Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-11

Rue de Chaillot. in Paris Paris man.
sions of this kind are called hotels.
Next to 1t is that of the Due de Gramont
at the corner of the Avenue des Champs
Elysees.
When the Roussels go to Biarritz the
Figaro and Gaulois announce their
guests for September October" Those
who go down with them only need to
be in Paris. the Roussel train wagon
collects their baggage for a special car.
while their owners find the sleeping car
awaiting. But all through the arritz
season quantities of well known Pari-
slams are hidden to the immense villa.
1t Is known to be the most expensively
built villa of that exclusive watering
place on the edge Of the Spanish frontier.
having cost 4.GO0.OOo francs without the
later constructions or the furniture. You
could shoot gun in any room without
sound being heard in the room adjon-
ing. The third floor apartments for the
dogs and cats and their special Wallets
were built out from a side wall as an
afterthought|n order to be, unlike the
early Christians. of the house, but not In
it. The kitchens, in a separate buildin@.
connect with lifts by means of a minia-
ture underground railroad. The drawing
rooms. with their bays overlooking the
autumn sunset in the Atlantic. have
terrace built out for them, completely
altering the architects plan.
Thus, throughout. Nine Roussel. very
great lady. pillar Of the Paris opera, con-
tent with the architectural purity of hel
Paris house and Neuiily chateau, calmly
added things she hapceHed to think o
while the villa was building, which de
layed IL two years. All is given up to
the interior luxury and ease which the
late King Edward was anxious to en-
icy. either by purchase. lease. loan or
invitation. just before his last illness.
Had the King got his wish in time there
are those who say he had not caught
the cold. Who knows? This is Biarritz
gossip. according to which Nine Roussel.
mere. is the one great lady down there
who will not give up her personal cor
venience to the etiquette CT princes.
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1t is the fortune Of a Paris financieY
who remained almost unknown to the
world at large. Thirty years ago he,
aided largely in the development Of fash
ionab!e western Paris. round the Etoile
quarter, where street now bears his
name. Thus he left an estate that re-
sembles that Of the Astors.
The acqu sition of the Neuilly villa
grounds dates from this period. The So
called villa" is the verita BILE chateau in
brick that ad1oins-separated by Grove
and lawn-the famous Chateau de Madrid.
playhouse of later kings, ghost-haunted
ruin. sylvan restaurant of high society
and today the newly built. silent. impos-
ing and almost mysterious hotel that has
no room or table for the common guest
outside of a charmed circle. Neverthe
less. the Roussels tried hard to prevent
its construction. and, failing, they in
habit less and less the villa
This Is the world that makes the sea-
sons. January and February are passed
at the Monte Carlo villa, when they do
not tire of it and take a floor in the
Hotel de Paris. Easter finds them already
at Biarritz. The spring season keeps
them in Paris until near mid-June. July
and August are passed between Trou-
vile and the German Spas, of late so
fashionable. Observation-Disclosures No
vember 1O-constitutes the true Biar-
ritz season. And every Partisan who re-