The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-08
HE r A S HIO N S.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Of the HERALD.

A New "Ism" in the Fashionable World
Opnls ana Diamonds ms Magnetic SOoth-
sayers-TOilets Seen In the Criminal
COurt-Eugenie's Dresses Taken from
Salzbur8 and I.ilie-Silks aud Velvets-
Costumes of Twine-Trimmings, skirts and
PARIS, August %, 1867.
A disclosure. readers-many disclosures II the sun
not 30 feariuly hot that cold anywhere, a
cold in ones head would be almost acceptable should
say that what have to reveal is At tale for the reside
corner when novel writers will have 1t. 'the Gle
ments unclaimed. and the sinister moaning Of the
winds the creakng of doors rusty hinges and
the cries Of the OWL" &C. make stories peculiarly ap-
proprae if believe the raditionary lore Of author
ship.
My story being more romantic than a rom ance
and the elements being all chained up tie glory OF
gauze and white muslin there existing besides more
gorgeous pumage abroad than owls must cody relate
what have to say by the iu,ter of fans instead Of
the flicker Of flames
Russian princess In the Partisan grand monde has
lately spread the report that opas the surest and
truest soothsayers that woman consulted har-
rowing doubt She had OF these gems 1t had been
given her by an admirer, gentleman, OF course; he
absent and had suddenly ceased 10 correspond regu
larly. The melancholy lady one morning opened the
box containing his present and anced her opas looked
Wau quo neu 10 INC NHnts positively SnOne
less than mother Of pearl "The image Of my hearn
she sighed put the box aside That day she received
a letter; her admrer very ill., "An, the opas y
exclaimed the lady, and FASTENED In search Of the box
The looked very sckly indeed sHe's worse," OK.
claimed The princess and all her visitors that day had
to be witnesses OF the hourly change in her gems The
following morning at day dawn the box again
suited The opas were perfectly coloress They looked
like fishes eyes; just expressive without shade Of
wink blink in them. The princess DO anced
but not described. AZ twelve the opals had crumbied
into dust, when shrieks and spasms ensued. At one
the postman delivered letter. bordered round with
black edges-the admirer dead ! need not say
that prostration completed the OF day. and
the like wildare that opals magnetic for
tune electromagnetic electric mesmerc, anything
ladies do not understand The Pare papers all,
more or less recorded the above circumstance
quenty there is great exchange Of pearl and diamond
rings for opals To have the Of beloved ever
plainly Indicated on ones fingers is too evident ad.
vantage TO be gainsayed.
While this opal mania is the fair sex Il would be
useless to expostuate or to try to explain
effects. "rhe opals crumbled aud he died."
is the staggering answer to reasoning. But b.
fore your readers invest too largely In opals,
ere the mania has reached New YORK, the following
worth consideration. Turquoises pearls and opas
lose their brancy first, but instead Of atrbuting TO
them knowledge Of the health feelings OF who
affected them. Acid damp kills them an opal touched
by vinegar falls into calcnAted powder
After this disclosure, another The sensation OF the
week has been Mme Frigard's trial. Let demur
TO find the account OF trial in fashion letter
where the worst cases judged the most fashionable
place in the world ladies love TO look at VIGOROUSLY
bad murderer The Prefet's wife Melun, and all
creme OF the country went TO look at Nine Frgard the
day she denied having sded Nine de Mertens and the
incest possible toilets sat for trial. too, the same
occasion. Black satin under black silk looped over.
skirts was the thing
Madame Frigard and her friend Madame do Mer.
tens very different women altogether The latter
was empress Of the demi-n,ond lovely, far, luxu.
rant beauty externally She OF good family though
she left the paths OF duty early, made small fortune
and placed her ill-acquired money In the funds.
mother Of small family. AS she at the close Of
the sitting leave Dock irony and bitter sarcasm
were depicted in the defiant scow she darted at the
crowd OF females whose eyes bent II to
study her features. Yesterday when all over she
sent for the Cnief Justice, and his surprise be
pictured when without preparation she made the fol-
lowing discosuro:-"I did kill Madame de Mertens
but all your scientific physicians have incurred pubic
shame l did not stife my victim poisoned her when
she asleep ON the grass with prussc acid. drop
on her nostris suficed; she inhaled II and died"
will only add that handful OF long grass found
cleuched in the victims jeweed hand when the at
thores came TO the spot she must have caught Il
in the agony Of her last sleep.
TGs fearful avowal Of adame Frgards the topic Of
discourse in all circles.
Society, in at last breaking up has thus terrible
drama to discuss by the seaside.
The Empress and Emperor haye left the Austrian
Court, and are route for the Lille celebration In the
north OF France. Some OF the toilets Eug g has car.
red away with her half summer nall autu mn styes
Among the latter We have embroidery silk butter
cups, and nasturum are the most approved patterns
tor dark silks II 10 all done by hand. Princess
Mahlde and he Queen of Portugal bought velvet
orocado applications silk for tho coming In ermsd ate
season. The latter has gray poult, re velvet
carnatons the flowers large bottom Of widths
and decrease n they rise towards the waist.
Under peticoss still made ali colors with Breton
work, plsse hounces. bands garlands Seaside or
watering place coaks made red cashmere
embroidered with Turkish designs, palms and mag
noaS
Crosscut TRIMMINGS and rouleaux are sold ready
made IN all trimming shops.
Twine costumes for hunting and fishing made fawn
dark bue
Deep lace nounces are much worn straight jackets.
The new deaths head robe. hope, will not stake
II English idea the first having been ordered at
Lyons by British lord who have had q tremend-
IL OF spleen on him. II Is black ground worked
with white skulls in silver thread and the bottom
10 bordered with big dropping tearsl thoueht the
worst thing Of this kind the gentemen's neck
scarf pima Skull with small electric eyes, which
round and roll and rghten every lady 70 death every
time size looks tho OF in the face-for, how
hard may try no leek ing man 10 the
face without noteng his necke too Garlands Of
may sound we'll bot look vastly miserable. The English
lord offered ten thousand francs for the nrst made
A CIVIL EsaTs CASE COmPRsHlsE0
A Virginia Railroad Company PAYS n Cslored
Nam Two Hundred Dollars for Refusing