Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-06-28
rom Frankins Familiar Letters Just published by Jared
Of Boston,
TO MISS STEVENSON

PARIS, l4Ih September, 1867.
DEAR IL am always pleased with letter from
you" anu Halter myself you may be sometimes pie ased
IN receiving che from though should be little i'm
portance, such this, which is consist of few coca
slondi remarks made here, and in my journey hither
Soon after left you in that agreeable society at Brom-
ley took the resolution OF making trip with Sir John
prngle into France We set out on the 18th past. All
the way 10 Dover furnished with post chsises
hung so as TO lean forward the top coming dow
eyes, ike hood as II TO prevent eng the country:
which being one OF my great pleasures engaged in
perpetual dispute with the nnkeepers, oslers, and pos
ons about getting the straps taken up hole or two be-
lore and let down as much behind, they insisting that the
leaning forward was an ease to the horses and that
the contrary would kill them suppose the chase lean
ing forward looks to them like willingness to go forward
and that its hanging back shows reluctance They
other reasons, that ALL and made me
as upon hundred other occasions almost wish that man
kind had mover been endowed with reasoning faculty
since they know so little how to make of it, and
ten mislead themselves by it, and that they had been fur.
nished with good sensible instinct instead of il.
Az Dover, the next morning. embarked for Calais
at'ea They would previously make hearty breakfast,
because, if the wind should fail, might not get over
m supper -, Tine Doubles. that when
and that when tbs allowed ii they were sure OF
IT. But y had been out half hour. before the
"a aim it, and they obliged 60 deliver up.
oetween the cup and the lip. IL ever you go to SCI
take my advice and live sparingy day two before
hand The sickness If any will be lighter aud sooner
over. We got to Calais that evening.
various iinPosons we suffered from boamen, poriers
and the like, OIL both sides the water know not which
are most rsPacious, the English French but the latter
have, with their knavcry, most poiteness
The roads we found equally good with ours In England
In some places paved with smooth stones like our new
Streets for many miles together and of trees OH each
side, and yet there are no tuDpkes But then the poor
peasants complained to us gevousIy, that they were
Obliged TO work upon the roads full months in the
year. without being paid for their labor Whether this is
truth, whether, like EDgishmen, they grumbe cause
or 10 cause have not yet been able fully inform my
self
The women we saw at Calais, the road, al Boulogne
ana IN The inns and villages were generally Of dark com
plexioDs; but arriving at Abbeyille found sudden
change, multitude Of both women and in that place
appearing remarkably fair. Whether this is owing to
brought hlther from Holland with the woollcn
y about sixty Yeas ago, TO their being less posed
he SUM- than 10 other places their business keeping
much within doors, know not. Perhaps, as in some
oer cases different causes may club in producing the e
ect, but the effect itself is certain Never was I in a
place Of geaerindusy, wheels aud looms going in every
house.
As soon as we left Abbeve tie swartbness returned
speak generally; Tor here some fair Paris
VINO, hInk are not 1lened by ART As 10 rouge they
dOh pretend 10 Initiate nature in laying on There no
gradual dimnUtion OF the color from the full bloom in the
middle OF the check to the faint tint the sides nor does
il show Itself differently 10 different faces I have not
had the honor being at any adys toilette TO see how il
- laid on, but iancy tell you how il is or may he
done Cut hole OF three inches in diameter in piece
Of paper; place on the side oil your face in such man
as that the top oil the bole may be lust under Tie
then, with brush dipped 10 the color paint lace and "a
per ioge'hef so when the paper 10 taken off, there will
remain round patch Of red exactly The form Of the hole
Tins u The mode from the actresses the stage
through all ranks Of ladies' TO the prncesses OF the blood
but stops there the Queen not using H. having in tho
serenity copsoence, and bebjgDy, hat thine emil