New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-29
Nem-a1ork Daily Grihume.
ly AMERICAN WOMAN IN PARIS. No. XXI.

The Carnival marched is pageSn.s bsnos'h brilliant
essspy which the furious sksgcd Mars has s les hang
ing Asl Wednesday drsped the churches IN black and
sprnkled ashes the fair sinners Of the Jcurs 6ras -
but On indulgence OF sunlight eeeoTet N magnnee
pleni,nde a-sinncr well as sinl. Venus seems 70
have vanquished her martial lover and this H"ah has
been their hcuey-oce Only two or three clcady days
have dinned he lustcr Venus sometimes VIII POu;or
Msrs VIII battc-so ortaIs csnao, hopc pass honey
moon with fwcr eOudy days. I, wOrld be poor, nsPd
reen-ch,sse honey -uOon withosl tbs Hide fearful Va
reiy.
While vct ts sweet crcseen. l,tieRo, bigger than
prTnr Il vorr ;uab-Esi-.wo tur;c-dovcs sai on is
holu apd eoogd. Oar English friends bad como AMI
found f.r nd d. f04ysyees in the Rae de Ia PaiN
l.e a,.u 10 The Faulou ~ German took enolhcr leave
o. sahsercc y eoaycl, hoac sndoncd the hsPpy pair in
their co=v iuoRs - lacscEcct. you say th.ee s a.
wsys 60. ioJ msy. Yet did Il, UNCONSCIOUS Of either
being an e,sJ5ros 5s s.es, qHeqae csose ae tr1P
Tender gryc.ngs exchanged, then came lhe tug OF
war; Gentlemen may cgy peace, peace, bu there no
pesee when lad s are cnec N PARIS bent Sn sightseeing
slsves. spring bonnc,s and dresses Sixteen days OF
ezme sks aud bamy beczes encanpcd around as a. We
went up ard down and encompassed about this fabulous
civ. AZ night cur hctcl-ike kind NoahpuIled us in
unto hun rs tho &c We thar found 10 tho sole Of her
loot AID sometimes even night the malecon Of the
wsnlering. ng.Noul haunt sieps, saving Never sha
I've -,s;."
The Parsisu ebriuths OF shops szhss and pleasures
were hid In Virgs TaTtaraR visions. ant Dan;cs e>es
Of horrors licked Tie model OF raoking, Tagging mex
orable Sightseeing machine. Deaths dence has glm-
merng Likeness TO H. Once in the hs's, the unhappy We
I'm is h6dod or and til shred by shred h flesh ias
weared and hs Joints untacklcd cTumbc down, and the
ye marrow o his spirit gives up the ghost OF all desire to
be or do Bu we yield to faes prcrogstives, leave tenn
-. f,,-,s shf don
!et mcC knees become Us in ;ho grinding.
Yc who have survived this ordeal look not mournful-
" into the past but lend your Rs and bid Us walk
mnniulIy into the future.
We started out on the las, day Of the carnival Liberty
ad license we've in the ascendant. The BGg GraS ani
The owners cf the OK Druids mns,re cars, women and
music mousquetaires and horseren in costumes OF the
times OF Louis XIII, XIV and XYa butchers disguised
to whom the Ci;y OF Paris pays 20 francs each to play
tbs annual farce making their last courses The
time Of sacrifice approached The OK was 10 be offered up
for the sins OF the people and the Emperor and the grand
dutaros Of the State to dine from BIS choicest NOR
sos q. the first permitted srGs dinner
Al O'Clock we came upon the Boucydrls. Is tar as
we could see living, moving extended before US
Horscsuar cleared the crossings Tor caases-serseants
dc vile arranged the crowd to right and eI up and down
the sidewalks We asked policeman what great event
was in expectation He replied Nothing IL II the Pa
:rsan wey Of enjoying fine day The gamfns footed
horns-fne people showed themselves. The Emperor and
Empress passed with their suitcgreat bourgeois aud little
bourgeois looked on-que ss cats may look upon king.
4 few masks appeared in the cvcnng-e grand ball at
the Orora ended Ndrdi Gras.
Ash Wednesday changed the scene-,Le world kneeed
ia pcni.ence and priest marked with ashes its fore
head Dust thou art anil TO dust shalt thou return.
grand military funeral was celebrated at the Madeleine
dcrd General thousands OF soldiers in signs Of mourning
bands with muIed drums and instruments sounding dead
marches followed the footsteps OF the BGy Grds, the
mousquetaires and the echoes of bacchana songs The
srec,ace continues. but the scene is changed Yesterday
it was twcedc-dce and now it is rgoedlc-dum.
So far we had felt pleasant delight in the etys diver
-ons but the third day the fatal malaria gathered about
us Our friends still strangers and the dangers ot
acclmaon awaited them. BY degrees symptoms of the
shopping mania gave inquetude These symptoms are
easily detected but, ike fever, must have their rum
The patient first feels an inclination to turn her head to
The wall in passing shop-windowsi then she stops still
before them and her eyes turn back and forth rapidly
between Of bonnots and her husbands countenance
Tie is not alarming, however, till the patient enter
a shop attended upon the bride in the last stages ora
bargainor head-drcss. II was heap OF hcad-dress-
tent fat la m0de-madc OF odds and ends Of lace and
ribbons grass and weeds and coored cotton cloth cut in
.hspes of herbs and flowers. 1t headdress that
would nave sOotheu crazy MuuSe Nidhfe DthFtuh
changed to delight when the bundle bought. But,
alas our delighted purchaser makes a sorry figure in re-
turning home The headdess like King Henrys crown sat
heavily and Meduss sngs pierced the temples that bore
il. \ bill, like snake in the grass, Kissed gu! from
incessantly. "Sirsy fraacs' Yes sir,y francs !"
Impossible" exclans the lady who had given US the
address to this Wholesale establishment This led to an
interview Of our friend with the mistress Of the aforesaid
house in terms something Ike the following:
Madame Cap, will you allow to trouble you to tell
ne the price of that handsome headdross yonder with the
pink ribbons f'
Certainly my dear madame, with infinite pleasure
the price OF that headdress is forty francs charming
coifuTe, and extremely CONNIE a taRt'
have friend Madame Cap, who was SO unfortunate
az to pay sixty francs ior one like it, yesterday.
Il am extremely sorry had not the pleasure Of fur
nishng her one from my collection at more reason
able price, replied Madame Cap.
But | am under the unhappy necessity OF informing
you that my friend selected hers here By my express re-
commcndation.'
Impossible 20 says Madame Cap Il have never had
the-e head-dre-ses at that price
But assure you my friend paid sixty francs to one of
your maids. yesterday for such head-dress.'
o. mon Dieu, mon Diea :" exclaIns Madame Cap,
canine je ss,s naHesreusei would not have had it
happen for a tIousand head-lrerses'
Hereupon the offending maid Is called she recoees the
sale but persists in considering tie thing not dear P0rr
AHgidise."
Well It was only twenty francs Of which she cheated U.s.
Perhaps not too dear Tor the whistle.
II the Vile de France found simple barege for
forty francs We sent dressmaker who returned
complete with exquisite note limiting at fifty franco
'or making and garnishng The bride put in On. There
were Bows the breast ruies the sleeves ringes
The waist and ounees that, ike six wings covered her
NJ el1 10 tho doy of