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will believe him. When you retire to bee
think over what YOU have been doing during
the day. Never be idle; if your hands can
be employed usefully attend to the cultiva
ton of your mind Read over the abov,
maxims carefully and thoughtfully at leas
once n week
Foreign Correspondence ofthe Free Press and Times
Letter from Paris.
PARIS, FRANCE, Feb. s. 1877.
| To the Editor of the Free Press and Times:
While you are already questioning what
| Spring fashions will be, we have been enjoy.
ing the Carnival in Paris with many pleasant
entertainments, given by the lmperialists
and the present government. The festivities
at present seem to be in the hands of these
two widely opposite parties. OF course all
| PARTIES entertain more or less, but the finest
dinners and balls have been given by the two
extremes.
An attempt has been made to introduce
the "Kettle-drum" in Paris, but it does not
take among French people. Instead of being
the pleasant social meal that it is in England
or even the rather gossipy and unrestrained
entertainment and excuse for mild Irritation
that it unquestionably is i'll America, it is
here a terribly stiff, formal affair. The
French woman, generally SO chatty, loses all
her savoir faire and sits nearly mum with
| her cup of tea. If there chances to be some
witty Frenchman present the supposed social
hour becomes a sort of lecture upon his part
| and the women sit around and listen, glad
| for an excuse to 60 home. l do not know
why it is SO. They will make formal calls
with the utmost tact and esprit but the ket
tiedrum positively seems to smother them.
A frigbtful affair happened at the Jardin
des Plantes short time ago. nurse had
in her arms a little child of gentleman
named NJ. Berthier. She was showing it the
animals, when the child gave spring and
fell from her arms into the pen occu-
pied by two white bears. The animals at
once bounded towards him, but q terrible
shrek of terror from the bystanders sent
them covering back in a corner. Only for a
moment, however. They again sprang forward;
as they did so q man in workman's garb
leaped in and snatched the child from their
grasp. They pounced upon him, but he sue
ceeded in escaping, seemingly unhurt The
child was given to the nurse, who recovered
from the swoon she had fallen in long enough
to tell where they lived. They were sent
from the wounds it received the nurses
life is despaired Of The fright produced
fever and delirium and she is lying very i'll.
NJ. Berthier has yainly sought for the savior
of his child. He disappeared in the crowd
and went about his business as If he had not
done an heroic act, and in the confusion and
excitement was lost sight of.
As NJ. Berthier Is wealthy he would gladly
bestow n handsome reward on him.
A few days ago the crowning OF the Rosiere
and her marriage took place ut st. Denis.
Usually there are three of these chosen from
o crowd of aspirants who receive this re-
ward for exemplary conduct, and n wedding
portion accompanies their nuptials. They
are naturally eagerly sought. and the village
girl who is crowned Isusisfe on account OF
her superior goodness and purity has n sutli-
cient choice of lovers. This year, however,
for some reason there was but one Rosierc
crowned and welded. This was Josephine
Dugel, pretty girl eighteen years old. In
1872, after the Prussian's had been quartered
here, there were seven Rosieres crowned and
married, and one or these had wooden leg.
The extra number was oceasioned by the fact
that owing to the presence OF the foreign
soldiery the ceremony had been omitted the
previous year. l suppose, however, that
your lady readers would rather hear about
fashions than to listen to mere French Gos-
sip.
AT a recent fashionable wedding the bride
dress was ofsuperb white satin. The tablier
was made with horizontal puilings which
were divided with bands of ostrich feathers
and garlands of jessamine and orange bios
SONS. The long train was finished with n
plated fiounce of satin, covered with deep
point D'Alencon lace headed with feathers and
flowers. The veil was of tulle thrown over Il
diamond comb, and wreathed with the same
flowers. The bridesmaids wore navy blue
silk, two of them having cream colored dam
asse polonaises and the others being bright
ened by Cardinal trimmings. The bolnets
were in colors to match.
Flowers to trim evening dresses are nearly
all frosted and produces very sparkling effect.
They are placed upon band OF chenille or
have chenille loops and fringes intermingled
with them. Dark flowers and foliage are
preferred to pink and blue gnrands ON white
silk dresses, which are now SO iashionably
worn. A very handsome garniture consists
of autumn leaves veined with white beads,
resting on moss green chenille fringe.
Slashed sleeves with large embroidered
putfs are in vogue for stately dinner dresseo
and are extremely elegant.
The capote shape still retains favor for
bonnets. lovely one of pale gray silk, had
large loops and a shirring of velvet around
the front and q wreath of dark chenille foliage
while at the back a knot of roses were iasten-
ed i'll with the mentonnieres OF grny surah.
The reason for the introduction of yellow SO
popularity into costumes, is the fact that 1t Is
highly valued by Oriental nations and that
recently there have been large importations of
Chinese, Japanese and Persian fabrics.
Charles Blanc calls yellow the "eldest son OF
light" and says it is not astonishing that Il
nation of colonists like the Chinese should
consider it the most beautiful of all colors
Fashion has also recently decreed that yellow
shall be considered the very highest style.
1t is the most difficult color of any to use
harmoniously, and to wear it an exception
ally pure and rare tinted complexion Is nee
essary. At present, however, when II me
lAnge Of colors as wellas fabrics is the mode,
it is easy to make use of it. 1t harmoniZes
with black, maroon, ink blue, pale blue and
lilac. Gold embroidery upon yellow ground,
so frequently seen, produces what an artist
calls tone-etects. These golden embroider-
les upon tulle and black lace are very rich
and charming, but even prettier is embroid-
cry in colors, with edges and points of gold,
silver and steel. When executed with skill
in neat, light pattern the result is superb.
A court robe of black or colored velvet in
Princesse style with long flowing train,
trimmed with lace thus embroidered has an
exceedingly rich effect.
The new corsage Valois is high behind and
widely open in front. 1t has IA straight col
lar just across the back with flowing ends,
beneath which is a lace colarette that finish
es the neck. For young ladies, crepe lisse
plated fills in the uncovered neck and is
fastened behind and il finished with plated
ruche. This is edged with colored silk or
chenille. No sleeves are worn with this. not
even sleevelet- armholes being finished
with frill of lace. When i'll full ball dress
the round decollete neck is preferred, 1t il
now worn falling more off the shoulders and
il surrounded by rich lace. Elbow sleeves
arc also popular with Pompadour or heart
shaped dresses and these are also trimmed
with founces of rich lace.
At last the lace mitten, which for u year
Parisan elegantes have been trying to intro
dnce seems to have gained an accepted place.
They arc III both white and black silk net,
eXluisitely embroidered. That i'll white
silk is looked upon M the more elegant and
ndds TO the whiteness of the arm III n won
derful way. The hand. however. must be
perfect when the mltten is worn and as 1t
permits a finer exhibition OF Jewels in rincs,
bracelets and armlets than tho hid gloves,
1t naturally finds favor with many. They
mny be worn at home in full toilette at II
dinner party where they ar, retained or ut
the theatre, but noNOr nt u hall; here KID
gloves are still de rigeur
Yours SHLIrS-
A BOLD robbery was perpctrated NJ Boz
ton, on Wednesday, by which Joseph Brig
ham. a wealthy Washington street gentle
man. lost $40, 900 in stocks a bonds. llo
had Just returned home from tho Security
Deposit company vaults with small trunk
containing the bonds, when two men called
and injured for him and, while one en-