, 1870-04-03

Imagine the parquctte crowded with rnaale,.
IN every fantastic dresa under the sun md
you may form rome IDEA Q, tic dazzling brill
~. .'e esv,v. 1rr n1ng curarsd Aooond,
panied By tho Duke Qzinco Amo3cus) AMI
l,ueless OF Aosta, the Duchess Of Genoa and
ana heartily received b. the vast auI1.nss, tha
tsd,es OF tho boxes nsing and saluting hin,
aha The people applaudinG and cheering. He
nneloodnE msn, Of vaElikc figure, seom-
rs almost giant BY tho side Of 1ls Prince,
would be hero st the he'd Of his .snies
- he Las indeed prov. d hims,N to be,
Immense arm0ess Of vii aud honesty Of
gu1poeo arc written On lis countenAnce and
,nsusc: secirg him, one doea not wonder =.
ine resolutenesa with which be replied to the
Demands OF Austria: a aLdicats my throne il
necessity compela nc; but destroy the consti-
tuition Of italy, neser!" Another Anecdote in
po1nt y OF comparatively recent date. You arc
marriage has been taken from tho Church and
vested IN the civil authorities. Not more than
| Two months ago. IN = sickness. his life wss
oeesRaIed of: A Catholic, though BY no means
o. the most deyout, he dssised the last e.cra-
ncnts Of the Church. The priest who cauas
10 adtninister them required that be shonid
repeal that Law so odiouA 10 the Church. said
he: "Iisten. have called you as p,iyate
man, who, dsine seels confession and abso-
,Gaion ,.i, A. Alng not even in my last hour
Address you1reH to the Chamber Of peputies
and to my Minister'S" His Maiestr, .fter
ealuting cordially the audience, retired bchind
tue ladlcs where he stood for most of the even.
ning eyeing with his opera glassesthe maske1s
IL tho F!atca. and especially {if the Italians are
to ne belieyed) the plump, rEotty limbs oi The
ballet girls.
The Duchess Of Genoa is a brunette Of po.-
nans fo5ty-nse years, black hair. simply Trim
dressed The Duchess Of Aoeta, 4 young and
neantiful Indy, wore white satin dress, decot-
Hie trimmed in green, tho hair o,nn.nented
N7th three brilliant diamond stars. The ladies ]
IN the private boxes wero attrcd with : mag
nit1cencc that battles description. probabi9,
however, tho most brilliant Of Ill waa Madam.
ma Katazzl q Bonaparte), wife Of tho er-Afin- !
lister, and celebrated in the courts Of Florcncs l
aud rssis. Although no longer Young, she is
still dne-looking. Her raven hair was cncircled |
sum in ae ees see9o ,nksa s1 vss o. an stes
stars, the clasp On ono side, s Rilver shell en-
crusted with diamonds, on the other bird Of
Paradise Of the name preeioun etones. From
the glttennB co!Jure the dazxled eye dcsccnd-
ed TO neck Of snov, on which heAysd aud
Eliatened diamond necklace, ci.clin9 the
throst in firc magnificent strands The asroa
we're enclttled in the came wky What sort Of
color Of dress tho lady wore, haven't The re-
motest idea. am not certain that tho eyo
>U4A AaVS NclEFulued III AL LQAt pr1HmAtlG
and glowing ehowcr Of Light which tie iewels
throw out.
THE P1ATEA.
From the high but mingled life OF tho boxes.
one deseendB by very cBsy step To the more
ordinary, mingled iife Of the Plates Here the |
Observer, quietly masked in black domino and
stroldng at pleasure among the crowd finds
every sort Of costume and society. Rigid laws |
arc enforced TO maintain the decosum OF The
seghuncs 30 thAt one has no fear OF
offence to the eyo or ear. Here ono secs The
elegant womAnly woman (who n1ay be alwAyB |
distinguished By her immaculAte1y f1cah DOM
ino Of frcsh silk, dainty fresh g1oFes and black
Venetian mask: the ballet girl dressed In
pages tirets, extremely decoletff and Horn
with reckless abandon and tnirth that strike !
paln1nllE on tho heart gentlemen handsomely
attIed N black and without mask, md wild
I. n nAa-cars N fancy costumes Of every desc1p-
tion, and impressed with the idea that poiso il
Tue heat is insufctablc. The great Japan
ese orchestra Eiro us concert Of characteris-
l!c MUSIC. 1le mirth and difficulty Of respira-
hon increases, It Is half-pAst 2. Tho Hing
leaves his box, followed in short time By
largo numbers Of the aristocracy. You 30
AWsy to supper, tasting with relief for few
moments tho soft Gne air Of the spring night
returning, you find the crowd thinued
out and tho Wild gayety Of the beglionc
!ne! commencing. lhe elegant promenatling
.H51oIs, 9p sta1n, he sial hled With lsdiea
.1 ma eenuereh ifom the boxes, slowly treading
me tolt cafpets ana breathing the fragrance Of