Paris herself again in 1878-9 . air was converted into a Festival of Umbrellas and a Carnivalof Goloshes. Fierce downfalls of rain, combined with a furious wind, spoileda great many things in Paris on the day of the grand reception atVersailles : the flags and Chinese lanterns still left hanging alongthe boulevards, to wit; to say nothing of the tempers of innumerablepromenaders who were overtaken bjthe showers and could not getcabs. At Versailles the rain and the wind worked between themeven more mischief; and the foulest of foul weather did its best tospoil the magnificent fete given in the
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . air was converted into a Festival of Umbrellas and a Carnivalof Goloshes. Fierce downfalls of rain, combined with a furious wind, spoileda great many things in Paris on the day of the grand reception atVersailles : the flags and Chinese lanterns still left hanging alongthe boulevards, to wit; to say nothing of the tempers of innumerablepromenaders who were overtaken bjthe showers and could not getcabs. At Versailles the rain and the wind worked between themeven more mischief; and the foulest of foul weather did its best tospoil the magnificent fete given in the palace and gardens of Ver-sailles by the President of the French Republic and Madame laMarechale de MacMahon, Duchesse de Magenta, to the foreignprinces and grandees sojourning in Paris and the elite of Parisian HIGH HOLIDAY IN THE CITY. 103 society. The gardens became one vast morass of mud ; the waterwas ankle-deep in the ill-paved Cour de Marbre ; large numbers ofladies had to walk a hundred yards from their carriages to the. .^uJ^ staircase of entrance ; trains were trodden upon ; lace scarves weresoaked ; silk stockings were splashed ; back hair came down limpand damp, and gentlemens white cravats hung pendent withmoisture. In the palace the crush was so great that hours were 104 PARIS HERSELF AGAIN.
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