The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-12

r,rtstau Fashions and the Demi'
Monde. G

InrfStgn E8SmhOnS oAsss
Monde. 6
Ills n strange state of society which
i'm one country permits notoriously bad
aud ;mnure women to set fashions in
Jress which are initiated and followed
Inv tbe pure and virtuous women OF the
r9st of the world. Strange as 1t is, il
i nevertheless true. The leaders of the
Jr,1; a,ondein in Paris, as bold and shame
loss n class as can anywhere be found,
are also the leaders of fashion. These
women. who have, generally speaking,
rained the position they occupy by
their personal charms, are du fdd in
every art that will enhance them, and
reckless and extravagant in the use OF
means to supply these arts, conspicu-
Gus among which are those OF the toll
Of. They are the most costly and ele-
rant apparelled females of the capitai,
,ieIighting in opportunities to Haunt
their extryagances of equipage ana at
tire i'm the face of the wives oil lntia a
cher aasis as they pass them oi sns
drives. s.,,-.- .,,,;
Several years since, when the a asma
monde first came into fashlon, 1,na
agcous lady of high rank, WIZ as5 Z ,",,
hand, report says, had been ;ms .en "m
10y 4 siren of that class, M Wy. n .,.hot
fIat she would see for herseit In M.a'
what ibc seductive power 9i Inene "o,
men conSistc,l, which couio anu !ieh
from mre homes and lawful ~iees.
GnnaoinIcntIy she made up party,
,..bo 1isoIIised themselves, and man
.,.,nd to cain entrance to one OF these
Let masaucrades given by q noted
,onrtcsau. When Questioned inter-
,yarJ rs TO the discoveries she had made,
,hn rcnlied she hadmade but One-that
thcy knew how to dress /; as for the
resi-. She believed 1t was only the long
ing for forbidden fruit.
later writer states that the scan
,lalously low dress worn Mt the preseift
,lay at the French court, where three
inches of corsage, and one thickness OF
illusion, is woman's covering from
the waist up, can be traced entire-
Iy TO the influence of the dcnli.fao'adc:
Private letters say that the failure OF
Madame OLIVER to indorsc the nlgh
corsage upon Partisan society is due 10
the same cause. "The daughters OF
pleasureu laugh at and ridicule 1t, ana
make themselves more attracuye tnan
ever i'm their dCcOtCc toliiettes, haNInS
more influence in the snqss .aaan even
the Empress oil her throne; III Is rep
resented that Eugeaic's sAdHersneeIR 70
bare shoulders is as much matter Oh
popularity as taste, the cdedittc OF Par
is deeming that such exhibtiens are a
part of royalty expect Il, having no
ianey, for an Empress cliokedl 70 the
throat like a great grandmothera
"A Parisian artist, after spending
time and talents on the inyentfono of
toilet, takes the steps most certain OF
securing its success and making it the
rage. Selecting one of the leaders OF
the dep,i monde, whose points she had
i'm her eve while engaged int he work,
and who is in the pay of the artist, She
fits and adjusts the costume 90, her
styIc. istadying It's becomipglfess and
elegance in everylittle detad.. When
finished it's perfect17and arrayed In
il the "daughter OF pleasure," has no
-ohicrtion 10 entering her carriage anu
moving slowly among the crowd who
thong the public places, for she KNOWS
that her novel and attractive costume
will draw all eyes upon her, and she
will he envied by those who Level thelr
glasses to examine her dress. and note
its efIectiyeness. She. thus becomes q
fashion model and an advertisement
for the modesto. "a ri f.-r- i,eJg.ri s.lT
The Empress Eugenic, tie Princess
Metternich, and other ladies of rank
hayd had the credit a originating hiost
of the Paris toilets, when i'm fact they
do nothing of the kind. They choose
from the styles offered for their consid-
Grafton, adopting and thus sanctioning
those which please them most, or are
most becoming, the same styles hav-
ing very frequently been first intro
tIuced by the dcnii monde.