The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-21
DAILY LEADER.
Social immortality in France.

The correspondent of the Epoqae (ssys
the Paris correspondent of the London
Starr announces the opening Of the Close
rio des Lilsos, and describes the dancing
there as characterized by more frantic We
hemence than is TO be seen even st n of
the winter 6oLs de FOperd. MabiIle, or
the Chstesu des Fleurs, are according to
his account balls d GDl5GsSade, or profess
sionsl entertainments, when compared to
the Oloserie. It is chiefly frequented by
the students of the Quarter Latin andtheir
pTotegeS. That the homeless young stu
dent should spend his u~noccupied evenings
in such frightful orgies is to be deplored,
but there can be but one feeling Of distrust
and ~reprobstion for the women Of rank
and high position whe consider it athe
thing" to visit such scenes pour senea1-
GiILeT, as they express it@snew term which
will vsinly be sought N the pages Of the
Academy dictionary. One hears of am
~bsssadresses and clever N too whose
intellectual powers are of no mean order,
leading party Of the most sristOcraGc
members of Paris 10 the St. German for
purpose Of spending a day In the woods,
snd having 8 dejeltner at the celebrated
restaurant. There, by their perfect imits-'
ton of the dress and manner of the Anon
ymss Of another world, they attract q mob
under the windows where they are break.
fasting. The mob mistaking them for those
they SO faithfully copy, asssil them with
shouts of derisiOn and q storm of epithets
not usually applicable to their class. To
pl opitiste the angry crowd, a fair Princess
appears on the balcony, and sings Theress's
we'll known csnzonette, Riea "a est
sacT-T-e pour l1 sHpe1tT-r.T," so per-
fectly m%imicking that personage's
information and gestures that tho
song is rspturously encored. What is
the result, even TO these leaders of fashion
in their own exclusive circle2 They are
known by nlcknRmes from which any deli
cstely-minded woman would shrink, such
IS eGnaiIetts, chopv1ettS, d5'sdOnettS, and
many others, which, as they have appear
ed in an article of one of the reviews of
the day, I betrsy no confidence in repeat
ing, the names all bearing personally o.
the fair and youthful mGrgWiSes and comp
t~esSes, on which they are bestowed. The
husband of a lady holding q high position
in society was lately absent on business
connected with his court. To pass the
time of his absence a course of dancing was
arranged, and in the ambassadors salons
might be seen, twice 8 week, the peculiar
spectacle of the young aristoeracy of the
day learning the celebrated cancaB, under
the able tuition Of a serene highness. Bot
your probable remark is: "These things
have nothing to do with English visitors
TO Paris" That they have is precisely the
cause of my abiding to them, and 1 take
the opportunity of once more protesting
against the practice which is gradually
spreading TO English ladies of the highest
responsibility, and even rank, allowing
their curiosity so far 10 conquer their sense
of propriety as 10 visit these public places
of entertainment. 1 wa present lately st
the Eldorado, when, in consequence of
Theress's refusal to sing, ascene took place
such as at once attracted crowds of police
10 the spot. To my infinite disgust I
heard the remarks of some French gentle
men present on the fact of the number of
English young ladies brought there by
their parents, and 1 could but admit the
criticisms made on the circumstances to be
perfectly justified. As long So the delight
iul Concert Mussrd is open IN the Champs
Elysees, no excuse exists for lovers of mu-
sic seeking elsewhere that recreation.