New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-06


days, was very hand, ONE man, and his fees ~eio
q. much commented upon az his verses nu o.;,h
latee himself in bis journey 10 the Ea4t, III
some cOmplacency, how Lady Esther otahnol "a
mired the fashionable bend of bis 1907, anu ~
him., There is, between your heel and your -,
room enough 20 let the water run through "ieuous
moistening the SOLE Alas nobody IL hAsteieu
with IMMUNITY, not even foot. The words OF INC
celebra ted mother Of Pitt had very Pernicious 81,
feet in this particular instance; poor LANAI 1.uo
wanted to give still finer shape 20 that eleg ant PoI
ton of bis individual, and compressed u oeyonu
measure in despotc and narrow shoes. The result
may be easily imagined; the once graceful IT,
which wed 10 elegance with that OF any oPanssn
lady, il now teLder and sore, and obliged 10 'ano
refuge in Ugly wide, but comfortable snPpe'''
However,
81 will not quarrel With slight mistake,
Such as our natures frsi.ty may excuse
II has also been remarked that N. Psnsard, the
author Of so many virruOus Alexandrines against
the golden calf, is an assiduOus and welcome guess
at every financial dinner table. His muse ce,c'
hrates mCdesty and frugaity, but his stomach IS ny
no means ayerse to trufles and champagne. AIis'
how many now deserve to be greeted with tne ilr
junction: Away with the mask! N. Ponsard may,
after ALL say for his justification that he mercy
following the example set by bis brother poets Sr
never were artists and authors more invited IN lnc
higher circles of society than at the present period
Nevertheless, society complains much OF the DE-
haviOr Of men of letters, and not without reason'
and writer's are sadly dispeased with the proceed
iDgs Of society, not without reason. why, tnch,
do artists accept these dinners to which they are IN
yited out of mere curiosity in order to give to the
other guests n grataitous entertainment Are
they rot taught better by the remarks which the
lady of a s0-called hosptable house recently made
TO some of her friends: 1.-The singer is afflicted
with sore throat as soon as you ask him Tor
"rOmance; the pianist has cut his finger as soon as
"he is called upon to sit down before the piano.
"These gentlemen have eaten our dinners in man.
"ner which shows what good health they are en-
"ioyng; they are poorly when they have 10 pay
"for their entertainment, and your expenses are
"lost." This is just the reasoning of many ladies
who give dinners. Frederic Chopin had one day
fallen into such snare he had scarcely left the Ia
BILE when be was asked for 90 something" at least
a small mazourka or polka. "Oh madame" said
the eminent pianist in a suppliant voice, excuse
me, pray, for have eaten so very little. we
are indeed grieved to see, as Ben Jonson says, the
learned pate duck to the golden fool.
There are sill many scandaous trials going on at
Paris bat the papers are forbidden from publishing
reports of them. European society is so gangren-
Gus that the most hideOus alterations appear daily
AT the surface of the body polite, in the shape OF
bankruptcies, entertainments, rapes, r0boere:,
adultsries separations OF wives and husbaHls, SUI
cides, transformations, etc. The projectors OF me
Napoleon decks have been condemned as sharIers.
NJ. Arthur Berryer, the COmmissary of the Gov
ernment, who received public salary OF Sl,oOo,
accepted clandestinely $4,000 per annum from the
company which be was appointed to inspect;
Madame Berthein asks to be separated
from her husband, the General of the same name,
for the most infamous behaviour. The young wife
of butcher has been violated to death by two OIL
GERS Of the COmmissariat, at whose office she had 10
call for the payment of bill. This ia the result OF
that
"Imperioss flames ct hsbendi sava cupido."
"imperiOus hunger and dire love OF possessing
Of which Lucan speaks and which forms the
blacklist spot Of our time.
There are, however, in the number also trials OF
less dangerous character. Generally, after long
war, there are found troop of interesting young
women who put on mourninggown and play the
part Of q fallen herO's widow. Under the Restora-
ton there were so many OF them that they formed
quite body, called 1.-THE Widows Of the Grand
Army" OF course they have generally lost their
Madame de Saint Phar, de Saint Just or some
other Saint for French ad, enturers-both at home
ard abroad cannot forge an aristOcratlc appeha-
tion without this prefix. The widows of Balaklaya,
the Maakoff and Sevastopo have naturally made
their appearance, and work the fruitful mine Of
public creduty. The Austrian policy in the Prn.
cpallies has created another category OF fair SUI
One of them, endowed with great beauty aud wit,
was ON the eve of marrying young and rich no.
blemap. when it was discovered that the pretended
Rouman Princess was born in some mean Partisan
attic. Instead Of mayor and clergyman, the
affair had to be settled by solicitors and judges.
The expected changes in the dress OF women are
again postponed-tO the Greek kalends, as the
French say. Hoops have, am happy to say, some
what diminished in dimensions, hut they remain still
in posses sion of the field. Striped petticOats are in
great favor, and have given rise to new female
accomplishment the art Of holding up the dress in
the most elegant manner. Some ladies have already
made the NEST wonderful progress in that direction
ard furnish the public most enyiabe opportunity
for admiring their pretty pitty-pat step" while
others walk nth the nmbeness Of all elephant, espe
oially on this side of the Channel, and exhibit
nothing but an immense foot and an ungainly stride.
Alas. how web women are acquainted with all the
weaknesses of mans heart This holding up is not
the only article to which tey resort. AS far back
as the 9Th July, 17I3 the wise old Guardian wrote:
In proportion as the age refined the dress still
sunk lower so that when wen0w say that WON.
Z" an has handsome neck We reckon into it many
of the adjacent parts. The neck ola fine woman,
at present. takes in almsst half the body" 1t 10
the same new but as Ovid says, Hoe ros prGeipus,
| uir,a. deceit, This becomes you specially, o
snowy-wbite women" Butwe dare not complain,
| sIho1ob we may be exposed to the misfortune
which happened to Mr.. Bernal Osborne at the
| Rotbscbild wedding who, being partner of two
charming bridesmaids, had 10 leave the great table
and 10 ,it in a corner, o. account Of the "large-
ness" of his neighbors, and the amplitude Of
| their dress,n