The New York herald., 1869-06-06
.rhe horse, said Button, ais the noblest conquest


has effected is that of this placid and elastic ANIMAL
that unlike wives costs little to keep being content
TO swallow space. / may be answered that there are
other coursers-the steeds OF antiquity-that outdo
the best veoce made by the most patented manufac.
turer; but say they fantasticthey are Pegasus
the winged dragons, which do not believe ever did
exist In hlppophagy. There is also the hippogrfn,
OF which have read; there is the horse
IN the German poem, always carrying people
to places they do not want to 60 to-their graves.
There are our French aacre hacks, and hope no one
calls these "the conquest Of man over proud and
high mettled animal" AS observed these dinerens
fantastic species are outside the argument. have
also examples in very remote antiquity to support
my total reliance on the veloce as soon az ann
helped up on the object under consideration. On
opening the book of Job (who should not have been
so disheartened as he was with the veocpede he
had In his eye I fnd he says, 'it' tmeaning the
veloce) 'is never moved by fear the keenest sword
cannot stop It, it strikes the ground with it, feet
rushes forward undaunted towards armed men and
Is intrepid at the sound OF trumpetsn
allowance is made for biblical languages and
only as much as preachers avail themselves OF when
supporting their points with texts from Scripture IL
Is obvious Job had vision OF velocipedes while
writing the above, and he, who was 80 aniicted by
@ nd 16en en m nVsbe aope re
this vision. Anything, crown Tor horse" cried
Richard Ill on the eld OF BOSworth, and 1t not
forthcoming whereas II he had had a velOcpede
could he not have wheeled or less ign0miniously
tDan he did by "cutting his capers' and getting
killed afterwards Shakspeare's piece would GER
tainly not have looked creditable If the King had
shouted, "a crown for veloce;" but that is mat.
ter OF private appreciation.
NY principles OF firm adhesion to velocipedes being
established, now proceed to mention what veloce
rider ought to wear on this noble conquest after con-
quering it:-A pair OF gray pants and top boots,
gray Jacket. striped shirt and currs. with plain
pearl buttons and blue or scarlet neckte the cap Of
unbleached Holland, with blue or scarlet band, and
on no condition pair OF spectaces. II the rider iS
near-sighted II Id thing which must AFFORD sympa-
thy, but not so much as an eyeglaSs. The costume
OF the lady rider has been subject of great inconve
nence, and 1t Is to be hoped President Grant Will
not object 10 trousers and tunic If the former are
kept TO the ankle by an elastic band under high kid
boots, the latter rendered feminine by skirt 1t is
quite different thing for ladies to wear trosuers on
veloce and for them to appear thus clad In Parlia
ment. am not an advocate OF the latter style on
females among dlpomatlstS though at the same
time cannot approve OF panler and crinoned
veocipedlst. the material ladies' should select
would be most appropriate in merno ltan shades),
trimmed with some bright but simple cord and tas-
sells epaulettes; the fronts should be made with
silk Tevers, showing an under striped linen chemt-
sette. cuffs, mousqueialre OF the same; and they
should wear small kind OF box, as the vivanderes
do their light barrels, with accessories required in
side for leng excursions Gentlemen should buckle
their provision and accessory box on to the Vel0ci
pede. But the triumph OF this new conveyance II
the aquatic veloce-in poetic way, mean. There
are Two Of them on the lake In the Bos-a red and
seat for her being raised at one end. and
the velocpedtst paddles her or sitting opposite.
The position OF the lady is that OF her horse
back so that when the light, gondola-ike velOce 10
at q short distance from the shore she seems to be
gliding along the clear surface on nothing.
A young French lady, ruddered down the lake by
an American, created quite Juror OF admiration
WEI were M displaying their t6orouehs ana equipages in
the row. The aquatic veloce snot ike an arrow with
the far, dauntess GIRL led by learned and eager
by the small islands on that lovely sheet Of water.
