Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-16
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The Mrs b. b. S. mentioned in the sub
joined letter to the New Orleans Times is
weil known in this city, where she spent
her entire childhood and girlhood
She is a grand niece of Gen. Wash
ington, In 1867 Miss Jennie Camp
bell married Capt. Ben Story in New |
Orleans. Since then she has been residing
in Paris, Her many friends in Nashville
wall be pleased to read the following:
One of the most brilliant and densely |
crowded balls Of the season took place last
evening in that fashionable quarter of
Paris the Avenue Josephine. A New Or
leans lady, Mrs. B. S. s., remarkable for
her great personal attractions and cult
waited intellect. threw open the magnif-
cent saloons for the reception OF the elite
of the Partisan society. This beautiful |
representative of the Crescent City has
created profound sensation wherever
she has appeared, either at entertainments |
given at the Palace of the g Tuileries,
or ct those Of the Hotel de Vile" The |
apartments were densely crowded, Amer
lean citizens, princesses, iterati, die |
tanti, coroneted ladies and gentlemen in |
every link of the heraldic chain of nobil- |
ity from princes to barons, intermingled |
in this brilliant tableau. Beauteous women
with high foreheads indicative of mind,
toilettes of SURPRISING elegance, diadems
and ornaments studded with rare gems,
uniforms. breasts covered with stars
of chivalric orders and with decorations.
Music. flowers, fruits. statues, paintings,
aeuareIles, bronze chandeliers, mirrors and
banqueting tables formed dazzling and
ard gorgeous ensemble which recalled the
tales of the arabian Nights" The &C
complished and fascinating lady of the
mansion received her guests with winning
grace and affability. She had for every
one a gracious smile, and she uttered words
of welcome in English and French, accord
ing to the nationality of the guest. She
was perfectly dazzling in the attraction of
her personal charms; she moved, the very
incarnation of regal beauty: ''fnced1
reqina.r Her intellectual brow was en-
circled by coifure a FEgyptte'e1se, tiara
of gold, green enamel and jewels. Scrip
ents, scintilatiLg with diamonds, rubies,
emeralds and sapphires intertwined them
selves around her rich, dark hair, which
latter fell on her neck in profusion of
braids and tresses. The upper and lower
parts of her arms were clasped by massive
| gold bracelets, united together by chains
| of gold; chains of like material connected
| also the bracelets to the ceinture. The colt
| fure was unique In its kind, and wasrendered
| even more picturesque by the reflected
brilliancy of the glowing beauty of the fair
lady whose person it adorned. A parure
of gold, diamonds and pearls was worn
around her neck, and hung pendant to her
ears her toilette was a chef dduCre of ar
tistic taste, elegance and costliness. A
| rich white satin jupe, trimmed with bouil-
| Ions of tulle, interpreted with wreaths of
silver leaves; over this fell a unique of
pointe dAlencon lace, Topped up with
| punches of nenuphars with water drops of
diamonds A suite of rooms, artistically
decorated with a profusion Of flowers in
massives and festoons, was thrown open
for the guests to circulate in. The orches-
ira, directed by Mr. Waldteufel, the chef
d'Qrchestre of the palace des Tuileries, dis
coarsed fascinating music, to which light
feet tripped it merrily. In the grace of the
waltz the American damsels and cavaliers
proved themselves its votaries without
rivals The banqueting tables groaned
under the weight of massive silver services,
of vases of Sevres porcelaines, of the glass
of Bohemia, of candelabres of "ormulu,
under the pTofusion of viands, of fruits,
flowers, wines, and confseries. The menu
of the supper was as follows:
Consomme.
| Saumon bleu, sauce variee.
Chaud froid d'alouettes.
| Galantine,
| Pate de foie gras.
| Poulets rOts,
| Jambon.
1 Salade Venitienne.
| Fiet de bCeuf.
Grapes, mandarines, pommes dApis, pine apples,
| Fruits, confts, blanc manager, Jellies.
Ices, sherbets, marquises.
Petits fours and variety of pastries.
On account of my being a native Of
Louisiana the fair hostess did me the honor
to request me to lead the German cotillon,
and had for my partner young South
ern LADY of fascinating beauty and grace,
the very ideal of sylph-like danseuse.
The feature which most excited my pride
in this recherche party, and which desire
TO herald to our louisiana bellies fame, is,
that they VIGOROUSLY carried off the prize
of beauty. Amidst that galaxy of lovely
women from every cline which crowded
those salons, each one of them in their
attractions sufficient to craze the brain Of
an anchorite, our Louisiana girls shown
forth pre-eminently conspicuous; their
beauty was enrapturing, their lineaments
were fit types for canoes, their cheeks In
delicacy of hue riyalled the rose, their skin
was as white as alabaster, their witching
forms displayed the graceful outlines of q
| sylph, ViUe Ia 6cduts L0U5SjGuGtsc. Three
cheers and a tiger for the handsome girls
of New Orleans. Z NC.