The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-24
CHAT OF GAY PARIS.

ladies' had the option OF wearing thelr
NANTES or tucking them away in some
coruer with uncertainty of being able 20
Nork their way back 10 Them again. Re
freshments were somewhere In the build
ing. and the intrepid found their way TO
them. and hence were euiogistic In thei:
praise OF the California wines. Many OF
the women present wore beautiful gowns
and Jewels, but at the same time others
came in street costumes. and one woman
wore a white duck suit. sailor hat, and
broad sailor collar made ont Of an Amer
lean flag. which was more noticeable than
elegant SOusa discoursed music all the
evening from a band stand sIati- ned in
the Place de rOpera-
Almost all lovers OF historical romance
are familiar with the works Of Baron I'm
bert de Saint Amand, who was notably
enc OF the most proficient of French writ
ers. He died In Paris last week in his
sixty-ffth year. The baron was a Paris
ian-born and a diplOmatist by profession,
He was made minister plenipotentiary or
the second class in 1871. and was raised
to the first class In ISL In spite OF his
indefatigable industry in collecting and
compiling materials for his interesting
volumes on the queens. Processes. and
expresses who have passed across the
stage of French history, Baron de Saint
Armand obtained but sCant recognition as
a literary man. He knocked several times
al the door of the Academy, but 1t was
rigidly closed against him
Thursday Mr.. and Mrs, Thomas F.
Walsh, assisted by Miss Cockrell gave a
delightful afternoon in their apart
ments in the Elysee Palace Hotel.
The rooms were filed with beauti-
full flowers, and many distinguished guests
came to tender their homage 10 the pop
ular host and hostess, as well as TO lis
ten to the Cercle Musical GTsnd-Russien,
which organization is unquestiOnably the
sensation of the day in Paris. The instru-
ments employed by the SIav artists are
on the order of the mandolin. but much
more musical In sound and capable Of far
greater shading The program cosisted
of eleven numbers each, most artistically
rendered. Among those present were
Gen. Horace Porter, Mrs. Potter Palmer,
Mrs. Griswold Gray, Mr., and Mrs. John
Munroe. Mrs. Ferdinand ". Peck, Mss
Reed. Count and Countess Gabriac, Sir
Campbell and Lady Clark. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ricordo Diaz-Albertini. and many others
In honor Of the exhibition an attempt
will be made to celebrate the national fete
of the 18th of July with more pomp and
splendor than usual this year. The great
annual festivals of the republic have not
been remarkably successful during the
past decade. There was a moRotonous
sameness about them, and the illumina-
tons were limited. Now the new munich
pal councillors want TO do something
exceptional and for this purpose
they propose to spend 10000 francs. Some
of this money will, as usual. be applied
TO feeding the poor. but the bulk OF IL Will
be devoted 10 the Examinations, and 20
the district fetes. The city allows 706n
francs annually for the expenses of the
national festival, and the increase for this
year Is to be taken out OF the funds voted
for exhibition contingencies. The rational
fete is to be enhanced in interest by the
revival of the great torchlight process
sion. which had long been discontinued.
Furthermore. the Nominations will be on
a large scale. comprising not only the
usual localities, such as the Place de Ia
ConcOrde and the principal edfices, like
the Chambers. the Opera, the Bourse
and the Bank OF France, bat
also the Rue Royal, the Rue Quatre
Septembre, the main boulevard, and on
the other side OF the river the BOuIe-
ward Saint-Michael and the long Rue de
Rennes, which leads to the Care Mont
parnasse. 1t is probable that there will
also be a river pageant within the pre-
cincts of the exhibition. which. with its
will add additional lustcr
to the national fete at night.
FRANCESCA.