Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-04

noor, showing silver embroideries with
white roses. The sleeves are half draped,
as Is the skirt, and each caught up with
diamonds. showing folds lying above and
below the silk underneath. Madame wears
necklace of rubies and of diamonds, and
above the pannier a belt of diamonds and
rubies. Her hair is dressed. following the
mental habit of madame, in the Greek
style, and abundantly trimmed with roses
and gems and bits Of silver gauze. There is
a little crown upon the top OF madames
couture Her bodice. cut sufficiently low,
Is seen to be OF Hight silken weave. From
her hair depends a veil OF light gauze COW
cred with gold spangles. and 1t Is secured
upon the left side by hands grasp of pink
and white feathers surmounted by a mag
nifcent heron plume of long and silken
Wilderness. The gloves of madame are
white silk. and SO also, as she is not reluc-
tant to advise, are her stockings. picked out
With pink and silver clocks. Her shoes
made by the celebrated cordonnier, Rave
neau, show heels three inches in height.
AS madame enters she casts aside the cam
let coat which has covered her costume.
She sweeps back the veil, endangerng It's
combining clasp Of plumes. Madame makes
deliberate and open inspection OF her face
in her little looking glass to discover
whether her mouches are we'll placed She
carefully arranges the patch upon the mid
die of her cheek She would be gallant"
tonight, would lay aside things spirituelle.
She twirls carelessly her FAM creation of
ivory and mother of pearl. deliberately
carved. tipped with gold and silver and set
with precious stones.
Close at the elbow of Madame de Tencin
steps a figure of different type. a woman
not accustomed to please by briliiance of
mind or piSacfty Of speech, but by sheer
fenininfty OF face and form Tall slender,
yet with figure divinely proportional this
beautiful girl, Haidee. or Mademoiseile
Aisse. reputed to be OF Turkish or Cfrcas-
sian birth, and possessed Of history as
strange as her own personality is attract
i've, would seem certainly as pure as angel
of the skies. Not would say the gossips
of Paris, who whisper that mademoiSelle Is
not happy from her chevalier-who speak
of a certain visit to England. and little
child born across seas and not acknowledge
ed by its parent. Aisse. the devout, the
beautiful, is no better than others of her
doned all artificial aids to the complexion
and appears distinct among her fattering
rivals the clear olive of her skin showing
In strange contrast to the heightened coiors
of her sisters. Yet Aisse, the toast of Eu-
rope and the text of poets, proves herself
not behind the others in the loose gayety of
this occasion.
And there came others: Madame de Prize.
later to hold such intimate relations with
the fortunes of France in the selection of a
future queen for the boy king: De Sabran,
plain, gracious and good-natured; Parabere,
Of delicately oval face. OF tiny mouth OF
thin, high nose and large, expressive eyes,
her soft hair twined with a deep flushed
rose, and over her corsage dropping con-
tinuous garland of magnificent flowers.
Also Cay1us the wit Cayius the friend OF
Peter the Great, by duty and by devotion
reiigieuse, but by thought and training
gay woman OF the worid-ail these butter
flies of the bubble house of Paris came
swimming in as by right upon this exotic
air.
And all of these as they advanced into
the room paused as they met, coming from
the head OF the apartment. the imposing
figure of their host Philippe OF Orleans,