Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-05-19
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7Oat Ie monde, big and little, grand and
demt, was brought out by the magnificent
weather on Sunday last and the long and
splendid avenue from tho Place de Ia Con.
corde to the Bos de Boulogne, now lined
with green leaved and Olossoming horse
chestnnts, was throngel wi ca: rages -
The races at the Bois attracted thousands,
and the toilets of the pstites daB1es,-the
young and handsome, though not partcu
larly siruous ladies who set the fashions OF
Paris-were blooming in all their extrava.
gance and beauty. The new style Of bon
net, which seems to be in shape cross be-
tween q soup plate and an inverted gerani-
nm pot, was prevalent.
Prominent among the ladies Of her class
was Mademoiselle Walters, alias kbonRCa, a,
alias Skittles, who has recently returned
from asvoyage Of discovery and adventure
| 10 London and who made her first appear
ance this spring on Sunday in on elegant
| turnout, with o pair Of prancing, sleek coat.
ed black horses and tiger in very dosh
livery. Skittles does her own driving, end
she certainly handles the ribbons with
great skill and elegance. The young lady
is living evidence Of the truth, not per.
hsps that virtue is always rewarded, but
that industry must prosper, and the busy
bee, with his motto under il shonld be her
| device. The daughter Of the proprietor of
a ground near Liverpool, where he eccomo'
dated the roughs of that locality with 40
opportunity to indulge in the noble and
manly game OF skittles Miss Walters, who
was yonug lady of spirit, earl brcSo
loose from the parental traces, and went
up to London. Here she soon succeeded
in making herself the rage, and in running
host of wealthy young fools. Then she
came to Paris, which for the last three
years has been her field of action, aud
where she has been blessed with great pop
ularitr.
She lives in magnificent apartments, high
mp on the Champs EySees, on which mag
uiGcent avenue she has seven windows
| fronting The hangings Of those windows,
which are in blue satin and white lace, and
the richness and beauty of which ca1 be
seen from the street, are said to have cost
thon9aud francs each. Skittes has FIVE
rooms, and poys twenty thousand francs q
year rent. Fhey are magniGceutly fur
nished in rosewood, mahogany and buhl,
and hung with excellent paintings; for
Skit les is said to be qnite patron of art
b. own portrait, By Fagnani, in the style
OF she besnties Of the French court, in the
time Of louis AV.. with very considers.
bic exposure of what nature intended for
the maternal fount but which will proba,
bly never fulfill natures intentions, hangs
alone in its glory in her sleeping room
Upon the threshold of that sanctum sane
torum of the red haired beauty your cores
pondent must pause l modest ave with
bis description OF her domicile.
Skittles is about twenty.four, keeps six
horses, has red hair, and is rather fine look.
ing, sports au immense quantity of da'
monds aud has an immense income. The
most horrid thing about this modern
Phryne is that she has with her q young
sister, still child, whom she is initiating
and preparing for a career similar TO her
own. These are the women who set the
fashions, drive the finest horses, wear the
richest diamonds, occupy the best seats at
the opera and theatre, are most prominent
at the races and in t6e avenues, and are
the cause of much Of the extravaganza in
the price Of rent and everything else in
Paris. No wonder that Jules FaVFe and
such men mourn over the decHdence Of the
capital no wonder that the hard working
artisana of the fauboure St. Antoine, when
these women drive through their quarter
in their splendid eqnipoGes, on the way to
the steeple chaSes at Vincennes, hiss and
shout at them, and that one of their nom
Der once raised general laugh at their
expense by crying as a crowd Of them drove
up, Place, place poar les e4ifaniers de
Favealr. Paris Cor. ". Y. Herald.