, 1869-06-06
PARIS GOSSIP,

Jh7ln tAay . Co7e.Iovfenoe af te Ss.o Fork
1fmes.
A French paper published the other day the
following little L.t ofspttefuuess shout the charity
bail OF the P1nceHS BtaurcAu, at the Grand Hotel:
AZ Dancing went or till clock The noble Eau
bours gathered up It's sttrts and got out Of the
eaa ses "a s6e cSese M
held on. All this exotic world danced, and nut
tered, Snd persptEcd; 1t was regular danss Nd
lorc the co.illion; another American iady was
eeeu cr1lng for the loas OF her beau. AT o'clock
coDc tho 1nra.ion Of the dttar.nsonde, anlt the
grand eutIJ OF Mons and Mne. Worth. Tits
last was the bouquet"
Whether mer4ted OF not, this little notice ia
damaging to the last degree. French women go
character American and English women do not
They engage pell-meN with these women In aome-
thing very IKE the can-can, for the5 come out Ut
IL IN Incident In keeping with what precedes:
yornR lady 1caTea har mother 8 rtotec1ion-an ut
terry unrnrdonahle Sin In France. Another latiJ
compromises NJ least her good breeding by crying
tn puh1lc-oh, holTor!-fot her lost lover. Final
", na tae bouquet, MI. Worth, the famous man.
rnillner Of The Rue de Ia rnlx, makes his entry.
He has been told pJ the French ladies', whose
dresses be made, nj what hour he might come and
Ind them gone; for although they Ike Nj. Worth
IN os aeo ones 10 M
En9llsh aud American young ladies' do not Al
waJs observe the rules Of French society, that's
cet1a1n- But they did not come 70 Paris ior that
worth OF tneIr money. They know that French
society ismt1ed- horribly l1cd-and that II they,
they would utterly "lose their LATIN French
people cannot do II themselves; they do not csea
IN it, for ii is notorious that theJ run more 1Eom
the " COMMON herd " than from the Immoral
herd" GildCI vice passes everywhere with tho
Eoun5s due 70 gold and beants: the best boxes "a
Gus puhyc women. and no''ody protests; au eon.
fraiIe. The fashionable Nine. Ttois E.otcs md
her daughteEa ase rather nro1d TO oseury seats
would be quite. oh! quite spoiled, some hon.
est, htgh. .necked bousEeoise should occupy tho
| low necked ueishbors nre the c41tre OF hundred
lo1gnettcs, IN TACT they art rnthrr made happy by
the hdmi1tnR plances they receive b. riooehet
ssiion ey proximity; they 80 eouae and drca.n
h.pp.l1 On ihs!s stsAsious Ltnmpns ana wake 1p
tneir moral percep.ions oi night and wroug.
II Is possible that the American Rtti does caErJ
INTO her intercourse With foreigners too much Of
her native freedom Of manner; hut then, IN gen
! nor does she cofnc here to convert Foreigners 10
her code Of ptopnetr: Al any rate, she could not
WIN malice nloIcthouRnt TO Ret married; but
these knon well that to depart from the rlgtd rules
that govern foreign young lalies 4 10 compro,,
.nise Their projects; for, however well individual
| foreigners may tcason on the subject, they take
| good care not 70 run counter to the pFrtudces OF
their OWL people, BY putting their reasoning into
Alter nl1 tho principal evil shat gows out Of
the frrc and eAst manners OF our young ladies
marrying fore!gnct at ali-!s the Kind Of notice
quoted above. These notices are multiplying II
the French pressi # IS guile common thing 70
or- young ladies', and thus damaging impression
| is nalng Itself IN permanent way u the public
mind Therefore, not 10 much Eea' young IS
dies, when you are In Rome II is better tn do a.
Romans do, than to Try and convert the sait
1
M Worth, for be Is the prince Of tntlus.rials IT
his way III. establishment Is curiosity; a
leas. that Is what people generally Say. Thetn L
Ing Of fancy dress bali al the Tiiertes to sec ID
tar OF crested car7.ees before his door. 1t!scurt
Gus to eec ladies - deeply crested IS their car
/ rt1Ees take Tickets at the door, 80 a. TO be nd
uit1cd In turn to the presence Of the Ereat nAl
inside. 1t Is curious to witness their assault o:
the lunch set out for them In the waiting room
and which suggests that perhaps they DO not Il
penetrate further Into the femrle OF fashion
once inside, It Is something more than curious I
ioos:ns man Of "a, w1ta Black nslr md pale iacs
urc-seti loosely IN biack drcss sutt, and wit
white cravat-a man who speaks all lhnguages
md docs not know what country he belongs II
| although he sometimes forgets himself and say
he is an EnglishmAn-stands IN the middle Of to
nna IN n s s q
to Lny. He 1nAkrs q female assistant turn he
around, trot her up and down, sit down, stand u
and nnally he lssues his fat, from which there !
tho cut mud the price he dictates THAT c
nothing, Madam: IN nythiuH else beth you an
= / would be tutnedl~ Then, when the costume
| finished, they must return with II on. 70 q
I whether It docs not need touch here and thc1
before It's advent In the world, hit. Worth Got
: through all this process With such decorum, Al
with such an evident eye to All, that the fashion,
2 bio world, from the Empress down, declares tn'
in fashion there Is but one god and Worth 4
pTuIhct
But there Is good side to Worth that the wor
: | IN general does not know ct Worth Il NbeEn1 I
, the trade: he docs not charge NIFTY francs 10
! snaile1 tradekuan for q pattern: be gives it
!, him. It may be that he considers bis position
: exalted that he need not fcar rivalry; bul at n
: rate, he encourages poorer woss.Peopc ~ git1t
them his inventions, and nobody else docs kha
, ! Moteoyer he inventa bonncts, and boots, a.
, hoop si1rtx4 and eouatz, and g7ves them .o II
people engaged IN the manufacture Of tne'
1 several articles, aud charges them noth!i
| for them. lie has thua been the fortu!
I Of = crowd Of poor people Who look up.
. him AZ a soEt OF bcnlActnr. He Il d1onc tne !
> vensor Of the greater Is1t Of The issaions @ whl
fashionable lAdies wenr IN sll parts OF the woI'
+; lie shapes the forms OF womankiod the "!
r world over. Wns eref mortal 80 otuntscleut Z
. forc7 ),
Does he get rtch7 No, tor he Il An Artist
beulan speudtnr!lt lie keeps open house
. his country place n suresnes the year round, y
a tha champagne dow1 IN rfvers, The dte d o1f q
: u,etts by the ton. But hts partner and ouAtnt
: man taies care Of his money and Is rteh, and y
s shows what kind Of business 1t Is 10 be the b.
; priest Of fashion. MAI410Ff.