The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-08
THE REIGNING BEAUTY Y IN PARIS
The Beautiful Peruvian Who Dag
zles One at First Sight.

The Beautiful Peruvian Who Daz-
zles One at First Sight.
TLondon TRUTH
The Western star has Just risen from
above the horizon. Of all the beauties
have ever seen she is in face, form, hair,
and complexion the most beautiful.
l thought she was Mrs. Milford, Com
modore Vanderbilt's granddaughter,
when I was struck by her wondrous beau
ty at dance given by Nine. Georges
Cochery. l have since met her at the
Elysee, and on last Wednesday night at
the Ministry of Public Instruction,
where gentleman who furnishes "high
life" table talk to boulevard print, as
sured me she was "la belle Americaine
from New York, Mistress Milford"
The American girl, or young married
woman, seems thoroughly to know what
she is about, and her presence of mind
never deserts her. The Beauty of the
Season has nothing Of this in her, and l
understood why, when last night, at the
grand Menier ball, I heard her announced
as Madame Gautherot" "She is not,
then, from the States at ALL" reflected,
"but from Lima. Her husband is not
Mr.. Milford, and she has nota dollar of
Commodore Vanderbilt at her bankers.
Those diamonds were bought with the
produce of sugar cane and coffee planta-
tions. She was brought up in sub
tropical ease and listlessness, and among
half-breeds who have no notions about
women's rights, higher planes of thought,
and transcendentalism. Her husband is
rich importer of colonial goods at
Nantes, and happy to see her enjoy her
self in her own way"
Nine. Gautherot may be 80 much as
twenty-four. Her head is classical, and
she wears her naturally wavy hair in
Grecian bandeaux. If her nose were an
atom shorter, one might admire it more;
and still can not say it is too long to
be out of proportion with the other TEA
lures. At first sight one is literally
stunned by her beauty, which her dress
sets off. In shape and color the ensem-
BILE and the details are perfect. Mme
Gautherot is statue of Canova trans
mitted into flesh and blood and bone and
muscle, dressed by Felix, and coffee by
his assistant Emile. All other contours
are harmonious. But she has yet to
make the acquaintance of the Graces and
to obtain possession of the girdle. There
is sameness in her beauty which the
first impression it causes one places her
at disadvantage beside plain women
with expressive eyes and clever mouths.
have seen her thrice in rapid success
sion. know she is the loveliest creature
that ever beheld coming out of the
hands of a Paris dress-maker. But
feel, nevertheless, that have sufficiently
feasted my eyes upon her.
Nine. Gautherot was dressed last
night in a yellow silk dress, part of which
was covered with network of yellow
beads and small white bugles She alst
wore necklace Of diamonds set in th'
classical style, a brooch, bracelets, ant
Greek bandelettes in her hair, sparkling
with brilliants. A small Diana crescen
was attached to the foremost bandlette
A murmur of admiration greeted he
wherever she went. The crowd opene,
as if awestruck with her beauty, to lie
her pass. She was not apparently elate'
or excited by the spontaneous homag
paid her. A waxen image could not hav
been more urmoved. No sentiment o
coquetry was revealed in the large, lin
pid, and completely expressionless eyes
M. Parent, the architect, called he
pauline Bonaparte resuscitated." Blu
observe her ears" said an artist of th
Charivari. "Pauline's were the despai
| of Canova; they were monstrously ugly
Nine. Gautherot's are simply perfect.
And so they were. The texture" of tn
neck and shoulders was thing to thro,
painters into raptures. 1t was withou
"morbidezza," but smooth as a ros
petal. A delicate pink shade cam
through the transparent white skin.
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