Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-04
The Great laaa-aIIlIiaer Of ParIa.

a recsns letter fE0m Paris eonsairs the fol
lowing:
The eonnsreisl world Of Paris is 5z lied be.
meath the svAlsneho Of smRzsnlsGt aud drsBsir
oecasiOned By tho extreme steps taken By ihs
great mAn-milineT-mAls drsss-nsker nf Ire
fashionable, who has suddenly departed RON
bis magnificent frss Aoor in the Rue ds 4 Par.
converted By the quantity and quslity of bss
fair customers into branch establishment of
MAhOmet's paradise. This man, whose sta's of
mind must hsye resembled that Of hFi7s
Pashs, or Of deceased Dsrvish, entirely 6Iled
with the beaaty, real ard ideal, of the female
foTTa, has sorupg within the last few years into
q notoEiety which fsw miilineTs Of any ssx have
ever enjoyed before hiE; and, sfser a daEziing
reign, bEs abdicated By pEocsss called here,
know not Way, "a I FAEgsaiss IS 10 say,
he has simply retired from the bcsiusss, and,
proceeding TO London, s making the SabiOEis1s,
70 doubt his convent Of Saint just, and hss
withdrawn thisher TO mediate Ike tbs grsst
Charles ths Fifth, OF tho dupery Of man and
the exlrsvagsnee Of WoDsnkind.
His retirement wsud in any case have cTs-
ste3 q uoiyeIsai WGiIiug smoBg tbe ladies' Of
Paris, bus bis sppoinirnsn. Of "iiquidAsor" has
sprssd 6 Eoss frighsful panic through the cir
elss Of fsShioz-s panic 4 which gTisf sus
grsisuds are all forgotten amid the terr0r in
soired by tha necessity Of 'iiqUidRhHg," which,
/ Of course, tho appointment ss a i'liquidstOr'
has IezdsTed cgrtain snd immediate. The Ak
isgsacs Of .his Individual, With by name, is,
| perhaps, tie very best revelation Of the sss.e
/ OF n0ralg ia Paris st sbis Tnom5nt which eO1ld
be offered for tho satisfacti0a Of future genera
| t;oas.
He bad established himself IS sols umpire Of
taste IN lls world Of fssbio7, aud boldly taking
the bull BY ths horns, locked fashion in the fEes
| khd ssiEsd asf why prostitution should monOPo-
! E8s the artistic lab0Is Of mcdis.es and couta-
rie7es Of Paris and Why the ladies' Cf the
/ erea. world should remain sighing away hsir
| EVGs ID aOlisuds ct home, while Their husbands
| aid lOYsrs were kueGliGg st ths feet Of the
! llEsttes End Rgel0ehes, vino had no OthsT merit
| than their eIIavsganee in dress, their eeesn-
| tici.y in sd0Tnzasnti Rnd the spFsal was not
made in vain. Eugene Pelle.s1, in his Bsby-
| lone AcdeTne, has-giVen as tols1sbls Insight
into She msshsd Of proceeding By which Mon
| sieur WIT insured success.
| A splendid dr4uiny loom, magnifeslsly fur
Bished-2 bufss well supplied with tbs deliea-
| ess requisite Tor f8zhi0Rsbis luncheoR-gsl-
| sntiRs, trVflsd turkey, -bOsT's head, ham, jel-
lies, fruits, tee and eCfse, all gsrvsd in silver
liyeTied domss'ics, the periodicals and nsEsps-
peTs most IN vogue, enabled the crowd Of ladies
be kept wsi.ing 70 pass The tine pslien,ly.
| Those he admitted to bis sacred presence vera
| compelled 10 walk, 20 beEd, TO stcop, sometimes
even to kneel bsfnEe him, IN order that, first OF
/ all, hs might be bet CT enabled 10 fistudy ths
WOMAN" before be ventuTed to Judge OF the
style Of toilet best calculated to tTsnslo.m the
Z subject into 3 Wom0a Of fashion The cere-
mony and importance proved SO successful tss.
dozsBs Of Carriages FcFs constantly drawn IN
frons of WIrths door, while their fair owners
we've waiting, gcssiping, eating and SANDER
ing upstairs.
This stseplsehsss Of legitimate against IN
lawful love, eonionding for the admiration Of
tbs other sex, Is perhaps unique il tsmals Az
mails, bus 40 il is Prostitution drives four ia
hand, wears tho diamonds that are deemed too
extensive fsT vizsIs, bGs which prostitution find
cheap enough, oceupie5 the best boxes at the
opera, and, Of eeuTse, is beheld in al It's glory
and mEgnifcenee in the Bois de Boulogne
noeking even imperial grandeur in its ex.rsv-
lxgsnce and luxury.
Bus the champion With has failed in his
prsiseEoTGhy endesyors. Long credit must be
given 10 virtue Rs well as 10 wee, snd IN spite
Of his tremendous prices the house could stand
no longer. "The seven balls" as the off ,is
balls OF the Carnival are called, have jast esm
plstsd his ruin, and the result We have seen
With the most pite0us seltjustifc2tion hs de
claTss that business bad become impossible on
such terms, and points to the lssf Of his !edge
which registers the debt Of certain smbaEssA
dress (not lady CoWieY) for 100000 francs, fol
the costumes furnished for thsse seven ball
alone.