Evening star., 1900-02-17
Government Will Have Its Hands
Full Entertaining Them.
SCARCITY OF SUITABLE LODGINGS
May Be Necessary to House Them
in Private Residences.
CASTELLAN PALAC E

kperiaI Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS, February 5. 1850.
official and social preparations for the
exhibition are causing much care trouble
and uneasiness of mind to the admlntstra-
tion. Republican Paris will have to re-
reive a crowd of potentates and princes
Even with the benevolent aid of what Is
l. fl of the French aristOcracy. the honor
OF making them feel at home in the land
of the guillotine would not be without Its
pmbarrasSments to modest. practical politi-
rians To a president who has had his
hat smashed on an aristocratic race course
md cabinet ostracized as If 1t had the
plague, the task becomes more formidable
With what swelling delight would not
the late lamented Felix Faure have ap-
preached Il duty Sc much TO his splendor-
loving taste, Felix Faure, a perfect exam
pie Of the self-Inade aristocrat, fell natural
IL into the ways of princes. His white
spats were a daily protest against the
democratic plainness of the presidents at
tire; the etiquette that he established al
the Elysee recalled the ancient regime; his
visit TO ST. Petersburg and his reception
pf the. ear in Paris turned his head. and
st the hour Of his taking off he was the
declared partisan of military and aristo-
cratic violence to republican institutions.
Modest NJ. LOlIbet, the scorn of the army
Rnd THE White Csrnation," looks even i'll
a. in his dress suit.
Learning Their Parts.
Still. Nine. Loubet like the valiant wo-
man that she is. has made up her mind
that he and she shall put on a good front
and face the music creditably. So it is
also with the wives and other women folk
Of each one OF the Ministry of Republic
can Defense" Even now do they rehearse
their parts assiduously under the eye OF
titled though reduced" Austrian canon
eSS, expert IN all court etlquette Ihe
etar major of this grande dame consists Of
other titled ladies. each of whom has had
the task Of bringing up prince, princess or
grand duke OF archduke or duchess in more
favored lands, where the flower of royalty
still blooms. 1t was this same troupe that
prepared Mime. Felix Faure and Mile Lucie
Faure to meet the Great White Car. So.
In this way, No painful Sir or Monsieur
will pop out of any rosy mouth In place of
Sire and Majestic nor Will there be any
dropping out Of the third person. One
does not speak to princes-one speaks at
ttem- Not VIII YOU take drink but
"Wul Monseigneur take a dHnk?
Since the royalties and priDcehngs are to
come TO Paris, where to lodge them is the
question. A certain hotel in the Place
Vendonle owes all it's celebrity to the peri
odical descents of the Prince OF Wales. The
Russian grand dukes go to a great hotel of
the Rue du Riyoli. In one Of whose rooms,
by the way, the military convention which
grew into the Franco-Russian alliance was
signed In August, 1892. Queen Victoria,
when she visits the south of France, rents
villa. Royalty travelling incognito pays its
way.
Welcome to Paris.
When, however, the King Of the Belgians
paid official visit he could to the
French president, in the summer of 1898, he
was allowed to put up at a hotel-the one
made famous by the Prince of Wales, and
now, III these last days, deserted by him
Tor an Infinitely smarter establishment in
the same Place Vendome. Nor has the
french republic been more hospitable in
the case Of other royalties, officially or
ssml-ofticially, received of late years. The
King Of Sweden stayed at the Swedish en-
eassy- The King of Greece went to a hotel.
The King of Seryia stayed with his father,
Milan. The son and heir of the Shah of
Persia was put up at the Persian embassy.
When the young King of Siam came to
Paris in the summer of 1897, the French
government. it is true, hired for his stay a
furnished mansion in the Avenue Hoche,
owned by the Duchesse De Gramont, which
had remained empty since its last tenancy
ny Whi-elaw Reid, then minister of the
I'nit@i States. 1t may be instructive TO re-
call that the young king and his suite so
damaged the fine furniture OF the duchesse.
left 50 much candle wax and gravy stains