The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-10
TIE PARIS FASHIONS.

The Birthplace Of an Imperial Bride-AristO.
cratic Topogrnphy-A Wedding Robe and
Pin Observation-Disclosures Of Marie An.
tois,eite-Sprin9 Expeditions Materials
and Style-H0w MusIins Made Up-Nov.
PARIS, April "a, 1858.
"See Naples and die" says an old traveller who
did not take the advice he gave others so impera-
lively. The French have improved on it, and the
bit OF counsel now In fashion is:-"See Mingrelie
and faint" What is Mingrelie or where is Min
grelies asked many erudte young ladies' few days
age, and one seemed at all shocked at the ques-
ton. The case Ia very different now. A young lady
who does not know where Mngrelie is cannot be
much. Why, Mingree Is the birthplace Of the young
princess who is going to marry Prince Achle Murat
the son Of Prince Murat, who was in former times
no one need know V hat he was In former times His
son is turtle, duellist prince Of the imperial
family, brother to the Duchess De Mouchy, who was
Anna Murat, and the name Of the bride is Saome de
Mngrelie, and her mother ia one of the Russian En-
press ladies, and her name Is Dadian which in
Mngrelie supreme unique, sovereign" Now your
readers can comprehend why young miss who
does not know anything about Mngrelle cannot have
q father who fills very high position in life.
The truth Is and Notwithstanding the great expert
ence have OF Partisan society, had no idea OF Min
grille myself until some one condesccnded TO inform
me that II Ia the same place Colchs In Greece and
did not much care then, for do not believe In the
proceedings there carried on by Jason in search Of
the Golden Fleece never having yet any dragons
and bulls vomit flames. Another detail about 1t Is
that this cnviabe possession Is bathed by one OF the
four streams that watered Eden-the river Phasis-
and 1t moreover rolls over sands OF gold.
This accounts perhaps for the price paid for the
Princess wedding robe, which cost exactly 2o.o0of
her annual pocket money Is OOoof, and one OF the
small things in her corbefue is palace, which Mr..
Perere has sold to her brother, who could not think
Of q tribe more acceptable by way Of souvenir As
liquid sparkling with something other mot petro-
leun champagnel think Paris fashions letter the
best possible organ for conveying what still remains
to be said about Mingreie, Of which q great
deal will be talked, as II is getting imperial.
and consequently .. new subject. There Is queer
idea In Princess Mlngrflie's country that people
cannot work out their salvation unless they live on
the top OF big columns, nearer heaven than earth.
! do not suppose they meet with many temptations
MP there, nor any Inducements at all to invest In CHG
into In that part Of the atmosphere was first started
by q certain simon Stylite. He climbed up q column
one day. IL Was In the fourth century, when the
times we're fervent The old gentleman felt SO airy
that he could not for the life OF him get down again,
and he didn't, for history says he lived twenty six
years on his column, from the top Of which he
preached beautiful serinong,
Epcureans Will shake their heads and look, as
much as to say that simon Styte may have been
very great man from the heels upw ards, but 20 man
air; he lived on provisions which were put In
basket and which he drew up on puley-.not very
hard pull either, Tor the faithful put nice Dit
In. chicken wing or some Of that exquisite honey