The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-16
THE FASHIONS EN- zrGzAG.
chignons- -silken Nets-The Aristocracy and
the Fallen Rsgime-The Fashions at Hat
nys--Eugenie sseks-Fringed
Tunics-vslvet Pstticoats- Life on
the Coast-Yachting
at Dieppe.


Napoleon ILL.,, and though she daily comes in fer q
good share OF the oppr0brum cast on his reign she
denanIly maintains that every bit OF clothes still
worn asserts its origin and her sway. She has
met with some very unmistaEable opposition In tho
matter OF chgnons, however. In ORDER to spiLe
Queen Borrense the topknots she wore on the very
summit OF her head have suddenly come down with
wave and ar:pple In long silken nets much like
game pouches These nets even getting lower
down the back every day, while high heels are de-
cidedly Gattening There IS tendency Also to
AFFECT show OF disrespcct TO the general public
which is u sign Of the period but TO a certain
degree this falling or can be justified Mars, the
hero-god, never wore kid gloves, and Beona never
was seen IN panlers Besides, who are ladies TO
dress forS Not for themselves It Is evident; nor
'or the sake OF feeling pretty. as some have pref
THY said.
This theory mas all It's pausbility and has had
all It's prettiness taken out OF 1t since the sowern
OF France left for the war and left nothing but
flowers grown to seed behind. Can 1t be supposed
that such heightened girls as Frou Frou for in.
stance would dress for old gentlemen who are not
even 1t for the sedentary National GuardY To
be frank, must add that these parties have sunk
into respondent hopelessness, the effect Of one
months snuDbing since they began their campaign
In society.
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suit OF fashion. IL was twelve P. NJ. when left the
ST. Lazare station. Four members on our stan had
received dispatches from Fashion, well as myself,
consequently we all got up in the same railway car
with four other gentlemen OF the ex-arstocracy. 1t
the very last passenger train that left Paris.
fearful panic possessed the four aristocrats for the
frst small hours Of the night, as the different
station masters had agreed on signals which no one
understood but themselves-a continual popping on
OF guns from distance to distance. Each report
caused one or other OF our four CON-
panions to start up and grasp his next
nelgnbor-a most eectrifying proceedlng-and
they swore 1t was the Prussians aiming at our
engine, for what reason never was demon
strated. At about three the station masters left
Oh, and as l lay with my eyes closed listened to
some OF the conversation exchanged between my
fellow passengers. The aristocrats had all been
guests at some time or other OF the Emperor ana
Empress, Notwithstanding which not one q the
regime. "Tliose charade parties at Compiegne,
ana gartz were the most prspSs
pettts fundts," put IN . second, ''were the most
lownecked assemblies have ever attended, A
third then spoke up:-"The td0leaur utuGaats were
specimens Of the grossest levtty.n "Yes,n replied
the fourth ~ remember your wife well, as lnxuriant
Asia reclining In transparent drapery on couch
borne by black eunuchsn
ANY one would have thought this thrust but the
husband replied quite unconcernedly that ''t had
sionsn / think groaned, for the aide de-camp for
Russia gently shook my arm and said something
about the horrors OF nightmare very leelingy: He
was not sleepy himself, and when he thought was
completely reused he began to talk. He informed
me ne was going to write the fashions from Has
tings where he was sure the toilets OF the ex-Em-
press would create great sensation. He had OBJ.
served that the attire and daily habits OF oppressed
and exlled or fugitive sovereigns interested lady
readers most intensely. He fancied II he could send
q telegram to st. Petersburg every day in which he
described the material, cut and shade of Eugenies
costumes he would just hit public feeling on the
knob. advised him not to go to Hastings, for had
certain intelligence that the ex-Empress Regent had
..hired" house, or intended to, at Camden place,
Chislehurst.
Tne aide-decamp for England then joined in our
conversation. and said he should write ms future
edicts from Berlin. He felt sure ir was all going 10
be German styles-Flint not dove grays, spike pat.
terms done by hand and needle, CervfSS Daefn NIGHT
blues marguerite bodices and aims pouches, Wer-
Their reveries the piano and Charlotte bread-and-
butter attitudes (see Goethe) mgnon orange
flowers, and on. The English ade-de-camp Is
very imaginative man. He Will ''do' Wllhelmshohe,
who is now going ITO do' versaillesY mark my
words" concluded the English member, "it IS all
over with Roman Catholiclty and the supremacy OF
Paris fashions.o Tlereupon he pulled his Scotch
cap over his eyes, and as no one replied, may say
tnts headpece proved to be an extinguisher.
which some or my pleasantest associations were
connected. Your readers may remember Vespetros
model farm on the Norman coasts. 1t lies between
Fecamp and Dieppe; 1t Is not marked on any map
have and 1t Is not easy OF without good
chaise and pair on leaving the nearest station But
my poor friend Vespetro's wife, and as she and
Fashion have always been very intimate concluded
should be better posted In our sovereigns move
ments at veules than elsewhere. Eane's letter had
prcpafed me FOR very dull reception all her guests
had abandoned her since vespetro's departure for
the army. Fron-Frou the dowaRer Duchess Fernan-
dina, and Edolio, all three In new fawn-colored tar
sacks 50 and gea ncs 9Ser
and Durhams, all the bantams and overfed curiosi-
ties Of the farm had been sent TO the society In aid
OF the wounded; all the men servants were among
the moblots, ali the female servants were In the
fields; she was left all alone with her thoughts and
gone TOO for the cavalry regiments OF the National
Guard her little bay was her sole companion.
twas late when reached veules on the following
afternoon and found things at the farm exactly as
Eliane had stated. She was dressed IN black
grenadine tunc and basque bodice with pagoda
sleeves over bounced black pout petncoat. Her
lingerie was exquisite fine muslin plating edged
with valenciennes. medallion bracelet an OF pure
were her a only ornaments. Eliane was very
detected and speensh. She said she felt ten
years older since she set the fashion OF those lovely
gauze over white shimmcring satin, with water
lilies caught IN lowing folds and jewel dragon nes
Your readers may remember this ball dress last
winter. She said she was going TO leave Feules,
and we consulted about the safest places. After
much useless surmising and uncertainty Eliane at
the dinner table served By her gardeners wffe sud-
denly declared she had an idea-a splendid idea;
vespetra's yacht In perfect order and doing no
tnlng under charge OF an experienced pilot at place
called Mers near Dieppe. Surely it was the safest
plan TO cruise about Norman coasts. There were
plenty OF seamen out OF werk at Deppe. The yacht
should be supplied with provisions the yery next
day and we should certainly fall in with
fashion at Trouville, Treport and Deppe. When we
should hear the Prussans were coming thus fur We
would cross TO New Haven. was the nrst 70 shout.
.Hurrah for the coasts ~ and the next afternoon
saw every shutter closed at the castle and ourselves
at Dioppe. And what curious old town It is. With
its Steep slanting roofs, gable windows; Its grim old
chateau up on tie chaky white chn; its splendid
antique Gothic Church OF ST. jacques It's old.
frowninn and crumbhng St. Remy; ITS grassy beach,
quite garden. all along .he seaside, and below this
delightful even walking; it, gray bed VI shingles,
on to kers with her boy, while went tc look at the
Casino. So this Ia where the fashion OF Paris had
gathered Here sat- under q very Rrifcd edi.
nee. built 10 initiate the Exposition building
OF Hyde Park. whole population OF
hand al music PLAYING "Gr6ce, Robert, grace pour
moi ct grace pour tcl.h Many we're reading local
paper, the Journal dc DtepDe; Others were making
beers. Isabella still cried out In ohromatics for