The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-07

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The Paris correspondent Of the New Or.
leans PicagGas weavcsa singular fabric II NJ
less singular material:
What becomes of the ro-es} Wher~ a,
these purple queens 60 when their purple
ARA. iall- To tic ground. and their delicious
odor u stolen BY the rude north wind
The camelias are the roses Of the world Vt
Paris; and in good truth they do adorn the
city, as the splendid hues Of Autumn adorn
the forest, or the brilliant hectic tlslsh sdons
the ccnsumptive bellies cheek decorating
and destroying No equipAges on the lake !
edge are finer than theirs no dresses. no
diamonds are more splendid than theirs In
the stage boxes u the theatrc- no arart.
n,ents are ~ luxurious, mo balls so ,umptn
ous ~ theirs But where do they ali eo
when the winter &c a-~ comcs--.wlen III.
snow Of years sii,crs the raven hair. and the
scythe VI time trace, its line On the brent
brow-wherc do they all eo9 The, arr.
none Of them even middle aged, the eldest
number scarcely twenty springs, and stsv i'm
Paris n long - YOU please, still yun1l sec
the same youth and the same beauty ON the
lakes edges, and Ia the stage hoaes though
rot the ZANE persons
But where do they go' No laughter rises
more merrily than theirs, smile succeeds
smile on those fresh cheeks. livery peaches
smotLered ia cr-am,) these bright eyes arr
always lgnted up with pleasure, their cru.
vcrsaiion i gayety itself But where do they
all g.? lis impossible they can prcser..
eternal youth nobody believes nov in ella
! irs VI youth AND they TO, brilliant as the,
are, must obey the universal law and glide
from youth TO maturity aud decay: whcrp
do they GO?
! Ask Gsvarini. He'll tell you uhet.
4 they 60. He'll exhibit 20 YOU the horr;d
loathsome arv1 which these buttertiics-
these children Of tho sunbeam--tLe<e asg
springs Of ugly crystals, becume when tho
butterfly short ia, Is ended. snd II b.
comes grub once more. hut a grub ten
times morr horrible than its original form
by ~ much the more a. IL has passed through
life, where do they got lila. ha. Ia! You'd
never dream where they GO, Look IT that
beast which is sweeping the str~et-she
might step on any stage in the world ., a
witch Of Aacbeth-and ~ she sweeps, look,
with lcer of envy and regret oa q beauty
II twenty who steps gaiiy Down the street,
Sollo~ed Ly lacqGsy, whose livery l. rid
ed on every scam. She, the Old hax. avs.
Mine was sky blue" for once, a. long !.
youth and beauty lasted, she, too. "a. :
belle, camelia OF Paris, ON every body !. lin.
the cynosure Of every eve; she had her
town mansion and her rural villa, her car
riages, her lveried msnial, (''sky biuc-) her
diamonds and her troops u lovers. She
Yesterday wa what the radient object VI
her Jibes is tomorrow will sec the latter
what the former il.
Every theatre of Paris has among IL
icx-opcners some Il the fallen beauties.
nov to- happy to open tue doors OF the
boxes where once they thrvngcd the reign
ing bellies u the day. So the Aaues any
morning will point cat TO you Meg Merri-
les drawing after her "a strap around the
waist hand-cart Il vegetables, who wa
once upon . time a cclebrated da..s..s Of
tho grand opera, and renowned Tor .h<rs
duke, her princes and her diamonds.
lew months ago, the pol,ce of Vim
cennes discovered sleeping In the woods.
(sleep'ng in the air Of Q dismal Noves.,-
Der night } hideous woran, clad in filthy
rAgs. homeless, breadles-, half-starvine, Who
Tor months had known no bed bus the foot
ii tree, let IL rain or SNOW, or blow cold
possessing nothing in the world bat goat.
wLose milk was her only nourishmeus. and
which shs made sleep On Ler to keep her
warm. Il turned out she had once been
the idol Of brilliant throng or mobiles, had
once possessed mansion and villa, carriages,
horses. diamonds, had worn no silk. which
were not made expressly Cor hsr aaer her
own patterns, slept in linen sheets which
cost sou per pair, and ruined men, and
spsnt millions.
Day betofe yesterday some Of the Mon
trouge quarryrnen discovered 1t the bottom
u the quarry Ia which they work, the
bloody and horribly mutilated BODY Of
woman, who had committed suicide b. leap
~ down thc quarry, distance u hun
dred yards. In one IT the pockets Of her
dress the following note was found q This
- my forty-sixth birthday. Ny name IL
p. once was beautiful; I was cele-
brated here, tParis,) under the name of La
Petit Margalsr. ] had \ town residence
and rural villa, sers ants, diamonds, etc.
fell sick u . horrible disease. In twelve
months time ! became ugly. Ia another
twelve month oil possessed was sold. Then
commenced fsightful existence Eor me
living ON public charity, going from work
house to worhbouse, Tor they would keep
Wy sos4e o0Wurrt- Pe<9cu n tucofoole
disease. Even day before yesterday I was
put out Of the hospital. What can I dol
Know OF but one resource, and this 10 sui
eide. Pray Cor me We who find my BODY
Such Is the terrible theme two of our IA
sorite vaudeville writers have undertaken
70 present to the world. They would lain
show the admirers u Marguerite Gauthier,
the last days Of these beauties, IL consump-
ton spared them; how they fell from SPLEEN
dor to wretchedness By an almost inevitable
law Of social gravitation. They took Ma
90 Of the sfilles de Msbre,r Ms.etfs of the
"Vie dc bohemc,n the Barnsne TAa1f Of
the "Demi Moade," and Clymw Taserny
u TIE Marriage d'Olympe," (the popular
vaudevillss Of lorstfe litsraturc,) and giving
thsaa 70 the s.losr comedians" VI the Palais
Royal Theatre, Grassot, Hyscinthe and
Brasseur, whom they hsbited in woman's
attire. The theme, however, proved too
terrible for laughter; Ne shnddsssd over if,
and felt our hearts contract at the sight Of
that inevitable destiny, Of this dreadful
punishment Of these brilliant dav-ilie. 10
whom nothing y forgiven because they have
ns.f HING i.~ad