The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-31
The Days Of the Past Suggesting
Styles for the Present.
NE Dresses To Be Seen in Paris This Season
Colors and Cut-Heads and Head Dresses
Gossip Of the Capital-At the Opera with
Prince and Princesses in the Audience
The Boulevards Again Resuming
Their Former destinations.
PARIS, Msrch Is, 1872.
yoI;aey hnaA0lar haa haan


hind and punches OF black net struggling aboveali
these put together. and then covered up with veil
about as large a good-sized table napkin, prove
that when French heads are left to them
selves not one single originality In nature
or folly IN millinery Is TO be kept away
from them. few female minds truly did protest
against the styles, buJI silently. and not until
almanacs informed them that Easter falls just
ON the eve of April Foos day did these contempla-
tive fair ones attempt aught but the consideration
Of their Disagreement In the looking glass; The
coincidence Of Easter. however, which is always
suggestive OF new feathers. coming 30 close 10 the
repulsive notion Of fools heads, caused sudden
outbreak. The parallel should not be made at the
expense of women, and now shape is tho result.
How IL II to be? How Is IL not TO be that Is the
question. IL is to be copied before Easier, that
e all Imay say, for like young chicks In this season
u ls incubating 1t Is to combine demi-toilet WIN
fun dress, In order TO enable ladies who wear the
LO8is XIV. and Louis XVI style OF headdresS AT
homo TO preserve the same out OF doors. AS th's
fashion requires all the hair to be thrown back from
the temples with the exception OF lew stray love
locks on the forehead, the innovation now re-
CURED is what our respected grandmothers used TO
call "a high front poke" This, therefore, Is The
present female ambition. Several noble danes ana
princesses have kindly lent their heads to be tried
on. but there is division or opinion respecting
strings among their highnesses. The majority abuse
and repudiate them. out riprG pe,r'a Alter all,
IL Is natural that princesses Ia Marie An.
toanette should be opposed 10 anything that might
out the throat. flowng veil ATTACHED ON ono side
n suggested; but now Is that to keep on high posed
hatS A veil Is poetic haze around the face OF
beauty, and therefore no woman will ohjcct 10 Il.
nor Will many men, either, unless these wells are
green.
Apropos, there are other acocse0fss wfira va
10 worn all on one side, and thfI 49, sa4ift q
vast preoccupation at present. y a. ~ &4i
the scarf is either 10 look M0oris1 e
Lakish. That will all depcaa 49, -
lected. The preferred scarf y a. fsN1sSN -
burnous make One end win pe sittsaea aesae
Of o DOW on the LETT shoulder and az ntnaaleal
wNl be brought in graceful folds rouaa w. ausoun.
to be ted under the right arm aud ptnnea uner the
folds Of the panier Deniud niue TO-
wards tho right hip where knot
and ends will finish It on worn IN this
manner the scarf is not only graceful trimming
'sAnsh off," but light and cool accessory for the
shoulders neither mantle nor jack In the heat OF
summer. the Scotch plaid scarf Is to be put on
highland fashion, and nothing In all Algeria can
surpass it in grace. Many Of these scaris win be
made of the same material as the dress with which
they are worn, and VIII be draped "a variety OF
dl1erent ways. -
Stout ladies earnestly requested to prefer the
new loose jackets with long Jewish sleeves. A
Ran sUn wa M e er T u Woa
be very pleasing toi an artistic eye. The great
success OF the season WIN be satin striped grena-
dimes, made up blouse fashion,. e. bodice and
Great aliention should be recommended in the
choice OF the right thing. The wrong Is cotton
imitation, which, ii only looked al little Sharply,
splks trays out and renhs instantaneousy. IL WIN
not stand gentle touch. The proper grenadine
has hrm, sOild constitution: It VIII get through
crowd unnurt ana does not mind packing or q
box ut the Vaudeville to see Rabagas, wnere spec
Eaters still TO blows at the TALL OF the curtain.
