, 1865-12-26

I come homy From eTerYWhere; from Italy,
Spain, England, Germany, Poland and Hun
| gary, much more than from France, and Of
| tcpeF from the provinces than from Paris.
But IRON the moment she sets her foot in
those name1ess regions which formerly were
| not known tn any country or In any age, she
Is no longer Parisian, q French OF English
woman-she Is Lorette.
come fFo@ ef bs s1ss orss ct eSssz De- S shs
Pntisian. she is ihc daughter Of porter, or a
working man II che comes from the country,
she Is mcnder OF old clothes. a cook or q
chamber.maic. At times. abe Immediately
steps forth, caring nnd ready made for her
part in thia case without deIay she rises to the
uppermost rank, More frequently she haa
been sent 10 patis by plaln country people In
order TO gain hcr bread honestly there; bnt
lazincsa and caquetry led her ast1ay. The
Lorctte lives IN world of her own she Is q
peculiar lrodu:t1ou OF the Paris Of to-day !;
and therein lle4 the distinguishing trait, tbs
peculiar cnarassar Of the morals Of Partisan
socioty.
When the time Of youth IL passed, ana
none Of .he- arts are auF Longer nyaiiahie.
then the Lorestc suddenly disappears. Not
in I'LL csses, however, doea she perish In: flth
and misery. MI de Cessna relates Of
Lorette, who, dn'5pS the troubles which fol-
ceedcd Ia causing some sensation TIC thea,
| tro wea the pedestal on which Rbe nnpeare5
il &c most favorable lieht. 4 sTarm
OF adorers garrounded her Tho whole day
| but In tic mornings she was invisible
70 every one. y nag thought. that her
toilet occupied n1l those hours which, as tho
pro7erb says, arc worth gold. In fact, she
vas then occupied, not With her dress, but
with money business !; she gave audience
TO brokers, whose reports abe listened
to, aud to whom she guve her orders. At
present she hos o handsome revenue, md Il
The owner Of a house In town, and Of Q cot
tagc IN tho country. Every day She drives
oul ia her own carriage, drawn by pair OF
fine horses, and IT only depends on her TO
choose husband who will gladly give her
his name and share her wealth.
The Lorettes form nest Of hornets Ia steel
hoops ind silken dresses; from four o'clock
In the morning TILL four O'Clock ~ THO after
the existence Of this nest, wherein all Is quiet.
But from four o'clock in the evening ull four
o'clock in the morning, the whole swarm
huns aud buzzes, suddenly appears and fills
tho Bou1eraFds from the Fnubourg Folssou-
ierc to the Rue Chaussee d'Antin. the garden
f P. tho do fs5e q aeaco tie tbs Sn9s Gsu, q 81 ths
Empress, the Jardin dc Mabii1c, the Casino
dc Ia Rue Cadet, the Maisoa dor and the
MorLin Rouge. These nEe the hornets which
20 On foot Of take the omnibus, and only hire
hack by the hour or for the ride in thei
best days.
Above them Orc the grand Lorettes, thoso
who have hotel and d carriage. who wear
diamonds and laces which arouse the envy Of
8 duchess. or tho Wite Of baron of the
Bousse. These form the arfstocracy Of vicc,
the aristocracy Of chance, which frequently
makes them fashionable without their SUCCESS
being accounted for other by their mind or
their beauty for they are neither more iu-
tc1liseut nor haudsomer than their rivals,
who arc doomed to live from hand to mouth,
to lodge to-day In splcndidly furnished
apal tmcnts, and tomorrow in gnrret Fnom
to dine ono dny In the Cafe Arslais, nna the
next In cook-shop.
The grand Lorettcs, whose drawers are
filed with bank notes Of all the countries Of
when they are driving past IN splendid car
riagcs, or when radiant IL jewelry they show
themselves In the front boxes Of the theatre,
ore Of US low extraction as those who
modestly 60 On foot. Tho Queen Of Saba
among the Lorettes of the Paris Of to-day,
which Nlr. de Ccscns gaso her. The por-
trait which he dEaws Of her Is very pretty.
Oiympfn is Of middle statute, and her body Us
supple as Llama. Iler4eyes are Of a greenish
hue, and her hair Of golden yellow her lips
arc like coral, and her teeth like ivory; her
hands md feet Of tho smallest dimensions.
