June 11 Monday – In Paris, France, Sam made a “short address” at the Countess de Kessler’s Musicale. Livy was in the audience. The gala was reported later by the N.Y. Times, June 28, 1894 p.2, “The Social World.”

— Countess de Kessler’s Musicale. — The Countess de Kessler, who is prominent as a hostess with the smart sets of this city and Paris, gave one of the most brilliant entertainments of the season on June 11 at her handsome hotel on the Boulevard Montmorency, Paris. … A short address was made by “Mark Twain.” Among the many representatives of the fashionable world present were the Prince Galitzine, the Marquis Lambertye, the Countess Ducas, the Countess de Trobriand, the Marquis and Marquise Eskins, The Countess Bouterline, the Count and Countess de Lesmaisons, the Countess de Miranda, Mrs. Clemens, M. and Mme. Auffmordt, the Misses Lusk, Mr. and Mrs. Bridgeman, Mr. and Mrs. Lundell, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Clarke. Mrs. Harbeck, the Baron de Wecker, Mme. Gauthier, Mme. Lagrange, Mrs. Houston, the Count and Countess de Bernis, M. and Mme. Alphand, the Marquis de Maleysie, Mrs. and Miss Boyland, the Countess de Toqueville, Lady Beaumont; the Countess de Furstenburg, and the Count and Countess de Rose.

The New York Times, p.6 “In Memory of George William Curtis” ran a list of several hundred well known individuals as well as a committee for building a memorial to Curtis. S.L. Clemens was near the top of the list. George William Curtis (1824-1892) was an American writer, journalist, and public speaker. Gribben lists two books by Curtis [168].