It Is an alternate Sat1n stripe and wo0llen one.
the peculiar shades are used IN this material
The woody stripe Is called niggers head" and the
alternate satin one 'dregs OF wine." There Is no
accounting for TINS originality unless That, sober
tmts being fashionable, the head OF man which Is
neither black nor brown must DE o sober one. Why
It's quietude should be set Off with 'dregs Of wine"
OLD LADIES WEAR
their ngger's head faiile robes, relieved by cross.
perhaps, a spIIetul hint at New Caledonia Dress
N anyhow, great bone OF dlScord between Inc
"ga 81 daSs Of S aass
onism prevailed between the JacoDin "Carmag-
nele" and genteei muscadin redingote. wei
dressed lady often returns 70 her carriage with q
slit down her back or something which is worse,
because filthy. Inc mechanic and low laborer can.
NOT forgive the 6oufg else aud II The Commune OF
1871 saw nothing OF the guiliOine IL has ever
present reminders OF petroleum agents In the dark,
Is H proposed That the next cut OF coat snail be
THE ITALIAN OPERA
has reopened It's portals though gh life attends TO
hear "LucIa de LammermOoIN and ''LucreZia
Borgla'' under great difficulties. It is not yet
thought CONNIE il Jdut 10 appear In anything
brighter than blue or mauve, nut 10 make up for
this ladies' set of their simplicity with huge Dou-
quets oil Parma violeis ana plenty of diamonds
friend of mine says diamonds are deep mourning.
! should say M. Janvler de la Motto thinks SO. for
gossip VIII have itahat ne was arrested principally
actress from the Palais Royal and thence pro.
cecded the iinpugned irregularty In his accounts.
BE tins true or o,s not lady, who Is
principles, wnen told that M. de la Mottenad been
eleven months in prison, observed that "By snub.
bling gentlemen IN society Tor attentions 10 ladies
n. Thers was showing the world he mad not the
0rst notion OF the way ne ought to 60 to work IN
order TO make himself popular"
This was very nigh-Oned remark from the Us
alluded to.
assembled last week ut the Institute for recf
tion OF an illustriOus academican. When fdy
fashionable mean 1t IN the elderly sense which -
pniiOs0phlc and sOp0rlnc, not sportlve or dasnt -
Violet and blue renewed the funere9l aspect OF the
members men e black coats IN the hail; but lhis
OOmtesse de Paris wore garnet vel.
vet Jacket and runlc over q black IN er
II the opening speech OF the presiding 'lmnior ELI
had been heard there Is no doubt 1t would rave
been found very edfying. but the honorable w ded
through sheets OF eloquence all to himself. The
brotherhood nodded anu snored so long as II la eed
and an unconcerned spectator could enjoy the
largest view oil bald uncOpsclousness on mortal
record. When Mr.. Cuviiier. Fleury rose nutt. of
fans among the ladies' evlnced tney were just wax
ing up also, aud few glasses were egeiled at inc
fresh speaker lie did not speak so much, h, W..
ever, as he paused-he paused very frequen y,
and whenever ne was about to deliver sol G.
thing lively, thus AIDING TO It's pithin, ,s
considerably Every one smiled when, on an.
sWering this orator, the new academlcian gave
Q retrospective view Of his literary career and co.,
cluded he really did not know what he should hav1
done II he had been king IN such troubled time :.
al snould like TO see you at IT,, replied Mr. Fieur
and here the C0mte de Paris roared. Unfortunate !
this weak jOlity subsidized, ana the end of the
meeting resumed Its somnlferousness.
ROYALTY AGAIN IN PARIS
The long deserted Bos de Boulogne has had
Few brilliant visits this week from equesrlans In
she suite OF the Prince and Princess of Wales. they
have drlved Out themselves every day, and on one
afternoon the extraordinary appartion OF lovely
Duchess de MOuchy seated by Alexandra OF Wales
quite revived the melancholy sail OF Imperial swans
on the lac. They turned their long necks to contem
plate the glttering wheels with sort OF reproach-
mi q of w naIlfin