The New York herald., 1851-07-15

along, (they always rush ct Nswport) Where are
the simple m aslin dresses.the plain straw bon
plant forms Of the Parisian dsgaWes at Vichy, or
at AK! They have remained at homo. Gauzss,
flowers, and silks alone cross the Atlantic. There
fore, for our partie de cammgHe-the fair ladies'
come forth, as for promenade on the well-rolled
sands Of the Tuileries, the smooth turf of Ken.
singt0n gardens. The cavalers-alas! to no preur
chsyslier do their long lank, figures bear re-
to have calculated extraordinary Developments
when they gave orders to their tailor-for their
clothes hang loosely on th,m-even the cravat is
so loosely tied as to reveal poor thin throat,
made even smaller by the contrast of huge beau
laid across the bre ast-ah! the Joinvlle tie; but
could you see the dark manly face-the luxuriou,
beard-the broad shoulders, and the stalw lrt
throat of the Prince, who thus wears his cravat,
you would gently lay aside this fashion of young
America, as much too exaggerated for your fral
forms as the heavy sword of your brave forefthers,
whose single arm coped with united nations, is too
have swallox we'd great deal of dust-it is
growing dark--oh, for some silent stroll
along this starlit beach, the gentle. surges
ripping at your feet, some white sail skim
ming the horizon, or for q Chamber up those rocks,
to gather that blue flower the moon so temp.ingy
illumines; or with gentle hand in ours, let sit
here in silent communion between Heaven and poor
humanity. Not at all-gas, pOlkas, giggling and
cavaliers invite away-t0 your rooms, and then
come forth, not in the white muslin robe with the
sprg of real me ountain heath, or the wild spray Of
haythorn, memento of the mornings ride with him
you love but in gay grapes and satins, with the
cambrc rv ils of natures flowers, from the atdiers
of Natter and Constanta. And here We are at a
hop If it were beneath tent, with few colored
lamps, the trees waving round US and the stars
above us but no, it is in close room, hastily
cleared of benches and tables redOlent of sauce
piquant and corned beef. On comes the worn oui
partner Of our winters campaign. The nonsense
began in the city IS talked out here-the Irritation
there interrupted by business and varsity, here
takes graver turn from opportunity and propin-
quity, which, says an old worthy, does more than
cupid. Meantime, mama looks on, leaning on tn,
arm ofthe above named professor papa, perchance
snatched for week from the mysteries of Wal
street, looks on also; but he sees nothing, excep
people twirlng round him, which he thinks very
hot and very silly. Perchance the mother II
house in Fifth avenue-perchance child the less to
dress-at any rate young people must have their
way. Alas the moustachiod Germania, iddling aud
auting SO, perseveringly, cannot marry ''qne
fore'-look down and sigh-respond gently to the
bony pressure of the hand which clasps the tiny
wait-look up till a tear gathers in the eye girl
hoods dream dep and swear at 10 to be for ever
(an average of 80 years) good and faithful wife
to him you have known but in the atmosphere OF
the ballroom. Manly, order the carriage for to-
morrow morning, and as the music dies upon my
ear, and gain my silent chamber, let me think
what Voltaire said some sixty years ago of Eng
land 1t is, said he, like its porter, froth at the
top, dregs at the bottom, and good in the middle.
Thus is it herethe dregs thou givest Ireland from
thy green and desolate shores; the froth is here,
now dancing, flirting talking, but within the heart
of every city in thy distant new formed States lie
the sinews Of thy power, America Girls, whose
names were never coupled with the word of belle -
mothers whose mirror their beauties only in their
daughters eyes, and know not care not for fashion
or pos ition-young men, whose health no dis
sipation has impaired, stopping alike the physical
and mental powers; AMI men, whose hearts beat
for their country, their honor, and their homes.