The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-12-17
Extracts from M. Jules Janin's popular
work, "The American In Paris.o

Extracts from M. Jules Janin's popular
work, "The American In Paris.'
Morning-The ELECTROMAGNETIC Grisette--1he
Bonne-Ihe FORTRESS Partisan Scandal-Cyk
du lait
When l awoke,-or, to speak more correctly,
when thought It was time TO awake for had scarce
ly closed my eyes, TO escape from the enchant-
ment which surrounded me--all Paris was stirring
near my hotel. 1t was no longer the promenade Of
the evening before so lisress and so idle under the
trees of the boulevard it was the quick and iostng
motion OF an Immense city, which hastens to It's
business. There is city in the world which passes
more easily than Paris, from motion to reposc from
busnessto she ready to gain gold as to
spend 1t literally In Italy, when the aneel,.s rings
(the bell which announces the commencement of
particular prayer) every profane thought is imme
diately arrested The young lover forgets to press
the hand Of his mistress, that he may make the sign
of the cross; the next minute every passion axes
the upper hand until the angelms rings again. The
Frenehman OF Paris Is kind Of idolater, like the
Italian OF Naples or Rome, only that which stops
him In the midst OF his perpetual notion Is not the
angelus, 1t is pleasure There are times in the day
when the busiest Partisan necessarily reposes For
instance, at five O'Clock in the evening all the la
Dor OF Paris, so active and so ardent in the day,
ceases and stops suddenly, as fby enchanment; but
10 make amends for this, at seven in the morning
life, motion, eager specu alton, the gambling Of the
Bourse ntrigues round the ministers nrpues in the
saloon, the labor OF thought, the labor of the body
the hurried races through the city, the life of the
vancouver, and the life Of the, statesman-all com.
mence at the same time; suddenly the deserted
streets filled with crowd of sellers and BUYERS:
the Partisan silence is broken, by thousand diff
fernt pl iess cIIes
At this hour, every thing is sold in the Streets the
mikwoman arrives, drawn by her horse and es
tablshes herself under porte -cochere. there sur
rounded by her tin cans as sovereign king is sur.
rounded by his guards, and defended by her faithful
bulldog, much better than the King OF the French
is defended by the police-the milk oman is en-
throned, and reigns for two hours. This was INV
"A Hnyu I
have placed myself at the window only for the pur
pose of seeing this youthful and solemn peasant
distributing here and there, right and left with an
avaricious hand, her pure milk mixed with fresh
water! Round the milk-woman, crowd necessarily
the chambermaids of the neshboring houses-these
are for the most part Il speak of those in The Rue
de Richelieu), young and pretty girls, with fair
skins, rosy cheeks, good hgures, mischieyous looks
and little feet There is whole future of three
years OF love, in all these young and pretty slaves of
Partisan coquetry. They come, one after the other
or at the same time, for their daily supply of milk ,
holding in their hands, jugs, more or less aristo.
cratic, by which the mstresses they serve, may
easily be recognized; for the pretty girls themselves
all wear a similar costume, namely, flowing dresses
fine white stockings, fanciful neck-handk erchiefs
and round their small heads, Indian fouards, CO
quctushy and lastly arranged, turned, and twisted
so that nothing Is pretuor or more graceful, than
their little mischievous heads, enveloped in silk
variegated with thousand colors. And what ex
element in those little heads, and what beatings of
heart under these transparent handkerchiefs, and
how well those small white necks are set off by the
black glossy hair! 1t is charming female popula
ton, truly!
Some OF them come, alert and JOYOUS, carving
beautiful china jugs;-they scarcely condescend 10
look whether the measure is full; they hardly ap-
pear to recognize the naughty milk woman. These
are the arisocrats of the ante room; they will soon
themselves become great ladies', and have servants
in their turn. Such changes of fortune are not rare
In Paris. Beauty youth, this eenfiuesse. as II is
prettly called in French (and l know no English
word that will express it, bring about these changes
every day. She who was the servant becomes thu
mistress of the mistress. Then she throws aside her
Indian fouard for an Italian chapeau, her printed
calico dress for silk one, the blooming Joy of her
twenty years for cold prudish lock- All the wait
ing maids of Paris will become great ladies' natur-
ally and without trouble, if you will only give them
the opportunity.
After these noble waiting maids, come other ser.
wants not so high, but equally goodlookins; these
are IN attendance upon the citizens. They have
scarcely one foot In Partisan luxury Until their
ampi,ious views are realized, by admission into the
establishment OF some fine lady, they do as they can
a. ana serve whole household. The morning is for
, yDung persons, the hour of Liberty; they tell
we mnk-woman their little vexations of the pre-
vious evening, their hopes for the dav: with these
ephemeral beings, the whole of life is summed np in
these words, last erentng. this morning They
never say fo-nior7oU-to-morrow is go far Eff,
Very soon arrives, in her turn the usefui eervar,
that serious, melancholy being, whom the Partisan
by singular irony calls his bonnie The bonns T. ,hs
tyrant OF the house; she only, has will Of her own
aud does Just as she pleases She bears The iii,
dren, she scods the husband, she is spy uoon Ma
dame, she favors certain friends of the family, and
shuts the door upon certain Others This cruel des-
potlsm s,nevertheess, tolerated by all the poor citl
gems, who do not know how to shake il off withou,
being obliged themselves to undertake the little de-
taisof household economy. As to being free men.
know nothing less free, strictly speaking, than the
citizen OF Pans He obeys every body, except
himself lie ooeys his wife, who, up to thirty years