Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-02

Il patent tnree-sheet poster-ehuckIes
much therpaf, wonders if the lady
caa be Edgerny, and if she cDuid
4uite venture those liveries in Fifth
avenue.
After a little the hired fly joys into
the BOis,and CrinOlnaspys Cora bow
iing along the alley of the Lake.
n y il is her turn to make her little
i ent0ry, and she suggests, with a
: h.. that such an establishments
would make her perfectly happy. Once
nJre the Hon. papa wlnks at the
don. mamma, and remarks how for
ign travel does improve "A girl; TO
which the Hon. mamma readily az
SCENTS, and cannot see why 4 young
tdy of fashion may not do in Central
Park what a young lady of rank does
II the Bots de B0ulOgne.
An hour later, the stately coach and
narIy wagon have ratified to hotels
gorgeous with bizarre splendOr, and
deposited their fair, frail occupants.
submitted to the mystic manipUla a.
lions Of their JeDlH5es de chU1s6re,
these shortly reappear-cOmpietely
metamOrphOsed-aJ their boxes at the
opera.
Dressed in perfection in French
taste-coior and cut combining per-
fectly with complexion aud form, a
trife too d~eeOAetee, perhaps, but with
rounded arms and perfectly moulded
0u5ts that, as yet, tell nothing Of
wearing dissipation; with jewels
enough to set up a modern down
W tradesman-the queens of the
fs0a-mO0de are truly the most artist
ally and entiringly whited of sepul-
chres. Dropping in a measure the
defiant port of road and promenade,
they here replace it by an assured and
easy confidence, taking the gaze of
leveled lOrgnettes as their royal pre-
rogative to be the eynosure Of all
eyes.
And all eyes pay the tribute de-
vOutly. Men about town and foreign
eTs with piethorie pockets analyZe
each separate beauty as though She
were a Circassian, and they pachas Of
many tails; pure minded refOrmers
look, cast up their eyes, and-lOOk
again.
society turns up its nose and its
opera glass; makes a note of each new
point IN dress and jewels since last
night; hen turns to the opera again.
More than one wife changes the
bitter. vengeful look at the ~gllttering
sin in the iOge for a sad, yearning Que
toward the too steadily leveied tOrGHOH
in the stalls below; while the would
be b(GSeS stare 50 intently at the opera
that all the world sees their very ears
and back hair are gazing at the all
observed.
American mamma gives a huttering
stare at the IOrette, a regretful sigh,
and a stout nudge to her particular
JOnes-WhO has now exchanged his
itful maps and wild starts at the chO-
rus for d solid sIeep-while she calls
Belinda's attention to the great
beauty of that BuG Belinda
mas had q peep; and presently,
when the Sce3G Is through, she glances
at papa and mamma, finds them look
ing intently at something, and screws
up her courage and her opera glas- to
look in the sameslirectiOn. And B.
linda looks to sumo purpose. Sue
notes every fiirt OF the cusgiy tan,
every fold of the tasteful ribbon, every
point in cut and color. Bat specially
lueS she note the wonderful cUIuur,
II the Queen of the Queens.
ChIsuOn! pyramid! coil! fri5eJte!
science aud halr-artIstic uOLneucid-
Ure Iail befure chat miraculous cred
ION that Cora erecJs Upon her classic
iead UO-seC the worlds fashion! Mar
Vicious a. Is her makeup IN other par
ticuiarS, the head Is, IN more senses
oman one, its crOwning point. No hu-
nan face could stand the liberties she
axes with sizs and shape OF head-
Zarniture. One must bel eve that
malicious ful often prompts her IN
venIIOn Of some Irightful novelty, eX-
hibited at the opera only to flash
From pole TO pole, from Climate Japan"
Presently the opera is done, the
boxes are cleared, and the house
stands dark and still. Giddy Paris
uds scattered to its thousand brilliant
nauuts, ami COra's carriage has dashed
ner to where the delirIOus revels OF
the petit SOuDeT viii chase the hOJrs
till the dawn reels into daylight.
American mamma has mounted to her
apartment GU culqtieHe, where her
lord already rounds OF the broken
sleep OF the opera, and, in evidence Of
clear disgust and healHhy conscience,
sounds the peaceful suOre.
Bit the tender Belinda, gracefully
draped in flowing white, stands before
her mirror. and strives to frame her
pure little race in the woudrOus fash
ION OF ''Ihat horrid woman" Vain
strifel She fails utterly, and blows
out her candle only ID dream that she
mas stunned a sUiree at DelmOnlcO's
Dy d successful essay. And she
wakes at dawn-Unrefreshed, but still
uncunquered-Oaiy to write eight
crossed ages, ieeoly illustrated with
a peu-draWing of that wonderful heal,
to the Clarissd. of her inmOst heart,
presently dwelling at Ninety-First
street, City.
EbeU GggGees!
At last the mellow November days
roll round, and The World once more
rides in Central Park. The Hon. Pc
ter OIeUm-stil more eminent in oil
and higher on accidental insurance
has returned. Faithful to his pledge,
he sits beside his ''old Wcman' in a
coach the exact cOunterpal of that
which she envied on the bOuievarde.
Harness, panels, blaZOury, all are ex-
dCLT anu GAr OIlu NODk5 UDtu tic
triumph with q little admiration and
very much envy. But now it ceases
to enyy-it is stunnad-When the
blooming Crin0lina dashes round a
curve at a three-minate gait, holding
the ribbons over a pair of MOrgans
with nearly the grace of Cora herself.
The pose of the rounded figure Is de
lightiul, the sweep of the arm perfect,
as she touches up heF near horse; her
smile is radiant, and she mods TO the
happy males she knows with the pref
Jiest OF little laughs. So perfect is the
imitatiOn-frCIn the flowing plEme to
the lan-colored gduntiet-we might
swear it was the Queen herself, trans
planted from the Bots.
And there have been other opera
nights too, aud other experiments
mOre successful. Belinda has returned,
as well, with the ali leaves, and she
has brought sikh her the fall fashiOnsl
rhe Clarisss Of @er inmost heart flies
10 her embraces ausi tRen 70 her trunks.
Fashions are discgSsed-and F~auliGa's
marriage; then more faahJ0ns-Adele's
engagement; and more fashions still.
rHe lat novel IS tossed aside for the
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