Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-03
cOnsdsucs i. restored. and when thnt
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esnfdsncs Is restored. and when that
win be the wisets man can't tell.
rrK xARrnA wsAHIEeToE RECEPTION
The AGAR of the s2i. wss. very a'pro-
nzia,elv. she reception in e"nt'nensM
a-eas s, The Academy OF Music. which
-, - ..e mas TO regret for tbs rest of
me century. If one should live SO long.
rb,a. hundred ladies and gentlemen Of
the hest circl-s moi only OF New Ynrk,
bu. Of the Union,-w1re the full dress
of the old time, and pretty sight it was :.
The handsome men of the clubs ia lux
urious. coursdrtss-salin knce-bresc ches
with purple and maroon velvet coats.
lace rufIies and bucklrd sho-s. the la.lies
l3Eelier Than ever in satin petiielats
with brocade overdrrssss, their heads
deliberately built up, with powder and
plumes, jewels and Iwsr< rle beaax &.
il Is sald, found the dress so bec5min g
that they put il OF with q sigh Of regret
that they could not wear kneebree ches
TO show 3 handsome leg, or the ruin .
which set of son AristocrALic hsnl
amazingly. There were dressss Gorn at
The Academy, which agured at Lady
Washingion's evenings. eighty years
before, and one fortunate lady, IL Is said
worne founce which was part OF the
matchless lace ordered for MariE Louise, /,
BY Napoleon himself. who was con-
nOisseur. Il was not generally suEnlis-
ed. however, that the Aounee in ques-
ton, was part Of the Empress bed-ha a.
ings though il was remArkAhly. DO Mech
lin. The Academy Was densels packed
and The receipts must have been most
gratifying for the charity in aid Of which
the reception was desigoed. for fashiOn :
bic New York views its gayess festivi'
ties with The sanction Ofchariiy. Twenty
thousand tickets were sold at five dol
lars apiece, and the result was, that huad :
reds of holders of tickets GA seeing the
crowd, went home, without trying t. gu
ter. II Twas worth the crush. to see the
minuet danced by two dozen couples,
trained for the occasion by fashionable
Fifth Avenue dancing master. The ele-
CANT movements. the sinkiugs nd pos
turings, every turn Of which was lovely,
were very unlike the angular rushes
which mass for dancing nowadays. Then
the courtly three hundred fled on,
through covered way, built across the
street for the evening, to the tea tables a
Irving Ball, where it was the thing 10
regale ones partner with tea at two doll
lars e cup, and buy the cup aud saucer
fac similes Of Martha WashiDgton's own
,easet, for another dollar.
voREIs n PICTURES.
To be successful artist is 10 be q
favorile OF fortune. The art-mania with
our rich collectors. who buy their pic
turessby agents, as speculation, Is we'll
nigh a. extravagant as the tulip mania
Of the last century, when fortunes were
offered for single bulb. Mr.. Ssewar t
lately paid $40. zoo for pMptins 6y a
celebrated French artist. and very kind J.
ly proposed 70 throw his gallery open to
the public, one afternoon . week For
eign artists are determined not to lose
good prices TOR want OF asking. At the
exhibition of water colors now open, the
finest efforts of our best artists. men like
Samuel CoIman and Sweyne GIfor d,
rarely venture above 500, while some
wonderfully scrawly pictures of Volup
tuous women with equally voluptuous
couch hangiugs, in which the artist had
eontrived to make the woman look as
luxurious as the daEasks, and the dam
asks, somehow, as licentiOus as the wo-
man, were backed with the puce of $1,-
900 apiece. Will cultivated Americans
have the judgment to show these artists
that this country is not the baekdoor b y
which they are 10 discharge all their ar
tistic rubbish :
FOR TIE GIRLS
The bonnes for Spring viii be LARGELY
of straw, trimmed with velvet, and the
shapes curve protectinglY round the
head. The first importations Of dress
goods are merely last Falls styles. light
er in shade and fabric, to suit tbs change |
OF March. The long square overskirts
open in the back, trimmed ali round
with fine side pleatings. and drawn in
10 easy folds across the front by plsati
at the side. and held together with lsrg G
bows behind theseam on the new suits. /.
The long polonaise with long sides
caught together in the back. is the lates
and fAyOriie style. very becoming and
economical too. For the house. nothing
is so much in style as the gored dress
with full akirt in the back. and the least
trimming that the fabric demsnds.
New York, Feb, 2eth 1875 FIErRo.
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