Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-04
RICHMOND WING.
A RoNANcE OF cRINOLINE.

wh. ne are upon the subject OF crinolne Il may be
q veil tell you the sdventure which forming the
49, smussnent Of the court this moment and which
hspp<ned day ago ct 81. Cloud. The Duchess de
p one Of the cinohned Of ell the ladies about the
Empres being in the fullest feather Tor the dinner to
which che had invited by her imperial mistress was
led into the sde rrasyer by the little Count de NJ,
man OF great but Of very small stature The Ouch
ess s o( tall commanding figure and Is besides parte-
uarlv liberal OF crnone which she l. accused 81 exsg
scrsne 70 most proportions The doors at
81 Cloud Of the mighty dimensions AZ those
ss the Tulce. and although the two bdtdns were thrown
wide open with dismay the little count De-
hsld IN. vork before him. whom he compared the width
Of the door with OF the cnone OF the lady ON his
srmi Just at the awful moment OF the passage however
the LADY, ucon- coasy dropped her hn-the count Tor
gctfa Of bis peous position confined between the door
way having other fear before his eyes out st OF seeu
Ing 20 be deficient in gaantry and good msnnes imprn
dcntly stoopsd to pick Il up AZ sh., mo"e" 'ne auen
compsh this difficult feat she Vas just in the act OF CIV
ing that peculiar swing to the LEFT which the dis2'opor
ton OF the dres. Of the presen, day with our domestic
economy renders necessary whsn TO the utter dsmay aud
Of the whole assembly the little count
missed and the duchess remained struggling with some
unseen obstacle which prevented her advancing.
The orgc cfinone had swallowed up the knight even
more eectuAy than In the fairy days Of old Tor trace
Of bis former existence visible The company follow
Ing In pairs stopped matter OF course-those who
had gone before had already reached their seats al the
table and turned wonder behold the strange
which enactng the door, where the TALL majestic,
and unusually dign6ed Duchess de p was caperng and
caracong with scared and errhed coontenanee ana tue
rsst Of the company pressing forward to behold what
the matter The confusion and dismay At their
height when the little crept out on his hands and
knees IRON beneath the mountain Of crinone and hounces
in which he had enveoped all flushed and dscoui-
flied but little disposed smile although thu ttterng OF
the company broke into hearty laugh when the Em-
pre-s unable to restrain her mrth gave the signal OF
genuine ouburst of mermen which envened the whole
repa aud rendered Of the gayest which had taken
plac- since the departure OF the Emperor. OF course
this adventure has given rise to epgrams and quobe's
without end and the poor little count has become better
known within the last week the annals Of the court than
by t. three years good aud honest service which he has
passed the Tuileries The duchess meanwhile. towers
more naestcay than her fellows the incident
Ia. not whit diminished the nsolence OF her crnolnc
which, growing prodigious every day, completely
sxtngushes all the ridcule which the adventure OF the
tt Count de- NJ would otherwise have heaped upon her
-Pari. Correspondence Of the Lo"do" Court Journal