Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-10
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little comfort in the ground floor of the
palace. The apartments of ''demi-cere-
mcny" consist of the official parlor of ahe
presidents wife, the salon of the president
himself large billiard room. dining
room, p smaller salon and a presidential
study room unofficial office.
The guests of the official balls may visit
these apartments, which are In the left
rooms are also in this left wing; and ,t IL
TO these that Madame Failieres is naturally
turning first attention.
Alterations to Be Made.
1t is these, of course. that must be al
tered for the needs of varying families.
For example, the only parlor Madame Felix
Faure could call her own was her salon
of "demi-ceremony." for the reason thai
her energetic daughter Lucie needed me
small private salon. in which Madame Car
not had received each morning the officer
d'ordonnance, with whom she arranged tie
order Of her day Lucie had transformers
Ii into a most gorgeous boudoir-parlor. rot
entirely for herself. the pretext being 10
have a room in which TO receive the DANES
and damsels high up in the Patriotic
League and the Children of France. Or
both of whom sheSwas honorary presiden-.
Madame Loubet has kept both the honorary
presidencies and the reception parIor
vaguely dedicated to them. Properly speak
ing, these are the only private rooms on
the ground floor of the Eiysee.
rooms. That of Madame kaure had pre-
v.ous1y been occupied by Mesdames Mac
Mahon and Grevy. President and Madame
Carnot occupied it together. 1t is now fur
nished In the taste of Madame Loube:-
Second Empire very gorgeous, most OF Inc
set being that which the Empress Eugene
had in her bed room at st. Cloud. Madame
Fallieres will occupy 1t alone, as does
Madame Loubet.
Madame Fallieres and her grown-up
daughter Anne will also divide up the near
by suite of three rooms, which Mile. Lucie
Faure fixed up regardless for herself. as
a bed room. dressing room and innermos.
boudoir. adjoining a big bath room. she
Lad chosen chaste and subdued Louis Ntt
sets of utterly historic furniture. which has
been long ago sent back to the Garde
Meuble, to make place for plain and SUD
stantial things for Philbert-Emile Loubet.
aged fourteen years. the youngest Loubst
child. and his two nephews, the little Sou
beyran de st. Prix, VINO used to practi-
oally live in the Eiysee, together with their
mother, nee Observation-Disclosures aria-
Louise Loubet. whose husband is a Judge Of
The civil tribunal of the Seine. Paul Loubet.
tho other son. had also his room In the
palace. although a councillor general or
the Drome The one Fallieres son is grown
up and lawyer. ii is not known whether
he will follow the example but the tempia-
ton is great.
The Great South Room.
1t was only when he came to the first
of the two bed rooms affected to the pres-
oent that NJ. Faillieres is known TO have
spoken up decidedly on art in furniture.
1t is great south room that looks upon
the spacious garden, almost a park with
its oaks two centuries old. In its big bay
window the fair Pompadour took sun baths:
and those same oaks whispered to her that
her sun-bath costume-of the epoch--was
delicious. 1t was Just old as the fair
Pompadour--the costume-M. Loubet in
formed NJ. Faillieres; and here's the spot.
they say, where their lunch table used to
rise from the floor and descend again to be
set for each course, when the king took
pot-luck with her. The lines of the trap
door are still visible below the marquetry
flooring, which Is comparatively new.
NJ. Faillieres did not object to the de-
liciously beautiful Louis XIV wood carving
of the cornces and pillars, doors and man
tells; but he said he could not understand
how NJ Loubet could be easy among all
those gimcrack laequered tables, carved ana
gIlded chairs and the art bed, which was
the regents own. Scant-draped shep-
herdesses smiled maliciously on him from
head to foot board and from a big screen
that is supposed to be worth $4,000. Why
not? The paintings are by Fragonard.
NJ. Loubet laughed.
''Oh / got used to it," he said. 1T was
all heye when l moved IN hastily, after
the death of Felix Faure. The stuff was
here, az i / Just left It."
Who would not?
STERLING HELLO.