She has full shoulders and perfectly formed
arms. She possesses al! the wantonness Of
youth with afistocratic, and, ut the same
time, poetical sentiments; cultivated mind
and picturesque language one word, she
Is brilliant exception among the other Lor~
She Is an English woman, but not
Of low birth. Her father placed her,
when child, In q convent at Bou-
loguc, where she learned to speak
French with rare purity and to write 1t cor
rectly. As H. luck willed 1t, she had scarcely
left the nuunery when adc met, IN London, q
debauclee, who abused her lnexperisnce. She
things to extremes. Once having left the right
path. she threw herself with allhcr nrdor into
the widest whirlpool Of pleasure She came
TO Paris eighteen years old, blooming In MI
the freshness Of youth and beauty. She well
knew her epoch, and made herself remarked
success cen only be obtained by creating
great sensation IN this, in short time, ahe
perfectly succeeded. At her arrival she had
taken modest lodging on tho fourth aoor
n one Of tho plcbelan quarters Of Paris.
Her only aim then was to procure
found q noble Arabian horse, which had be-
longed to Lamartinc. That celebrated poet
nerer dreamed that his farorftc horse would
one day serve lorette as the pedestal OF her
fortune: All Paris admired Olympia when,
hs4 Il lie &c boaon. a
Ter wh5,c rI3;nt- ,lresa nDS her smajt IIunae'
rian hat wifi fts Whitc n1uma0a ni,n;roEiv
nothing % Gandsomer ] could M he jma@inrdi ii ~ 'na'
Yestsrt1av t5ly1nn,s waa sttii i1a 1,5tmo,r. tn
dnY all Paris knew her uaroo fran, that n7f,.
u)cpt she obtnIucl ti,e iirst niorc n,nonr tha
stars Of that peculiar society. the world of
Lorcttes. Nov shs changed lodging and
moved from the fourth 70 the dfss door.
Dressed Like u princess md driving herself The
xFh f7toxv hn1
Facto1ta, Ehe became the leader OF fashion aud
nas auhlred by az the visitors Of the bo1s dc
Boulogne and OF the race-c0prsc. Gold WAS
pouring n, IN streams, With the millions
Ehc spent IN lew years IN order to satisfy her
exttasaean1 passion for costly 1e"elIy, ele-
iase might hoyc been built and hundred
Ihmil'es nave procured comfortable c1is-
te1cc.
=, 1h1oA1eA.eu WIN her tf'uuphs, queen OF az
.ae LosettGs. o!ymPla no~ stF7res TO rival
women @ O. INC afst soeietS. she gives dinners
u ,h enott nas; ana eos, a on saesS OCCASIONS
~ ies. .lsio @ 'a tae ,no5.
a s stranger Who assss a. heF festivals, with
oul knoMmg Waele ne Is, may perhaps be
souc" hnt astonisuso a. the easy a1utude 81
tne "omen nc nnas -lnefc. Dat ne meets
aneIe me eal9s Een1lemen nc has mel - ne
u satouns, @ 9t1 u. !asl !1ngdes m9sel
French Cont. During ib's c last eslaivai she
cent ON @ invitations =; 70 ~ PAY rhich were pre-
etseII INC taosS MnIen ,9e xre1ee5 or I4e seine
TEns 'or LIE ce1eolalea palls o. Tue Ao1el ae
SMT.
Al GeiepIatea ana Weatny foreigners VINO
Wele taen slaying ID fatis. lo9na themselves
tnefe " conpany VIII az Ine ffench eeleerf-
a!ss y, y. pon,,.fGs p,f; nna nIs.lus, IN tns nnonces
ma IN .ne papne aamanls.Iatioas; ad Inefe might
sI ge sesa cIeuGn fSena.yt9 a9G InSHsn peers,
pepultes o. 1ne ,,nh lGneo LSgslatuse ana mem
YEN q tne EnSnsn ~, iaIlamenI, slatesmen.
gIena Eeigneu1s, anu !leh oankers ol a1i eoun.
siEe @ pllurees, 4uhss, taal4I4sesi uasons, ana
Eniopean lsputation. Ihe icmale company
q nc ieslnal Mas eomposea Of some friends
o. Lhc mlselfcss o. tDc Aonset W1o lead the