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and guests�察�slept under its roof�察�and two hundred horses were housed in its 

stables。 

     The Duc de Luynes and his wife�察�who was Mlle。 de Crussol ��daughter 

of   the   brilliant   Duchesse   d'Uzes   of   Boulanger   fame���察  �live   at   Dampierre�察�

another interesting pile filled with rare pictures�察�bric´a´brac�察�and statuary�察�

first   among   which   is   Jean   Goujon's   life´sized   statue   ��in   silver��   of   Louis 

XIII。�察�presented by that monarch to his favorite�察�the founder of the house。 

This gem of the Renaissance stands in an octagonal chamber hung in dark 

velvet�察�unique among statues。 It has been shown but once in public�察�at the 

Loan Exhibition in 1872�察�when the patriotic nobility lent their treasures to 

collect a fund for the Alsace´Lorraine exiles。 

     The   Duchesse   de   Noailles�察  �NEE   Mlle。   de   Luynes�察  �is   another   of   this 

coterie and one of the few French noblewomen who has travelled。 Many 

Americans will remember the visit she made here with her mother some 

years ago�察�and the effect her girlish grace produced at that time。 The   de 

Noailles' chateau of Maintenon is an inheritance from Louis XIV。's prudish 



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favorite�察�who founded and enriched the de Noailles family。 The Duc and 

Duchesse       d'Uzes     live   near   by    at  Bonnelle      with   the   old    Duc    de 

Doudeauville�察  �her   grandfather�察  �who   is   also   the   grandfather   of   Mme。   de 

Noailles�察  �these   two   ladies   being   descended   each   from   a   wife   of   the   old 

duke�察  �the   former   from  the   Princesse de   Polignac   and   the   latter   from  the 

Princesse de Ligne。 

     The     Duchesse      de   Bisaccia�察    �NEE     Princesse     Radziwill�察    �and    the 

Duchesse d'Harcourt�察 �who complete   the   circle of seven�察 �also live   in this 

vicinity�察  �where   another   group   of   historic   residences�察  �including   Eclimont 

and Rambouillet�察�the summer home of the president�察�rivals in gayety and 

hospitality the chateaux of the Loire。 

     No   coterie   in   England   or   in   this   country   corresponds   at   all   to   this 

French community。 Much   as they  love to   amuse themselves�察  �the idea   of 

meeting any but their own set has never passed through their well´dressed 

heads。 They differ from their parents in that they have broken away from 

many   antiquated   habits。   Their   houses   are   no   longer   lay   hermitages�察  �and 

their opera boxes are regularly filled�察�but no foreigner is ever received�察�no 

ambitious parvenu accepted among them。 Ostracism here means not a ten 

years' exile�察�but lifelong banishment。 

     The   contrast   is   strong   between   this   rigor   and   the   enthusiasm   with 

which wealthy new´comers are welcomed into London society or by our 

own      upper     crust�察  �so   full   of   unpalatable      pieces    of   dough。     This 

exclusiveness of the titled French reminds me ´ incongruously enough ´ of 

a certain arrangement of graves in a Lenox cemetery�察�where the members 

of an old New England family lie buried in a circle with their feet toward 

its centre。 When I asked�察�many years ago�察�the reason for this arrangement�察�

a wit of that day ´ a daughter�察�by the bye�察�of Mrs。 Stowe ´ replied�察 �So that 

when they rise at the Last Day only members of their own family may face 

them� ─�

     One is struck by another peculiarity of these French men and women ´ 

their    astonishing     proficiency      in  LES     ARTS      D'AGREMENT。           Every 

Frenchwoman   of   any  pretensions   to   fashion   backs   her   beauty  and   grace 

with some art in which she is sure to be proficient。 The dowager Duchesse 

d'Uzes   is    a  sculptor   of   mark�察  �and   when    during   the   autumn     Mme。     de 



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Tredern gives opera at Brissac�察�she finds little difficulty in recruiting her 

troupe from among the youths and maidens under her roof whose musical 

education has been thorough enough to enable them to sing difficult music 

in public。 

     Love of the fine arts is felt in their conversation�察�in the arrangement 

and   decoration   of   their   homes�察  �and   in   the   interest   that   an   exhibition   of 

pictures     or  old   furniture    will   excite。   Few     of  these    people    but   are 

HABITUES          of  the   Hotel   Drouot     and   conversant     with   the   value   and 

authenticity of the works of art daily sold there。 Such elements combine to 

form an atmosphere that does not exist in any other country�察�and lends an 

interest to society in France which it is far from possessing elsewhere。 

     There is but one way that an outsider can enter this Gallic paradise。 By 

marrying into it� �Two of the seven ladies in question lack the quarterings 

of   the   rest。   Miss   Mitchell   was   only   a   charming   American   girl�察  �and   the 

mother     of   the  Princesse     Radziwill    was    Mlle。   Blanc    of  Monte     Carlo。 

However�察�as in most religions there are ceremonies that purify�察�so in this 

case   the   sacrament   of   marriage   is   supposed   to   have   reconstructed   these 

wives and made them genealogically whole。 

     There is something incongruous to most people in the idea of a young 

girl hardly out of the schoolroom bearing a ponderous title。 The pomp and 

circumstance       that  surround     historic   names    connect     them    ��through    our 

reading��   with   stately   matrons   playing   the   ;heavy   female;   roles   in   life's 

drama�察  �much   as   Lady   Macbeth's   name   evokes   the   idea   of   a   raw´boned 

mother´in´law sort of person�察�the reverse of attractive�察�and quite the   last 

woman in the world to egg her husband on to a crime ´ unless it were wife 

murder� �

     Names like   de Chevreuse�察 �or de la Rochefoucauld�察�seem  appropriate 

only    to  the   warlike    amazons     of  the   Fronde�察   �or  corpulent     kill´joys   in 

powder and court trains of the Mme。 Etiquette school�察�it comes as a shock�察�

on being presented to a group of girlish figures in the latest cut of golfing 

skirts�察�who are chattering odds on the Grand Prix in faultless English�察�to 

realize    that  these    light´hearted    GAMINES         are  the   present    owners    of 

sonorous titles。 One shudders to think what would have been the effect on 

poor    Marie    Antoinette's     priggish    mentor    could   she   have    foreseen    her 



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granddaughter�察�clad in knickerbockers�察�running a petroleum tricycle in the 

streets of Paris�察�or pedalling ;tandem; across country behind some young 

cavalry officer of her connection。 

     Let no simple´minded American imagine�察�however�察�that these up´ to´ 

date women are waiting to welcome him and his family to their intimacy。 

The   world   outside   of   France   does   not   exist   for   a   properly   brought   up 

French aristocrat。 Few have travelled�察�from their point of view�察�any man 

with   money�察  �born   outside   of   France�察  �is   a   ;Rasta�察─  �unless   he   come   with 

diplomatic rank�察�in which case his position at home is carefully  ferreted 

out before he is entertained。 Wealthy foreigners may live for years in Paris�察�

without meeting a single member of this coterie�察�who will�察�however�察�join 

any new club that promises to be amusing�察�but as soon as the ;Rastas; get 

a footing�察 �the seven; and their following withdraw。 Puteaux had its day�察�

then the ;Polo Club; in the Bois became their rendezvous。 But as every 

wealthy American and ;smart; Englishwoman passing the spring in Paris 

rushed for that too open circle�察�like tacks toward a magnet�察�it was

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