The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-20 00:00:00

DRESS FASHIONS IN EUROPE,

The American beauties who have graced the Jerome
Park grounds with their presence will be enabled to
recuperate from the aristocratic languor consequent on
their exertion by reading our special fashions correspond-
ence from Paris. They will duly remember, however,
that the discipline of one of the most ancient of the
churches permits and pronounces the viatorilus licitum est,
or, in other words, that it is lawful 'for travellers to do
many things and enjoy divers carnal consolations •which
are not permitted to stay-at-home people. Sir Walter
Scott's venerable abbott availed himself, as the leaders
of the novel are already aware, of this very con-
venient dispensation clause of the canon which relates
to personal mortification, after he had journeyed about a
mile from the monastery, by eating a slice of venison steak
on a day of "black fast." It is lawful for travellers,"
says the Church, "to eat flesh for the nourishment of the
body." "It is lawful for travellers," and everybody else,
says the Herald, to read our special letter on dress
fashions, so that they may be enabled to adorn the person
with good taste, and thus promote the religion of popular
refinement. Having thus pronounced the do remain, we
may say that our Paris special writer supplies a very
animated, sparkling, and encouraging fashion exhibit. Art,
poetry and song, royalty, aristocracy, valour, grace and
beauty are commingled wfth much elegance in the commu-
nication. We has e the perplexities of wonderful under-
skirts, of ribbons, of rustic and other hats, of promenade
toilets, indoor robes, and new parasols. Laces, dress
trimmings, flounces, jewels and costume ornaments, flash,
as it were, before our eyes in a mingled blaze of colour,
formed by the tints of the Nile, the Baltic, the Ophelia,
the green and other shades whichl are just now patronized
at the great continental centre and in Europe generally.
The reported " engagement " of a beautiful and accom-
plished American girl to a French marquis is noted.
Madame Canrobert, widow of the famous French
Marshal, looked exceedingly pretty and very attrac-
tive when engaged in admiring the portrait of her
deceased soldier-husband in the gallery of the
Fine Arts Exhibition, Paris. The Empress Eugenie was
beautiful—almost as, ever—as she drove on the city prome-
nade in a simple, elegant toilet, which is described ; but
her Majesty was radiant, almost ethereal, in her Presence
and charity as she stole softly from the Tuileries to sit by
the bedside of a poor child which had been stricken by
smallpox, and there minister to the ease and comfort of the
infant suferer. Ladies' veils have been worn affixed to
the chignon, with ornamental daggers, and novelties in
style, in dress materials, in make up, in trimmings and
even in the "put on " of the robes, prevailed on every
side, from the more humble rooms to the most regal and
aristocratic salons, all of which is duly and specially re-
ported in our pages.—New York Herald.

