Litchfield enquirer., 1857-04-23
FaTisian Gossip,

i Madame de K, Russian lady of great consequence, formerly, in the f;,>liipnablc world returned lately to Paris SEe had been absent some years, and of course, had been forgotten put It was TOW necessary to her happiness that She should re-eonquer her fcrmer glorics as the most adorable and best dressed of women-- particularly the latter She called again upon her former dress-m"ker, tic most eminent ot course in her success of tri!etfes, aud conflc,l to her tue problem and its anxie1its There was to be a cartain ball. Madame de K wished to appear first at that, in nearly the costume of Gabr:eile d. d'Estrees It Was promised
 On the morning Of the day Of tue ball. Mad anne called unon her dress nuktr Tie drcss was done. It was q miracle of perfect Lear- ty! Twenty thousand francs worth of lace. reposcd softly .o1 folds of tahe plaited as if by tho fingers of taiI:cs. Tie corSage was was truly maryelcus--but-oh horror !-wlcn 1t came to be tried on, it Was found impossible for Madame de N to enter it Against he hints and counscs of thc dress -naker it had Eeen made upon her old measure
 Oh, desolat;oa inexlrcss.ble P exclaimed the Madame, "what is to 'yc done :? But it cannot be helped. You must set instantly to work and make me another corsoge v
 "Impossiljlc .' said the mr@;S1G, we have but three hours, and thirty dresses to com pIete and send home in that t;mc," "But would madame make one more effort ?'
 The effort was made. and, this time, the corsage admitted Madame and her enlarge mcnts. But she was very pale, and had re- course every moment or two to her salts. "I 5ufocate :" she pantingly cried
 Madame will get accustomed to it, little by little," said the faiscnse "And then, with tie exercise of the ball the size dininishcs. Fortunately it is a ball, for if 1t were dinner party, Madame would be obliged to give up the dress"
 Tine stiaing aa.oma, locked with ylarng eyes upon the speaker. ct is a dinner n' she cx- claimed with horror. "They dance after wards"
 Then" said the dress-makcr, very posi- lively, " it will be necessary for Madame to omit the dinner"
 And to this desperate resolve Madame de k-- consented. She took the drcss-makcr home with hct, ordc@c;! dozen oysters and bottle of Bordeaux, and sent an apology of a headache. She would make her appearance in time for the dance
 IWeNc Oy StefS ! cNciailHCu tHc HlG0GSlP, as she saw her custofner go at them vora- cously. &
 Please, Madame, omit one Eleven are as many as your corSage will admit Alas, Madam, the last one takes up great deal of room p
 c. Eleven be it, then,' said Madame, with sigh. And leaving the longvd-ior utimatum on the plate, she completed Ter toilctc for the evening.
 Her old friends found her fgrrc charming her waist as slight as cver-herself palcr than she used to be, but still othcrwic unchanged And the gnawing sensation of unappcascd hun ger which she had all the evening, was COZ solcd by the compliments to her untiTalcd dress and her weL-remcn,bcrcd and beautiful figure But another oyster would have burS; the 'acing of the adorable corsagc And, Choral to forcgo that twelfth oyster should be taught in the discipline Of female acadc mics.