The New York herald., 1878-10-27
PARIS FASHIONS.

PARIS, Oct 10. 1873
AS a rule Frcnchman In the army never thinks Of
spending day in the country without drawing on .
pair Of light gators. Why ne does this has never
been explained. 1t is habit, and so general that
cavalry sfnccrs and CATERS until very recently
synonymous Unfortunately gentlemen not In the
service, therefore called pekins, arc also taking
CATERS at seaside places and the only way 10 distiD
guish q real dragroon from the adulterate rsproduc
ton Is to ascertain II the gathered party wears
rnouchc or smpertaic mouche Is military.
IL is TUT parted hair Deiow tho un.
der lip, whereas the fmPeridk is a long comma
OF beard that denotes an acsuraio mind. A mouchs
the emblem oil buzz an lmperide oi tune. Pure
but YET Call their chin punctuation y rationale
ike all the rest. This Is curious iact, but otnes
loose topics are availabo--,ns Ninche hat for IN.
staucc. IL o hgh straw shape, with not quite
pointed crown on the top, anu yet u 10 conical
There Is much rim and the front is a large Dut
tcrny bow. Ii Is countrihcd and very becoming
wnen thc hair cut close on tho forehead, IN the
style called ssDrassc." The oIher hats are Devon.
snires, with velvet iacings pulcheilar, ana Tongue
ves in honor OF a skirmsning princess VINO lived
In tue days OF the Fronde ana knew all about iarning
up.
Tnerc Is little fun 10 toll concerEing ladies who
mako sucn subjects special stldy. rhc event oc-
CURED at Dcsbv,iie. IL is fashionable place when
have no Exposition and no ,ive dukes to follow
down tho Rue des Nations. Even TINS year shers
have been lew ceebrations at Ueauve, such as the
foundation OF soup kitchen, races ana The poriorm
ance operotte. On the occasion OF bali a. the
disposal OF ie monde proper until one, ana that ate
O'CLOCK ie monde improper should DO adm tted
For tho sake oi a change, nevertheless, = con-
siderable number OF most improper coupled
gained admittance an hour before their due
bIue.veaed ar,stocrais Tneir presence Was a. nrs1
unoDservca, but feurs dc b,fuBe nawed and
abandoned Their linos, so 10 say leaving them u
perform the mos, extraordinary antics, twists, wAve
aud Ryratory Incong uities. La nobtcsse looked
aghast op:ii uemcndous s'carai,er sei, pas tou
reilc part excited the Volcano nre within, and IN
leader oil the orchestra was requested TO stop th(
muaic. Down hc camc, anu ms baud, delighted u
get TO bed carly, walkcd OF behind him, leaving thu
0esks. lie monde improper iancicd proprIely would
soon be restored ana walked about but thero new
IS y gathering OF dentmonddines withou n good mu
scian among them. bon ptUeur rushed to tho pian,
and furious attack on tuo chords the signai 10
a no less furious polka IN tho nall. Tho femai
m0pde proper hid It's lace with It's screen tau an,
fingers whiie the male portion walked out Tor tn
police. IL could not be iouno, but tnc manager wa
called In and two gendarmcs and Two Custom Hous
oilcers lhesc were all tue cooked hats 10 be lai
hoId Of curious scene awaited these rubicun
functtouarcs; u took them nom entarily py surpris
and kept their hands down.
the BEAU OF TnE BALL
The demi- -m0ndatnes mad barrcadcd them selves bd
hind tho desks. In front OF their forces stoo
q young man wearing "nuisslersn SILVER cnai
round his throat he was to act as speaker aud bsga
paSiey with the enemy round OF applause sreetc
ms nrst period, and so humofstic, so ABSURD was
oration that "a nottesse put aown its screens an
looked out between It's nDgers. Irrepressble augnt
Was the second marx OF appreciation mean while IN
officials were gcting rea IN the iace laugh they dar
not, burst they might explode tney did, ana no hor
blowing was ever like H. They made lneir exit an
gentleman with tile finding that an bonorao
retreat was all that could be effected responded
the humorous speaker for the sake Of rsspondin
stipuiatiDg tbat none OF the properties should pe
Jured, after winch the noblesse retired the gener
impression among tho hfistocracy rs, however, th
this was tue only bah they enjoyed, for 1t The
Desse retired u looked on from sldo passages au
saw all the crockery smashed alter supper.
BUTTONS.
GrcIot buttons are quite Iurore and tho newc
over-tunlques are less hat tue hips. era
prophecy assures that panniers viii be worn dow
siues rather think vcrtugsdins arc mran tho
haru holsters worn by Flemish laaies aud VIM
brcw 10 sucn proportions that Vcasqlez has pant
ladies' with their elbows rounded out 10 leave roo
ior the objects. IL rs certain tnat spmethng Ia u
line In being elabo