The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-12-15

stincts of nature.
Manners OF LADIEs-BoSAPARTE A.
BlLTIMoRE.-If the morals are not loose
the manners of our women are certainly
easy. There is 10 country in the worl'
where such unresiralned intercourse be
tween the sexes before marriage IS allowed
rs in The United Siates-an inalienable 70
publican right, which the woman never sur
render. There is an innocent freedom from
suspicion on the part Of parents, and roll
licking enjoyment Of the license they pos
sess on the part Of the daughters, which are
as charming 10 The lovers Of nature as they
are convenient 10 the experienced IN ART
This freedom began early in this country,
daiing back 10 The pairiarchal times ol ou'
earliest settlement, and was con;',nan' WIN
rs il was secured by, the simplicity OF lille
OF our ancestors. Debauched Europe could
not understand il all. When Jerome Bona
parie was The the brother, as he is now The
uncle, Of an Emperor Of the French, and
was IN the lusliness Of his youth, though
not experienced in The ways OF the world
he visited, Us we all know, the United
States. While in Baltimore, before he had
concentrated his affections in malIimony,
he wandered from flower TO flower in thai
garden Of beauty. The prince was favor.
cd visitor everywhere. On one occasion,
being invited as guest 10 ball a young
belle, yet in her teens, called for him, and
invited him 10 a seat al her side in The pa.
ternal carriage in which she lounged unat.
tended. The prince joyfully accepted the
invitation, and had hardly seated himself by
the side Of beauty and innocence, when he
showed by his ardent admiration OF the
charms Of The former, how incapable he
was Of approaching the simplicity Of the
latter The young girl expressed her indis-
nation, and, discharging her companion,
drove home and invoked The aid OF brother
in the emergency. The Prince was called
10 an account, and was ready with an apollo
gy. In France, he said, he would have los,
his claim 10 gallaniry il he had acted other.
wise but, upon his faith rs Frenchman,
the Prince continued. he would not have
treated the young beauty as he had done,
had he no, supposed that was what she ey.
pec'ed, AMI The express object Of her visit.
He acknowledged, with shrug Of the
shoulders, that he was beie," and ought
10 have known that old Europe was one
thing and new America quite anolher.-
Such was the virtue and simplicii, OF our
American grandmolheis. Their beautiful
descendants have lost nothing, We are sure,
OF their ancestral virtue, but have become
much more knowing. II they should take
up a Prince and Frenchman, they would
know what 10 expect.
THE FAST YOUNG LADY. The East young
lady is one Of The developments of female
liberty. Young and handsome she is, OF
course, ard brimfull of vitality. Daring
and dashing, she does thousand eItrava-
CANT things but youth and beauty lend
such u grace 10 all she does, tha, we are
attracted more than is quite right for our
prim proprie,y 10 acknowledge. From the
very first she is veiled by no maiden blush.
es, and checked by no coy shyness, but
boldly faces the world, aud rushes into its
embrace. She becomes known every
where she is at every ball Of The season,
and every party Of The night. She is as
familiar 10 The frequenlers Of Broadway as
the As,or House. Her reckless doiugs are
on every tongue; how she was at six par
ties in one night, how she kissed young
Dalliance in The ball room, out drinked him
in champagne nj the supper table, and
smoked one OF his segars OH The way home.
She is indeiaiigablc in her coqueiry; while
revolving in the arms of one beau, she will
illuminate another Ivy her bright glances
her hand will return the warm pressure OF n
devoted admirer, while her little foot Is busy
in its intimate condolences with his rival
In the race with fashion our fast young lady
is always ahead. II rc, is the prevailing
color, she will flame in scarlet; hit is per-
mi,,ed TO display The shoulders, she will re
veal 10 The waist. Her daring spiri, is al
ways flying beyond the verge Of decorum,
and lowering in the dangerous neighbor-
hood OF vice.
FEATHERS AND FINE WOMEN. The fond.
ness Of our fashionable iolks for fine feaih
ers is Car famed. A merchande des modes
who en,ices our wives and daughters with
her luxurious displays OF The fashions nj
No. = Broadway, and frishiens husbands
and fathers by The enorimi,y OF her bills,
tell us that in her annual visits 10 Paris her
difficulty is not in finding what may be
tasteful and beautiful, but what may be
sufficiently costly 10 sui, The sum piuousness
Of American prodisaliiy. Every sovereign
republican mus, be clothed in purple and
fine linen. Royal masnificence of drapery
is barely sufficient for The splendid loins oi
our wives. Os,enia,ion here shrugs its
shoulders n, The mantle Of foreign grandure.
Our informant tells us, moreover, that the
scope Of Partisan modes Is no, sufficiently
broad TO sui, the expensive views of els.
Atlantic iashionables Her imagination, she
declares, is constantly Oh The stretch, Ia
make what is fashionable more fashionable
still. II an inch is assumed abroad, an ell
is insisted uEon here. II low necks and
short skirts prevail in Paris, the former
must descend 10 The waist and The latleI
rise 10 the knees in New York. We will
no, disclose all The revelations made, entr,
nous, BY Madame Crinoline, our ingeniou.
friend aud cunning adorller Of tho New
York ladies, The above menlioned march
ande dies modes but we can, We think
without an abuse Of confidence, state gen
orally upon the word aud honor OF Madam,
lha, The American ladies are more made az
than any other women in The world. w.
haveiiaken occasion 10 remark upon the inn
proved health. the increased deyelopmep
OF our beauties. With smile at our sim
pliciiy, and shrug Of her French shoul-
ders TO indicate her own superior knowl
edge, Madame with a cooness Of an experi
snced aiialomisi, sct about dissec,inr /,
beauty for us, and did il SO clearly and sat.
isfac,orily, ,ha, we must have been dull no
10 have understood, aud foolish no, 10 bcne.
fi, 10 the end o(our lives, by the revelation
There il the role en- soir with four ada;
iional breadlhs, and wadded here. ther,
and everywhere; there is the silk iupon
the hair cloth, the flannel, the linen, III,
cotton, The but We dare not follow Mad
ame in her bold nroads upon The precincl