The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-11
A Bail at the TuiIsries.

A Ball at the TuiIsries.
Translated for the Cincinnati Commercial from the Pstre
On the 4th Of January the fret ball Of the sea-
son took place at the Tuileries. Il was such II
usually is, brilliant confusion Of satin and lace
dresses, flowers and diamonds, uniforms Of all
countries, and all sorts Of embroidered dress
coats At 10 O'Clock the Sale des Msrechaux pre-
scented the aspect Of basket Of flowers thickly
studded with precious stones.
This parallel Ia the more appropriate as some
delicate beauties seemed to be almost crushed by
their Jewels When the rose adorns itself, il con.
tents itself with few dew drops; that is all 1t
needs. .rE
The empress appeared In a toilet OF straw COL
ored game. checkered with straw colored satin
above the waist. On the lower part of the dress
was to be seen garland Of large and variegated
psnsies. vail Of straw colored gauze covered
| the dress.
A large panier, a Ia cansdrgo, of straw colored
silk, arose on the back part of the skirt. gar.
| land of pspses commencing at the left shoulder.
and very dense at the outset, passed across the
corset and terminated very delicstely at the right
| shoulder. round wreath OF pansies, in the GEN.
ter of which was TO be seen large golden pansy,
opening like star over the forehead, formed the
| be ad dress, which was studded with large round
| diamonds. The necklace consisted Of rubies aud
| diamonds.
| The Princess Mathilde wore on white gauze
| dress o rather long tunic, rounded In 'front.' of
| maize colored silk, fringed with rose buds and
| clusters Of white jessamine. On her back the
tunic was raised and kept together by bouquet
| OF rose buds and white jessamine. An antique
| diamond diadem and large diamond riciere COM
| pleted the costume Of the princess.
Close to the empress seemed to bloom bouquet
| Of rosee. .
This bouquet consisted of Mile d'Alba and MILE
Marion. in rosec olored gauze, like two sisters;
| the Countess Primoli in white gauze, with Q
broad rose-coored stripe on the lower part of the
skirt, rose colored satin tunic, and rose and
diamond in her hair; the Countess Gabrielli, in q
misty rose-colored dress, with q rose and dia.
monds surrounded by black pearls in her hair.
The Princess de Metternich wore toilet en-
tirely in The style Of the first empire, of very
light cherry'colored velvet. with large volsnts on
the lever part OF the dress. A black game vail,
interviewer with gold, formed the tunic, A broad
belt of black mohair was tied behind. The velvet
corset was short-wasted and devoid of orns-
ments. splendid necklace, consisting alter
nstely Of diamonds and pearls, covered the whole
bust. The last row OF pearls, close to the neck,
was sewed on ribbon of black mohsir.
The head-dress of the princess was very simple.
II consisted Of very high chignon, leaving bare
the whole neck, and glittering with two palms of
The beautiful Countess de Poutsles, on the
other hand, wore q head dress a la Louis XIV with
profusion Of blue plumes, an sgrafe of Bengal
roses and diamond stars.
Her white gauze dress, covered with UOldllts,
was adorned with Bengal roses and light blue
satin belt Consultations Of diamond stars CON-
posed the necklace.
The Princess sciarra wore a pale blue dress,
adorned with white blondes, and in her hair, dia.
mond flowers and blue ribbons.
Marshal Canrobert's wife appeared in the toilet
OF young boarding school miss. Her dress was
made Of straw'colored grenadine. A sky-blue
belt encirced her waist, and diamonds on Q sky
blue ribbon formed her necklace.
The duchess de Malakoff wore a magnificent
toilette a al Louis XIV. The Countess de See
bach appeared in white gauze dress with green
tunic and corset, adorned with white lace. Madame
Fleury wore costume Of cherry colorsd gauzee.
covered with white lace and stripes Of cherry. col
ored satin. cherry -colored plumes and diamond
wreath. The Countess de la Poeze in q white
gauze dress, her skirt covered with rosebuds and
roses Of all colors. and rose wreath on her head.
The Marquis d'Aoust in rose-colored gauze. and
vail OF the same color and material. The front
part Of her dress was adorned with garlands Of
acacia leaves. She wore on her head q dia.
mond diadem and rich set Of pearls and dia-
monds.
Madame Moulton, who chstted great deal,
smiled still more and showed her pesrly teeth
great deal, wore q white tarletan dress with
white silken panier. Around her neck several
strings OF pearls tied in front, and splendid dia-
dem on her head.
Let us not forget the galaxy of charming young
girls.
Mile Jurien de la Graviere. POLITICALLY envel
oped In dress OF rose colored game, aud, like
Aurora, with natural roses In her hair.
MILE Camilla Doucet, in q very graceful and
youthful toilet Of white game. with short tunic
oflight blue silk, the corset opening over q gauze
collar In her beautiful black hair she had light
blue Vatican knot with rose.
Miles EdgertoD, couded in white gauZe dresses
with small volants and round wresths of open
Bengal roses.
Madame slidel almost eclipsed her charming
daughter and Madame Erlanger.
Quite number Of presentations took place
only tweDty-six ladies from America and good
many from England Russia was but shiny repre-
scented; there were also q few ladies' from Spain,
few more frcm Brazil and q lew more-brown
ones
The ball was nice affair; it was less crowded
than usual. At half psst ii the emperor and en-
press, preceded by the grand chamberlain and the
master OF ceremonies, went after passing through
the apartments. to the Gallery de Diane. where
supper was served. Their msjesties admit 70 this
supper the ambassadors and their wives. The re-
past is taken standing. The emperor drinks only
Frontignsn. Louis Barratiere and Cliquot. The
empress, who shares his taste, likes TO add two
glasses OF sherry to the other wines.
As soon as their msjesties have finished their
supper, they disappear and return to their apart
mente. a.a
This Is the signal for the rest OF the visitors to
hasten TO the Gallery de Diane. What carnsgel
II the corpses had TO be counted!
About ten thousand ice creams fifteen thousand
glasses Of punch, six thousand sherbets, thirty
psies de foie gras, four or five hundred chickens,
eight hundred bottles of champagne and an end
less number Of bottles Of claret. GA
The dancing continued long after supper. The
whole fete was very nice and gay. Perhaps
there were too many foreign ladies. IL sounds SO
odd 70 hear more German and English spoken OF
the Tuieries than French. The foreign ladies are
often very pretty, but the Parisiennes possess
more grace; snd grace, the poets say, is the tr
umphsnt rival of beauty. 7f
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