The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-15
LONDON Eeh II 1876

York World that is very readable, es-
pecially with young ladies Her latest
is in her best vein. We make the fol-
lowing extract:
LONDON, Feb. II, 1866.
Paris thinks that all the money and
fashion are congregated in London;
London says that money and fashion
are Congregated in Paris. London is
right, 80 far as l can judge If London
pays ten pounds for valentine, does
not Paris give one thousand pounds for
a doll2 Bah, London fie upon your
paltriness A French child-one of
the modern school-would fling your
valentine into the fire, with con-
temptuous sneer And then where
else do you hear Of lady's dress cost
ing eight hundred pounds, excepting
in Paris, that city Of the gay, the light
hearted and the rich In London, a
wife considers herself fortunate when
her husband puts ten-pound note in
her hand, to buy q new gown for Mrs
So-and-sos party. In Paris, husband
lately declared that it cost him thirty
pounds each tins his wife went into So
ciety; and she was remarkable for her
simpEciyi Am | not right in stating
that Paris is richer than London? She
should be so, at all events, to be able to
maintain so much simplicity But why
am / making these remarks Is it to
moralize on the growing luxury of the
day, or merely to herald a few more ex-
travagances now sppearing2 l am in
- l.
have enough moralizing from better
pens than mine. l will content my
self with taking things as they are, and
note them down accordingly. To COM
mence, then Be it known to all, espe-
cially to you poor innocent fathers,
husbands, brothers, who had fondly
hoped that 1866 would introduce short
end narrow skirts, Crinoline is regnant
queen again And ladies dresses are
growing longer and wider by every
mail Trains, nothing but trains, are
worn; for evening, three yards long
for walking, two yards Satin is the
favorite material now, and likely TO
remain so for some time. / am glad
OF that, for what can be more beautiful
than q white satin dress, whether the
wearer be blonde or brunette Trim
mings are very elaborate. Gold, silver,
steel. jet or pearls, are studded over
the dresses for evening wear. IL is, in
deed, well that all thst glitters is not
gold The fortune Of CrUsus could not
withstand this tinsel mania, if tipsel
were not tinssl BaFs Of the same
material as the dresses are worn, one
on each side, instead Of pockets, for
morning costume. Brides dresses are
sll made of satin. ! saw one last week
q Madame SIS, Hanover Square.
The skirt was edged with a r5ckily or
htle and bead OF large pearls; tunic
Of Brussels lace, looped up with orange
blossoms high square body, trimmed
with ia5e and pearls; tight sleevs to
correspond, Brussels lace vail wreath
Of orange blossoms. Bonnels Of every
shape are worn just now The favor
ite seems to be kind of gipsy hat
bent in front Ia Mary Stuart IL is
very pretty, especially for a young face.
But when does q young face not look
pretty And as for the hair, the la
dies look so much ike the pictures Of
our grsndm0thers that one feels in
clined to call them by names long
since forgotten, and only now remem-
bered by the portraits on our walls
The TIsHSR style, however, is most in
vogue. Ladies, do not ask me to de-
scribe it. Go to your hairdressers s ana
ask for 7dlfn At fancy ball at the
Tuleries lately, there was a quadrille
of ALI nations. The prettiest girl in
Paris was chosen 10 represent France
II was the charming Miss Beckwith, an
American She wore a white satin
dress. with a tri-colOr sash. Brunettes
reioicel Miss Beckwith is described as
having beautiful black hair. By the
by. the vellow fever is still raging here
i mean in hair Ladies are still striV-
ing to be walking vegetables The
darkest hair may be turned TO carrots
within a month They little know what
they are doing. An honest 5.fa,r told
A Young friend OF mine 81 tRe CON-
menoement Of the mania: "Oh, yes,
Miss. ] can make your hair beautfUl
yellow for two yesrs. But afir ttsf
aas can not be responsible . Af:er
chat. ladies, you viii either be gray or
bald such Is the influence Of the gold
hair-svashes. Besides which they bring
eye-diseases, and sometimes paralysis
of the brain. Is all the yellow hair an
The world worth such price
Rnt enough of fashion and lis yota-
ries. have written nov more than