The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-04-03

S'So ~ AUCTION, OBJECTS lost ana found, servants
o. professors seeking places, and masters desi-
iihg servants; but never are books announced
IN inns commercial publication. The rate
charged Tor advertising is cheap, and as the dis
tripution OF the Pefites A6iches is immense, adj
vertisers are sure of finding pretty maid of all
Work, young and charming governess, and, If
desired, even wife of certain age, with a dot
70 render her The more acceptable. There have
oeen lew spcculations in France, at least in mo-
dern tunes, SO advantageous TO their founders as
| the fsefifes AHiches. OF course its good for
tune has led others TO initiate il, and the Gratis
= an advertising print, which is circulated gra-
Intously IN Paris very largely, in order to induce
| the pubic TO advertise in its columns.
Inc quack doctors and dentists of that anus
| ing people advertise much more than do our Eng
lish Charlatans; and quack medicines, both for
teeth and toes, liver and lungs, the staple arti-
| Giles OF French advertising papers. The cha
racters OF French and English advertisements
are as different as the genius OF the people,
Look down the columns of The Times, begin
ming at page ], and terminating at page 8, and
what do we see 2 Steam boats and merchant
vessels TO all parts of the habitable globe com
mence the first column of the first page, and sales
| by auction fill up the last columns of page g.
But where are the steam and shipping advertise
ments in French paper2 They are not to be
| found. Ii French steam boat proprietor should
thus expend portion of his capital or income,
he would be stigmatised as an Angidis, and that
would be enough to condemn his enterprise
French advertisements in the daily political
journals consist Of bon bon shop announcements,
of new Liquors, Of quack doctors, new condi
ments, novel trusses, infallible cures for govt.
asthma, ringworms, and other equally agreeable
companions of the worn out rake, or the badly
brought up infant. Then comes aClogs to pre-
serve the feet from damp" 'Bear's grease to
kppn the N from po urcy - 1ya
those white hairs black which have dared, in
spite OF the bears grease, to become refractory
"Wood sold by the pound weight as dry as
saw-dust, and all of certain dmension,n
"Creosote TO Durn the teeth out, and make the
throat gas mandatory" "Eau de Botot,n to
render the breath as pure as the perfume of rose
mary I" Pon,mdde Meiainocone," to put bald
heads out of fashion in few hours g Ch0co-
lat IoltGire,' to suit all stomachs, please all pa
ates, and improve all constitutions /" Pate de
Limaeon,D or, in vulgar English, snail jelly, TO
cure consumption the most nveterate with three
pots, l. e. if duly prepared by Monsieur Quelque-
jeu, of the Rue Poitou (but not without y 6 Cho-
coiat Rntrdichissant," TO be mixed with al
mond milk, and drank by the quart by all who
want cooling and refreshing drinks; QUERY
would not lemonade be equally seryiceable p
and "Po,nmdde du Lion" the character Of
which in TO render the whiskers and moustachos
quite unrivalled. Then there are GAN Paris for
seven-pence- half penny" (toaf Paris pour
quinze sous y "Le Gordon Bieu," or how TO
make the very best soup out of cold water and
cinder in it; "Ndthieu Couion," or the art of
fencing made easy to the meanest capacities
SIZE Bazdr Chirdrgical," or practical surgery
rendered so agreeable that those who visit the
bazaar break their legs on purpose to have them
cut off with its ''inimitabe Instruments" and
"Agence Generate de Placement in which
admirable institution drunken buffers, dirty
house-maids, dishonest cooks, ignorant govern
esses, swmding cashiers or accountants, stupid
clerks, lazy grooms, robbing stewards, coquet-
ting nursery-girls, and downright 1rts OF ladies'
maids, cnregister their varied attractions, terms,
advantages, and demands, and where lovers of
such sorts of prizes never find blanks. THERE'S
another class of advertisements known BY the
"signs OF the shops" which appear at the head
no. For example, g Ar pdurre Didbie,n in the
Nue ~ ntmorency near the Palace Royal, where
oancoes, ihusiinn, and dimity are sold in immense
Golden BeardJ in me tue Richelieu, where
silks and satins shine in machless splendor
I" Aur Armes d'Angietere," the Arms of Eng
and) where Eau de Cologne is sold, quite fresh.
made at Paris by Messrs. Lebrun and Renault
"Aur DANES Iridnddises (the sign OF. the Irish
LADIES' where real Valenciennes lace may be
had much cheaper than the manufacturer can
procure II on the spot; yet, whoever doubts its
reality, receives for her reply, "mais prdiment,
Madame, est en- errear, c'est la reritdbie den
teite de TdIenciennes; 'du Chat Roffe' (the
sign of the Cat in Boots) where boots, shoes,
and slippers for men mot for ladies, for they
kept quite distinct in Paris) may be had at all
prices, and of all qualities, warranted never TO
wear out, and be quite inaccessible" TO water;
"a la petite JednneHe' with her egg-basket
empty, the eggs scattered on the ground, and
huge ,rhite tears streaming down her red cheeks,
whilst contemplating her disaster) where the
charming robes" in the window invite the yet
more charming Parsians to buy and TO wear
them and finally, 8" to the sign Of The Petit
coat,'' not the flannel petticoat, not the dimity
petticoat, not the silk satin, or Persian pettcoat,
not the stuff, nankeen, or woollen pctticoat; oh,
no, tits something more exquisite stilf'-'ts
the
"SOUS,JUPES OUDINOT"
"sipned" Oudinot Mark that, ladies! Your
petticoats are TO be signed But do hear their
description from Oudinot himself, the prince Of
petticoats; the very ne Plus ultra of the petit
coat tsade or, in other words "the" pettcoat
Oudinot. Hear him Ae tells us that these
signed peticoats, for which he has received
medniHe dhonneur (and all counterfeits of
which, he will seize in every town, ay, and on
the bacg of every lady who shall disgrace her
self by wearing them) are
"BoUFFANTES EFT ELAsTIQUEs."
Let me dwell a moment on this general de-
scription Of the "genus" before | proceed TO
particulars. A sBouilante'' pettcoat! Not a
Bufoon petticoat, nor yet Button petticoat
(peace TO its names )-but swelling out petit
coat sort of gas-balloon petticoat, an inflated
petticoat q like the word) none Of your hang
ing down petticoats, as loose or as limp as my
aunt Betsy's, but pettcoat giving itself airs,
exclaiming MAKE way for me, make way for
me- am comingg petticoat that does not
think small beer Of itseDn' but which stands al
the head Of the petticoat arstocracy This,
yes this, is feeble attempt TO describe "BouE
fdnte" pettcoat. II stands up of itself. ltlooks
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