SENSATION AMONG LADIES.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1722, 27 August 1879, Page 3

SENSATION AMONG LADIES.

[From the “ Queen.” J i A fair American living in Paris haa introI duced a striking novelty in social amneer ment—a ladies’ party. She lately assembled t some fifty of her own sex by special i tion at a matinee, which was so successful [ that there is every likelihood of her repeatt ing the experiment. There was not a black i coat in the room, not even a coat of any kind, for the very men servants were shut out, and the waiting was done by the maids. The entertainment was, of course, given “for the pleasure of the company ” of the persons invited, but another motive—let ue say one of honorable revenge—was not altoi gether a stranger to it. It had been said t that at the parties usually given by the lady I in question her feminine guests received but scant attention. The affair has created a good deal of interest in certsin circles. All agree that the matinee was one of the pleasantest of reunions. From four o’clock to seven, during which it lasted, there was not a moment of ennui. The toilettes appear to have been of a dazzling description, and the conversation was very animated. It never flagged for an instant, and its general tone was even more markedly one of compliment and smooth sayings than is usual in mixed society, The teapot on the card, it appears, was in the nature of a pious fraud. There was tea, indeed, in the sa'oon, but there was much more at the buffet, to which the ladies were led as they entered the room—always by the hostess, for even the sacred name of husband was no passport to the premises during these still moresacred hours. The feast of reason that followed was of a mixed description. There was the talk aforesaid, which may be called the champagne of it, and for a somewhat more solid dish there was a comedy of Gondinet, performed by Mddlo. Be jane and other artistes from the Vaudeville Theatre. Hero again the entertainment was by women for women. The comedy contained feminine characters only ; the scene was laid in the modern period, and the actresses dressed their parts with splendid effect. A speech from Bejine, as full of flowery compliment as if it hsd been whispered by a courtier into a lady’s ear, brought this novel experiment to a close. “Ce n'est que le premier pas qui conte.” " Ladies’ parties ” may be expected to be the rage in both hemispheres in the course of another year.