Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06
American Beauty in France.
Baltimore. Gazette, Paris Letter.

If ones eyes are dazzled at any of the
official balls at Paris by a. sudden vision
of loneliness, be, sure, that the vision
aforesaid has come straight, across the
Atlantic. Now our girls at home are
prettier than pinks and peaches, 7but
once let them come to Paris and let
taste in dress receive the finishing
touches of Partisan style and the result
is-well, it is just bewildering. And it
is really amusing, If, sometim a little
annoying, to note the sensation that one
of our radiant damsels. will create III
any place of public resort. "A lady
friend Of mine, with her husband, took
a little American beauty to that quiet
and strictly moral theatre, Opera Com.
ique, few nights ago. The young lady
was quietly though stylishly dressed and
was a perfectly well-bred and modest
hammered girl, but when the party went
out to promenade in the foyer between
the acts, as is the custom here, the
people literally walked round andround
the dazzling little Americana, gazing at
her in open-eyed astonishment and ad-
mirationbfiYe t'she was simply very
pretty little brunette, with a complexion
whose cream and roses owed none of
their + lustre Il torslpearl-powdern Or
paint. ~ So To4i Is IA suggestion tnof'
mine, made before the exhibi-
ton was opened, had been carried out
nam ely that each. Of our. cities should
send oollectione Of portraits Of its ia,
mous bellies, throw THAT that exhibit
would have proved the most popular
one in the Champ de Mars. AS tits,
there are, scarcely, any portraits ever
shown there of our fair DANES uand
damsels. There is. indeed one of Miss
Howe 1.-THE daughter of Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe thed poetess) in the American
art department, but the painting hardly
does justice to the loneliness Of the
original. In the Italian art department
the portrait Of Miss Emile Schaun-
berg, Of Philadelphia, by, the mostlcel-
,ebrated Of living Italian portrait paint.
ers, Signor Bonn piani, has attracted
much attention. The artist has admir-
ably reproduced the singular grace and
refinement of the original Tho light
task, by the way, to Judge from the diff
ticuity that even the greatest Of the
French artists seem ,togexperience' in
that respect, as witness, Carolus Duran.
The picture is a three7quarters length.
the body, being represented in a white
satin ball-dress, embroidered, with white
jet. The coIoring is at soncebdelicate
and vivid, and the picture is a striking
work of art, as we'll as an admirable
likeness, of beautiful woman. 100 .ay
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tonaa American Ladies inZParis.9u ,iun
"'.' -s.i Boston Journal :" ~
Americans and their dress are never
discussed by the French in this blood
thirsty fashion. Our Ladies generally
dress dbettereeven7G than the Russians,
which. is saying a. great,qdeal, The
French som etime se accuse an American
especially She ooffen walks where a
French lady would ride; but there is
rarely any.imputatiofi upon tpe taste of
our women. In the parlors of such
hotels as the Splendide, the Continental,
the Bellevue, the Liverpool, the Meurice,
and others of that ilk, the American