New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

cloakrocm. and accordingly took particu-
! lar pains 10 organize proper system ior
checking c!oaks and wraps. UnWillins ID
conlde the duties in connection thcre'
F, with to those whose negligence had been
the cause OF SO much confusion at Yer
sailles. he recruited a force OF men upon
! whose honesty and obedience to orders he
felt he could rely, even although they
were new to the work. most OF them
being old soldiers At that particular
period the gibus, o. crushed opera hat
had given place TO the high silk hat for
evening wear. At any rate. only a re"
Of The guests wore opera hats. These un-
fortunately were among the earliest ar
rivals. The cloakroom attendants o.
served that after having removed their
coats these particular guests hattened
their hats by violently pressing them
against their breasts before handing them
TO be put away with their coats.
A FATAL EXAMPLE.
After that every hat that fell into the
hands Of the cloakroom attendants-and
nearly all of them were stiff silk hats
was subjected by the attendants 10 tue
same process of foreshortcnlng, with the
object Of ecnomizing space In the cioah-
room. The scene which ensued AZ the
close of the entertainment, when con-
siderably over thousand men IN I'M
maculate evening dress were pe"ai'iiis
the fate Of their crushed and ruined s!l1
hats, which all bore the most disrepu'-
able appearance was almost as cornicai
In its way as the affair at versailles.
One of Mollards successors. Count
Boucauenay got into trouble for having
made the almost inconceivablc blunder OF
giving precedence in n procession NJ an
official entertainment TO cX-Presideh'
Casiuir Pcricr instead of to the latter
successor. President Fc!iX faure: WINE
vet another chief Of the Pro'"coic !
think It was NJ. Philippe Crozier-lllade
the still, more incredible mistake OF omit
ting 10 invite the President of the rep"o-
lie and his wife to u bail given by the
Minister OF Foreign Affairs AT The faiacc
of tho Qusi d'Orsai IN honor OF tho then
Prince and Princess Of Wales ana OF thc
Crown Prince and Crown Irlncess ot
Denmark. In fact. the omission was not
discovered until the "Quldrille dion
neur' was being organized. In when oil
course. the Chief Magistrate OF the repup-
lie should have taken tho lead.
The present chief OF tho Department Oh
,hc Pro,ocolc IS old Mollard ! son, NJ
maud nho Is said 10 be tho only person
i'm France o. out of IL who understands
the peculiar laws OF ctlquctt" OF MS
fathers invention. lie bears Striking
resemblance TO his father. and. heavily
built. and somewhat slouchy IN appear
audc. does go. suggest the Gallo clc'
gancc or grace which one would expect 20
find in Frances official Grand Master oil
the Ceremonies. These qualities. how
over. are 10 q great extent supplied by MS
principal lieutenant and eventual success
gor. Pierre lie Fouqu.eros, who las just
been created a Choyalier Of the Legion
Of Honor
The future existence Of the Protocole
will lee watched with interest Tor Ray
mond Poincart has .nauguratcd bis
Presidency Of France By dcfying its au-
,horl,y and roundly condemning its In
tolorable tyranny. which. he wittily de-
clarcs, has had tho effect OF converting
the Elysec Palace into a species OK cross
between a prison and a pasoda.
EN-ATTACHE.
fcopyrirh,. 1919 by the Brentwood Company