The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01
Manor DIES Chouettes,


Paris, Sunday, October 2S, 1901.
Ny Dear Little Simone-I do not know
how TO answer your witty letter. All that
you tell me about yourself and of the pleas
ures you have found in Paris fairly turns
my head and makes me detest my sojourn
in this arid plain in the Sologne.
But there is nothing TO be done. Papa
awakes every msrIing more ardent sports
man than ever. House parties follow in sue
cession, all of them equally uninteresting'
and / shall be forced to continue IN TINS
seclusion until the end of November. shaH
never console myself for having missed the
most artistic marriage of the season.
l think of you at the usual skating hour,
and at o'clock tea l am in despair at not
being able to join you with mamma at Ritz
or the Palace All! my little Simone, how
you will find your Marcelle changed by the
ennui which consumes her At the beginning
of the season | went out shooting Willingly
or else mamma and went on horseback TO
be present at the 'dejeuner des chasseurs,
which took place either in the open air OF NJ
the house of one Of the small farmers. But
now the tastes of papa'S guests are far 100
exclusively energetic to suit me.
l have taken a regular aversion for my
bottle green velvet shooting costume, ana
my red riding habit is a veritable nightmare
have only one supreme amusement left-the
blessed automobile-and ! assure you have
not had much trouble in becoming the most
ardent 'chauffeuse" in the department My
big brother Guy, lieutenant on fmlougn'
accompanied me and acts as my mentor he
has turned me out an accomplished pupil,
and we run kilometer after kilometer at
speed that seems record breaking.
BY thus annihilating Space ] have sue
ceeded In renewing my relations with my
former convent friend. Jeanne de Ireools.
Do you remember her. She Is dellghttulIE
pretty and extremely up-to-date, in spite OF
her life in the country. This winter she IS
TO come out You will remember that she Is
an orphan and that her grandmother has
consented to intrust her to her stepmother'
the Marduise de B, who is to give
series of white and pink balls in her honor.
Yvonne's grandmother is very nice but
between you and me. there are VIDE gulIs
between us, aug ny the telegraph by Steam
and electricity. The dear, simple soul re-
mains faithful to the days of post chasrs'
and the manners and customs of today com
pletely upset her.
Still, she gave us hearty welcome anu
WAS grateful to us for coming to amuse
Yyonne. who is her only JOY. But should
SUNRISE her much less than do if were 10
descend from "berline'' in silk dress and
escorted by powdered lackeys in livery. My
great mantle of Russian-colt skin, my
"cbauffeuse" hat and my taffeta mask, with
holes for spectacles, throw her into fits OF
kindly laughter.
Yvonne is terribly tempted to put on my
Uniform and would fain become pupil OF
the lieutenant and rush along the roads with
us. But grandmamma will not hear OF such
thing. so that we are driven to more do
nestle amusements.
A DOGS MARRIAGE OUTFIT.
As you may suppose, my little dog Lulu
accompanies me in all my escapades, and
nv manner of dressing it is not without its
charms for Yvonne and Nine. de Trebois
They have a little bitch of the same breed,
2 veritable darling, named Toilette which,
as they imagine, is spoiled by tying simple
red ribbon on the top Of her roguish head.
Can you fancy such countrified ideas?
Lulu and Toilette are enchanted with each
other, and yesterday I repeated the scene in
'I;Armour du Proclaim" now running at the
Bouffes Parisiens and demanded of Yvonne
.he hand Of Mile. Toilette for NJ. Lulu. As
there is no mesalliance, we quickly came to
an agreement, and the Marquise de Trebois
consented to our dressing Toilette as is
suited for a lady dog of noble family.