Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
PRESIDENTS ALWAYS REFUENH THE FRENCH @EETTE NOUS

Felix Faures left very much to him; NJ.
Loubet changed little in them and NJ.
Fallieres initiated Loubet. The carpets
and wall hangings are particularly pleas
ing; but some of the best pieces have
suffered from politics. One immensely
valuable carpet Of Louis XIV has under
gone three notifications successfully,
fleur de lys for the old kings who made 1t.
poleons and ..R. F." for the republics, the
patchwork being more or less visible.
The carved woodwork of the balls and
ceilings is remarkable throughout. 1t
stays. The Grande Sale, in which state
banquets are given. is true museum of
the gorgeous second empire style The
Salon de Murat, in Loubets time one of
the most admired of the state rooms, is
furnished in pure empire style. The
Salon de rHemicycle. the old bedroom of
Napoleon l, contains an extremely valu-
able tapestry, before which every visitor
stands smiling.
It is Judgment of Paris" after the
cartoon by Raphael; but Nine. de Main
tenor. the sanity wife of Louis XIV's
later soLrish years, deemed the three god
desses too lightly clad and had some dra-
peries added. The new draperies-now old
are easily distinguished.
Naturally the presidential family takes
little comfort in the ground floor Of the
palace. The apartments of "demi-cere-
mony'' consist of the official parlor of the
presidents wife, the salon of the presi-
dent himself, a large billiard room,
dining room, a small salon and pres-
Dental study room or unofficial office.
The guests of the official balls may visit
these apartments, which are in the left
wing of the palace.
The strictly private rooms are also in
this left wing; and it is to these that
Nine. x will naturally turn her first at
tention.
1t is these, of course. that must be al
tered for the needs of varying families.
For example, the only parlor Nine. Felix
Faure could call her own was her salon
of "demi-ceremony"-for the reason that
her energetic daughter, Lucie. needed the
small private salon in which Nine Carnot
had received each morning the officer
d'ordnance, with whom she arranged the
order Of the day. Lucie had transformed
it into most gorgeous boudoir parlor,
not entirely for herself. the pretext be-
ing to have a room in which to receive
the danes and damsels high up in the
France, of both of whom she was honor
ary president Nine. Ioubet kept both
the honorary presidencies and the recep-
ton parlor vaguely dedicated to them;
and Nine. Fallieres followed her example.
Properly speaking. these are the only pri-
vate rooms on the ground floor of the
Elysee.
The Faure family occupied four bed
rooms That of Mime. Faure had pre-
yiously been occupied by Mesdames Mac
Mahon and Grevy. President and Nine.
Carnot occupied it together in the good
old-fashioned bourgeois style. 1t Is now
furnished in the taste Of Nine Fallieres,
empire. very gorgeous, most OF the set
ting being that which the Empress Eu-
genie had in her bedroom at ST. Cloud.
Nine Fallieres has always occupied 1t
alone as did Nine. Loubet.
Nine. Fallieres and her grOwn-up daugh-
ter Anne, before her marriage, also di-
vided up the nearby suite Of three rooms,
which Mile. Lucie Faure fixed up regard
less for herself as a bedroom. dressing
room and innermost bOudoir adjoining
big bathroom. She had chosen chaste and
subdued Louis XVI sets Of utterly precious
historic furniture. worth miliions-which
was long ago sent back to the Garde
Meuble. to make place Tor plain and sub
Fallieres the son. at present prac-
ticing lawyer living in his own fiat In the
Rue de la Beetle.
The Fallieres daughter. married during
the presidency to Monsieur Jean Lanes,
keeps house for him at Versailles, but
her old rooms in the Elysee were always
ready for herself, husband and baby.
Nine. Fallieres doting on her son-in-law,
in reality fine fellow.
President Loubet had his own children
and two nephews. the little Soubeyran de
st. Prix. who used to practically live in
the Elysee, together with their mother,
nee Marguerite Josephine Marie Louise
Loubet whose husband is a judge Of the
civil tribunal Of the Seine. Paul Loubet,
the other son, had also his room in tho