Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-16
Pounds.
Corn PearI at Rome.

Rome June 2O) cor. Boston Post
The Romans, quite as eager as the
Athenians of old after something new,
were fortunately able TO fall back upon
the other lady-if lady she may be called
on the same page with the noble matrou
we have mentioned-who had appeared
meanwhile on the social horizon. A
somewhat brutal scene, occurring at one
of the minor theaters, had first made her
presence known to the public at large
One fine evening, when new ballet was
to be inaugurated, smuggled in, as is the
fashion in Italy, between two acts of a
popular opera, and an unusually nume-
rous and brilliant company had filed the
house from top to bottom, all eyes had
suddenly been directed to one Of the best
boxes by the loud talking and noisy
laughter of gay, almost boisterous
party. A lady dressed in the extreme
hight Of fashion, blue from the bows on
her towering, wellpowdered coiffure to
the damond-decked shoes on her tiny
feet, entered the box with skip and a
jump" followed by number Of young
men in gay uniforms or evening dress.
The extravagant style of her loud cos
tune, the bold, defiant expression Of her
features, and the explosive manner with
she used her gigantic fan in sending
greetings to well known sporting charac-
ters all over the house, excited at once
universal curiosity, and it was not long
before the name of Cora Pearl ran like
wildfre through the house. From all
parts Of the boxes aud the pit curious
glances were cast at the famous repre-
sentative Of the demi- monde; ladies'
looking stealthily at her roughed cheeks
and painted eyelids, and men staring
boldly with impudent eyes at her nncon-
cealed charms. The beautiful Jewess,
the " fast American, the queen of
Paris, were the names by which she was
pointed out and with them were
promptly coupled those Of her prominent
admirers. The sensation seemed to be
delightful to the renowned beauty, for
she leaned far out of her box, talking
and laughing as unconcernedly as II she
had been in her own famous boudoir,
where so many a fair name and honor
able station had been forever lost through
her wiles. Soon, however, the ballet
proved the stronger attraction, for if she
was liberal in the display of her charms,
her rivals on the stage were still more so,
and when, at last, the opera commenced
aud nothing OF the music could be heard
because of her overload conversation,
the wrath of the Romans arose and they
demanded silence. The false queen,
however, enjoyed the turmoil, and the
more she saw her enemies losing their
temper, the louder she laughed and the
more contemptuous she became. But
alasl her hour had come; great, grim
gensdarmes appeared at the door OF her
box, and gentleman in black, ironically
smiling, informed her that the Syndic OF
the city requested her to return TO her
lodgings. Perhaps an exciting drama
would have been enacted within the mar
row limits of her box, but the presence
Of the gaunt soldiers outside probably
recalled 10 her the hard hearted officials
who had driven her not long IRON Paris
and even from France, after her last
lover had killed himself at her door, and
she Welded. .Unabashed, however, by
her defeats, she appeared next day on
the Pineian Hill Ia all the absurd splen- |
dor of her eccentric costume, astonish. |
ing and amusing the good Romans by
the scrupulous consistency with which
the blue color Of her choice was tranG
ferred TO every ose Of her belongings.
For even the Cuban poodle, which she
held BY long blue satin ribbon, had
been died blue over night, aud great was
the delight Of hundreds Of merry chill
dren who daily assemble on that favored
promenade, at seeing for once in their
lives a blue dog. Poor oreaturei He
had to pay dear for bis novel beauty. IL
turned out that his bright color con-
tained, like 30 many OF our modern
dyes, a poisonous element, and when in /
the morning. upon discovering the un-
usual tinge Of his usually snow white |
hair. be bad. dog like. busily licked him
self dry, he bad unconsci0nsly commit. /
ted suicide, For the penalty was not
sloV IN coming, aud ere evening fell the /
blue poodle was no more. .
A Virginian Who had been plueksd in /
a Baltimore gambling saloon obtained /
judgment against the proprietor. but, /
when the sheriff vas about 10 make |
levy on The furniture. Il Vas sscsrtainsd