When they broke through the sunbeams the girls
aigrette sparked and her ringing laugh was joyous
to near. May the mania continue, and such old
oges out their day on their bays oftener see
NV notes remind me that have lovely toilets to
describe the Empress last Monday ball at
tended by the Prince and Princess OF Wales.
Blondes triumphed, among whom the Empress her.
self, whose toilet has been Inherently described by
many European papers. Sne was In train robe OF
black tule over white, the tue robe being covered
with small nounces hemmed round with cerise. Her
waistband aud ends behind were black and cerise,
1owers OF the same with diamonds In her hair.
Alexandra, OF Denmark, was In white. She for
time declined being present AS she had no fit toilet
lowed herself TO be overrued by the Prince OF Wales
and ordered white roDe. The Prince wore the or
der the Legion OF Honor the Emperor that OF the
Carter Some very excruciating toilets were re-
marked on English misses, the Wagnerlans OF lash
o2 oH blue De on y0et on
were very much astonished at the
[egned pleasure so6 shown ,gnv by the prnee
polka, and go through life as If 1t were burden
for them, stood in large circle perfectly aghass
~
wnirl. An immense space was Instantly left vacant
for ms evolurions, and he must have felt like per-
forming TO the gallery one OF the prettiest decora-
tions in the ballroom this occasion was screen
formed by q bank OF flowers moderator lamps and
evergreens between the dancing hall and the gallery
In which the supper laid. AS English airs are
studousy copied by high life this season trust that
Ia Jettae France viii for the future follow the
ample, in one respect started by the apparent heir
TO the throne OF England, and not wear such tight
cliiottes courtes that the rich are forcedly sent
empty away from the board OF the Tuleres The
IL
compare with the hearty dinner az the
queenly dairy OF Irianon, where the following
toilet was worn by one or his lady guests
green poplin re1t-0otaeiue, short with alternate
black and green frills all the way up. The bodice
tunc was tight the waist and braided all over
'front.' and back, q fanchon OF back lace with pouf
OF shaded roses, gold ornaments. duchess wore
caroubler red gros grain costume with the tunlc and
skirt dened IN sharp points bound with satin or the
same shade, a Spanish mantilla was fastened In the
wearers black hair, with one red and one tea rose.
A black costume OF the Old Versailles style was
braided with gold and worn with brown toquet,
brown featner aud gold ornaments Inc rucnes on
wedding OF Mile. Jarlen de la Gravere, daughter OF
the Admiral, noted the following rich dresses:-A
round the bottom, headed with a very IN OK pinked
rucne, panIer to match, trimmed round with ap-
plication, aud run OF the same down the bodice.
a fanchon Of white lace, on which curled three
mauve plumes from the top OF the chignon.
second was green 1nze and short s Win psnIer e
the present headdIesses are not bonnets) with pink
laurel clusters
half mourning robe OF black satin speckled with
white the panier being trimmed with yellowsh wide
lace and short Vatican OF the same lace fell 1ow
ing from the neck down the back; the dadem was q
cluster OF white maze blossoms and back Ivy leaves
in splendid black lace.
Gustave Dort the painter has treated his friends
to private theatricals-very private. The piece was
a parody OF "Teemachus' 1t was acted In his
studio, and the toilets, such Calypso In the
ideal island imagined by Feneon. rose behind the
left ear aud gauze was all ladies could invent In
those pristine times. The Prince of Wales visited
the ateer o this painter twice during his short stay
In Paris II was homage paid to the illustrator Of the
Bible ana Tennyson.
some unbleached lawn dresses are being made
for the watering places They are all trimmed with
plating and Valenclennes. The remaining items Of
the week of interest here to certain members OF high
life that la Patti wore IN London IN her rst OF
| tins season in "Trsviara,n the splendid diamond
given by Catharine III. 20 her mvorite Zoton; that
1 Araene Houssage Is writing another new novel.