The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-27

charity ball OF the Princess Beauveau, at the
Grand Hotel: Dancing went on till six o'clock.
got out OF the way at midnight; alone, the
English and American ladies' and tn Chinese
OF MIR. Burlinea anne, held on. All this exotic
world danced, and and huttered, aud perspired; it
mother lost her daughter before the cotillion;
another American lady was seen crying for the
loss Of her beau. At two O'Clock came The
invasion Of the denei-monde, and the grand
entry OF Mons. and Aime. Worth. This last was
the bouquet"
Whether merited or not, this little notice is
damaging to the last degree. French women
go away before the invasion Of the women OF
bad chars acter. American and English women
do not. What is worse, they engage pell-mell
with these women in something very like tie
for 1hsy oP Of tsaaa i
cident in Keeping with what precedes; young
lady leaves her mothers protectlon-anu utterly
objectionable SIN in France. Another lady
crying in publ,c-oh.. horror for her lost
lover. Finally, as the bouquet, MIR. Worth, the
famous man-milhner OF the Rue de Ia Paix,
makes his entry. He has been told by the
hour he might come and find them gone; for
although they like Mr.. Worth in his shop,
they prefer to shift his entertainment upon
the 15sy Se a. char ba AL
always observe the rules of freDch society,
that's certain. But they did not come to Paris
for that. They come to see what they can see.
and to get the worth Of their money. They
know that French society is m1xed-horrldly
mlxed-apd that il they, uninitiated foreigners,
should undertake TO sift it, and to separate
the good from tne damaged fruit. they would
utterly close their Latin" French people
cannot do it themselves; they do not even try
it, for it is notorious that they run more from
the common herd" than from the Immoral
honors due to gold and beauty; the best boxes
in the first ter of the opera aIe occupied by
notorious public women, and nobody protests;
az eontraire. The fashionable Mnne. Nois
occupy seats next to the brilliant sinners, but
their evening would be quite, OBJ quite spoil
ed, II some honest. hiRh-necked bourgeoise
ence that their low-necked neighbors are the
centre OF hundred lorgnettes; In fact they are
rather made happy by the, adIniring Chances
they receive by ricochet from them; they are
willing to accept this admiration by proximity;
they go home and dream happily on their vica-
riOus triumphs, and wake up each morning
with an additional screw loose in their moral
perceptions Of right and wrong.
Z It ls possible that tue 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
vert foreigners to her code of propriety. At
any rate che could not do it II she would. A
certain number do come, perhaps. with malice
aforethought to get married; but these know
govern foreign young ladies' is TO compromise
their projects; for, however we'll individual for
eigners may reason on the subject, they take
good care not to run counter to the prejudlces
Of their own people by putting their reasoning
After all, the principal evil that grows out of
the free and easy manners OF our young
ladies-for there would. be no sort Of harm in
kind OF notice quoted above. These notices are
multiplying in the French press; it is quite q
common thing to allude directly Gr Indirectly
to the last manners ct our young LADIES'. ESQ and
q permanent way tn tue public mind. There
fore, not SO much yea, young ladies; when you
are in Rome it is better, to do as Romans do,
TT Il would 70 not BE- right to say ~ anything against
Mr. Worth, for he 10 the prince sof industriaise
in his way. His es ablishment 10 . curiosity;
at least that Is what people 1Renerally say.
curious the evening OF fancy dress ball at the
pstoss his g aoeS ess
deeply crested as their CARRIAGES take tickets M
presence Of the great man inside. II is Curl
GUS to witness their assault en- the lunch set
out for them in tine waiting-roonn. and which
tps e ss 81 son a. @
side, it is' something more than curious to WIT
ness what takes place. The. artist. O. good;
looking lnaniOf forty, with black hair and
s
man who spesks all languaRes, and
does not know what country he belongs to,
although he sometimes forgets himself and
ole 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.
down. r as ana os a1s hs ss h
fat, from which taere is no appeal, and the.
customer must take the dress, the ont and the
price he dictates. ..sThat or nothing. Madam;
ruined /" Then, when the costume is finished,
they must return withit on to see whether it
does not need touch here and there before
it's advent in the world. Mr. Worth goes
sGua %t 81 saoh hs a psSst @ sh e
fashionable world, from the Empress down, de-
clares that in fashion therei but one god and
Worth isthis prophet. gsA1t Nh
But there is q go ID side to Worth that the
world In general does a 1T know of. sss Wor th ia
liberal to tha trades he. does not charge fifty
frames 10 . smaller .tTadesman fora psttern; he
gives 1t to him. 1t may be that he considars
his position 80 exalted that he need mot fear RI
valry; bus. at any rate. he ssnconrages, poorer
work-people BY, giving them his inventions,
and nobody else does that. Moreover. .he inyents
b0nnetS and bo0tsand hoop skirts and collars
nianuActnre Of these severa, articles, ana
charges Them nothing x1r them. He has thus
been the fortAas OF q ef0Nd 0e poor people who
i9ok upon Elisa as asorti Of thenefactor! He 10
fashions which fashionable ladies. wear in AL
parts or the world. he shapes the forms OF
womankind the wide world over Was ever
mortal 90 omniscaont before?
Does he get richp no. Sors he ia ali artist. d
Rohemian. .aspsnathaift. He aseps open house
at his country place at Euresnea the year round.
and the champagne flows in rivers, fhe pate de
ana gasess sai nls money ssfnsss ans
| ie rich, and that shows what kind Of business