Pauline Metternich Days That Are No More

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Princess Metternich found at Paris the aristocratic world that She had left at Vienna. She had passed from one cosmopolitan atmo sphere only to enter into a Similar one, the Empress Eugenie's Court being largely com posed Of foreigners from all quarters of the globe. Russians, English, and Americans mingled with Spaniards and Italians, a few Germans, and some Mexicans, Of whom Mme. Erazzua was the most prominent. Hence the celebrated Five Quarters of the World ball was given. I had the advantage of hearing much about that entertainment from a lady who (with her sister, Miss Carter) was present at it - Mrs. Ronalds, who died only a few years ago. Her sister represented America in the tableaux, and Mrs. Ronalds had preserved illustrations of the scene pub lished by the Paris papers of the period.