The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-10
THE FASHIONS.


-Opals and Diamonds as Magnetic
sOOtbsayeTs = Toilets as Seen an the
Criminal COurt-EuRenie's Dresses as
Taken from salzburg and LiIls-sIIks
and Volvets - Costumes OF Twine -
Trimmings, Skirts, and FlOunots.
PARIS, Aug. pa disclosure, readers-many
disclosuresl II the sun were not so fearfully
hot that cold anywhere, even a cold in ones
nead, would be almost acceptable. should say
that what have TO reveal is a at tale for the
hreside corner when, as novel-writers will
have IL, 1.-THE elements are unclaimed, and the
sinister moaning of the winds the creaking of
doors on their rusty hinges, and the cries OF
the owl" etc, make stories peculiarly appro.
pirate, # we believe the traditionary lore Of
My story being more romantic than ro-
nance, and the elements being all chained up
existing besides more gorgeous plumage abroad
than owls, must coOlly relate what have to
say by the hutter of fans instead OF the nicKer
A Russian princess in the Parlslan grand
are the surest and truest soothsayers that ever
woman consulted in narrowing doubt. She
by an admirer a gentleman, of course; he was
absent, and had suddenly ceased to correspond
regularly The melancholy lady one morn
ing opened the box containing his present
and fanced her opalS looked wan. She
less than mother-of, pearl. "The image Of my
heart" she sighed, aud put the box aside. That
day she received letter; her admirer was very
hastened in search of the box. The set looked
very sickly indeed. He's worse exclaimed
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
colorless
III ey looked like fishes eyes; just as express
give, without shade of wink or blink In. them
The Princess tears can be fancled, but not de-
scribed At IL the opals had crumbled into
dust, when shrieks and spasms ensued. Att
the postman delivered aletter, bordered round
with black edgeS-the Rdmirer was dead!
need not say that prostration completed the
like wildhre that opals were magnetic for
tune interchangeable. electric, mesmeric, or
anything ladies' do not understand The Paris
papers have ALL moro or less recorded the above
circumstances, consequently there is great
To have the state of ones beloved ever plainly
indicated on ones fingers is too evident an adj
vantage to be gainsayed.
While this opal mania is on the fair sex, it
would be useless TO expostulate or to try to ex-
and he died." is the staggering answer to rea.
soning. But before your readers invest too
New York, the following is worth consdera-
tton. Turquoise, pearls, aud opals all die out
lose their brillancy first, but instead of attrI.
buting to them knowledge of the health or
feelings OF those who offered them, 1t would be
well to ascertain what has affected them. Acid
damp kills them an opal touched by vinegar
falls Into calcinated power.
of the week has been Mime Frlgard's trial Let
no one demur to find the account of q trial in q
fashion letter. A court where the worst cases
are judged is the most fashionable place in the
world; ladies love to look at a notoriously bad
murderer. The Prefet's wife at Meun, and all
the creme of the country went to look at Mime
Frigard the day she denied having stihed Mime
de Meltens, and the incest possible toilets sat
for trial, too, on the same occasion. Black
satin under black silk looped overskirts was
Madame Frigard and her friend Madame de
Mertens were very different women altogether.
The latter was an empress of the dent monde.
q lovely, fair, luXur1ant beauty externally. She
was of good family, though she left the paths of
duty early, made small fortune, and placed
herill-acquired money in the funds. Madame
Frigard is the daughter of a physician and
mother OF q small family. AS she rose at the
close of the sitting to leave the dock, irony and
bitter sarcasm were depicted in the defiant
scowl she darted at the crowd OF females whose
eyes were bent on her as if to study her fea-
lures
Yesterday when all was over, she sent for the
Chief Justice, and his surprise can be pictured
lowing disclosure:-"I did kill M me de Mer-
MS but all -FOUR scientific aP6 physicians & ans have
victim; poisoned her when she was asleep on
the grass with prussic ACID "A crop on her
will only add that handful of long grass
was found clenched in the victims Jewelled
hand when the authorities came TO the spot.
She must have caught at 1t in the agony of her
This fearful avowal of Madame Frigard's is
the topic of discourse in all circles.
Society, in at last breaking up, has thus ter
rible drama to discuss by the seaside
The Empress and Emperor have left the Aus
tran Court, and are en- route for the Lille eeie-
toilets Eugenie has carried away with her are
half summer, half autumn styles. Among the
latter we have embroidery on silk buttercups,
and nasturtium are the most approved patterns
for dark silks. 1t is ali done by h nd. Princess
Mathilde and the Queen OF Portugal have
bought velvet bIocade applications on SILK for
the coming intermediate season. The latter
has grey poult, with real velvet carnations;
the flowers are large at the bottom OF widths,
and decrease as they rise towards the waist.
Under pettcoats are still madeall colors, with
Breton work or plisse fiounces, bands or gar
lands. Seaside or watering place cloaks are
made mostly of red cashmere, embroidered
with Turkish designs, palms, and magnoltas.
Crosscut trimmings and satin rouleauX are
sold ready made in all trimming shops.
TWine costumes for hunting and fishing are
made fawn or dark blue.
Deep lace flounces are much worn on straight
The new death's.head robe, I hope, will moi
stake" 1t an English idea, the first having
been ordered at Lyons by British lord WhC
must have had tremendous mt or spleen OF
him. IL Is black ground worked over VIII
white skulls in silver thread ,Iand the bottom Il
bordered with big dropping tears l though
the worst thing of this kind was the gentle
mans neck scarf pima skull, with small elec
trio eyes, which turn round ana roll ant
frighten every lady to death every Time SIN
looks the Wearer of one in the face--for, now
ever hard one may try, there Is no looking
man in the face Without noticing his neckt
too. Garlands of tears may sound well, bu
look vastly miserable. The English lord oflere
ten thousand francs for the first made.-N.
Herald.