, 1879-02-27
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
EMPRESS ASn 1,1l1Hk,Ess.

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Rzrts cnryssponttnce Cincinnati Enquirer.
4 few ilnys Elnuo wo cllnnrcd 10 ufcct the
famous bcnuty und Royal laI1y, EuEenlo, eS-
Empress, who l.aa been blamed With alt the cx-
trnvagancc Of won,cn'a fashions for the last
twenty ycars,-thc woman WHO IA to+lny altos.
nntely launcd and 1anpoonct,-for whom
fnmous artists wcrc GLAD to compose studios In
colors, That she might utilize them In her per-
eonal atlurnn,cnt. She had been or on a little
rniway excursion, tut sho hnI gone royalty,
and though detl,roucd, her fortunes ARE not yet
at SO low a pitch ,hat she economies
rcrforce In her toilet; besides no beauty eyer
willingly did injustice to lcr own looks. We
stood very close to her, and, naturally enough,
looked equally hard At her, nnd We made n
spcctal nutc Of her dress. She wore short
black aillS dress; tic skirt was made with over
s s , Ed very nsy1x s% M III 1s 't tg ws' cse g';aS %
respects the sr1nmctry ot; small "n.t ,'nob,
sleeves; black gloves. A soft black bonnet,
had 4 coronet front. She llal rather tall heels
oil her boots, which clicked MS Alto walked with
u 1notalic sound. She woro no veil, md lesplta
the slandcrs VI the casual observers, she was
not n'alo up. She l!as beautiful cray-blontlo
it quite paInly orcr tho sweetest ald n.ost
won,anly brow. She l,as n grave. sweet, sad
face, md ehc bowed to tle respectful taluta-
most cordial Grncc. She Is a beautiful wou,an,
md without ha,1Efitlncss. Shc walks like ri,
Empress; md, though she carried tic modern
walking-stlck In her hh1ld, she lid It With nlalctl
'the salnc uticonscioust,css TINT my lady docs
her fan, md lnado no other usc Of Il ttnn Just
somethGng to take hold Of It ts said Tint Amer
leans lake o pccuniary view Of everything, nnd
pcrlapa thcro Is truth in tue speuch. II SO, It
Is Just as we'll to deserve tho rcpor, which leads
US to soy we don't believe the costume Of this
Imperial lady cost 4:sU oil told. When we re-
turned to Faris wa felt moro sorrow than ever
tiat sho Wus m exile iron, the scenes whcru aho
had sltone 60 brilliantly tcu short years ago.
,Cnrously enough. VIC met nnnthcr queen Of
fashion not long bcforc-tlie Princess Meter
nich, whose natnc, extrayagnnec n1Ml caprscc
there ie scarcely MI American not ncgunlntcd
With. She chrlstened the most dreadful ahude
Of green ever inflicted or lonE-su{fcFiug fctnt-
ntuity. She Is reported to have Wit md sarcasu,
to remarkable degree. and ltcavcn saw 1T TO
have ller born In nnb!c family mud married to
ono Of the tluest, gentlemen a'd most aeconl-
plshed diplomats Of Euronc.. Hcaycn was worry
kind. but, while giving all this goot fortune,
denied her to m unlimited extent a,'y claims to
heaaty. sne y moderately tall wt,lunn, i|ncy
und strongly .lcyelooped, with good shoulders
and wel-cnrrletl head. but sl.o has tl,s widest
mouth In ChrlstunLou utl the harshest md
most raspiug voice. flcr teeth ure biz aud dis
ss any fs xsua 81 ihs nss ss ss
nose il rather broad, not handsome.
Her eyes arc dark, ind arc such "a You
would cali muddy In daylight, though
even. then you would rccogn!zo lutcns possIbi'l-
Ties in tl.en. ltrr hnlr is darls brnwn. She
wore u full costume III brown canels hair. It
was q sf!ort nndcrSkIrt which showed her feet,
neither remarkable fnr beauty ,lur H,uallncss.
The dress had arlain oycrsklrt, ,Hnl waB llnIahcd
at tho ;botscm BY baud ot fur Of otter. a lonE
rasqud Of camcl's hair was also trimmed round
tho bottun. tic cniis ind collar with otter. a
Iclt rnund hat nu fur tails on 1t, and n bushy
pnmpon OIL tho eide. The tlrcss WIS cxqusitrly
neat, though perfectly s'nple, and wc give It az
unother illustration If hoT pluinly foreign tadtcs
Vt great distinction urcss, and ns worthy Ut
Imitation BY our own women. Only tue often
you seq ladies OF very clrcumsprlbcu incon.u
streets. ~ European woman would look upsn
my such thin. na an admission vi n most untlc-
atrablc position III lite. Yet these grn1ilcR
DANES upon occnslons of social entertainments
wear enormous fortunes IN tin ir s,tpcrb iuwels
n,t rarc lnccs, and no wtb lYn'n ttlr looms Of
Fru,cu OF Italy nru thrfe 10 Ge found too eOstly
or too handsome for their Wenr. In It not II
custom worthy oi adoption! We recommend
It heartily.