, 1865-12-24

10 cyc.y one. Il was thought that her
toilet occupied all those hours which. - tne
proycrb says, are worth gold ID tact, she
was then occupied. not with her dress. nnt
With money business; she gaze audience
70 brokers, whose reports she listened
to, and to whom she gave her orders. At
present she has handsome revenue, and =
the owner ofa house IN town, and Of q cot
tngc In the country. Every dsy abe drives
ont 10 her own carriage, drawn by pair OF
6ne horses, and IT only depends on her to
choose husband who will gladly give her
his name aud share her wealth.
The LoEettes form nest OF hornets in steel
hoops and sflken dresses; from four O'Clock
IN the morning till four O'Clock in the after
Doon nothing Is seen Or heard that betrays
the exlstcnce Of this nest, wherein all Is quiet
But from four o'clock in tho evening tili four
o'clock in the morning, the whole swarm
buma and buzzes, suddenly appoass and fills
the Bou1eyards from the Faubourg Poisson
ierc TO the Rue Chaussee d'Antin, tho garden
OF the Tui1eries, the environs Of the
Place de Ia Concorde, the Circus OF the
Empress, the Jardin de A1ahillo, the Casino
Monlin Rouge. These aye the hornets which
20 on foot or take the omnibus, and only hire
i hack by the hour or for the ride In theis
best days. .
Above them are the grand Lorettes. those
Who have hotel and earriage, who veal
diamonds mud lsces which arouse the envy ol
q duchess, OF the Wife of q baron of the
Bonrse. These form tho aristocracy Of vice,
the aristoc1acy OF chance. which frequently
makes them fashionable without their success
being accounted for either by their mind OF
their beauty; for they arc neither more In.
tellisent nor baudsomer than their rivals,
who are doomed to live from hand to mouth,
to lodge to-day In sp1endidly furnished
apa, tmcnts, and tomorrow In s gnrretxoom
to dine one day in the Cafe AnSiais, aud the
next in cookshop.
The grand Lorettes, whose drawers arc
filled with bank notes Of al the countries Of
the world, whom everybody knows by name
when they are driving past IN splendid car
riages, or when radiant In iewelry they show
themselves In the fant boxes Of tho theatre,
arc Of IS low extraction as those who
modest1y 60 on foot. The Queen Of Saba
among the Lorettes Of the Paris Of to-day,
is woman to whom We give the name
which Nr: de Cessna gave her. The por-
trait which he draws Or her Il very pretty.
supple as o Llama. Hes1eyes arefof q greenlsh
hue, md her hair Of q golden yellow her lips
are like coral, and her teeth like ivory; her
hands and feet Of the smallest dimensinns
She has full shoulders mud perfectly formed
| arms. She possesses MI the wnntonness o.
youth With azistoezatic, and. q. the sauas
time, poetlcal sentiments; cultivated mint
and a picturesque Language In one word, shl
il q brilliant exception among the other Lor
! cites.
She is IN English woman, but no
Of low birth: Her father placed her
when child, in q convent at Bon
lognc. where She learned to speal
rectly. As III: luck willed it, she had scarcel
lef. the nunnery when she met, In London,
debaucEee, who abused her rinc1pcrience. Sh
Is one of those herY natures which push al
things to extremes. Once having left the RICH
path. she threw herself with all her ardor int
the widest whirlpool Of pleasure. She cam
! to Paris eighteen years gid, blooming In q
knew her epoch, and made herself remarke
by her eccentricities. She knew that in Pasi
success can only be obtained BY. creating
great eensatsOn In this, In short time, sh
rerfectly succeeded. At her arrival she ha
taken modest lodging on the fourth foo
in one Of the plebeian quarters Of Pari:
Her only aim then WAS to procnr
found noble Arabian horse. which had BE-
longed to Lamartfne. That celebrated Doe
never dreamed that his fayorita horse woul.
| one day serve Lorette IS the pedestal Of he
fortune. All Paris admired Olympia when
with infmitable grace and rare audacity, sh
mnnaged her courser In the Bois de Boulogne
Her white riding dress and her small Hunga
rim hat With its white plumage admirabl,
fltted both the woman and the horse, 50 thu
nothing handsomer could be imagined.
