The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-28

Emile De Grardln-responslble for this uncahed for
diatrbe. for 1t appeared In the usual weekly con-
Eibution OF writer attached TO the staff who uses
the nom de phsYne OF "vicomte de Letoriere" and
who Is known to be literary lady What led to this
splenetic attack on the young unmarried ladies OF
Columbia 1t is hard TO divine; but personal motive
OF some sort Is doubtless at the bottom OF 1t. Per.
haps the writer In question has her best days.
and Is retted at the radiant and undtspNed beauty
of Americas fair daughters or II may be that this
Gallo spinster has been overlooked IN some
OF the late fetes at the palace, where several
OF our lovely bellies were the observed
OF all Observers" Be that 1t may. the assault Is
so lnatured and even bitter that 1t has naturally
attracted good deal OF attention In the American
world. Before commenting on 1t further, perhaps
had better copy IL IN ertenso Here IL is-"They are
50 charming, our young French girls. Educated by
tasteful mothers, they learn nothing OF life but vir-
tue too limpd to be troubled too white to he tar
nished, ignorant OF danger and preserved by their
very chastity, they float through the world like
doves in rempestuous sky, the lightning touch
ing their wings. What a contrast they present, in
their virginia. purity, to the confused medley one
meets Of American girls; dressed like horses on
parade, nothing being wanting neither the name
nor the crouDiee What need is there invite these
daughters Of the Disunited States everywhere, OF
whom there are some who habitually occupy the
boxes on the third row at the opera, behind the
drop scene, where they cultivate their minds and
their hearts by listening to the soft conference be-
tween ballet dancers and les petit CeUes In their
democratic day these daughters OF the Yankees
tread with plebean feet the royal stairs of the Tue
ries, while noble descendants OF high barons
and ancient knights are forced to hide in some
ruined manor their disdained nobility
There Is an effusion In which malice and anger
struggle for the mastery. would stake trine that
the writer OF the above is just one of those ignored
descendants OF some 'ancient knight" whose "dls-
dained nobility lacking the means to support It,
has not been recognized at the Tuileries as an ac-
ceptable substitute for those pebean beauties that
come teeming over every year from the United
States, and whose claims to royal hospitality are
graciously recognized by the imperial couple who
occupy II. There Is no denying the fact that our
American glrls-I mean those whose beauty, intell-
gence and grace raise them above the throng-are
very marked favorites at court. They are not only
invited TO all the festivities In Paris are annually
summoned to the gayeiies at Compiegne, where
they pass two or three days amid the splendors OF
that truly royal residence. fancy the solution Of
this is to be found In the exceeding prediction
OF the Empress for every beautiful girl she
meets, and, with that acute tact she inher-
its from that accomplished woman Of the
world, her mother, she knows that nothing contri-
butes more to the real attraction OF salon. whether
royal or otherwise, than the halo OF youth and
beauty. The Empress. therefore, never allows
pretty girl to pass her unn0tced and 1t matters lit
tie whether 1t comes from east or west, whether
It represents an ancient pedigree or the new made
family Of yesterday.
Here is a proof of it. was standing near an
at the Tuileries, when the Empress passing by said
10 the gentleman IN question, II don't see your
that momentary indisposltlon had lost her the
honor OF being present II am sorry to hear II, re-
phed the Empress, 'for don't like one OF my
the irate scribe OF the Li0et6 have thought and felt
II She like me, had overheard this frank admission
OF imperial Partially for ''pretty facesY
trait, was related to me as having occurred at
OF the last entertainments at the palace. The En-
press was contemplating with singular interest q
very lovely GIRL often admired at Newport, Miss
Ia, and the Ambassador OF - was standing
'lhat used to resemble that charming girl, eyes
your Majesty, responded Senior o., quite for
getting himself, ...when You were young ':of
COURSE" added the Empress, laughing, "when
was young, and that was long time ago. The
Ambassador was decidedly confused at this ''palpa-
known the Empress all her life, but it would have
been more gallant II he had not reminded her of
the days when she was young, but hardly more
beautiful.
To return to the censorlous critic OF the Laoe,te
am ready to admit there is difference very marked
In general between the bearing and often In the
dressing, of French and American girls. 1t is the
well known usage in France for all unmarried girls
to be reserved in manner and very modest in attire
never wearing jewery or gaudy colors. A French
GIRL after her entree IN society, still preserves GER
tam coyness restraint ~ tone and speech, that is
married, her dress, manner and conversation all
change, ana these are the privileges Of her new con-
dltlon American girls, however, undergo no such
stiff training this They are In the habit of giving
free expression TO their feelings and opinions sub
ject only to the restraints Of good breeding and
ron hay n ttv fyraof
advantage over their French rivals, and the fact that
they are foreigners renders this superior ANNA.
ton unoblectiOnabe In the eyes Of the men, though
doubtless they would consider it strange in French
girl l say in the eyes OF the men, for perceive
clearly that gentlemen French or otherwise, would
an American girl than with q French one,
however ike q "dove on q tempestuous sky" SIM
ply because they are more entertained by the un-
tutored ,sa5pete Of sprighty girl, who talks and
acts with the impulsive freedom our American man.
ners allow. The French women, both married and
know, at what they call the singular latSSez alter of
our American girls. 1t is evident they consider
themselves encrOached upon by these daughters Of
the Yankees, whose attractions OF one sort or an
other are not only receiving too much notice at
court, but, worse stl, are demoraltzng the French
gallants, whose assiduities they once mOnOpoized
1t is evident there is deal OF volcanic material
cumulatlng in the French female world OF Paris
tier Violent explosion IN the Toer; and who can
predict what may happen In the future, II the nui-
sance is not IN some way abaled
that Will tend in some degree to calm the wounded
sensibties Of that disdalned class the avenger in
the L6ert6 represents, and to prevent dire cat
astrophe that might possibly ensue? How do we
know but that, sooner or later, some grand banquet
may not be got up, when all the picked loneliness
of the United States may be assembled only to be
swept away at one fell blow by poisoned ices In the
Borgia style? Really 1t is time to look after this mat
ter. ask again, can the HERALD suggest nothing
] appeal to its wel-knOwn sympathies for the fair
sex of all tongues and on every side OF the water.
have run through my letter without touching any
other than this dainty and captivating topic. I
must reserve for next mail a lot OF interest.
ing items, yet 1 have just space to men,
ton that the popular Minister and his amiable wife
dined at the Tuileries few days SINCE and, what is
considered here high compliment, the Emperor led
Mrs. Washburne to dinner. When the scribe Of the
Lfberte hears OF this great ~ be the indignation
thereat; but luckily, Mrs. Washbune is a married
woman, and they are allotted here far more perquk
sites than Is vouchsafed to the "dOves aforesaid.
Mr.. Washburne gave very elegant entertainment
few days since to q large number Of his counlry-
men resident here and en- voyage. Everybody went
away greatly delighted by the richness Of the feast
and the genial urbanlty OF their host grand din-
ner was also given the other day to the new Minister
a the United States. M. Provost. ParadO nv Mr. ~