RECEPTION OF THE INDIAN DELEGATIONS
AT THE WHITE HO USE.
The gentle savages under Spotted Tail, and the nn-
gentle ones under the sombre Red Cloud, were honoured
with an interesting social reception at the White House
this evening. Accompanied by Secretary Cox and Com-
missioner Parker, they were conveyed to the Executive
Mansion in carriages, about half-past seven o'clock,
where they were received in right royal style by the corps
of gentlemanly ushers and bowed into the grand East
Room. It was quite dusky at the time and the splendid
chandeliers were not lit up with their hundreds of jets of
flaming light. Spotted Tail and his suite were placed at
the north side of the room, and close by them wereranged
Red Cloud and his twenty followers. It seems that though
Red Cloud is the biggest Indian of the two chieftiaus, yet
Spotted Tail received more honours. He is awarded
precedence in all the interviews and receptions, because
he has manifested a more friendly disposition towards
the pale faces. This is said to be the etiquette among
savages, and by advice of General Parker it has been
strictly observed here. Spotted Tail and Red Cloud
seem to consider the thing as all right, or at least no
murmurs have been heard from the Ogallalla, chieftain
and no threats made to scalp Parker or Grant,
or any other man, in consequence of the violation of the
respect due from one great potentate to another. The
only complaint Red Cloud has made so far is that he had
to go see all the big white warriors and the Great Father
instead of them coming to visit him. After the savages
were arranged in due order for a short time some of the
servants of the Executive Mansion entered and com-
menced lighting up the chandeliers. The proceedings
were too much for Indian stoicism. Spite of their efforts
to make believe they did'nt care a snap for the gas and
the pretty chandeliers, one could see Red Cloud eyeing
the operation with a mystified look, and Spotted Tail
gazing with an interest which could not be mistaken. The
inferior warriors almost spoke with wonder, and that is
saying a good deal. When the illumination was com-
plete the Indians caught each other betraying unusual
interest, and promptly retired within themselves. Then
the distinguished pale faces came upon the scene,
headed by President Grant and his e§teemed lady,
who were followed by Secretary and Mrs. Fish,
Secretary and Mrs. Belknap, Secretary and Mrs. Cox,
Postmaster and Mrs. Cresswell, Secretary and Mrs.
Boutwell, and Mrs. Attorney-General Hoare, that
amiable old lady who has charge of our national litiga-
tion. Then came •a distinguished foreign procession,
compose of the diplomats, including Berthemy, Thorn-
ton, Catacazy, Gerolt, Lederer, Baltazzi, and a host of
others whose names 'I forget. They had their ladies
along, all dressed in the most stylish manner, evidently
with the object of captivating the savage hearts. Dele-
gations from the Indian Committees of the Senate and
House were also among the pale faces. There were the
accomplished and handsome Thayer, of Nebraska ; the
charming Buckingham, of Connecticut, and the states-
manlike and lively Corbett, of Oregon. There were also
Representatives Van Horn, of Missouri, and Taffe, of
Nebraska. Senator Morrill, of Maine, wa4 also on hand,
and Dawes, of Massachusetts. The savages viewed the
distinguished arrivals with the stoical air which only
savages affect. They beheld their great father and great
mother unmoved. They looked upon the representatives
of empires and kingdoms and principalities without so
much as an "ugh." They saw the costly toilets,
magnificent scalps and sylendid costumes, appa-
rently not a whit wonder-struck. But in their
hearts they were, no doubt, thinking of their
tomahawks and scalping knives, and what a fine
chance it was to chew their prowess if they dare. What
a sensation it would have made had they then and there
uttered a sudden war whoop and proceeded to execution
dire ! The very thought makes one's blood shiver. After
the savages were given ample time to study the whole
group of pale faces the interpreter came forth, and after
saying something in the Indian dialect Spotted Tail ad-
vanced respectfully towards his Great Father, Grant,
and was introduced both to the President and the lady of
the White House. The other warriors of Spotted Tail
went through the same ceremony a little more obse-
quiously. Then came the turn of Red Cloud and his fol-
lowers. The same scene was enacted, and next the.
Indians shook hands with the Cabinet Ministers and their
ladies, the diplomats, male and female, and all the others
present. A little attempt at conversation followed.
Thornton essayed English with Red Cloud, but made a
dead failure ; the Ogallalla, warrior only looked at the re-
presentative of British Majesty. Catacazy made a venture
with Spotted Tail in both French and Russian, with
no better success. The ladies tried to soften the
savage bosoms by chatteaing pretty words in a score of
languages, but it was no go. This thing of talking
without mutual understanding was found to work no
better with savages than with the children of civilisation.
The Great Father saw what was the matter, and contrived
to change the scene before things should become dangerous.
Leading Mrs. Grant to the front he caused a procession
to be formed in the following order :—First, President
and Mrs. Grant ; second, Spotted Tail ; third, Red Cloud;
fourth, Spotted Tail's followers ; fifth, Red Cloud's
followers ; sixth, Cabinet Ministers : seventh, diplomats ;
eighth, Indian Committees ; ninth, everybody else. Thus
arranged it moved from the East Room through the
intervening apartments to the State dining-room, where
a spectacle that ought to soothe the savage breast was
beheld. The chandeliers were all lit up ; the table
was covered with fragrant flowers, and strawberries
smothered in ice cream abounded. This was a
feast for the savages, who were awarded all the front
positions, and given a chance to display their powers
unchecked. The Cabinet officers and diplomatists, even
the ladies, had to yield to the savages. I suppose Indians
are well accustomed to strawberries, but evidently ice
cream was a thing that they had never even dreamed of
before in all their sleeping and waking visions of future
celestial hunting-grounds. They approached it carefully,
as a cat would crawl over a snow-bank. They handled it
delicately, smelt it, tasted it, and then they liked it
hugely. Ice cream they thought, evidently, would be a
' first-rate diet in heaven hereafter. The cold, sweet sub-
: stance likewise seemed to melt their tongues, for they
commenced to speak, and spoke, some of them even
i twenty words, which, if translated, would no doubt mean
t that the Great Father was a good cook and his ice cream
e some pumpkins. The diplomats, particularly the ladies,
a enjoyed the occasion immensely ' • so did the Cabinet
Ministers and their wives. At the conclusion of the
"" feast the Indians shook hands with the whole company
n again, and departed in good humour.—New York Herald
of June 7.

The Working Mens' Exhibition at Hull will be
opened by the Mayor to-day (Monday).

Seventy-five men, sent by the Erie Railway Com-
pany from New York to take the place of the strikers in
the freight-house at Buffalo, arrived there, and on learn-
ing the condition of affairs refused to work and joined the
strikers. The men will be sent back.