The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-17

What the Empress WOre---The CeIe-
bratSd Beauties around her---!The
Prince and Princess of fEIohenzOllern
---IIopV the Hair Is WOrn---Amerieans
in Paris, Etc.
C6rTesllondence Philadelphia Gazette.
~ PANS, March LIST, 1866.
The season has fairly commenced.
The first Court ball ofthe season wnS
given at the Tuileries last week, and is
pronounced to have been eminently
brilliant aud successful-the real sig
MITIGATION of which term is, that the sa-
looms were crowded to overlooking, SO
that many of the individuals invited
never succeeded in entering the grand
saloon in which the Emperor and En-
press take up their station, and many
ladies left sundry fragments of their
light and elegant toilettes in the rush
which invariably takes place towards
the supper room about one O'Clock in
the morning. These are now, in fact,
such recognized features of the balls at
the Tuileries that one wonders some
remedy has not, as yet, been found. for
the evil in the way of change of ar
rangements.
The Empress was, as usual, charm
ingly attired, wearing white robe,
over which was thrown tulle tunlc
with lines of silver thread and crystal
uLOpSt SAS NhOlS- =" 80 .e'1.
of ivy leaves of various shades of green,
which produced a most graceful effect.
In her hair, which was arranged with
small curls falling close to the fore
head, and3 longer and more flowing
ringlets at the back, diamonds IN the
shape of a 6dHdedu, replaced the crystal
drops and mingled with the Ivy sprays
at the back OF the head. Ihe pretty
Empress is growing very stout, ana
though still lovely, is beginning 70 as
sumo more mntronly aspect, when
was particularly remarkable the other
evening, by the side of her young
and pretty guest, the Princess of Hon !
enzollern, blonde German beauty OF
about twenty years of age. The latter
was dressed in blue, ana attracted UNI
versal admiration alike rom the Iresh,
ness of her toilette and her youthIul
loveliness.
The Ambassadors OF MOROCCO, Win
their ample white burnouSes ana rlch-
ly guilt embroidered caps anu gar
ments, were quite the lions OF tue even even
ing. 1t was remarked that among tue
year were from the United STATES, iI anu
the fewer from Englhh.d, q lact atLtlou-
ted TO the ceaseiess arrivals iroI
lea on the one hand, ana Inc 1ears OF
the cholera on the other ihe' lolloW-
ing day "a grand Dali was gwen aV tLe N
Hotel de Vile; whose maSnlncent sa-
looms, vast proportions ana Wen OF gan,
lied arrangements are lar peiter aea PIeCl Pl
than those OF the 1mPeFla,II, IL, resIusLice iS:i5
for such largo receptions. nhe fflnce
and Princess of HohenZollern were
that evening the royal guests e3 g. teu'
but did not make their appearance uh-
til after twelve O'Clock, wheh tne sa,
looms suddenly became CROWDED anu
the. dancing more anlnaIed, tne irlHce .,.e
prfnpnall hnth taking DnTt In ElG
amusement. The entertalnments at the ,I
Hotel de Vile are so wen known 70 ..sl. an
American visitors at the frehen ast me .r
tropolis, that L VIII! hob atteIlP1 "
describe this one, whlcn whs III no ue-
gree inferior TO the wen uSserNeu sss. y, ,a
tation for elegant hospltallty Oh the fEe- TO
fecr and MadHme Hnussnlah.
Before proceeding theIer lIle pli,iiG;Gi pr, -
guests of the Empress had asslsteu Win
their illustrious host at iheatrlcaI rep
resentnIiOn given at the 1hedtre fIdn-
cdiS of Il new piece by Mons. r. fou-
sIrd, which has Deen lauueo othe SKIES
and gained him great celeorlty, qulte
ns much on account oil the snDJec1 Nhh
entirely national one) as from lhe redl
merits of the piece, which IS styled n
.'cOHlcdie" and is in verse. 8y
The scene is laid Mt the close OF the
revolution, and just before the uayS Oh
the DirectOtT'e, and a great part takes
place in the salons Oh NLaudule 1ullleh.
General Bonnpnrte passes on the stage
and has ten lines to recite (whlch zen
lines by the way, gave rise 10 serious serious
deliberations whether tne part nssis ~
the ancestor OF the present emperor
was sufficiently digniheu 10 pc pIacea pi
under the eyes OF ms succeSsor!J Mill
anne Beauharnais. Josephine also
crosses the back OF tho saloon, IN whlch
The beauty of the early part OF the cen
tury, Madame Tallien holds her leVies,
and where General Hoche ana the .e Dest
known names oil tne iulure Fin ISllt, "ie s.
to be seen. The whole piece, IN lacts ls
made the Vehieie LOT .l :, ~ ~
which the French heart 1917 70
n sort ofgIorification of that period OF
her history OF which Franco mas JustLg
reason to be proud and'7 also' "lus
ashamed.
Some sat1rlcal persons preIenu 70 w
very much afraid that the hanusotne
persons and dresses OF the actresses VINO VINO
represented Madame Itliien au9 li,' otlSI '.Lls,I
fashionable ladies' OF the day, VIII F9ii .ii
the tide OF iashlon more anu Ih0lEe Ih0Ee; ~ ~
the direction of the classic houes oL
that period, when, 1t IS well known, IA
dies, to be classic ana Armenian, Went
about almost nude, ana dlsplnyed an
undue portion ofthe charms nature ols-
penses TO the female sex. 1hlS Is no. NOT
needed, for to turn from paftleuiIniIs sotI. =
ees and JeteS to the general iasnlon i..l, oI
the present month, u IS llnposslolie 70 70
imagine greater latitude IN the way .1 "
dress and display than is now LLle osse. Sc
Dresses are cut so low as 70 Fssellpie FsseliilLe
mere bands across the body-tne rest
is made up oftulle and beads ana pearls
and as the matter of sleeves, these nave
altogether, the trimming
only remaining, fastened by O cameo,