The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-26

King Leopold. His majesty next day
car. N4''i'AS
Chen the Washes gave a wonderful
er at the Pavilion d ArmenonviIle.
-ae BolS de BOulOgne-a sort of Ara
blan Nights affair-in honor Of Ambas-
sador Porter. Mime. NOrdIca sang
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Al still another Walsh dinner Mrs.
Potter-Palmer had the misfortune TO
lose an $4,000 necklace. The trinket has
not since been recovered. Mrs. Potter
Palmer was not behind Commissioner
walsh in filling the public eye Not for
moment Seldom has so much energy
been stored up in the personality of one
lovely woman. She had her aniable
husband with her. but he was content
TO remain in her shadow, signing
checks.
She took up her quarters at the lIo-
tel Bristol, in the Place Vendome The
Bristol is known as the home of visit
ing royalties. Mrs Palmer knew that
the Prince of Wales was expected there
soon. She had long wished to meet
him. The expectation was not fulfilled
Later Mrs. Palmer moved into man
sion on the Avenue Trocadero, fhere
she gave many dinners. At one Of them
the guests of honor We're the Bradley
Martins At another she entertained
the Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia.
Meantime this talented woman was
conducting Z spirited vendette with
Commissioner Peck and his colleagues
who had been opposed to ner appoint
ment 10 the commission.
This was 'ragtag and bobtail af-
fair, as Mr.. Palmer expressed it. She
was delighted afterward to be Informed
that the courteous Parisians had ridi-
culed the gaudy progra mines, the biz
ARE decorations, the manners of hosts
and guests and the indiscriminate way
in which invitations had been scattered
What pleased her most was to hear
that her rival, Mrs. Henry Bispham,
had excited much curiosity and mirth
among the natives by wearing decor
atoms appertaining to the Colonial
Danes and Daughters of the RevoIu
ten.
Mrs. Palmer toward the close of her
visit directed her energies to the TASK
of forcing Commissioner Peck to press
her claim on the French government
for the ribbon of the Legion of Honor.
Whether she viii get it or not remains
to be seen.
Hard upon Mrs. Palmer's heels in the
race for the spendthrift's laurels came
NJ. II. De Young, owner of the San
Francisco Chronicle, commonly known
on the Pacific coast as Mike" De
Young. He thought nothing of spend
ing his entire salary as commissioner
SO, 000-On a single entertainment.
Mr.. De Young discovered n student and
S~:seta resort named Robinson in the
woods ten miles south of Paris. 1t is q
village constructed on platforms among
the branches of trees and in ordinarily
on plane of decorum corresponding TO
that of CoEey island.
Carriages were sent to the homes of all
the guests to take them to the railway
station. The train dropped hem two
miles from the grounds They were met
by donkeys richly caparisoned. The more
sedate members had the choice of wagon
cites, but it was considered unsports-
manlike not 20 ride a donkey
Some Of the jewellers were pitched over
others had to get off and push. In the
course of the Journey there was a race
between Nine. NOTdica, Marion Con-
cureH, Charbsa Collier and Miss During.
Nc-d-ca won.
More excitement came when the pic
nickers were called upon to climb steep
ladders into the treetop villages. After
luncheon tOaStS We're shouted from one
platform to another. and speeches were
made by orators invisible among the
foliage The most expensive Neapolitan
band in Paris furnished dance music
1t was ali very lively and cost pretty
penny.
Meanwhile young Earry Kimball Thaw
of Pittsburg was continuing. to thaw out
the fortune which his father froze TO in
railroading. His $500 beauty dinner
10 twenty-five women of fame. his SO eco
dinner at the Hotel Ritz. where Sousa' 5
bard furnished the music. his extrava-
giant courtship of Lame de Pougy and
his other fOllies were setting the pace for
all his cQuntrymen and helping TO estab-
lish a low European estimate of Ameri-
can intelligence.