, 1875-06-13
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
Some Uses of Fashion---A Curious
Medical Case.
Gigantic Statue Of Hermann---The ltal'
ian Priest's Civil Right to Marry.
SoMF USES OF FASHION.

SOME USES or FASHION.
Paris correspondents London OGl1Y Aees
Trace fashion to its origin, and you will nearl
always find that it springs from the conscious
uoss of g defect and a wish to mask It. I'll
fatherland of crinolinc is spaln and Spanis
Queen first wore hoops to dlssimmu1ato uneoua
hips. A Venus Of tho Dou:eserds, who com
nitted suicide by throwing herself over bal
cony few yearB ago, revived tho high-heele
shoes, which LOUIS QuatoSze originally brough
! into fashion to appear taller than the King O
Spain ut tie meeting in the Isle of Phoasants
4 lady who derives prestige from rank, for
tune, and striking beauty. sca]ded her arm
three uinters back An ugly mark bore wit
ness to the accident. She thought Of wearing
to concesl it those 1ong-ctmed gloves, which
out Of mercy to tue plebeian wives o1
Napolcons ArarshaIs aud Generals, the
Empress Josephine adopted. The hats slant{ne
down over the eyebrows were the result OF &
lady OF exalted rank losing her trout hair. Queer
| I3Iizabsth's neck was yellow and thin, hence the
..ssiH muslin name" The double veil Of white
md black tnlle vas contrived by {! Parliament
| ary woman with bad complexion. She used
pearl powder to hide her red skin, and the White
| aud black ye to dissinulate tho pearl
| powder, which would nnre shown on black net.
/ An old Parisian beau, with an experience Of
more than half q century Of fashionable society
| here and at the Continental gambling and water
| ipg-pIaces, maintains that when fashion is not
| tracesble to deforuity it must have origiuatcd
in tho deere Of reiSnng or rising bella to crush
! q rival. Certain things now Ia mode owe thoir
vogue to this cause. 1t is young Duchess OF the
Faubourg st. Ge.msiu. intent on wrcnching the
septre Of fashion from q waning beauty, who
has brought in hero afternoon dances and tho
new bonnet. From front to back rim this
bonnet ls Of endless diameter. It is
set On behind wreath piled upon the spot
where phrenologists tell III the organ OF
tirnness lies. aud It dehes madly tho laws Of
gravitatiou. With its trailing garlauds it has
wild, frolicsome look, which suits the g1ddy
spirits Of youth. No pity has it for tho faded
or ''rejuyenated" hair, and It does not lend it
and black tultu. 1t Only goes With q baIcd face.
Endeavoring to let herself down easy, tho ma
ture queen OF fashion, whom this bonnet was
meant to dethrone, had recourse to artificial
blossoms Of rnsset tint. created entirely BY her
fleurlste. She is no. being driven into her last
intrencnments The fat has gone forth tina: at
AFTERNOON and garden parties natural wreaths
nro to be worn. On removing her light straw
bonnet the danacnso will still retain her floral
crown. Those flowers viii, which early summer
decks the fields and gardens are suitable only to
bright fresh youth. This fashion. with pale
women predonlnating over pretty, is sure to to
cphenleral, and is not original. It was bor-
rowed from one set by the late Comtesse dap
ponyi when she wanted, not to hide defect but
to exclude from her circle some fDanclerH' wives
whose visages did not bear in the sunlight prox~
unity to natural flowers. The wreaths worn
nearly forty years ago at her garden PARTIES in
tire Faubourg St. German we're mounted by a
m'le. Baf1oo' VINO was supposed 10 nave us
freeh to the end OF the fete. To one Of these
afternoon dances the Contesse Lelon came II q
pca-green silk dress, profnsely Earnished with
real lilac flowers and white lace scarf over
illac silk. 4 bonnet to correspond was set
lightly over wreath OF Parma Sioie:s- Tho
Nine. Eu1lle De Glrardln the 1enta MGsc, ~ sho
WIS called. She appeared at one OF tho Com
tesse d APPOINTS afternoons in sky-blne Tau2o !
and daisies. She took q tieur1ste with her and
little gH to Gull dalsles IN the garden OF the In
hassy. While the latter gathered the former
composed Wreaths and bouquets. which we're
supplied fresh and fresh between the dances.
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CURIOUS MEDICAL CASE.
Patls correspondence New 1ozk Graphic: Tie
+ha tranafrsion of blood haa hrourht .hopt |
49, .,~:-. , ~.
~ s."e o'aA sApe'Nn'Ns :" = Aus, "teAo 10 'oo-
s!lot and frestln-h1Ford1n' both "eIl-kno"n
enthusiasm OF science and devoted Themselves (
tc ;r no ,+har n1,var;ana boa nrav;ons,o o,,o h,,
w. ~ ~ esNo. Fae4' ~ 49,
lnocuatuG tuetnse'sos Will 'tus Oh sat1oua
diseases. Dr Pfest1n-A1Vordin Is small, thin,
nervous mn, and Dr. Teuillot is. OF Was, IS the
Ease may be, very large and robust man-the
gery opposite in appearance Of his friend. For
! number Of years Prestin- Rivordin has been
,ilip9. not apparently from any organic disease,
out from SLOW wasting away which threatened
ICON to cary lin OF. Veuillot lad
~ ~ ~ r.. ~, F4"A hs1 +ar ~
W., 1no,r;ronted >ooa+he1 md hccomo nccssaarv ~
,ach other: Ia Wow Of the rapidly approachinc
dissolution Of prestiu- Rlrordin, it vas agreed
between the two to trg the efficacy Of trans
uslon from tAe VEINS OF tne s'ron: man l91o
~ 80 en - ,t ~ ~, ~ ~ - T.
Tork better. and then with a]ternatious Of seem
ne success aud defeat. 4 result followed which
eems to confirm the statement OF Huxley, that
he entire substance Of the body changes in much
ess than seven years-probab1y in two, or oVen
css. All the material of the bodv-abso1utely all
+ it-comes through the blood, and alter these
epeated transfuslons the substance OF Veuillos
'ecane that OF PEestln-Rlvordlu, who seems now
or would in ordinary conditions now secrn-to
q the subject OF deius,on. which consists IN
csieving himself to be really Neuillot Tho
octors are somewhat puzzled as to whether or
OF this is deluslon, for, phF8lological1 speak
og. Prestln-kVordln 49, throughout his whole
odv, what was once his trend. He remembers
ling8 which certainly never happened to him,