New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-01

In personal appearance Alexis reminded our
friend Of Peter tho Great, having "size and
" the sense of space about him which char
actcrizcs the Khrgise steppes on our West
Germ praircs." He is indeed darling
IIimalaya Of a Prince" who storms the
young female heart by combination
of ITerculcan strength with Madonnas
"gentleness, especially where tho blue sash of
"St. Andrew glitters upon the imperial breast ;"
and "inspircs young ladies with sistcrly af-
election, while his robust and symmetrical
Crane stamps him as every inch man." I'm
short, the Blatherskitc makes no secret Of his
conviction that it needs big man like Alexis
to be Imposing in the eyes of the masses Of
"Tartars or Yankees" and that the imperial
order of succession ought to be changed in
favor of one whom nature has so evidently
"laid ont" to rule over a colossal empire.
WHY "Tartars and Yankees" should be classed
together is not at first view apparent. 1t may
be that Blathcrskite and Prince alike looked
down with q sense of immeaslrablc superior
ity upon the plcbcian masses around them;
and it may be that our friend Is merely
little too anxious to fall at the imperial feet,
embrace the imperial boots, and profess him.
self servant of this darling Himalaya OF a
"Princc,"-an ambition which led him, as we
have seen, to the indiscretion of placing the
Khirghise stcppcs on our Western pralries.
"To those around him" Chat means OF course
to tho Blatherskitc) Alexis Expressed his
especial admiration and homage OF two ladies'
Gin the rOOmn The conscientious historian
Immediately made a careful inspection or
these ladies, examining hair, forehead, ears,
neck, and fingers, and is happy to report that
they both justified the imperial admiration.
One indeed was so beautiful that our friend
'stood before her as Satan stood before Eve,
"stupidly sood;' and We hope the lady
liked it.
Perhaps upon the whole the ladies affected
the Blathcrskte even moro than the Prince
did. "The cynOsure Of cOteres famous for
"lOvclincss were lost in tho world OF beauty
(Which met one ut every turn and what
with "rippling waves of sliimmcring toilets"
"gardens wherein every flower known by the
"namc of rose, lily, hyacinth, or heliotrope
"blOomcd in wealth Of charm unknown to
"mere blossoms" proud clips luttering with
"anticipaton," bosoms trembling with "a
"soupcOn of anxiety" and vistas which were
"simply increased pleasure to the sense, and
Through it to the SOUL" Our friend was soon
in a bewildering maze Of delight. lie de-
voted himself first to "Madame Catacazy and
"her rauissante toilet, her Orande dame man
"ners, and her truly classical head" IL Il
interesting to know that she was brought up
" in the regular FaubOurg st. German style,
cher brother being to this day the handsomeSt
"man in Paris" and that her long residence
Gin Russia has impaired a semi-oricntal pic
"turcsuuencss to her Partisan stylishncss."
All, dear friend, how beautifully you do 1t! 1t
we could only write like that -! Madame
Catacazy, we are further told, has a semi
marie Antoiuette, semi-Maric Stuart pres
"encc," being in fact descended from both
" of these decapitated beauties, "-whence we
infer that the Blatherskite regards decapitatiOn
as hereditary in the family.
But why waste time ON foreign beauties
when we have such choice specimens of do
nestle growth. "Thore ia something exQui-
" sitely refreshing" cxclaimes this jaded man
of the world, Gin fine plcbeian grl,"-the
"damsels in disguise" with "thc high-bred
Duchess Gcorgiana curve Of the neck" who
"spring from the glorious working Glass; No
decapitation for girls of that kind. There is
ono emJarrds danc6tres about them" (what
ever that may beg, and they are not incum
"bercd with family pcdigrces which generally
"produce feudal cramp in the nature" They
are semi-Grecian, semi-Parisian," passion
lately fond of men who have made mark,
"but withal with a smile for any fancy man
Sin dstressv O Blatherskite, you sly rogue,
what have you been doing9
AT last came supper. "lt may seem unpOetc
"to admit it; but the strong claims of that
waste Of tissue which is implied in an absti-
"nence from cdibles and bibulous what-nOts
"was felt by the company" "Waves of the
upper ten" swept in and out Of the BAN
quet-hall, "while other wearers rolled in their
"lOam of tulle and laces to break against the
"supper-tablcs as we see the ocean do at
Newport" We never saw the ocean do any
thing of that kind against the suppcr-tables
at Newport; but painful suspicion forces
itself upon us that about this period of the
evening something disturbed the high-bred
hlarity and Irregular FaubOurg st. Ger
"main style" of enthusiasm which dis
tinguishcd the Blatherskite during the
earlier hours of the gorgeous occasion"
We don't know what happened; but he
was not pleased with his food. 1t was "an
"intOleraby bad supper, intOlerably badly
"servcd." He was not pleased with the re-
ceptiOn committee either. One gentleman 1--WE
suppress his name, out of consideration for
his innocent family seems to have exhibited
such a violent "feudal cramp in the nature
that the Blatherskite is constrained to speak
of him as 1.-THE representative man of the
English lower classes" and to intimate that
like Atlas he can (or else cant-it is not clear
which) carry upon his tiny shoulders the
whole oily bulk and weight of the II COM
"mittee." And in general way it is remarked
of the regular FaubOurg St (,crmain style