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Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 233, 30 April 1868, Page 2

A Kemaekable Ball in Pabis.— The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post gives some account of a ball which took place last week in the Salle Valentino, known as the "annual cook's ball," where, it appears, the aristocracy of the. kitchen, and the more beautiful women of the Turtle, together with the youthful knights of the casserole, mustered strongly. Some of the fishinarket ladies wore jewellery which must have cost some thousands of francs. At the commencement of the evening it appeared to the correspondent that a haughty reserve and proud etiquette prevailed throughout the brilliant society; " but as the evening advanced, and the negus and punch were imbibed by the vigorous dancers, a more familiar language and an easier attitude possessed both ladies and gentlemen." As to the conversation, he found it much like that of other classes, and that "all indulged in scandal, detraction, and abuse, when they are natural." He does not believo the kitchen of any other country "could have contributed so well-dressed, so well-educated, and so polite a society. It only wanted the presence of tho Emperor and the Empress to make this soiree as brilliant as any given at tho Court of the Tuillei'ies."