The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-01

and the consequent neglect of friends. The
result was Caroline and Edward Spencer were
both humbled, and when their humility became
an active quality-whch it did so soon as the
novelty of their situation had worn off-they
led a happier life. Industry and frugalty at
length crowned their efforts, and they were ena-
bed once more to move in respectable sphere
of society. 1t was in the same room, and about
the same spot, that some short time after this
favorable reverse of their fortunes, they were
again found indulging in "reminiscences of the
past. r 4 4ge=m~1s .-=sysezaias as7- Eszz
"Does it not seem strange said Edward,
ssthat SO trihing circumstance as your suppos
ing that was once jealous of Edward Norris,
should have led to our misfortunes?" s'No, my
DEAR" replied his wife, sst was not that circum-
stance, but my foolishly insisting upon the
.ssBut then how silly of me to be annoyed at
such trile." "Oh how wept the first even
ing you quit'' sAnd I, too had supposed that
you cared not whether were offended or not"
'sThe fact is,'' said Caroline, II had then too
much pride'' ''And T." retorted Edward,
sstoo much temper
A FRENCH WoMAN's REvESGE.-The follow
ing good story is told illustrating the tone of
society in Paris at present:
An English marchioness, resident in and
cultivating the legiimist faubourg, and avoid
ing the Napoleonities as ''low,'' gives grand
parties. To one Of these, an English lady,
among the invited, took, unlimited, a pretty
French woman, a friend Of the empress. The
pretty woman made herself highly conspicuous
by her prettiness and her firtations. Hername
was asked, and the marchioness found out who
she was, and became disguised. She went up
to her, and with the boldness peculiar to the
British female, and to the amazement of the
company, said: @ ,+#1
''I am so conscious of the honor you have
done me in visiting me, that dare not expect
repetition of the unexpected compliment
The pretty woman grew pale, bW smiled and
troubled a cavalier to order her carriage. The
pretty woman Was clever, and fnessed a re-
venge She bribed the marchioness' femme
de chambre to give her the list of guests inyi-
ted for the next soiree. Armed with this, she
prepared a circular note which she dispatched
to the invited late in the afternoon of the ap
pointed day-"The marchioness presents her
compliments to so and so, and regrets that a
domestic calamity will prevent her" &c. She
then went to great ''mad DOCTOR" represent
ing herselfas the daughter Of the marchoness,
and acting with the consent of her ladyship's
family. She represented to this Partisan, dr..
Connolly, that her mother, the marchoness
was afflicted with insanity, and her madness
was in the delusion that she was always having
great parties. For instance, if the doctor
would 60 to her ladyship;s hotel that evening,
he would find it dressed in greatsplendor, with
the saloons Illuminated, adorned with flowers,
and buffets crowded with refreshments. r.
The doctor, went, with the understanding
that he was to obtain the proper police authori-
ty to take the marchioness to maison de sante,
in the event that the representation made to
him being confirmed by his own observation.
He arrived at ten in the evening, he was the
frst-the only guest, and though the narchio
ness did not remember his name, she toss to1
granted she had invited him, and was prsSusely
civil. His manner puzzled and his questions
startled her, ,and as he grew more abrupt as his
PERCEPTION of her lunacy became more clear
she was at last offended, and rang for her SER
wants. At the same time, he gave the proper
signal, and the end of the story is that, she
was taken off by the doctor, in Mysteries, and
was detained as prisoner in his asylum until
the whole truth leaked out. All Paris was in
roars, and the pretty firt is heroine forever
Protected by her august friend, she can escape
retaliation. , A British marchioness is too grand
for wit. - -'
Willis says, Paris fashions are not bad fash
ions-but in New York we shoot beyond Paris
altogether. No Paris lady drags silk and satin
dresses over Paris sidewalk TO sweep the
streets, as do our ladies in New York. No
Paris lady goes out into the public streets in
almost ball dress, as we do here. It is not
the Paris fashion to go a shopping in the best
clothes the ladies have. We have never been
permitted to count the dresses in a Paris LADY,
wardrobe; but we will venture to say that
things being equal as to the condition of lifei
our ladies have three robes where the Paris ls'
| dies have one. 1t is not the Paris fashion fol
| all the servant girls to wear silks and costly
bonnets and ribbons, and the Honitan or Brus-
on earth but in the United States of America
We certainly shall have, in this country-the
way wss go Onto carry out st. Louis edi-
tors suggestions, and perhaps the best way to
do it is to initiate the English example-tha
is, put all the livery and trapping upon the ser
wants, and dress in the simplest attire our
selves. The only way now really to be dis
tngue is to be scrupulously simple. Let the
money'that is to be spent be spent upon the
fit rather than upon the material.
A quaker gentleman from Pennsylvania re-
Gently visited relation in one of our lower
counties, who had about a hundred slaves on his
farm, all of whom had been raised in the fami
ly. The Pennsylvania took several occasions
to lecture the Marylander on the sinfulness Of
holding slaves, and urged him to manumit
them. The Marylander finally proposed te
his relative to give him every slave he had
provided he would give him security that he
would take as good care of them as he did
OF the number of slaves, he remarked, there
are thirty too old to take care of themselves,
and of course he could not free them; then
there are thirty others too young to be given
their freedom; the other forty he kept to earn
sufficient to support those that are too young
and too old to work. The Pennsylvania de-
clined this liberal offer, and his relative closed
the conversation by remarking: Now, my
friend, if you and your northern sympathisers
with our slavesrwould only follow H. Clay's