The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-04-10
Imperial Baby Clothes.


the Rue Vivienne lest an accident sbosId
occur; and the ladies provided with tickets
OF admission are obliged, as at the outside
OF theatres on extraordinary occasions, to
form queue. There are two lines of ladies
ranged along each side of Madame FeIicie's
door, extending to both ends of the Rue
Vivienne. The Congress of the Plenipo.
tentiaries have sunk to nothing. Madame
Fellcle and her beautiful work eclipse Buol
Orloff, and even my Lord Clarendon. The
five points yield to point dAlencon. As
curiosity must be excited about matter
which IN Paris is deemed of unsurpassing
Importance, we are happy to have the sup
port of Galignani's descriptive pen.
The Princess Mathilde, on Saturday, visi
ted the tdyette prepared by Mile Feicie, of
the Rue Vivienne, for the Imperial infant
During the whole Of that day and yester.
day, an uninterrupted stream of persons Of
the first distinction in Paris visited these
objects. The following is very imperfect
description of tho articles exhibited:
The first thing that strikes the spectator
in entering Mile Felicies ware rooms, ia
the exquisite beauty of the various articles
displayed TO view. Three rooms, one of
/
everything exhibited in them forms part of
the tdyeue. AT the first glance, one would
imagine that the only color to be seen was
white; but afterwards the eye perceives
that tho ribbons and satin, used for trim.
ming 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 10 the
Iooker-on that everything had been prepar.
ed exclusively for Prince. Such, how
ever, is not the fact, for as The Imperial in
fant has been r0ue du blanc, blue is used
in such case indiscriminately for either
sex.
AS some Of our readers are not perhaps
aware of what voue du blanc exactly means,
IT may be as well 10 state that sometimes
ih France mother consecrates her child
before It's birth TO the Virgin, placing the
infant under her especial protection; and,
as sign of her having done so, clothing
the child in white only with rare orna.
ments Of blue sometimes) and keeping il in
such attire TO. certain number of years
thee, five or seven, and on some occasions
to the period Of the child's first commun-
ion. 1t is in accordance with this custom
That some Of the articles of the Imperial
tdyetfe have been ornamented with blue
without any reference to the sex of the in
FAINT. In the large room at Mile. Fell.
cie's all the tables along the sides, as well
rs an exceedingly broad one down the
centre. are completely covered with the
most beautiful articles of lace, embroidery,
silk, satin, and cambric that perhaps were
ever collected together for any one child.
he number of dresses alone appeared so
countless that we took the liberty Of nouir-
ing The number, and were informed twelve
dozen. All are embroidered with such
rare perfection as 10 really merit 10 rank as
works Of art, aud the vast quantity of ts,int
d'1tenc"a with which they arc trimmed
must be of immense value
Along the tables are also TO be seen
babys caps, hats, and head dresses, in such
abundance rs 10 excite ones wonder: and
Of ttese, also, twelve dozen have been pre-.
pared-all beautiful by embroidered and all
trimmed with the most costly lace Twelve
dozen appears TO have been the magical
number IN tho order given, rs every thing
--stocklngS, gloves, shoes, boots, CATERS,
tsuch exquisite gaitersD chemises, sheets,
dc, DC, were all To the same extent All
the sheets were marked with the Imperial
crown and cipher, and trimmed with Val
enclennes Lace. OF course the richer arti-
cIes were not ordered in such profusion, as,
for instance, the long manlleS, of which
there were a dozen for State occasions, most
richly embroidered and trimmed, while 9th
ers were in satin, in silk, or in cashmere,
bat all Of the greatest bean,r. 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.
: ,Iio end OF the room stands the cradle
not that which the City of Paris is pre-
parng for the Imperial Infant, but still one
of great beauty. a lofty feche Mt the head.
formed OF vine branch of gilt bronze,
gently bends over the part in which the
infant Is to sleep. From the .fec&e, curtains
OF MechIin lace lined with blue silk are
suspended at each side, the whole being
looped up with gold cords, terminating
with torsaies 10 match OF the same metal
One coUVre pieo's is Of white satin, and ano
lher of bue, and the whole is covered over
with Aicneon lace, with the initials N. L.
IN the centre, the whole producing an effect
OF the rarest elegance. Opposite the era
die, on the centre table, stands the robe do
OdPten'e all of point d Airneon, with man
lie and head dress to match. Near il is a
mutf OF ermine, with mantle of white
satin lined with ermne. On the table Law
the child's coral for the period Of teelhing,
in this instance made of amber, the ball for
the rattle being followed from the solid
mass. This little plaything alone cost
Goof. Near i! was placed an amber neck
lace, with small gold medallion in the
centre, on which the Archbishop of Paris
had given his benediciion.
Three cor6eities de 5dpteme lay near. all
lined with blue satin, and covered with
AIencon lace, and bearing the Imperial
cipher and arms. To go on would be TO