Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-17


majesty To Monsieur de Careme. And TO whom, do you
think the Baron Rohschd those clear and uncouded
faculties with which he out nancer all Europe and Amer-
ca Certes, to Monsieur de Careme. All the Baron has
do 10 dine-dgesion done by his cook. Careme has
refused invitations nearly every European Court and it
was only upon the most urgent solicitations that he consented
10 reside eight months at Carlton House, portion of his life
upon which ne looks back with much dpeasure and repen
lance, and the remnant of his days he designs
with the greater zeal this the honor and
OF his native country He preparing digest of his
art after the manner OF the Code Napoleon and eminent
tics to whom he has communicated his work pronounce it ex
cellen, both for its literary and culinary merits
To this Boulevard also, the sweetmeat part Of the
ton resort about twilight 10 their and monades and
sucree They seat themselves upon both margins of the
ottor upon chairs leaving interval between for the sue
cessve of pedestrians who also attracted hither by
the fashion and elegance Of the place. How charming of
summer evenings to sit you down here upon chair and
put your feet upon another and look whole hours away upon
this little world walk up and down and eye the double
of bellies seated amidst the pendor of the gasamps and
who seem not to have lived at the Rape the
bnes In this group examples OF nearly all that is
OF the human species have Bedoun of the Mer
Rouge stumble upon great ambassador from the Neva and
Mandarin of the Lookoo foul Of exchoomaster of
the Mohontongo any one missing from your mines Of
Shamoken, come hither and you will find him seated
straw-boomed chair on the Boulevard Italen
These splendid cafes multiplied by mirrors and being
open, separated only by panels of glass; appear form
single ableau with the street. and those outside and in
parts of the same company. recommend you the Cafe de
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with the fashionable and merry world if with the business
world, with the great bankers, the monares the nobesse
de Borse, who smooth their with fat dinners and
good Wines where else in the world should you go but
Iortois There not two Tortonis upon the EARTH
dinner you may get at the Rocher Canca, but breakfast
is to be had where in all Europe of Tortonis The
ladies OF high and fashionable life stop here before the door,
and served by veried walters elegantly in their barouches
they think Of venuring in, there SO many more
gentlemen outside. You will here both in and out, the
most egegous cockneys of Europethe Beau Brummcs and
the Beau Nashes the Flashes and of Lon
don town. and in elegant opposition the Partisan exquses
Was there any thing beautiful No dhonneur. His
boots OF Evrat his Saub Moreau gloves and
cravat Walker and hat Bandon and Mrs. Frederick is his
washerwoman You will please give the superiority the
French To make elegant op than the BARRIERS
business Nature herself must have finger in the compost
ton. Besides, if is born fool he is greater fool in
Paris than elsewhere, there such opportunities for
qurement.
"These the French people. Don't you hate to see SO
many nnnies in musachios If had the great Marlbo-
rough and Bonapare and Apollo my sde all three I'M
whiskered would go home in the packet The mo-
men has made ones debut here in the world Boards
one and there is manhood, founded any other
pretensions that dispense with this main qualification. It
is the eminent criterion of all merit; it is dploma-a
bill of credit current in the days Of Albuquerque it
promotion in the army, in the diplomacy the church
you cannot be saint without this grsy recommendation.
One loves the just because they have boards
their faces.
"Otherwise-d la barbe prcS-the French are well enough
III is the population that meets
gross in New York and every where else looked about for
Monsieur Debancour, but could nothing of him. In
foreign country man is always caHacaure Of himself The
French here in their element, and swim in
rally. One is always awkward from the very of
knowing foreign customs, and always ridiculous abroad be-
every thing ridiculous which departs from
and nveerate habit and nothing is ridiculous which conforms
with it. In nation of apes it is becoming be ape. If
you place of in company of fools, it the
of sense who is embarrassed and looks foolish If
yelled into Tmbucoo, presume would feel very foolish
for being white"
Alas this is terribly long citation and passing the Res
taurans all the bright domain of the Sciences of the Mouth
and hundred other agreeable Subjects stvey treated,
must conclude with but extractthe description
the arts and smiles Of the presiding deity of the Pension
the boarding house, in which author becomes finally do
mecated Why will lady set up such an institu-
ton that may be feeced upon the delightful
terms Every where the has the like power of bandsh-
ments. We have thousand whose faces had at COM
mand the very pyrotechny of smiles and ordnance owns
which Madame Thomas Chou played about her. But by
what fatality it that danes, when they up for odgers
fling by all that effective sort of munon, make little use
of their better resource the countenance, invade the pocket
through any passage but that of the heart and give all
Madame Thomass extorons without her atonng and conf
pensating graces Of abstraction
elf gentleman comes to Paris in the dog days. when his
counymen spread Europe watering places and
elsewhere and when every soul OF Frenchman is out of
towns if he used to love his friends home and be loved
by hem and them gather around him in the evenings
let him foot in that unnatural thing bachelors
apartment in furnished hotel to live alone, alone and
sleep alone If he Does let him take leave of his wife
and children, and settle his affairs Nor let him seek COM
pany the ordinary here the guest arrives Just the
hour hangs up his hat sits down his Usual place.
his legs his fingers through his hair dnes and then dis
appears all the year round, without further acquaintance
But let him look Pension, having amiable land
lady, or-which is the same-amiabe dodgers. He will be-
domiciated here after tme and find relief
from one of the trying situations Of e You know nothing
yet happily of the solitude, the desoaon Of populous city
stranger. How often did WISH during the first three
months for by the side Of boar hill Of the Maho-
noy. Go TO Pension, especially if you sucking child,
like me- in the ways Of the world and the lady Of the house,
usually pretty woman will feel it enioncd upon her hui
many counsel and protect you, and comfort YOU she
will acquaintance between you and, countess
baroness who lodges with her neighbours.
live with spiritual little creature she tells
many obgng lies and offensive truths which take be
the perfection Of poiteness landady and she admits
her private parties-ie family reunions where play
at Toto with Madame Thomas and her three amae daughters
just for little cider, cakes chesnuts, to keep up the
spirit of the play and then have song, solo the Vi
olin or harp, and then dance and, finally play at
little games, which inhict kisses and other such pen
ales. French people always merry, whatever be the
any reason should. One, for example, begins to talk
Of Paris then the Passage Panorama, then of Mrs Aexan-
de fine cakes and then the pretty girl that sits behind the
counter, and then of pretty girls that sit any where and
just lets oneself with the association of IDEAS one
makes a DEPRESSION from the