Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-04-02

qusntsies; "a Ia Barbe d'or' tthe .ixn ofthe Col
den Beard) in the Rue Richelieu. where silks an
.atins shine in matches splendour; ."Aux &rms
d'Angleterrc" 1.-THE Arms OF Englandl where Eau a
Cologne is sold quite fresh made at Paris by Messr.
Lsbrun and RensuIt; "Aux Danes Irlandsises 9TH
sign OF the Irish Ladies) where real valencienne
lace may be had much cheaper than the manufae
.ufer can procure on the spot; yet whoever doubt
| us reality receives for her reply "msis vrament
Madame est en- eIreur, cest la verta bic dentelle d
| Nalenciennes" "Au Chat Botte," (he sign of the
Cat in Boots) where boots, shoes, and slippers 70
men mot for ladies, for they kept quite dstinc
in Paris) may be had at all prices and of all quail
ties, warranted never TO wear out, and to be quit,
| Inaccessible" TO water; "a la petite Jeannette'
with her egg-bssket empty the eggs scattered OF
| the ground. and huge white tears strea ming dow,
her red cheeks, whilst contemplating her disaster
where the charming "robesr in the window invite
the yet more charming Parisans TO buy and veal
them; and finally, "to the sign OF the Pettcoat," moi
the flannel petucost, not the dimity pettcoat, no,
the silk, satin, Persian pettcoat, not the stuff
nankeen, or woollen pettcoat oh, no, "ts something
more exquisite still, the
SOUS UPES-OUDINoT,"
"sgHed' Oudinot. Mark that, ladies' Your pct
tieoats are TO be sgned But do hear their de-
seriptions from Ouduot himself the prince Of petit
coats the very ne plus ultra of the petcoat trade
or IN other words, 'the" pctticoat Oudinot. Hear
hm He tellslus that these signed petticoats, for
which he has received medsille d'honneur land
town, ay, and on the back ofevery lady who shall
disgrace herselfby wearing them) are
"BoUfFANrEs EFT ELAsTioUEs."
Let me dwell moment on this general descrip-
ton OF the genus" before proceed TO particulars.
a "Bouhante" petticoatl Not Buffoon pet,icoa,,
nor YET Bullion petticoat (peace TO his names y -
out swelling out petticoat, a sort of gas-baloon
petucoat, an inflated petticoai, Il like the word)-
none OF your hanging down petcoats as loose or as
Imp as my aunt Betsys, but petticoat giving it.
self airs, e1claiming snake way for me, make
way for me, | am coming :" petticoat that 'does
not think small beer of tsef!" but which stands at
me head OF the pettcoat arstocracyi This, yes
'his, Is feeble attempt to describe "Bouffante"
petiicoat- II stands up Of itself II looks a lady
without lady. IL Miss Julia is a little sinuous il
makes her as straight as popular tree, though not
quite so tall. IL one side OF her graceful form is a
lew degrees out of the perpendicular the peiticoa'
oy It's bouffdnte" qualities, contrives with the
o'her Side as TO render her perfect Taglioni; and
WIN one OF Oudinot's signed" sout-jup-s she may
appear on the Boulevards, or lounge in the Tuil-
cries, us the very grace well as life of Partisan
society.
But them these petticoats are notl merely bout
ahtes-they are also elastiques Just think OF
nat Gear Lady Georsiana, an elastic pettcoat -
ou complain oil being unable TO walk from rheu.
natsm, which has made you prematurely old and
I'm at slxty-nine and three q uarters. Never mind
low. lake courage. Here are petticoats which
sI render even you elastic, il you will wear them
NV sport you oy thelr bouhante properties from
IAN TO oeersheoa, IT you desire it. An "elastic"
'ettlcoat! No more Of the old fashioned humdrum
etpcoals made straight behind and straight before
W, no. hencef nth elastic petIicoats will be the rage
THIS era oil elasticity of which net only shall, It be
ecorded by the future stori'n that in the year
S4i minds were elastic, hearts elastic opinions eas-
e' politicians elastic, and purses elastic, but that
Iuu'noi, with the wand of magician, made petit
oats elastic
But that there may be no mistake about these
'etteoats, and that none of their mperishable at
tributes may be unknown, | shall now supply the
description given by the immortal Oudinot, in his
'wn boutfante and eastique style: