The New York herald., 1865-05-02

THE NEW GODDESS OF PARIs-THE FRENCH ARIsroc.
RACy IN WORSHIP OF THE SINGER AND WARBLER
OF SLANG SONGS AND INDECENT AND VULGAR
from the London Star, March 2il
Who is Mademoiselle Theresa She is coarse young
woman who sings slang songs The other day she
wagbed or rather screamed, for grsettes and bouses
and reckoncd her gifts by sous her weekly income by
francs Now she sits Ike Dae under shower of uo,d
she her for and countesses and
wives Of ambassadors brilliant salons compete for the
honor Of receiving her. senators disconsoate they
cannot have her at their parties Imperial greatness has
listened to her siren sralns-nay she has been called
to sit by ducal bedside and sootho with her
statesman She is said not to be handsomo. She
Is said not to be witty She Ia not supposed
TO know anything about music OF any sort
Her voice Is pronounced to be OF kind ich, does
not reach the soul, can certainly pierce the Her
songs are peculiar They are slang; and they not
dec nt Vulgarity and brazen force, impudence and
double entendre make their principal charm Nay per-
haps we do not fairly explain their great attraction No
doubt the absolute novelty Of the sensation produced ia
their special alurement II must certainly be thor
onghly new emotion which lady of rank experiences
when she sits in her own salon surrounded by statesmen
and mobiles, and women Of fashon, 10 hear ssucy and
vulgar girl bawl out the slang songs which ght the
unknown rabblc OF the lowest faubourgA This must
nave immense snperon,y point OF novelty over the
now usedup pastime OF playing nj milkmad or seeking
adventures In humble disguise like Marie Antonette or
even the later amusement Of great ladies' which consists
N sy and social pilgrmagcs to the Mabille kin
SO the sea,cd heart OF Paris fashion has been quito
touched by Miss Theresa She sits in the gorgeous ,ains
amid crowds OF titles new a. her own fa,1o and She
hears her name on all lips She looks OH where card
parties are made up, and has become quite the thing
for senators and generals 10 their winnings into her
lap. She has published her memoir Every celebrity in
Paris has his her OF It's memoirs A literary man OF
distinction " said 10 have composed the work for her.
and the story goes that NJ de Lamartinc had the honor
Of being the very first to buy copy Bye snd-bye no
doubt, Edmond About will have her In a romance as
moral aud cdifypg his "Madclon Pcrhaps the
younger DumasWill blend sentiment and dtcious
cynclsm In tale TO be told OF her Stern Eugene PeIle.
will grow freshly indignant becausoof her and will
pen and furious invectyes against the society
Of tSe new Babylon in vsiB.
For Miss Theresa must have her day vivacous Paris
fetaonis,s must still write many sprighy correspon.
dences about her. and NJ Guizot II he would not dy in
the face OF society, must get over the amazement and
horror with which he Ia reported TO have been obviously
filled whom her song hrst broke upon his unaccustomed
ear. For just she reigns In Paris There is one
comfort for those who, like N. Guizot and other old.
womans lipe That comfort Ia that Queen Theresa's
reign will not be long. Where are the sensa-
Tons OF past seasons, the heroines OF questionable
romance the slang songs, the cant phrascs Where IL
nadame Bovaryf Who reads g Saambof Who sings
OF the "Pted Qsi r'maepn Who feels the slightest
curiosity about the whereabouts OF nmbertf "Tho
Eooo asd the bad, and the worst and the best says
Edgar roe soon 20 TO their eternal rest " aud of the
sensations OF Parisgood, bad worst and bestthe same
may we ne said II is scandal 10 Paris society that
hademoiselIe Theresa should be a success But what
makes the success IL will cease TO be piquant before
long, like all scandals, and then II will give place. The
sun shines Tor Mss Theresa at presenet her make all
the hay she can Paris, gay will soon rrow tired
OF the eaety she brings and the siren OF the sums Will
sing IN the salons no more.