1864-1870 _Le Petit Salon de la Rue de Rivoli._ _Le Grand Salon de la Maison Sallandrouze._ Sociability has ever been one of Mme. Adam’s gifts. It declared itself in her childhood. At school she was always the centre of a band, grouping, organising her schoolfellows. When she came to live in Paris, to create a salon became her dominating ambition. And it was no less a personage than that most distinguished and aristocratic of _salonnières_, Mme. d’Agoult, who first suggested to her young friend the possibility of realising her aspiration. “Mine will remain the great salon of the winter,” said Mme. d’Agoult, who frequently left Paris during the summer months, “and yours shall be the little summer salon.” For Juliette, as we have seen, had begun to spend her winters in the south. Then the Countess proceeded to draw up a code of rules for Juliette’s guidance in the execution of her great social enterprise. “Mme. d’Agoult,” writes Juliette, “sent me _la très belle page suivante_.[87] “‘Happiness depends on renunciation and wisdom. If you would gather around you a number of men and a few intelligent women you must appear serene or happy. “‘Your life, though in reality it may be agitated, must appear to others to be without complications and not lacking in unity. “‘Friendships can only be retained in an atmosphere which is impersonal and restful. “‘In order that the founders of your salon may regard themselves as such you must consult them before you introduce any new-comers. “‘You should avoid exchanging confidences; for they create too close an intimacy; and they may lead you to give advice with which some day you may be reproached. “‘Be modest, but not self-effacing. Be simple, but distinguished. Express your opinions with a certain confidence. Appear firm, but also tolerant. “‘If you would preserve your salon your first duty should be to stimulate the intellectual curiosity of those whom you have gathered round you. “‘Be careful to make them feel that you are more occupied with them than with yourself. * * * * * “‘Twenty men friends and five women will suffice to found a salon. You have them already.’” Juliette had not only the requisite number of friends, but now, in the spring of 1864, she had also a home in the very heart of Paris, where she could receive them. And the dinner-party which, by way of house-warming, she gave in the flat in the Rue de Rivoli may be regarded as inaugurating her salon, that _salon minuscule_, as she called it, which was to be the summer ante-chamber to Mme. d’Agoult’s _grand salon d’Hiver_.