Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-01

A MASKED Bail I'm par
lCoIrespondsnes New York wsrld.I
Paris, March 4.

MASKED BALL-THE COSTUMES.
Ny chronicles Of the carnival, cut short
yesterday by the arrival of mail time, would
be incomplete without q notice of the fancy
ball, on tho 9th, given BY Madame Ohas-
seloup Loubat wife of the Minister of
Msrine-the most gala brilliant Ofthe sea-
SOD. The mistress Of the house was dressed
as Lalls RooIb, in 3 rich Oriental dress,
with light vail covering her whole per-
son. Two Russian prineesses appeared as
the Queen Of Sheba and the Aurora Borealis
costumes most remarkable for their
elaborateness and richness. The Ouee7,
Of Shebas dress was composed of three
skirts, the lower one lilac, the second
scarlet, and the upper one of white
silk; the upper and lower ones were trim
med with row Ofpeacocks feathers, while
the scarlet one was surrounded By black
down, the eOrsage was open nearly to the
waist, and without sleeves sort Of vest,
with long sleeves, made of gold straps,
united by bands Of pescock's feathers, half
concealing, half disclosing the outline Of
the bust was worn over the semblanee of 8
eorssge. A marvellous diadem of dis-
monds and peacocks feathers formed the
head-dress. The Aurora BJrealis was
in pink and blue-tinted gauge, covered
with thin material all studded with stars
This princess owns q celebrated diamond
known as the "North Star" which she
wore in the centre Of q splendid eonstella-
ton in the hair.
AN INYMCiBLE CORPS.
The ball was opened by the appearance
of eighteen young ladies, headed BY Mdlle.
de Lesseps, dressed as marine cadets, in
short blue tunics troWsers, and little caps,
and accoutred with little guns. They
marched in to the sound Of the trumpet,
and went through with mimic evolutiOns-
A Cochin Chinese processionir the middle
of the evening afforded great deal Of
amusement Fifty gsailemsRs ettirsd IL
the most correct costume, came in to the
sound of gong as an escort to Cochin
Chinese princess, borne in state on q genu-
inc Chinese palaDquin,
ROYALTY IN DISGUISE
The Princess Metternich was dressed as
the wife of an Arab chief with long,
heavy vail Of silver tissue, and was accom-
panied by suite of Arab attendants.
The Princess ClOtilde wore q white dom
inc, and had her hsir powdered en- mar
guise: A scarlet domino, ileoG 1sito strictly
respected, was recognized as the Empress.
The Emperor wore black domino, and
was full of spirit and gsyety. bis Majesty
conversed for s long time with an Ameri-
can msrquise, all in white, the same lady
whose beauty and elegance were remarked
upon st the ball at the Tuileries.
THE AMERICAN GUESTS.
Mrs. s., Mr.. and Mrs. Bigelow assisted
at the fetS, Mr.. Bigelow in Venetian
mantle OF purple silk, turned up with red
Mrs. Bigelow IS Ellen Douglas, in the
"Lsdy of the Lske"-s very becoming
Scotch costume, Of rather more fragile ms-
terials than those worn by SCOTS heroine
in her romantic excursionr. 1t WAS com
posed of short petticoats of muslin, with
narrow quilted ruffles forming q border TO
the tartan plaid skirt the Highland scarf,
attached at the shoulder with large brooch,
and falling on the opposite side; Scotch
cap, with an eagle plUme. A gilded oar,
carried in the hand, gave picturesque
character TO this pleasing national CO; tune.
Ameng the other Americans present
were Mr.. and Mrs. M, and Mrs.
Rs. Mr.. NJ, like Mr.. BigelOw,
wore the stately Venetian mantle,
dress adopted by many of the most grave
seigneurs of the court on such occasions.
Mrs. M-er wore white domino, and Mrs.
r. q blue one Mrs. Rs, of New York,
was marquise of the Louis XIV style;
white dress, with green silk tunic, hair
worn very high, and powdered. Miss J-p,
of Washington, personsted tFolly y very
rich dress of yellow and scarlet gotten up
regardless of expense, but not at all becom-
ing. Miss ]. is a very haI dsOme woman,
and required persOnifcstion Of q higher
type than the one selected by her. Mrs.
St. ]. E-k, of New York, was dressed IS q
nFairy of the Stars" and in gauze and
diamonds, 3 very pretty eonceit, and very
much admired.
sHoDDY ON ITS TRAVELS.
Several of the New ork and Boston
moneyed aristocrscy have had q certain
success in French society this winter.
Handsome women, perfectly well dressed
/ by the most noted srtistes, and very pre-
| tentious, they are naturally very attractive
to q class to be found st all European
courts-thst class which considers 5 rich
marriage out of its sphere but one means
de METRE az tif1sieT sur LestTs terTes. These
dsshing bellies and their naughty ehsper-
ones are infinitely more fsstidious (in their
wsy) in the choice of their society than
the Faubourg st. German itself; and
/ mere lOOkeE-Ou CAu uuu BOOuAl 1kOLo VI
amusement, rather mingled with sadness,
il watching their game. Republicans from
America. = God save the mark
THE BELLE OF THE AMERICAN LADIES IN
PARIS.
But, in fact, the real success Of the Par
isisn season among American bellies must
be granted to Miss P-D, from tOther
side of the Alleghsnies- charming young
girl, highly cultivated, and with perfectly
unaffected manners; the simplicity of the
child united with the dignity of the wo-
man. In my hasty letter of yesterday
omitted TO mention Miss P--n IS the
representative of Ohio at Mrs. Richards
delightful ball. Her dress on this occasion
was more admired than any other in the
room. 1t was of very pale blue silk, 3
long skirt with hounce, tunic in several
sections, united by lace bsnds-the whole
trimmed in the purest style, with fiat, pearl
beads; q narrow ribbon Of exactly the
So me, dotted with pearls, tied around the
neck, with long floating ends; three rows
of the same ribbon, with pearls, in her
hair, which was dressed with light curls.