New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-08
Personal.

"A lively Paris correspondent gives account of
the domestic life of Madame George Sand, at her
chateau called " "Nobant," which stands on the banks
of the Indre, and is elegant and comfortable
richly supplied with treasures OF art The
Chstelane possefses fine boat called the Mayeux, in
which che often treats her guests to sa the river,
herself managing the skiG with the textery of an ex-
pcrienced saiior The Madame rises regularly at
o'clock p. m breakfasts upon cup of coffee, without
milk or sugar and ea,s nothing. After drinking her
coffee she Immediately descends to the garden and sets
brskly to work, planting, sodding wedding &c. She
is passonaely fond of flowers andpossesses many very
rare floral treasures She pet American deer called
" Marquis which is scarcely ever out Of her sight.
To complete her menagere, Madame Sand keeps
number Of email tortoses one of which is usually be
seen crawling upon her desk. Tie charge of smoking
go often brought against Madame Sand is perfectly
true. She s no up than she lights cigarette,
and she continues smoke for hours together. AT dim
ner which is served up at the chateau, puncuay at
O'clock the hostess makes her appearance dressed with
extreme care. always wearing profusion of natural
fowcrs gracefully arranged in her hair. One of ber
singularities is decking herself with false jeweEy-
though she has an abundance Of reapretending that
" one looks as well as the other" Madame Sand OBJ
serves an almost Spartan temperance eats little and
drinks pure water except upon great occasions when
she takes glass of Spanish wine ut dessert After din
ner, when the company assemblies in the drawing
room, she plays a game or two of dominoesi then
somebody is invited to read aloud, and she works
meanwhile, at her embroidery frame. Aterward
there is music she herself being accomplished liau
ist and talented composer well. AT ii o'clock
Madame Sand retires TO her study and commences
writing, never moving from her desk until O'Clock in
the morning, when she goes to bed. She writes with
wonderful facility and rapidty her copy" (which
the initiated will understand to manuscript is
very lsgblc and without alterations, as che
corrects only when first proof" is placed in her
hands. Her novels are amusing to herself until the
characters are fully brought forward and then she be-
comes fevershy impatient to finish her work-to begin
another One Of the amusements at Nohant is amateur
theatricals No written pieces are performed, but
plot is arranged in the morning the parts assigned and
then each character Is expected to invent his own role
The question of employment for women elected
some interesting statements of facts at the Dublin
meeting of the Social Science Association The heads
of the large establishments in London called monster
houses or marts, of which there six
each being congeies of shops for the sale of almost
every variety of artcle-have constant applications
from ladies' in reduced circumstances of them in
state of orpbonage and dsstitution They willing
to do anything" but are really capable of doing
nothing Music and drawing occupied the chief part
Of the time devoted to education and any sort of in
dustral training regarded thing beneath their
social position not to be pursued indeed without losing
CASTE The employments by which they could earn
their bread demand training and skill TO these they
are utter strangers aud employers cannot be expected
to instruct them to accept from their hands inferior
work even at low prices. There is general com
plant that at the "marts' in question much OF 'ne
lighter kinds Of work, In attending customers &C., 10
done by ablesodied young men, more suited ior noic'
ing tie plow than for handling ribbons sach iemi'
nine occupations Is urged should be LEFT to the ge
ler sex. But on the other hand, ladies' are tue Chief