New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-16
PERSONAL.

Mile. Vandermoench is the lady with the wonder
full birds She never exhibits in public but the house
of the sculptor Thorneycra in London, not long since,
she entertained an artistic and literary circle. The
marvel about the ady and her birds is that there is
intellectual sympathy between them. They interchange
thought The little birds answer questions put to them
by the company, not of course, by vocal bursts and
sweet disnguishable notes, but by picking out the
right combinations of letters, numerals, phrases, and
words from pack of cards. One instance we (LOadOa
DAILY Neios) will mention in which a superior mode Of
calculation seemed to triumph over mere mechanical
process. One of the birds had TO tell the time from
watch which pointed TO one minute past. little
pause occurred in the search for card, and when the
figure was turned up instead Of /, it perceived
that the time by the watch was three minutes past
nine In that apse of two minutes, half anticipating
the result We narrowly watched for some communica-
ton between the bird and his mistress and are quite
sure that there none; that really the conclusion
was forced upon us that the bird took into account the
loss Of time in finding the card.
In the matter of dresses. At superb wedding
entertainment recently given in Paris, the bride being
the daughter of a wealthy American who is said to
have made Lis money by lottery dealing and the bride
groom a French marquis Of old family. The bride
was attired in white muslin over pink silk, with one
deep nounce, headed with pink ribbon i'll hem,
mounted with vaieueenaes, and three tiny founces,
trimmed in the same way, above the broad one; 6ere
and sleeves TO match and necklace and earrings of
that lovely substance the very pale pink coral already
more costly than many jewels, and growing rarer and
costler every year and in her hair wreath Of pink
roses aud green leaves. Mrs. Dayton, the wife Of the
American Minister, was spenddly dressed in iich
white sllk, trimmed round the bottom with broad
plated band of tulle, edged with silk of the
shade, called the Marguerite. and surmounted with
three narrow ruehes edged to match all of which
ming arrangement was simply intended to set of
perb founco of black lace that nearly covered the
skirt; conage with berthe, was trimmed to match;
magnifcen black lace mantle, fastened the shout
ders fell from them over her whole person in torrents
OF shsdowy folds; and her attire was completed by
head-dress Of black lace with slight nermixture of
the silk which formed the trimming of the tulle, and
two little punches Of grape in gold.
---Claudine Minart, beautiful French girl, a Dress
maker in Rome received an anonymous letter re-
Gently limiting at important mission which would be
intrusted to her. She very properly did not answer
second letter urged her declare her intentions if
negatively, by yellow rband worn upon her person,
if afrmativey by blue riband. She displayed yell
low the first time she took walk, and was struck ut
twice with pognard by assassin wearing the dress
of a French priest Her crnolne saved her, as it has
saved 80 many women. One priestly Frenchman was
arrested and confronted with Claudine but she dis
charged him. The iorid imagination Of the Italians
has aided the sparkling fancy of the French in clothing
this incident with mysterious and alien import. 1t Is
alleged that the pretty girl was doomed to enact the
grim role Of Judith also that her charms to be
employed for the capvation of royal person. while
some 60 to the extent OF representing " a totally
different parsonage and different the destined
object Of her captivation."
Pleasant thoughts, when the heart Is nearly
all in the shadow cluster about the name OF Gen. seo'
whose seventy fifth birthday ON Thursday last was
duly celebrated. A correspondent Of Boston paper
expresses the general enthusiasm OF Americans about
the old and faithful soldier in acc'unt OF private
interview with the General. He said You see, Sir,
how old am; cannot last much longer" and upon
being assured by bis visitor that he mast live until the
troubles were over beosuse the country needed him.
DO shook bic head and unmarked, "Icannot tel can