Evening star., 1901-01-19


PARIS January > 1901.
When 1 came home Barbara presented
me with pile Of letters Of most appalling
Dimensions which had all come for me dur
ing my absence. Deducting the letters of
thanks for Christmas and New Year gifts,
] found at least "A dozen delightful invita-
t5us. The social season is at last in full
swing ROW that the hunting season is over.
or course. there are those. like Nine. De
Liremnnt, who cannot possibly have enough
Of that exciting sport. She has started for
Rene where she intends to 90 fox hunting
ON the Campagna. l have no doubt that
sin will carry off high honors. for she i
one Of TIL most reckless women have ever
seen. The way she takes high stone wall
IS enough 20 set your teeth or edge. l hear
that q good many American girls are in
Rome at present. which may De one rea-
son why Nine De L,remont goes there. The
fact can't be denied that the fortunes OF
the family are on the wane. and little
gold would make their eSCutchton shin"
with renewed sp!tUd r. Of course. Henri
EreS with her. a ne is most devoted son
and viii no doubt do exactly as his mother
SAYS. | pity any Of my countryw0men who
become daZzled by his title, howe yer. for
there viii always he Nine. De Liremont's
temper to put UP with and her thiniy dis
er.=ed contempt for Americans and. as she
4Nit H. i'>ti AlttS lLt ''lttl a. iI0N ullIDEtI-
nate II is that the parvenus have all the
money nowadays? The Faubourg St. Ger
main eats their dinners and accepts their
entertainments. and then. Wen. If these
people could only hear the gossip of the
boudoirs l think they would have little re-
spect for the wornout motto "Nobesse
obiiger'
Last evening went to a dinner given
BY Nine Cdviui De Campile. 1t was a most
brilliant assemblage. and the decorations
were superb The table was covered with
gold Plate and the center was fairly hidden
VIII a protusion OF roses and rare orchids.
New Russian Dish.
Oh. | want TO tell you, 1t is no longer the
proper thing TO ra.se the floral decorations
more than couple of inches above the
level Of the table. For unpretentious din
ners a shallow bowl filled with flowers N
the center and two smaller ones at either
end are much used. hut don't care for that
kind Of set decoration. I'm going to give a
little dinner myself on the 15tn OF the
month. and I shall have simple cnd.ns Of
loosey wrea;Eed flowers winding in ana
out. without any set pattern. / noc'5tI =er-
cral things At the dinner last night. For
one thing, fruit was handed around ON
fiat tray, and af;erwdrd a second ray, with
cTyst3!lzrd currdutS, cherries. quarters or
oranges and maruns glaces, We're paSSeI.
We were served also with the latest things
in soups if one can use that term OF cat
stbIt~ II - t'tI NN4i, II RUSSIAN !.lNClltltlt-
Tins j. red. dark colored and rather Thick.
\ silver saUcCbuat of cream is pass ed
around with it, and the diners help them
selves To d small portion. which they pour
into the soup. For my part / snail remain
loyal to the old-fash!Oned cous Jmme: at
least It doesn't take away your appetite
long before tie piece de resistance appears.
Regular Evenings nt Home.
Telling you about Nine. de Campne's din
ner reminds that she is one Of the last
to remain faithful to a regular evening at
home. She entertains choice coterie OF
friends every Sunday night, and the Prin-
cess Mathilde shares this habit with her.
but these two great ladies' are the excep-
ton. Indeed. nowadays there are so many
more uppOrtuu ties of beng amused that
most women of TIE world hesitate TO give
up even one evening regularly. OF course,