Ponola [sic] weekly register. (Ponola [sic], Miss.) 1843-1843, 1843-04-12
SATURDAY, APRIL u, 1913.

night VI ScFuPuious oosOi V o'e0 iio"i
sundoYonwards, and who, moreover,
in boybd had been taught, hat even
an idIehistle upon the Sabbah was a |
proianIon of its holiness, sucl q scene
could lrdly be deemed in harmony
with II forth commandment Indeed,
wash the eve Of running back 10 !
my aptment for a moment jIt TO see !
wheth | had read Alright tfe article
from ihich is taken the motb OF Tins
sketc Aud then again was my step
arresd by the apprehension ha, was
faIlirinto that worst and naIrowesi Of
preiuices-the applauding q condem-
ningf others habits according as they
corrspond with, or deyiatcdfrom, the
stanhrds which | had been ccustomed
to entemplate in my own roun,ry--
Notwithstanding all have 81 en- and am
seejg, said /, the Parisians may have
as ouch religion as any pesple on the
faces 81 the earth, onty they are little
peculiar in their forms of keeping holy
heLord,s day; and so walked on past
thoobelisk to the Champs Elysees. |
fond the Champs Elysces throngsd
Moving down the Rue St. Honore, |
fond it's shops all open. The milliners
we sewing and ogling at the windows
III shoemakcrs were beating their last /;
tn legs Of the tailors were crossed ;
tn halters were at work; the saddlers
wre at work; the trunkmakers were at
WI k; the riband seller sold her ribands
he marrou rooster sold his marcus
tn, palissier sold his pate de foie grus.
an at 'Aux Painters | saw, as on any
prIlanc day, its black-eyed divinity
shined within her accustomed pyramids
all transparent, her pastilles and her
bobons. At length stood before ST
Rch. 'Ah, here is church at last,
salt |. Entering, found it crowded
TIL, Catholic service was proceeding II
company with tho most solemn and i'm
presive music. Far be it from me L
insnuatc any thing derogatory to th'
motives which led that ihrong within
tho.e walls. It is one Of my pleasures
to five pictures, true though faint the,
may be, Of some scenes which pass be
fore me. do not wish to distort tn
sceaes within this sanctuary. | say
iheie many knecling forms, many dc
YOU. expressions, and the eyes of man
turned heyenwards, whose thoughts,
trust, were on the same divine pilgrim
age sincerely hope that this may b
a type Of all Paris, nay, of all Francs
the Tros Pires, cogiiated how shout
spend the evening. 'Were | in Boston
said |, Il might join the throngs whic
in few hours will crowd the churche
and prayer meetings; but | am in PAR
-Garcon. lie Courier des Theatres
Bien, Monsieur! From this little perioC
ical ascertained that could choose be
tween three Royal Operas, twenty-on
Theatres and two Concerts. Shall g
to the Italians, said |, for Grisi, and RI
bini, and Tambarini, and La Blache;
where may be seen the best blood an
the best diamonds of Paris! Or sha
| go to the Grand Opera for Taglion
with the bravoes and bouquets momen
ly rained down upon her! Or shall
enjoy the soft voice of Damoreau Clint
at the Opera Comique? But here agai
are the Theatres. Mademoiselle MAJ
plays at the Francois, and Lemcitrc
the Variets. Shall see performed ii
Three Hearts of Woman at the Vaud
vile, or this piece entitled 'Vivc lie Dii
ble,' al the Porte st. Martin? But hel
moreover, are the concerts. WhiC
shall be patronized, Jullien's or Musard
Paying one franc, you may enjoy tw
hours of the finest music in the worl
resolved upon Musard's. In his ma!
nihcent rooms were ninety musician
playing for their own and the pleasul
Of two thousand hearers. How nj
ny Parisians are engaged in giving an
receiving theatrical pleasuresf said |
myself, as the last strain of one of NJ
sard's fine quadrilles died upon my ca
What with two concerts twenty-five TIL
aires and three opera houses, there Cal
not be less than fifteen hundred artist
Nay, this estimate is too small, for VI
on the single stage Of the Grand OPcl
you may often see at one time MOI
than three hundred artists. Say, the
two thousand artists. And for their al
diences, say eighty thousand. Imagir
every inhabitant Of Boston, lookinI
laughing, and shouting at operas, col
certs, ballots, vaudevilles, dramas, an
melo-dramas, and you get some MOTTO
what, on a Sabbath evening, is 'Par
gay Having taken, at II o'clock, II
usual supper OF Riz-au-lait, was aboi
retiring 10 my quiet chambers. belize
ed the amusements of the Partisan Sa'
bath terminated. Miserable, bascle'
belief! For thousands on thousands