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272 OIT& FRENCH CORBESPCXNDEiNT.
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* Ladies Paris, May 17th, 1862. Mination...
Parisians make in the middle of the Holy Week . In the reign of Louis XVI . the contrary might have been augured from the style built b
and rank _-of those who annually flocked- to the Abbey y in Isab _Loiiis public ell . a of In , was France those confined day , daug s , li to hter ght one of and class Blanche air . , or The of the Castille cl ri asse ght , to and ri amuse eve sister had oneself of onl St y - Garden
narrow foetid streets to walk in ; Parks and Royal s were being dust relig y iousl roads in danger y closed or the of against some narrow possessor them alleys . in of Neither and a carriage about did that driving old they the Paris frequent over , without them the .
It is therefore not without a certain pleasure Longchamp to promenade those which , such took as it appeared lace about three eiht weeks ago , since can be . No " comp white ared capped surrounded bo 7 ine by or livel cleanl little p y clad boy blouse s and with g irls y flourishin a years dinner g in ski a baske pping t ropes , and
Maillot about them and , the then " spot mad y where e their the appearance Prefect g ' s on villa the now road stands between . There Porte
was no medium between a few miserably clad peasants who appeared in the character of _jussive spectators , rich or most probabl and y
envious ones , and seigneurs and ladies , whose garments luxurious air contrasted strongly with the ragged ones of Jacques BonhornmeFrom the Faubourg St . Germain to Longchamp the
. cavaliers road was . , ei The ght form y years _ercoiild ago , modern filled with springs equi be pages completel and y i dashing gnored _.,,
, were more luxurious than anything of the kind that is now manufactured . Their panels were painted by masters in ornamental art .
Keclining in them , on silken cushions , were powdered ladies in the Marie most and stones the . superb Antoinette female They toilettes included celebrities , the , wives and the of most g the littering and Paris nobl daug y the with hters born atres diamonds of dames the whom in Pari fashion the or s bankers Court precious then of ,
, allowed to tutoyer the Queen . The spirit of rivalry was then as in strong which as the it is amb now itious , or perhaps strove to stronger shine . , for It is the not field therefore was narrower
surprisrichness ing each that other of on , their whether the brocaded occasion as regarded silks in question laces the or paint all jewellery were upon bent their or on the outrivalling cheeks elegance , the of
their carriages and servants' liveries , , . Amongst , the cavaliers then and there who strove to trot their horses d VAnglaise were Princes
lions Fermiers of the of blood the Gfoieraux Paris royal salo , , Ministers the ? is gentlemen As their of the descendants of Crown the king , Govern yet _' s household do ors in the of Provinces opera , and and the ,
. criticised other public aloud places their , they dresses stared whil throug e the h . milliners lorgnettes at and the tailors ladies , who and
formed an item , but a very small ; one , in the hourgeois ranks , anxiousl , y looked on to see which of the beauties was most likely to
bringtheir Such cut was and the style Longchamp into fashion pil . grimage in the reign of Louis Seize *
272 Oit& French Corbespcxndeint.
272 _OIT & _FRENCH _CORBESPCXNDEiNT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1862, page 272, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061862/page/56/
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