The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-27
The Paris correspondent Of the New Yor
Times writes:

| Times writes:
A French paper published the other day tht
| following little bit OF spitefulnees about th'
charity ball OF the Princess Beauyeau, at The
| The noble Fsubourg gatherrd up it's skirts ant
got out Of the way at midnight; alone, The
| English and American ladies. and tn. Chinese
| of Mr.. Burlineame, held on. All this exotic
world danced, and fiutterod, aud perspired; il
was regul,r danse Mao tore. An American
mother lost her daughGer before the cotillion
another American lady was seen crying for the
| invasion Of the dentnsonde,. and the grad
entry Of Mons. and Mme. Worth. This last was
the bouquet"
Whether merited or not, this little notice is
| damaging to the last degree. French women
20 away before the invasion OF the women Oh
bad character. American and English women
do not. What Is worse, they engage pell-mell
| with these women in something very luxe tie
can-can, for they come out OF it dishevelled
and all In perspiration! Then there is an in
cident in keeping with what precedes; a young
| lady leaves her mothers protection-an utterly
unpardonsble sin in France. Another lady
compromises at least her good breeding BY
CRYING in publlc-oh, horror l-for her lost
lover. Finally, ae the bouquet, Mr.. Worth. the
famous man-milhner OF the Rue de Ia Paix,
makes bis entry. He has been told by the
hour he might come and find them gone; Tor
although they like Mr.. Worth iu his shop,
they prefer to shit hls entertainment upon
the eIotics who stay late at char ball.
English and American young ladies do not
always obse1ge the rules OF French society,
for that. They come to see what they can sea,
and to get the worth OF their money. They
know that French society is mi1ed-horridly
mixed-snd that il they, uninitiated foreigners,
should undertake to sift it, and TO separate
the good, from the damaged fruit, they would
utterly 'lose their Latin" French people
cannot do it themselves; they do not even try
the common herd"thsn from the Immoral
herd" Gilded vice passes every where with the
S gs afBs qf a9d tee
notorious public women, and nobody protests;
du contraire. The fashionable Nine. Trois
Etoles and her daughters are rather proud TO
OCCUPY seats next to the brilliant sinners. but
their evening would be quite, oh quite spoil
ed, II some honest, hiah.necked bourgeoise
should occupy the place. 1t makes no diner
centre OF hundred lorgnettes; in fact they are
rather made happy by the admiring .glances
they receive by rscochet from them; they are
willing to accept this admin alton by proximity;
they 70 home and dream happily on their Vica-
rious trlumphs, and wake up each morning
with an a0QlttOnal screw lOOb0 IL tue1I u0fd'
perceptions of right and wrong.
It is possible that the American girl does
carry into her intercourse with foreigners too
much OF her native freedom OF manner; but
then, in general, she does not come abroad to
get married, ror does she come here to con-
vert foreigners to her code OF propriety. At
any rate she could not do it II she would.
certain number do come, perhaps. with malice
to get msed; Goi aese p91es kn0x tSss
govern foreign young ladies is to compromise
their projects; for, however well individual for
eigners may reason on the subject, ihey take
good care not to run counter to the prejudices
Of their own people by putting their reasoning
into practice.
After all, the principal. EVIL that grows out Of
the ffee and easy manners OF our young
their never marrying q foreigner at all-is the
Kind OF notice quoted above. These notices are
multiplylng in the French press; it is quite
common thing to allude directly Lr indirectly
to the last manners OF our young ladies, and
thus damaging impression ls liking itself ID
permanent way in the public mind. There
fore, not so much zeal, young ladies'; when you
than to try to convert the said Romans.
It would not be right to say anything against
MIR, Worth, for he is the prince OF industrlals
In his way. His es ablishment is curiosity;
at least that Is what people generally say.
There is certainly none other like 1t: 1t ls
curious the evening OF fancy dress ball at the
Tulleries to see the jam OF crested carriages
before his door. 1t Is curious to see ladies' as
deeply crested as their carriages take tickets
at the door, 30 as 10 be admitted in turn to the
presence Of the great man inside. 1t ID Curl
GUS to witness their assault on the lunch set
out for them in the waiting-room, and which
suggests that perhaps they do not all penetrate
further into the temple of fashion. Once in
side, it is something more than curious to WIT
looking man Of forty, with black hair and
pale face, dressed loosely in a black
dress suit, and with white cravat-a
man who speaks all languages, and
does not know what country he belongs to.
although he sometimes forgets himself and
saysh he is an Engiishman-stands in the mid
die OF the floor, and, with his eye on the lady
customer, examines her as he would horse
he ways going to buy. He makes female as
sistant turn her around. trot her up and down,
sit down, stand up. and finally he issues bis
fat, from which there is no appeal, and the
customer must take the dress, the cut and the
price he dictates. THAT or nothing, Madam;
II ANYTHING else both you and would be
ruined !" Then, when the costume ls finished,
they must return with it on, to see whether it
docs not need touch here and there before
through all this process with such decorum
and with such nn evident eye to irt, that the
fashionable world, from the Empress down, de
clares that in fashion there ls but one god and
Worth is his prophet.
But there is go I'd side to Worth that the
world IN general docs at kuo Of. Worth ls
liberal TO the trade; he. does not charge fifty
francs to a smaller tradesman for pattern: he
gives it to him. 1t may be that he considers
his position 30 exalted that he need not fear RI
valry; but, at any rate, he encourages poorer
work-people by giving them his inventions,
and nobody else does that. More over, he invenls
bonnets and boots and hoop skirts and collars
and gives them to the people engaged in the
manufacture Of these several articles, AMI
charges them nothing for them. He has thus
been the fortune of crowd OF poor people who
look upon him as sort OF benefactor. He is
alone the inventor Of the greater part of the
fashions which fashionable ladies' wear in all
parts Of the world. He shapes the forms OF
Womankind the wide world over. Was ever
mortal 80 omnisclent before?
Does he get richp No, for he is an artist, a
Bohemian, a spendthrlft. He keeps open house
at his country place at Suresnes the year round.
sudthe champagne flows in rivers, the pate dc
foie oras melts by the ton. But his partner
aud business man takes care OF his money and
ia rich, and that shows what kind Of busness
it is to be the high priest Of fashion.