, 1875-10-03
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES,
The Elaborate Toilet Of q French
woman.
Alexis Notwithstanding squaw-
Fight in Western Nebraska.

| 4 Conductor Who Was Too Gallant-..
| General Notes Of Feminine
Interest.
A FREkcHWoMAN's TOILET.
a Paris correspondent OF the Metropolitan, az
English periodical. thus gosaips in regard to q
Frenchvoman's toilet: I Ihad the pleasure yes.
terday OF "assistiug." as the French idiom has
it,-that is to cay, looking on, not helpinr,-nt
tho toilet OF Frenchwoman. genuine Partisan.
Was good deal surprised, that admit and
che wna good deal surprised at my surprise.
She imagined that the extremes Of artifaality
arrived At in Paris-making sort Of dual woman
| as it were, out OF oue-Were known to us; and
sho considers us semi-tarbarians since she dis
! covered how much nearer the natural state wo
are than her compatriotE. She began, my
Tfancaise, by submitting herself to her maid,
| who, on her part begun By subjecting her to a
face-fric:ion OF elder-hoWsr #atar z T. *;
accomplished, the prev!;3us1y s.S2===< q
Every 2aStieie Of i94::Futity in the pores
water, with which na;t d sotis: - .r.-r" sgater
! partook Of this refreshing dew, adding lustre
to the freshness given BY tepid bath Of twenty
| minutes and b shower bath OF five, gone through
! with q half-hour before. Next came q rubbing
Of second iris-powder in the dark hair, which
was short-that is to SAY not more than foot
aud half 1ong-and rather thick. When the
iris-powder Was brushed out, and carefully re-
moved at the temples and the nape OF the neck,
J,Hin H.
without lard-the Juice Of lettuce being its 1aain
ingredient-Tas laid over the whole skin OF
neck, face, and hands, and allowed to remain
ten minutes This, VAS Informed, WAS intend
ed to do away with the contraction ct The fea-
tures arising from want Of sleep, which want Of
per. had not observed any contraction, aud
thought how much fancy would dc. The PARIS
ian Informed me- that camphor and crerno had =
Similar composing effect upon the features,
especially after the fatigues OF = ball The next
thing done was the removal Of every trace OF the
creme With an extremely fine linen cloth. This
WAS Q skillfu1 operation, for, while rubbing tt1a
skin Into satln-iike emcothness, the femue-de-
chambre did not make it red or in &n7 way
roughen its surface. She seemed to polish and
The next process was the application Of ve!ou-
tine, compound Of bismuth and rice-powder,
having the f1atiye quality OF the first and tho
delicacy of the last ingredient. But ali! the
care WITH which the maid applied the Prepara-
this 'neat-handed Phil1is applied it, to detect
tho presence Of any foreign aid. The alin had
the firm clear whiteness Of alabaster with
q suggestion Of sunny lustre and cream
mess, to subdus It. Then came the
were brushed With = minute soft brush with dark
bristleA and 4 handle inlaid With mo:her-oG-pea11
aud The least possible tracing Of India ink from
small stone jar, laid upon them. Upon the
i
an estampe OF leather, upon which tho fard
indicn WAS lightly rubbed, laid now dusky
shndow, which Increased the hriIliancy Of the
eyes to great, and, to my mind. unpleasant de- |
gree What was to become OF this appliance
IN cage OF emotion I cannot Say. Perhaps =
French woman only cries when she chooses. The |
neck and hands now psrtook Of the bismuth |
powder whitening, and after that the hair Tas |
dressed very low On the neck, frizzed little over
tho forehead, aud With less addition OF false hair
than has been customary foz years. A small |
matte Of permanently -crimped bIsck hair, Iooped
with white ivory comb cut in cameo-medal-
lions, made up this part Of the toilet, only one
email t1nglet being suffered to play abont tie
neck.
But it Was when the large peignoir was remov-
ID, and tho under toilet began, that astopish-
neut claimed me for its oHn. First, corset, |
II course, you mll! say. BHs, let me remark,
here are corsets and cor7ets, The one placed
above the delicate garment OF fesh-colored Eaw
si}k which takas the placo OF linen with the eie-
5anses OF Paris, md clings to the form 80 as in
10 way to increase the size by bulk OF folds
Iround the waist, was corset Of gray silk,
titched with rose-color and edged With Valen-
iennes on the hips and about the shoulders
}ut-in the mako of this II article Of female |
rear" as the advertisements have it, there en-
cred art that amounted to genius. For, set
a at the hips and. making thu hustle, were
everA inches and formed an incorporate |
art OF tho corset itself impossible |
t detection when the skirt Of the dress WAS
laced over it. TLeu the :desh-coiored silk |
ucks. insertions. and dutings Of lace; the deli
ate bottines OF black aatln the wh1te muslin |
ress, without assistance OF color except 1850
her throat, and made SO extremely short in
ront as to display the entire foot; the one long
air-pin with it's head q fine great pearl and the
arelesa drawing up Of draping At one side to
isplay the underskirt Of raw silk this, and the
ollet was IN accomplished feat and fact. Let |
10 not omit to say that the muslin sleeve WAS go
xttenelY tight to the arm that it seemed Ike q !
ecoud skin. 1t terminated inches above the | ;
yet delicate wrist, where quaint
racelet OF West Indian beetles. the cadcau Of
dy admirer from Cuba. completed the orna-
lentation Of SO much studied simplicity
It Was really very pretty, and the lady looked |
FARMING, let us say so years old. Her age (?
h-well, SO. ~
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID.
White man 1s mighty uncertain. Our young :
dy readers Gays the St. Louis Repu01can) will I
,member the Grand Duke Alexis, and what q I
ramble there was as to who should dance With :
IN and in the same set. OF course they do, ! = :
ID will those who were favored ty tho gra~ | t
ous hug OF the young Russian pam ever forget
!? OF course not. He was young. He WAS | q
,efy, but he WAS a real Prince, and could have T
I'd half-a-dozen palaces on the Lake Of Como, 7
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