The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-05

WCIu WIltttu ny Duudo Wdo ouyc, "hAS-a
means "good" or ''wise," according to the
construction of the sentence Camille's
maid, though quite aware of the dubious
moral character of her mistress, still main
tanned that she was 'good not wise
because she was good-hearted. Sage for
good is very common expression with the
French; Usage" for wise is seldom heard.
In enfant sage means good child; I'm mari
sage means good husband with the tinge OF
satire cast by opera bouffe.) Ada Glare, in
one of her French sketches, speaks OF her
surprise when q FORTRESS in Paris, in de-
scribing the dodgers in the house. lauded to
the skies the grisettes Of the top floor. "Ihe
mistress of medical student" said the con-
tiding concierge; "they have two children,
and she is as sage as an ANGEL This Is the
kind of sage woman Camille was.
Among Claras auditors on one OF the
Camille nights was q woman whose extraordi-
nary beauty caused many an eye to stray from
the mimic scene to the box in which she sat,
and many whisper of inquiry to pass as to
who this noble-faced woman might be- who
wore apparel which would beat an empress
station, and was bedecked with jewels an In
dian prince might envy. The maiden name
of this fair woman was
EMILY JORDAN,
and she is now the wife OF Morriseys only
successful rival. John Chamberlin. She is
but thirty-three years old now, and is at the
zenith Of her beauty. Chamberlin himself -
a positively handsome man; and it is claimed
by those who know him best, that his talents
and qualities are such that he would be q
man Of mark in any station. Ii his knowl-
edge of poker ever sends Chamberlin to the
court of St. James, his splendidlooking wife
W. II occupy position her beauty will grace
-, Tho rttarNnOct
Letters from the fair sex in Chicago entreat
me to tell them
WHAT IS WORN
in Washington. l answer-clothes, and gor-
geous ones at that. The styles here are more
truly Partisan than in New York, where what
comes from Europe is put through sort OF
Darwinizing process, after which what is con-
sidared fittest survives. New forms grow out
of these first principles, too, SO that New
York fashions are sometimes entirely eccsn-
trio, in vogue nowhere else on the face OF the
globe The presence in Washington OF 80
many wives of European ministers, who bring
in their packages from abroad duty free, is
the reason why real, unadulterated Boule-
ward bonnet is not novelty here; while
cloaks and capes, sacques and polonaises, just
as they are wearing them this winter in the
salons of the aristocratic Faubourg, are quite
common in the drawing rooms of the elite.
Some very beautiful dresses are worn by the
ladies' of the White House; but-not to speak
it profanely-the biggest highfyer here this
season is that stunning swell
NINE DE MANTILLA,
pronounced Monteeyah-accent on the last
syllable,) the wife of the Spanish Minister.
There is something positively binding in
this lady's beauty. If you can imagine Ade'
laide Nelson ready for opera bouffs after q
Champagne supper, you can form some idea
Of tine gorgeous, rollicking appearance, the
enticingly brilliant destinations OF this superb
Spanish woman. She is said to be the hand
soonest lady ia Washington, and have seen
mo one to equal her. Her hair and eyes are
black as midnight, her lips are coral. hel
teeth pearls; her smile as witching as Ce'iue
Montaland's, and her figure fit for model
for Csrpeaux-except that he is dead-in 'La
Dause." Her husband, in appearance, resem-
bles Joe Bsgstock; red, stout, white haired,
white mustached, your typical European
militaire of high rank. He was devilish sly
wasn't he, or was he?-to get such q pretty
wife.
A striking face. seen at all aristocratic
gatherings here is that Of
MRS. SECRETARY ROBSON.
She is, ii is said. only thirty-fve years old;
yet her hair is as white as it it were powdered
and wears diamond ear-drops which recall the
Jimfiskian era. This lady is accused of pride
the quality through which Claude Melnotte
tells Pauline CANCELS have fallen ere thy
time" The manner in which Mrs. Robeson's
pride takes shape, it is said, is that her vision
becomes affected with an opacity of the optic
nerve when it comes to recognizing any one
occupying lower social grade than that Of
Senator'S wife.
A woman who moves "a thing of beauty "
amid the crowd of dancers, 1oungers, and
chatterers of the social assemblies at Wash.
ington, il the wife Of the minister from Ham.
let's country, Denmark, and who has merged
her once prominent identity into that of her
husband right pleasant gentleman, it il
said, and the devoted lover of his wife. She has
some years as
MRS. MoULToN,
and, still true to her first love-music-as
Nine. de Hegermann she gives frequent mu
steal parties, where her lovely voice rings out
like silver bells, as of yore I remember al
though 'twere yesterday when the swee
Young girl came to Paris for musical instruc
ton. She was of family, old and proud,
OF the staunch Bay State; and the rumor that
she was studying for the stage was denied by
them again and again. Her hand was then
free; and in course Of time-a short time aftel
her arrival in Europe-she gave it to Charles
Moulton, man of leisure, one of the few
Americans able to live away from the harrow
ing cares of business. The young couple tool
up their abode in Paris, and the the lady't
beauty and talent soon procured for her al
entry into the most brilliant circles in tn
gay capital.
At the Tuileries she was an especial favor
lite; and many a time and oft her mellow
voice has risen in the gilded salons of tina
gorgeous palace where kings were born ant
have died; and which stood for centuries
unimpaired in its proud beauty till the torcl
Of the communist and the oil can Of the
petroleum laid it low, blackened mass Of
ruins. Even the diamond becomes naugh
but bit of charcoal when you burn it. Sc
fell the Tuileries-so crumbled by-gone Chi
caeo. Though she was the petted beauty of
frivolous court, never did breath of scanda
tint the fair name of Lily Moulton; whore sh
trod honor went-the brightest gem of all th'