New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-06
Especial of the New Orleans rescent
PARIS CoRREsPOSDrNCE.

THE CARNIVAL OF rARrs-s--.Ar1srrcs AND MODE OF
ANIsT BECOMES Fp., pNyANrrY--BALL OF "GEss
DE AAlsoN-yyeroR HUGO AND HIS LAST WORN
FEMALa P1ck>P0CKETs IN PARIS
PARIS, Feb. 0, 1866.
We are en- pleia cari'duds. Paris Is now one
vast bali room, where masked characters and do
minos are skipping about to the sounds of sweet
music. We no longer sleep at night, for night is
turned into day and vice versa and the restaurants
or eating houses never close. If it be true that joy
is sign of prosperity, Paris may be said to be one
of the rchesttowns of the universe the celebrated
Carnival de Venice was nothing to it. 1t is not
only the public in general that is dressing up and
the cares of the day, the Emperor and
the Ministers themselves are having their fling, as
is vulgarly said. A few nights ago, the Prussiar
whilst attending the ball at the Tu
cries. received atelegram from the King of Prussia
ordering him to offer bouquet to the Empress il
his Majesty's name. The Empress Eugenie tele
graphed back her thanks few moments after.
Many doctors say that dancing is injurious tc
health; however, / beg to disagree with the facEl
ty as it is proved that people live longer in Paris
than in any other capital Of the world and dare
say tno reason Is BECAUSE thSTe Is uu pus0 naeA y
there is greater horror of dull care"
Amongst the novelties of the day, must not
forget to mention the small newspapers, price one
sou, and which are to be seen in everybody's
hands. The larger papers are nowasttie read ana
their younger brethreA do them much harm. me
publishers of these papers do all Saey can TO cut
each others throats, and merit she favor of the
public In order to add to the number OF tner sub
scribers they offer premiums of'every klnd-books,
prints and such IKE. A short time ago the editor
of the EyenemeSt, offered basket of oranges to
its subscribers. by way Of premium. This is a
skit at the larger papers, which it is well known
tire the pubHc BY offers of Iamartine's and other
works to these who undertake to pay an obonne-
Daent for their ,oidely ciscElated. am afraid my
chronicles of the manners and customs of Paris
will sometimes lead you to think that we are a
very frivolous people, and that pleasure is the
great occupation of the inhabitants of the gay cap
ital. You are, am sorry to say, not far wrong,
and the statistics of demands for divorce will
prove that our uie de JamiHe is not the most ex-
emplary. 46tst
Marriages in France are contracted in such a
manner that there is seldom much probability of
happiness for either party. We marry IL, haste,
1nd repent at leisure Love is generally secon-
iary consideration. Money is the idol of the day,
and those who are unable to keep up genteel
and give wide margin
for their wives dress, had better
give up the idea of ever entering into the bonds
Of holy matrimony. The ladies sigh, for lovers
keep aloof. The men, they wont propose-no, not
till change takes place in dress. The love Of
dress is unfortunately gaining on the lower classes
and the savings banks show that the coutufiere
and the denaoiseue de boutique no longer carry
their savings to the caisse depargne as formerly,
but spend all they earn silks and satins and the
like. The men are also much to blame, and they
prefer spending their evenings in the cafes where
there is no restraint to going home and dressing
order to spend their evenings in society of the
ladies'. Polite attentions to the fair sex are now out
Of fashion. We are getting too serious by half,
and much too fond of the material pleasures of life.
Listz the celebrated pidniste, who for years past
delighted the musical world by his wondrous per-
formances on the piano forte has, as you know,
turned frar and it was thought that all his atten-
ton would be turned towards heaven, but it ap-
pears that the monotony of a c0nventual life has
been too much for him, for we hear that Father
Listz has had permission from the Pope to leave
the cloister for time in order to travel in Ger
many and France, where he intends to have some
Of his latest compositions performed. The musi
sal journals informs US that a mass by the musi-
,al monk will shortly be performed at the church
If st. Eustache in Paris. Variety is, no doubt, at
he bottom of all of this, and the wish of being
alked about, and being something, now reigns in
II classes of society. Our servants are now form
1g clubs where they meet from time to time to.
iscuss the affairs of their 1naqtprs hall xpae q