Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-03-16
THE IlIPERIlL FREaOH BALL.


Prince EapOIeon's Grand Entertain.
ment at the PaIais ROyRI--- Dlstin.
gues PreSent---TOiIettes and Gossip.
From Paris letter.
The ball ct the Pslais Royal is, of course,
the first thing TO be talked about. All
other subjects must give way before this
one, which has occupied Paris for five whole
dsys All have participated in the Curl
osity excited by the fsts, it being the fret
given at the "Palais Cardinal for the last
ten years. Twenty-Five saloons were
thrown open, and as several Of them are
not large, the fourteen hundred invited
guests filed the looms to overfOWing. No
uniforms were worn,. the gentlemen sp-
peAring in habit de UilLs, and the ladies in
granGe toilette The Emperor AMI En-
press came in ST halfpast ten and remain
ed till half-psst one. The Prince and
Princess Napoleon charmed all their guests
the latter particularly, by the simplicity
and good taste which she exhibited by
minglmg with the various groups which
gathered in the salons, and the unaffected
grace with which she received her guests.
The Princes Clotilde wore profusion Of
white tuLie, bordered with clusters ofacorns,
whose gilt cups peeped out most beWitch-
ingly among their green leaves, and ac-
corded most becomingly with her tiara
and necklace of huge emerslds, set in dia-
monds. The waist and sleeves as well
were profusely ornamented with these
magnificent Jewels. The Princess Ma
thilde wore also white dress, with an
exquisite border and trimming Of ivy.
ToILETTEs.
The Empress, who came in leaning on
the arm of the Prince Napoleon, seemed
floating in perfect cloud of emerald gsuzs,
worn over 8 silk skirt striped with satin.
The general effect was strikingly beautiful.
This dark, simple dress being encircled
with four rows OF diamonds, AID in front q
perfect shower of these glistening gems ex-
tending from the corsage tothe belt. The
necklace and diRdem were also of diamonds,
one of which, in the diAdem, was nearly IS
large as a walnut. Ladies will be interest
ed in knowing that the neck was finished
by narrow tuLLe rasche, and that bouquets
at parties are not out of fashion, IS they
were carried, and huge ones, too, both by
the Empress and Princess Ulotilde. The
Emperor was dressed in dark blue dress
coat, with silk buttons, buff vest and black
pantaloons. The ball continued until three
o'clock in the morning. Old servitudes and
old traditions of the Court were so admi-
rsbly kept up that although the night was
bitter cold, the frost most keen, and the
ground covered with snow, the three ladies
of honor belon ging to the Princess Clotilde,
headed by the Duchess d'Abrantes, were
compelled to turn out into the night air
without covering for the head, arms or
stomach-Wbich the fashion of the day
preeludes entirely-in order to escort with
becoming dignity Her Majesty, warm,
we'll wrapped up in furs, shswls and man
ties, to her csrrisgel So wills it, etiquette
CELEBRITIES PRESENT. q
Among the celebrities p; esent at this
magnificent fete were the Prince and
Princess Metternich, Duke and Duchess de
MorDy, Duke and Duchess de Persigay,
Count and Countess Wslewski, Baron
Hsusmann and wife, all the danes de honour,
cbamberlsins, lawyers, and members of the
household of the Tuileries and PalRis
Royal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Nine. Drouyn d'Lhuys, all the foreign
ambassadors, including Mr.. Blgelow, and
Mrs. Bigelow, Marshal Msgnan and
daughters, Duchess Colonna, NJ. and Nine.
Emile de Girandin, Alexandra Dumas,
(fatber and son. Victorien Sardon, the
successful author; Emile Angler, the drs-
mstist; Mermet, composer of the new
opera; Rolsnd A. RoncesvsuX, Gustave
Dore, Adolphe Gueroult, editor of the
0piHione Bqtio1lale, and many other dis
tinguished in tho world of literature and art.
The politicians pick scsnty living amongst
the stunted crop Of suppositions and de-
ductions to be derived from the various
small occurrences of the ball. For instance,
the Emperor spoke without ceasing to the
Chevalier -Nigrs, on whom the Empress
looked but coldly; but by way Of eompen-
sation her Majesty spoke conhdentislly to
Prince Napoleon, which evidently means
that she will no longer offer any objection
to bis assistance in the regency which is
impending. Au Teste, the ball was well
ordained. The PAlsis Royal is q pleasant
place enough, and the two and twenty ss-
looms were all thrown open and filed with
the elite, net of thenoblesse, butof art, liter
ature and science, the very creme de Ia creme
ofthe intellectual glory of the country. The
Emperor, on looking around at the sssem-
bly,, was heard TO exelsim, with the bilious
smile peculiar to himself: at is rather as
the author of the Life of Caesar than as
Sovereign of the Empire that am here"
II is considered rather clever idea OF
Prince Nspoleon's to have thus Asttered
the journalists and artists at 8 moment
when they are somewhat abandoned by
the Tuileries. The late Duke of Orleans
pursued the same policy, and would have
found it Of most successful result had he
lived to see the catastrophe. One fact is
much commented upon, that no member Of
the Southern Confederate party was pres
ent, and that none had received an invita-
tion, while invitations were literally given
to Americans of Northern politics. It is
Of course, quite notorious that the Prince
is warm sy ympathizer with the cause of
the North. 7-r. 81.