The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-07


Dress Fashions i'm Paris.
Our special fashions correspondent in Paris
writes again, even amid tho din and camor OF
the actualities of war. He has faith in the re-
fning influences of civilization, trusts in the
eternity of social progress and believes that
its onward march cannot be mpeded, much
less rolled back by the dynastic quarrels OF
the monarchs or controlled from the Tuileries,
or Ems, or Berlin, or Madrid. The situation
was no doubt painful to the mind of such q
devotee but the light still ''shone in the dark
ness,' and the robes of beauty, FLOATING wild
as mountain breezes," were likely in the end
to overshadow, if not entangle and enfold The
grim and stif-laced uniform Of the soldiers.
the elegant wearers standing forth as an ire
sistible mediatory power destined to accom-
plish the ultimate union of the peoples
power which will eventually join the hands of
the warriors in peace and attract them from
the camps of the thomicidal, carnage Grim
soned Mars" to the quiet OF the domestic
hearth, each beneath his wine and fig tree
Present demoralizations abounded, however,
on all sides in the French capital There
were oaths of the camp rude jokes Of the
bivouac, pleasantries of doubtful meaning
from Algeria, snatches Of extenporized battle
songs, civic excitement, ''the mounting in hot
haste,' the crushing squadron and the clat-
terng car" Nature alone remained the same.
The grass in the fields and the leaves in tie
woods and groves were green and hopeful as
o,,I hot 9TH
morn when the foliage of Ardennes glistened
in the sun, "dewy with natures tear drops"
as the heroes OF England and France rushed
past TO Waterloo, whirlsd on to that bloody
field which brought victory, glory aaa peace.
to the one, defeat, humiliation and st. Helena
to the other. Thus 1t is that nature, animate
or inanmate, ever asserts herself. As the
fields of France and Belgium are again clothed
in verdure, despite the fury of tue first Bona
parte and Wellington and Butcher, SO there
are to-day fair ladies in Paris who discharge
the duties of the toilet and attend to the uni
ties and elegancies of dress, Notwithstanding
the slpshod sequences of Napoleon's govt,
the brusque and rather careless style OF the
good King William, the economic calculations
of Bismarck, and The confused and dimmeJ
splendor Of the robes aud jewels of The ex-
Queen Isabella Our special writer pays al
tention to the efforts Of these ladies and the
results. The letter is consequently of a very
cheering character. 1t tells Of new dress
material-chintz particularly of hats, bon.
nets, petticoats, Silks satins and boots; how
I,
on. A toilet which was worn by a French
lady at Windsor Palace, England, is described
The Prince of Wales was ''greatly taken"
with it--a good sign, perhaps, for Napoleon,
as it may have the effect OF perfecting his
entente cordiaIe with Great Britain in this the
most dangerous crisis of his executive history,
and thus prove to the world that great nations
are held in the bonds of peace by something
more substantial than the traditional ropes
of sand" which are supposed TO be the only
bonds which ''tie together commons, lords
and kings" We hope so sincerely. If new
dresses can reconcile the peace OF Europe the
peoples will cry out, ''Iong live the modsstes,
and become convinced that ''mans rhe-
nomenon," and ''wcnderful beyond all won-
drous measure"
MoRMoNIsM IN CONNECTICUT. The goodly
town of Bridgeport is in blaze OF excitement
over the peccadiloes of Rev. Alr. Richards,
pastor of the North Congregational church Of
that city. This fathless shepherd was TOO
fond of the sisters of his flock, and upon his
trial acknowledged having taken undue
familiarites with ftteen different members of
his church Singular as it may appear to the
worlds people, in the face Of this infamous
confession, q committee, including the Prcs-
dent of Yale College, agreed to accept Mr.
Richards resignation and to furnish him GER
tificate Of commendaton to other churches.
No greater evil can befall any church than
such an attempt to cover up the crimes oil Its
leading members; and if the Bridgeport Con-