as Sa-
lammbo. Nine. Henri Lavedan as a TanaSra
statue. and Nine Rose Caron as Desdemona.
Some of the costumes representing the hortl-
cultural department of the Exposition were
veritable works of art Among these were the
Countess Boni de Castellane as g red peony;
Nine Armand Brun as an orchid, with purple
and iridescent reflections made by electric lamps
concealed in her dress; Nine. Louise Metman, as
bed OF chrysanthemums, attended by eleven
little Japanese girls. each representing differ
ent species of chrysanthemum and each one il
Illuminated With electric lights.
Among the men were NJ Henri Rochefort, as
superb Doge of Venice: Mr.. Johnston, as the
Due de Reichstadt: Mr.. Rodocanachi, as the
Exposition in unfinished condition. g. hat
with wire springs visible and a coat ready for
the first try on, with the traditional chalkmarks,
etc; NJ. Paul Deschanel, President of the Cham
Der Of Deputies, as Sindbad the Sailor; Count
Boni de Castellsne Harlequin, and Mr..
Henry RidgWay as Brittany peasant
On Thursday night highly successful enter
tainment was given at the Pavilion d'Armenon-
Vile in the Bots de Boulogne by Mr. William H.
Payne and Mr.. Howard Case. consisting Of a
dinner for forty five, followed by a cotillon.
Among those present were General and Miss
Porter Mrs. Potter Palmer, Mrs. Griswold Gray,
Miss Irving. Mr.. and Mrs. John Munroe,
Mrs. Wayne Cuyler, Mr.. and Mrs Henry Drake,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Tuck, Mrs. Ingraham,
Mrs. Jaffray, the Misses Fetridge. Baroness
Bruning, Mr.. and Mrs POmeroy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albertini, Mr.. and Mrs Spalding de Garmendia,
Mrs. Douglas Grant, Miss Louise Scott, Mr..
Clarence Dinsmore, Mr. Henry Sands Andrews.
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selection of the dancing contingent.
The same evening dinner party for twenty
two was given by Mr., and Mrs. De Weertz
Mrs. Potter Palmer will receive Tuesdays in
the spacious Louis XVI house in the Rue
Brignole which Mr. and Mrs Potter Palmer
have leased from NJ. and Nine. Georges de
Montgomery. Dinners were also given by Count
and Countess Boni de Castellane, who, by the
way, will have their guests from June 9
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Could who are coming
from England to visit them. Among the Ameri-
cans dining or taking tea ct the smart res
taurants and favorite places OF American resort
in the Place Vend6me. the Rue Cambon or in
the Bots Mr.. and Mrs. Butler Duncan, Mrs
L. Il. Letter and the Misses Letter. Mrs Wilton
Phipps, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. ingalls,, of Gin
cinnati; Governor and Mrs Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs Lewis Rutherford, Mrs. Daniel Bacon Mr.
and Mrs Clarkson Potter, Mrs. Ogden Goelet
Miss Goelet, Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. J. J.
Astor and Miss May.
Another culinary resort appreciated by good
Americans is the Corn Kitchen at the EXPOSE
tion presided over by General Clark l. Carr
who gave a luncheon there on Wednesday to the
Danish Minister and Mrs. Hegermann Linden
crone. Count and Countess Raben Mr. and Mrs
Potter Palmer and Mr.. and Mrs John Munroe
The numerous friends in the United States Of
will he into
that she was this week legally separated from,
her husband. Don Antonio. The Infanta urhn