AN AUSTRALIAN SALON.
The .promise.-of a . "political -salon" in 'Melbourne'.raises';/ at ' first; mention, - says -the; "Australasian,";-a vision of I'ans gowns and :bnl]iint; chandeliefs ; !soft- musio in • one room; i jn ; 1 ; tfepretty-i sisterv of a: diplomat'' learning. ' military, secre'ta . from a major-general. sadicicntly„aclvaucctl in tho servicß ; toliaye l 'attam€d'seiiiority. and avoirdupois ; while- the. hostess, with-.a pair' of. level eyehrops and, a. cup..of .coffee,-is mcssitiori,>.\tori her ears'; alonej"' : of his.-/future: : poljoy'Wo. perceive; that tho"-Melbourne' aiicieni? iPren'chf noblesse,but 'more ilike gaily,sprang up after the fall of Robespierre; '.wit,; -wealth, ' aiid 'beauty I being-, more:- iiecos-' : sary qualifications for leadership than Mero-vingian-ancestry. Tho.salons Recamier, Tallienp.ind dowStacl gave Paris a' substitute . for. the ' _ guiloti'ie'; the,persiflage of - witty - tongues;'dici'more.'serious, harm./to.'the Re-; ..volution . ; thaii.- : thoraxes,-of the Reign of • Terror to. arrogant rilling pla^sqs. ; The . fiercest i Jacobins'; could be . chastened and tamfed.'.' Lady Best, iwho is about to form a political .salon "in a small way," is not prepared, as yet to (li3putc the palm with Kecamier. or'de Stael; we are. told that her salon will: be for women only, and .:that it .will 'provide-. "a' : v musical programme ; interspersed • of-.current- : statement of - agenda which lias a decided' flavour.of the . Pleasant Sunday.: Afternoon:, ■A.-,salon for women only, with - even- .' the : worthy Senator. Sir -Robert., Best.; interdicted,, in .his own / home, has not a .very: 'piquant.. sound., v-One. would-;, rather, see Lady Best ,^'| : , iiriore- ambitir' o;w';72biM work V; of : ■li'pii-aiid-tiger'/taminfj jr. revealing; thoj debanhair,;gdiety ; , .J4fM^?i)l ! ?l''',WilHaittg^e,'j<»..bniigi^'-'.the ; Scotch .-'[oliOo :.;Mv;Aridrewr Fishert" stern lips.. However, as ■ Rockefeller - remarked whehrh'evsayeU'.His'first; fifty-'.dollars'; sinall'' things grow, ThoJTsar>nd the Kaiser may yet -have causo' tb remember the foundation . of Melbourne salons. '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 561, 16 July 1909, Page 3
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268AN AUSTRALIAN SALON. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 561, 16 July 1909, Page 3
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