Daily American organ., 1856-04-02

Oh! God may claim thy love.
But when the heart is rent with grief,
Thou, oh my God canst bring relief
Thou only can'st forgive
Then to this bleeding heart reveal
Thy power TO save-thy power TO heal
And say, believe and hveP
From tho Paris Correspondence of the London
Chronicle.
The French Imperial Cradle and Baby
Clothes.
Matters connected with the birth Of as it is
hoped the heir to the French throne, occupy the
greatest part of public attention here. The Prin-
cess Mathilde visited on Saturday the layette pre-
pared by Mile Felicie, of the Rue Vivienne, for
the imperial infant. During the whole Of that day
and yesterday an uninterrupted stream OF persons
OF the first distinction in Paris, were admitted by
tickets to inspect these costly and beautiful arti
cles The following description Of them, drawn
up, hope, by competent person, will probably
interest the gentler sex among your readers:
The first thing that strikes the spectator in en-
tering Mile Felcies warerooms, is the exquisite
beauty of the various articles displayed to view.
Three rooms, one of them of great size, are thrown
open, and everything exhibited in them forms
part of the layette At the first glance, one would
Imagine that the only color to be seen was white;
but afterwards the eye perceives that the ribbons
and satin used for trimming several of the articles
are blue. But as blue is the color appropriated to
male children, as rose or pink is to those OF the
opposite sex, the idea would occur to the locker
on that everything had been prepared exclusively
for Prince. Such, however is not the fact, for
as the imperial infant has been an blanc, blue
is used in such case Unfortunately for either
sex. As some of our readers are not perhaps
aware of what pous an blanc exactly means, it may
be as well to state that sometimes in France mo-
ther consecrates her child before its birth to the
Virgin placing the infant under her especial pro-
lection, and as a sign of her having done So
clothes the child in white Only, with ornaments
of blue at times and keeps it in that attire for
certain number of years-three, five, or seven
aud on some occasions to the period OF the child's
first communion. 1t is in accordance with this
custom that some Of the articles of the imperial
Iayette have been ornamented with blue, without
any reference to the sex of the infant.
In the large room at Mile Felcie's all the tables
along the sides, as well as an exceedingly broad
one down the centre, are completely covered with
the most beautiful articles of lace, embroidery,
silk, satin, and cambria, that perhaps were ever
collected together for any one child. The number
OF dresses alone appeared 80 countless that we
took the liberty of inquiring the number, and were
Informed twelve dozen. All are embroidered with
such rare perfection to really merit to rank as
works of art, and the vast quantity OF point d'At-
encon with which they are trimmed must be OF inn
mense value Along the tables are also to be seen
babys caps, hats, and headdresses, in such abun-
dance as to excite ones wonder; and OF these also
twelve dozen have been prepared--all beautifully
embroidered, and all trimmed with the most costly
lace Twelve dozen appears to have been the
magical number in order given as everything
stockings, gloves shoes boots, CATERS, (such ex-
quiste CATERS y chemises, sheets &C., were all to
the same extent All the sheets were marked
with the Imperial crown and cipher, and trimmed
with Valenciennes lace OF course, the richer art
icles were not ordered in such profusion; as, for
instance, the long mantles, of which there were q
dozen for State occasions, most richly embroidered
and trimmed, while others were in satin, in silk,
or In cashemire but all of the greatest beauty
The quilts also some in blue satin and some in
white, were on more limited scale, but all as rich
as human ingenuity could make them.
AT the end of the room stands the cradle-not
that which the city of Paris is preparing for the
Imperial infant, but still one of great beauty
lofty feche at the head formed Of vine.branch OF
gilt bronze gently bends over the part in which
the infant is to Sleep From the feshe curtains OF
Mechlin lace lined with blue silk, are suspended at
each side, the whole being loopad up with gold
cords, terminating with torsades to match Of the
same metal One coure-pieds is of white satin, and
another of blue, and the whole is covered over
with Alencon lace, with the initials N. E. in the
centre, the whole producing effect of the rarest
elegance. Opposite the cradle, on the centre table,
stands the robe de bapsee all of point d Alencon,
with mantle and dresses to match. Near 1t is muf
OF ermine, with mantle of white satin lined
with ermine v
On the table lay the child's coral for the period
of teething---in this instance made of amber, the
ball for the rattle being followed from the solid
mass. This little paything alone cost 500 francs
Near it was placed amber necklace, which the
Archbishop of Paris has given his benediction.
Three cor6siles de baptene lay near all lined with
blue satin, and covered with Alencon lace, and
bearing the Imperial cipher and arms. To 60 on
would be to fill n column, and yet not word has
been said of the contents of the other rooms,
equally worthy Of being examined. We cannot,
however help stating that the articles prepared
for the nurse twelve dozen in number) are also OF
extraordinary beauty and richness, as may be judg
ed from the fact that her aprons are embroidered
with as much the articles for the child, and,
like them, trimmed with Alencon. lace. The taste
with which the whole display is laid out is not the
smallest charm of this exhibition, which, of It's
kind, has perhaps never been equalled. 1t adds to
the admiration excited to learn that the whole was
desigaed, embroidered and made up in the short
space of two months and halt.
DIPLOMACY OF WoHrN.--There is a trait in the
lives of great dplomatists, of which IL is just pos
sible some one or other Of my readers may not
have heard which is that none OF them have ever
attained to any eminence without an attachment
we can find no better word for tito some woman
Of superior understanding, who has united within
herself great talents for society, with high and
soaring ambition. They who only recognise In the
world of politics the dry details Of ordinary parlia
mentary business, poor law questions, sanitary
rules, railway bills, and colonial grants can form
but scanty notion Of the excitement derived from
the high interests OF party, and the great game
played by about twenty mighty gamblers, with the
whole world for the table and kingdoms for coun-
ters. In this grand role women perform no igno
BILE part; I; nay, it were not too much to say that
theirs Is the very motive power of the whole vast
machinery. .--DubLin UnirersitH Magazine.