Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-24
arun Dresssi IN America

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The New York eerrespondentso8 the
London Spectator tells thea following
Aplsasant tale: % -ssl'O a'a's''st h'A i@|
"The same woman will be at the opera
on one evening in full dress in a private
box, and if she does not oWnsalbox, 1.-THE
next performance in the Istalls orother par
quette, with arms, shoulders andIhead all
covered.oTA dAdy whom Iknew had
rather an unpleasant experiences IN an at
tempt some5.years ago ~tegdikregan@ this
tacit understanding among the sex IN re-
gard tpidiHner dress at hotelsl's i She be-
len5ed to an ultra-fashionable set, and
having married a South Carolina planter,
o o adopted what we cali . plantation
manners, and affected no little seotn OF
kaDne-mqnnered, reserved New England
folks. She was at Newport, our great sea-
side wntering-place, and having Just re.
turned from Europe, took great airs upon
herself, One. evening at the tea-table. a
gentleman sat down neaF. her, and the
bltter-plate before him happening to have
no butter-knife BY, IL at the moment,
he, instead Of calling the waiter and
Waiting, for one to- be brought, used his
own perfectly fresh bright Knife to takes
bit Of butter. He was a man, Of culture
and social standing, but a. Yankee, and
one whose social pretension she wished to,
fout- She seized the. opportunity, and
ealing a waiter said inJ an elaborately
sabdued but decided teneV " Take away
that butter. That gentleman has had his
knife in it" He took no notice of-the
remark, which drevIah eyes upon him,
and upon the lady ;nobut hy-and-bye she
stretched out her hand and took fromtthe
plate some ch~ippeddrfed beef which stood
between her and her victim. Gifts Was
well enough of Course but he turned Ut
.onfe,i and calling a'waiter said, only as Il
that -dTIed- beet that lady has had her
fingers in it. az In this %encoupter,i such as
1T was, he was, thought To have had the
bestof it. and, sheItdid Ret forgiyaiQr for.
lget@fSo a few days afterwards QshOlld
have mentined that there Wastbe slightest
possible acquaintance betweeRathem they
being at dinner, she, consPiedousin4hefull
dress she shad adopted since her tour to-
Europe, and which was So very TfalP
that It would have attracted -~Rtfeption W,
der any circumstances, took one from a
dish oftfresh figs before her, and puttipgit,
on a plate, handed it to him with an ex-
preston Of complaisance, but saying in a.
tone of unmRtaEable significance, which
could be. heard all around her, A fg5E |
you, Sir He accepted it gFaeiously ~
taking in his turn a leaf from theyL
tuFe Of the dish, offered it to Der al +ba
ifig-leaf for you, madam, She INC
table, and kept her q -
tended victim left the hotel Mas gen
orally agreed that be had ao;n@H S14 =.
tleman would shrmkdfc ou1 me
PpI;.is1s ~ ofranoe on pplaudedlfer his
VT; and nobody ere perhaps ii few of
her ~slaYeholding frisf5s' P1stsS ast,
'is51n'e 49, ~ full dress at a public
tsbIas 9P KIT I'D that withinth the last
t5pao ,, ~ a,r rs it is coming more in
= i5 5;o ~ aH1nn the fastest sets q 1.-THE
b9;gbt If tfeason at Saratoga and one
~ w. ot6s of our gaysst~Ratering-
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