MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS.

Southland Times, Issue 3469, 4 August 1879, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS.

"i :Taking the Veil. — A-ceremony of a very impressive character took place the other day at" th©new.i)ominican' iConventj: in- ithe;; Riie^ ' Langier, Paris. Miss Feroline L., Perkins, daughter of lir Francis -Perkins, of New York, who is a very beautiful young lady, about) twenty-four -years of age, ha& expressed* a j desire since childhood to enter a convent, and for the last year has -been \ a novice at the --Sainte Rosiere. Being fully determined to take the veil, ich'eiCbmtesserae'lAJgle 'became her marriane, and a sad group cf friends and relations assisted at the ceremony. Miss Perkins, accompanied by her mother and the JCbmtess&T del I'Aigte;. .dressed, 'as a Abiide ii in Vhite, with orange blossoms on her head and bosom, entereclTthe' chapel from '.the 'convent and knelt before the altar. Communion was administered to t the novice and herimmediate friends ; then mass was performed. After the mass Father Chocarne f the Prior, preached an eloquent" sermon, which greatly affected the congregation, moving many to tears as he spoke of the hardships the novice would in ' ! future endure Jn giving up the world. But the novice sar_and listened, in her .bridal rbbes, as'ii slie were taking part in a happy marriage ceremony, while sobbing could be hear from all sides of the chapel. After the ' ', sermon, in the garden the friends and rela- * ' Jtibns, father, . mother, and five sisters bade good-bye, and the novice entered the convent door, .which .was, bolted, after., her, andthrough; which she is never expected to pass again. The again 'into the" chapel, ancl tlie novice~appeared at a grating near the altar. Her white veil was removed, and her beautiful blonde hair. fell overhand, coveted her shoulders/ The' Prior eut^oiff'-a-- / £ldck* and the mistress nbvice cut the rest. It was a strangely impressive sight. Then the black veil was placed upon- her head, and the Prior presented to her two crowns. " Which, my child, will you have, the crown of roses of the crown of thorns ?'" She accepted^ the . crowft'oiTlthbrns7 which was" placed u-Wri^heiv head. The ceremony was over, the novice had become Soeur.-Marielßosiere, and Pere Chocarne gave the benediction. The ceremonytfihilhedj'rthe'friends'm'et'in the' parlior* ■jOf the w.nyepjbjrwbsre >hey spoke jwith,Sister " Marie 'Rosiere 'again, bat through two iron gratings, and asked for, her prayers. She .declared herself happy, and was beautiful - and radiant/hyier Dominicaji posfcume. ' : \ ,1 Ladies' Pasties.— Affair American living in Paris has introduce;! a^jbriking novelty in social amusement— a ladies party. She lately assembled some gfj^othijriDwn sex by special invitation at a matinee which was so , successf ul thatgtbej,;e jpj^eryiiki^ipftd of her ' repeating the "experiment. There was not a black coat in the room, not even a coat of any ! kind, for even the very men servants were > shut out, and the waiting was done by the l, Jmaids. The entertainment was, of course, \Z\ given ''for the pleasure of the company" of i '- the persons invited, but another motive — let i us say one of honorable revenge — was not ; altogether a stranger to it It had been said i that at the parties usually given by the lady , in question, her feminine guests received but < scant attention. Her answer to this charge '•* -was to send out the caids for the matinee. L -^They were very dainty cards :^there was an . 'engraving of a teapot in one corner, to give . a^hint of the general .character bf the enter--5 tainment. The affair has created a good deal ~1 of iatcreat iv certain circles, &\\ pgiec that

the matin eo \vas one of the pleasantest of reiiuhions.- -,;'. From'-.^o'elbcKtb 7. during whi?H itiljvstedj i there Wasnofc'aCmomeht of ennui. The toilettes apßearto have been^bf a dazzling description animated; it never flagged for an instant, ahd its general tone wasreyeu more markedly one bf compliment^^_^#i^WffiSC^ an is usual in mixed society. ; The teapot oii. the - card, it appea rs, was in the nature of a pious fraiid. i: " There was lea> indeed,, in the salon, i but there was much more at the buffet, to iwhich the ladies were led ias they entered the -rooni^alwjiys by 'Jthe; fiorte^sj;iqr[;eyeh;ithe; sacred: name of -husliand was ;no passport to thei premises during those still more ■; sacred hours. 7 The feast of reasonithat^ol lowed was of a mixed descriptioh. i There i was ihe talk aforesaid, which ihayi'bei called Hhc champa^ne^ of it/ iand;ifor : a;soinewhati mor^polid dish, there was' a' 'comedy '; ; pf . Gondihet, pei 7-"fpi-med by f.:Mdi'e. ißejfine and other artistes iiif ii om the Vaudeville .Theatre. ' * Here agaiii the entertainment was by women for women. The comedy contained female characters only ; ithe scene was laid in 7 the" modern 7'eriod, and the: actresses dressed their parts with splendid effect., . :'.A i speech,frpin Eejane, a^ f ull of iflovreryi 1 coinpli nient- a^if it; had lieeh whisperSediby axpiirticr into.a lady's ear, brought bis! novel experiment' tP atolbse. Cs n es^ , c«i«;' j*<m gwicoXite. • ; :'* : Ladies. par^ ties i" may be i expected itb he the' i-age iii both' ; h eihispheres in the. cpijrse of .another year. . ;

Z'i Pkehistq nie Canoe;-— The Times Gene va 'correspondent Aym tes! -' that; -v M. ; JA^ Borel, .o£ ' 'Ghaux-de-Fonds, has j ust had the good foriturie toi find) iniithe;»Lake of;oNeuchfitel^.be-; '■tweenyßaziige and Ghatelard, a iipreliistPric i.canoe, probably the finest specimen of the sort that has yet cometolightin^Swifzerland. Hollowed out of a single piece 7 of oak, the vessel is eight* metres long, .ninety centi-^ metres' .wideband; -sixty-five cenitimebres high..; It is well finished, and in a perfect state of preservation, y Tbe r stern l carries % a ispar, tand the prow is curved in the form of a hook.probably;for; the."; purpose ... of attaching ityby % rope : tip a landing place. The canoe is sufiiciehtly large to carry twelyei persons.:. There is ho appearance of rowlocks, but the supports on w:hich the thwarts/formerly rested are; still plainly to be-seen.-M.- Borel proposes to present this interesting " find " to the museum of Ghaux-de-Fonds. — Nature.