Yesterday Olympia was still Unknown to
day all Paris knew her name from TINT mo
1 ment she obtained the first place among tht
stars Of that pecnlfar society, the world q
Loreties. Now she changed lodging and
moved from the fourth to the drst floor
Dressed like princess and driving herself tbe
\ two splendid horses, which drew her elegant
V1ctoria, she became the leader OF fashion and
| was admired by all the visitors Of the Bois de
| Boulogne and OF the toce-course. Gold was
| pouring in, in streams. With the millions
she spent ID few years In order to satisfy hel
c1travagant passion tor costly JeWelry, ele.
giant furniture and fine horses, IN entire vii.
1ase might have been built and hundred
families have procured a comfortable e1is'
| tence.
Intoxicated with her trimnphs. queen of all
the Lorcttea, Olympia now strives to rival
women Of the first society. She gives dinners
i and balls, and exhibits, on these occasions,
A stranger who assists at her festivals, with.
out knowing where he is, may perhaps be
somewhat astonjshed at the easy attitude ol
the women be finds there. But be meets
there the same gentlemen he has met in the
aristocrauc saloons, aud At last thucies himself
In the hotel Of one OF the grand ladies Of the
French Court. During the Inst carnival she
sent out invitations to a ball which were pre-
cisely like these which the Prefect Of the Seine
sent fof the celebrated balls Of tho Hotel dc
Vile.
All celebrated and wealthy foreigners who
were then staying in Parfs, found themselves
there In company With al the French ce1ebEf-
and the public administrations. There might
| LIE seen French Senators and English peers,
| deputies OF tho French Legislature and mem
oels u e,",a.a she Ins sma .h., LII h, s.atHmsn, ~
fnu ei 2, ,;Na 1au s: .Nn oeuAeA5 y. a.a aeouu
stMs psMSss. enAe, ts,sf Natauses, % nasoas, an1
sGEa ~ Men VINO, ~ iaeR SEhhlas, ha 6,n nIo ac4onec
E9fopean repntauon. me lemAe COMPANY
o. sag 1;aa aa1ssssas SIT o. tne Mouse, Wao leaa IN!
.attL salitt n.e, anu alS9 nunper oi young an
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o-oa 1Sstf, ia1,.eis o.J faess - - hat Sos
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tha9;y .ns nny =. IaoPe2 ~. aus W EUROPE EMope \
Sgnt,iouaus; ~ t1g nuGA19 OF laAary,
"nsn i4 svsn i.npel.al ~ no"e uau no l0ea.
tnS otG4gstta o. a49at o. snts ~, ocGsi9n, was com
pesoa 0. tIue a5asLs. lae quaqriles were,
n.;ufstara % ond ti1nIoa4s a4an asud t. a. pasty
whcrs carr;es With Il coidness ugt anT ss,TJ GTesJ
which wera here carnf,lly han1shed. each =
The cnests haI 1eft thcse nntsiyie TSn H.
Hrst tioor dnne;n~ Was s,in@ m m fhe
sacorI a snn,c- was srr.s5,, TX. Wo,I';
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artist Inc nr;da ~ onr nY+,e fi.s+ trnnnse VI ~
| Enrnnc snEr a song Whosa ta,t wos for Fron, N
be;ng aji;fr39g n DO Cesena DiveS It ~
the sKe the .easr "eh We
,.S.ibarEoaI, ~ tha E1wefon f7a1J. Tha nnt
reo1 mi,acfes ~ nrsist1c tasfe md - orastocratis
elegance. Her level case contains two uaac
| uificent Darures. one of emerold. The other q
sapnhIre and the finest pearis. In her coach.