Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1849-03-17
Extract from the Foreign Correspon-
dence of the st. Louis Republican.

dence of the st. Louis Republican.
NEAR PARIS, Jan. 4th, 2649.
GESTLEMEE: | believe ! promised you,
in my last, some account of the amusements
of the French. These meet stranger at
every step and their very nuinber makes
il difficult 10 select for description. IL Is
rrue that at Paris the rain, the cold, the
snow and the ice. had diminished the mum
her by closing the doors of some OF the
most popnlar resorts. j he Hippodrome,
for instance, an immense amphitheatre, on
the model of those of ancient Rome, aud
seating from ten TO fifteen thousand persons
on hard benches, no langer attracts the
the crowd. During the summer, it was
crowded, on every day of representation.
The Parislans meet there to see English
Isteeple chases, equestrian races, the car of
Jupiter surrounded by nymphs being pref
4 ty yodng ladies, dressediu the lightest gauze
and supported IN the air by iron rods, con-
cealed from view by the hutterlng folds OF
gauzc. z superior attraction, however was
the ascension in balloon, of g Sir Green
and three other persons. At each Assem-
sign, Sir Green would take with him a very
grave looking monkey, somewhat less than
a balloon, aud dressed ia full military uni
form. Al height of several thousand feet
the monkey would be detached from the bal
loon, and make his descent in parachute.
The descent was always beautiful, and ac-
compIisHed in perfect safety. But the chet
interest " as concentrated ia a troupe ofs0me
twenty young amazons, all graceful eques-
trians, aud riding as ladies' may be supposed
10 have done before side saddles had taught
them 70 use but one siiirup. The dress of
these graceful young persons does not sin
by being too heavy. In fact the first time
/ saw them | was much perpeXcd as GER
tain young countess was at one OF Louis
Phillppe's balls, when Sir Robert Stuart
appeared in full Scotch costume. She could
not decide, AT first, whether the gentleman's
luibs above the knee, were bare, or wherh-
er the tight pantaloon was an excellent inn
tation of flesh color after looking mo-
ment at them through the opera glass, she
pronounced the dress decidedly shocking.
Now, without my glass ! should have pro-
nounced the lower part of the dress of the
Amazons of the Hippodrome entirely too
Scotch for my taste but good glass rec
titles the mistake. an American is al first
shocked ut these exhibitions he is not so
devoted an adnIrer Of fine statuary as 70 be
willing 20 sacrifice female modesly for the
purpose Of gratifying his taste He would
prefer having the clothing little lower,
not quite so excellent flesh color, and Il
lille thicker. For one, am pleased thai
American taste has nor the eflroutery ofthe
Partisan. Ii is true rs remarked by Mrs.
Adams, that Ihe Americans al Paris soon
cease to be shocked BY the want Of modes
ty on the stage bur / can scarcely agree
with her, when ne nfers that the public
taste on such points, depends only on habit
aud conventional arrangement. lhe fact Is
certain, that exhibitions of the kind refer
red -, have never been tolerated, in any
country during the purity of the national
manners they have always marched hand
in hand, with private RIGHTEOUSNESS aud
public corruption. Ia no country in Europe
fre the national manners more depraycd
than Ii France and in none are the public
spcctaclcs 50 impure and immodest. The
. model artists" who have made such SEN
Sation IN the United States, arc surpassed,
in their peculiar line, hy the Aerian Tab
leaux, at some of the best Theatres in Pa
ris. The pulc is so far from protesting,
that the managers 90 TO ,reat expense and
pains to procure the most beautiful per-
formers. The men and women. who gain
4 hfelihaodby stan liugas models for sculp-
tors and painters, find IN this demand, a lar
ger sphere OF business and a more liberal
remuneration.