The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-04-04
LA BELLE AMERICANA.
"A New Star Of Occidental LONELINESS
Swims into the Hen of Partisan
Society.
arts Cor. London Truth


am not going to chat with you about
that crowned virago. Queen Elizabeth. Tho western
star on whom am about to descant has Just risen
from above the horizon. or all the beauties j have
ever seen she is in face form, hair and complexion
the most beautiful. My western star is Venus rising
from the waves, with full consciousness of her
beauty, but not yet introduced to the Graces or CIR
died with the magical cestus. At this phase OF her
career Cupid was not in attendance There were
without archness or sly roguery, and might have
been just released, SO negative were they from the
her nativity was too fresh to existence to be laughter
loving. Her mouth wasa thing of after growth, and
developed, You may feel assured, by an extended
whim- whams, adventures and foibles. My west
ern star has not poetic or euphoniols
Commodore vanderbilt's granddaughter when /
struck by her wondrous beauty at q dance given
ny Ms have ah since met her at
istry Of Public Instruction, where gentleman who
furnishes "IIigh Iife' table talk to a boulevard
New York, Mistress Mitford.'' Although an Ameri-
can lady might he beautiful somehow doubted n tho
star which dazzled me had risen IN that land Of
hood has natural right to rule the roast at all times
and everywhere has given peculiar stamp to the fair
sex In the country of George Washington. The
| American girl or young married woman seems to
thoroughly know what she Is about and hcr presence
| Of mind never deserts her. There is no indecsion
agreeaby surprised when you find her conversation
fresh bright. and original. The beauty Of the
when last night, at the grand Mener ball. heard
her announced as "Mme. Gautherot.' ''She is
not, them from the States, at all. " REFLECTED, "but
| from Lima. Her husband is not MIR. Milford, and
she has not dollar Of Commodore Vanderbilt at her
bankers. Those diamonds were bought with the
was brought up IN sub-tropcal ease and stlessness,
and among halfbreeds who have no notions about
women's rights higher planes OF thought, and tran
scendentalism. Her husband Is rich importer Of
colonial goods at Nantes and happy to zee her enjoy
herself In her own way
Mine. l,uutnpIOt be so much four and.
twenty. Her head Is classical, aud she wears her
naturally wavy hair In Grecian bandeaux. II her nose
were an atom shorter one might admire II more, and
s cannot say II Is too long 10 be out Of proportion
with the other features. At FIRST sight one Is literally
stunned by her beauty, which her dress sets of. In
shape aud color the ensemble and the details per-
feet. Nine. Gautberot Is statue Of Canoya trans
United Into flesh and blood and bone and muscle,
dressed by Felix and coffee by his assistant, Emile.
All her contours are harmonious. But she has yet TO
make the acquaintance Of the Graces and to obtain
possession of the grdle. There 10 In her
beauty which, the FIRST impression II causes places
her al disadvantage beside plain women With eA-
pressiye eyes and clever mouths, have seen her
thrice In rapid succession know she is the lovees
creature ever beheld coming out OF the hands OF
Paris dressmaker. But feel, nevertheless, that
vision is already satiated with the splendor Of her
beauty as II was after had one day, In the Bibli-
oheque Rationale, gone over portfolio OF engiay-
ings from Raphaels paintings. ! was wearied long
before got 10 the end with the pure outlines OF his
Madonnas, and their unntlerable calm and suavity.
TO brace myself up asked the librarian 10 fetch me
collection OF Remlrandts prints They were most
grateful after the surfeit had had OF Raphael. Nine,
Gauther0 dressed last night In yellow SILK dress
part Of which was covered with a network OF yellow
beads and small white bugles She also wore neck
lace Of diamonds set In the classical style, brooch,
bracelets and Greek bandeletes In her hair sparkling
with Diiliants small Diana crescent was attached
to the foremost bandelete. inurnur Of admiration
greeted her wherever she went. The crowd opened,
as IL awe-struck with her beauty To let her pass. She
was not apparently eatsd excited by the spontale-
ous homage paid her. waxen image could not have
been more unmoyed. No sentiment OF coquetry was
revealed in the large, lmped, and completely expires
sioness eyes. NJ. Parent, tho architect called her
''Paulino Bonaparte Iesuscitated. But observe her
ears - said artist Of the chariodri. ''Paune' s
were tho despair Of Ganoya; they monstrously
ugly. Nine. Gautheroi's are simply perfect And
40 they were. The 'texture'' Of the neck and
shoulders was thing 70 throw painters Into raptures
II was without iaOrbfdezza, but smooth rose-
petal. delicate pink shade through the
transparent white skin.