The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-06

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Our Paris fashions correspondent gives US
in another column Tie latest movements In the
world Of fashion across the Atlantic. The new
riding suits In the country around Paris, which
distinguish each family by their colors. like
Jockeys On raoecourse. are very convenient
guides Of ones acquaintance in these days
Of dyes and cosmetics. Peoples faces change
there every day In consequence Of these
chemicals The puff and powder days of the
Bourbons are revived in some Of the ponder
GUS drssses and turreted ohignons and skirts
are In many Gases looped with flowers like
bower In garden or lager beer repository ct
Schutzenfest halo Of glory surrounds
the heads Of the fair sex 10 the shape Of gold
CIRCLE In trent Of the new bonnet The
Queen Of Portugal and the Grand Duchesses
Of Russia have been investing heavily in satin,
gauSe and 6lagrea Napoleon's better bali,
strange to say, wore Bismarck without trim
mlngs when last seen on the seashore. Not
even reconstructed map of Europe adorned
the skirt Ladies had better deal cautiously
with French dyes. An actress in Paris wanted
Titan hue for La Grande Duchssse and be-
came green instead. She vas in state of
verdancy for weeks While her children have
been playing rouge ei noir at Baden and that
German salad Homburg, Madame Fashion has
been puzzling her brains for novelties. Since
the fall openings In this city our fair sisters
have been girding themselves for the season
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line, putting double sleeves and whole cargo
Of jet beads on their cloaks and throwing
diadems across the fronts Of their bonnets, to
prevent them from falling over on their dear
little noses.
But while the many strange and wonderful
articles 81 female attire are thus undergoing
their semi-annual chameleon process, tie
theatres are holding forth every night In all
the bravery Of insel, scenery, costume and
acting. We place acting last, because in these
days it seems to be the last consideration of
some managers In stroll up Broadway in
the evening the theatregoers will find Forrest,
as the representative Of the classical prize
ring, or Spartacus, the Gladiator, at the Broad
way dancers, In gauze and ilagree costumes,
walking on their toes, ct the Black Crook Rip
Van Wrinkle, going to sleep for twenty years
and waking up again, at the Olympic the
New York theatre leaving its six weeks proba-
ton Under the Gaslight and welcoming Mile.
Zoe; terrific sword combat and graceful
pantomimist at the Bowery; burlesque and
Meg's Diversion at Wallaok's, with funny songs
and extravagant puns the great piano poet,
Leopold de Meyer, at Stsinway Hall Ristori
and La Grasde Dsichesss at the French theatre,
the former reviving the days Of tho French
revolution and bringing before the public Of
the metropolis. In splendid style, the unhappy
Marie Antolnette, and the latter bothering her
self about Fritz and u sabre de mon plre and
last, though not least, ct Banvard's theatre, the
DEVILS Auction, In which his Internal Majesty
disposes Of pretty dancers and their unadorned
pedals The burnt cork heroes Of the minstrel
and variety theatres roar Justify, twang the
banjo and ruthlessly burlesque everything that
Is in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, or
in the waters under the earth. The managers
look over their books and at the cue of
patrons ct the box Office with serene satisfac-
ton. Surely modistes and managers have no
reason 10 complain Of the present fall season.