The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-21
THE FASHIOMS.

THE FASHIONABLE SEASON STILL AT IT'S HEIGHT
--BANoUETs, BALLS, AND oPERAs-RECBPTIoNs
BY THE FOREIGN MINIsTBRs-THE BARRIERS
AND HAIRDRRssERs' sTRIKE-RoBEs, MANTLEs,
RIBBONS, ETC.
PARIS, May 2.--That chronic fever called the
Paris season will not abate this Exposition year.
We have gone through the usual run of balls,
masquerades, and operas; we have undergone
the a1fiction Of more parlOr music than we
cared for, but still we are Retailing Ii in con-
tinued circle of endless sdUteuses; and we are
rebaDqueting 1t in high places at the rate OF six
Luculnan outspreads per evening.
The new President of the Senate, M. Schrei-
der, givesh Erst official dinner to one hundred
and twenty guests this week, and large ball on
the 9th.
The foreign Ministers, including General Dix,
hold their receptions on their stated days, and
what with foreign princes coming or going, the
little we have lett to put on our backs has to be
renewed very often. Husbands do not, fortu-
nately, complain; for wives have got into way
of making out their bills which turns the hard
est case into the simplest reasoning possible.
Whenever dear Oscar says word about the
money going fast, OF course l never lay the
fault to my tailor, as he deserves" said Pauline
de Is. to q friend, as she was coming out of
church; al invariably set the cooks account
before him, with Exposition prices on every
item. Nothing could be so convenient as en-
broidered satins and the high price of fowls
both acting simultaneously, as 1t were, for the
bliss of families"
Could other simultaneous blessings attend us
should all be very thankful, doubtless; but since
undertakers have entertained serious ideas of
getting up o strike, like the tailors and hair
dIessers my opinion IS that we are In very
false position.
The coiheurs have done tor themselves. Their
first objection was to be treated like WATERS by
their shaveu customers, who, on leaving shaw
ing premises, deposited two sous IN tin box
for the presiding gentleman of the strop. Their
natural pride was indignant; they made their
wish known to be treated like clerks, and have
- a, 1,.r ,,,I
The heads of the principals of the firm were
averse to quarterly payments. They preferred
the payments volunteered by their customers,
and the strike ensued. | hear few meetings
have taken place, and that few speeches have
been delivered by the shaving corporation.
Pomatum has risen at the rate of fifty per
cent, and curling paper is being cut into the
smallest possible triangles. Partlngs down the
back of gentlemens heads are somewhat out of
the perpendicular but spikey moustaches look
sharper than ever at the ends; good deal of
sticking plaster is observed on the stray cuts,
and bC ards are invading q goodly portion of
mans features. The lords of creation are not so
well off as the ladies of the same. 1t is far
easier to put on false hair than to extirpate
what is gifted With natural roots.
The Duchess Nine Tascher de la Pagerie
gives a large fete this evening for the poor.
Young Conneau, the edestso of the Emperor's
physician, and playmate of the Imperial Prince,
Wall recite some verses, which are to be followed
Princess Mathilde gave a party yesterday
evening, for which the new poet, Albert
Glatigny, was engaged. Your readers may
remember that spoke of him as being sure to
come TO fame, though my prediction appeared
paradoXical, for he was then poor actor at the
AlcaZar. He has emerged from be-
hind the beer pots there. Not so the new diva
of those regions, Mad'lle Corneie. She nightly
showers down the imprecations Of Camille on
Rome to gaping audience, not one member of
which august body seems 10 appreciate her.
The fashions have perhaps been sacrificed in
this letter, but the fashions of the day are not
all made of velvet, gauze, and tulle.
Robes, mantles, costumes, ribbons, flowers,
and our newest accessories are in reserve for
my next.