Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-26

4 WoHAS OF FASHION, AID THg DEBTs OF
FAsuIoNAHLE WoNAS.-The Paris cOrresPOn-
dent of the Boston TTareLer. in bis last letter
to that paper, gives an account Of remarkable
case Of female prodigality in French high life
He writes the following:
You are to know that Madame de -, was
one of the finest ladies OF fine society She
went everywhere. She went to the balls Of
only five hundred" given at the Tuilleries-she
even went 10 the first performance Of HaleyyS
La Magicienne-she eYen heard TambeTilck the
first night he gave his ut de poitTine: heil,
Madame de - has 'succunbed; out S1e
went down with grace that woman could 90
nothing without an exquisite grace, with debts
which were debts; not the Paltry Insignificant
ha'-penny bills to butchers, bakers, and such
common folks, dl-lORs-dOaei a hundred and
twenty thousand dollars is the bill; an please
sirl dollars, not francs; an please siE
Poor woman! how She must have tTembied-
how her heart must have fiuttered-hOW obsti-
nateIy The apple must have ehoked her throat
the morning she made the confession! You
have seen the picture of giant drum major
confessing his sins 10 his ghOstly father, and
how At one sin more enormous than the Peca-
dillOs the chaste curate was accustomed 10 heAr
from his rural sheep, one sin doubtless against
the petticoat, the worthy priest rolls his eyes,
gupes, lifts up his hands, and seems at loss
where to find the holy water which shall purge
that sin away--a sin unprovided for in Nillao-
hos, Conink, Llamas, Achokier, Dealkozer, Del
In Cruz, Vera Cruz. ct tOuS css ChTetteHS!
The husband must have made as WY lace a
the good creature when he heard that his wife
actually owed sum Of money as romantieaily
beyond even the poetry Of pin money as Alad-
din's lamp and FOrtunatus' purse are beyond
de Rothschild's fortune. What pity II Is the
Warden at Charleston could not Introduce such
a punishment into his penitentiary house as this
i,afNra ha
she had gone astrayl If he could doom his
hardened criminals to that oppression OF the
heart that fever Of the brain, burthened with
secret which must be disclosed, and whose pun
ishinent she could not foresee, pressing day
after day receiving night after night the caress-
es Of those lips soon TO utter such angry words
and such bitter reprOaches-the fatal secret
quivering on this tongue and still postponed for
the DAVIS idle prattle. Look YOU! the ancients
pieced Pro,netheus' character badly; they
should have given him no Tavenous vulture, but
an upbraiding conscience, and they would have
condemned him to the supremcst torture IN the
arsenal of punishment
Mn. de 49, was st the fancy ball given by
NJ Walewski, and all the newspapers rang with
her praises, she was so gay, so careless, 20 full
| OF repartee and so much en- train. So the world
Judges, ever taking the mask for the hearti-
She did not go to that hall for pleasure; she went
| there on business. 81 have set my life upon
dice" She went there determined to single out
the Emperor from among all the masks; TO con-
fide to him her desperate condition; TO crave his
aid! Judge from this resolve how high the fe-
yer ragged which consumed her brain! She saw
a mask; knew it was the Emperor; coquettishly
enticrd him in a corner and told him the story
of her wretchedness, without emitting a single
pang The mask heard her story, and treating
it as a farce of masquerade, gaily referred her
to the Arabian tales, as NJ. de Rothschild
himself could not afford her relief. She almost
forgot herself so far as to scream with agony.
The voice of the masker showed her twas not
the Emperor! 1t was then too late to see the
Emperor, and she resolved to tell her husband.
Tho first burst of the conjugal storm was OF
tropical violence. But as the husband loved
his wife with ardent affection, and pitied her
for the long nights Ofanguish she lay tossing in
fever, while he slept in her bosom, he some
what relented, and is now paving her debts.
| dare say, when he has liquidated them all,
he win recall her from the convent whittier
she has retired. 1t seems that in her love for
show, she became $4,000 ia debt 10 the dry
goods shops, the jewellers and the mantua ma
kers-that she became alarmed at this sum, aid
embarked in stock gambling to save herself
Loss followed loss, until she found herselfOwing
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