Paris of to-day : an intimate account of its people, its home life, and its places of interest . DECORATION OVER THE DOOR OF THE THE PRESIDENTS AT THE ELYSEE, THE ELY SEE. 169 silence seemed still more inexplicable in thecase of the next Presidents young daughter,Mile. Lucie Faure. She had even written alittle book,an account of a journey in Italy shemade with her father, and nobody had everheard of it. At home it would have been inevery house in the land. Officially, thewomen of a Presidents family do not that matter, nearly everything pertainingto the status of w


Paris of to-day : an intimate account of its people, its home life, and its places of interest . DECORATION OVER THE DOOR OF THE THE PRESIDENTS AT THE ELYSEE, THE ELY SEE. 169 silence seemed still more inexplicable in thecase of the next Presidents young daughter,Mile. Lucie Faure. She had even written alittle book,an account of a journey in Italy shemade with her father, and nobody had everheard of it. At home it would have been inevery house in the land. Officially, thewomen of a Presidents family do not that matter, nearly everything pertainingto the status of woman in France still restslegally upon traditions which had their risein the attitude of the little Corsican towardswomen. On that point he was the feminine contingent of theElysee must be rather glad that the Consti-tution does not recognize them, for it lets thechief lady of the Elysee keep up her ordinaryhabits of life. She can have her day athome, and go out and come in like any ofher friends. But as a wife with no officialposition, she can meet many of her hus-bands guests only through courtesy. Thiswas es


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