New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-28
CHANCES AT EUROPE. No. XVI.
Editorial Correspondence Of The Tribune.
PARIS, Thursday June l2 1851.

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general magnitude OF the houses usually built
around small quadrangular court near the
street. whence the court Is entered by a gate OF
srched pas>age) Is readily remarked also the
minute subdylSiono of Shop-keeplng, many If not
most sellers confnIng their attention to single
fabric 50 that their stores and stocks OF goods
are small; also, the general gregarouSness or
social aptitudes OF the people | lodge IN
house once famous as FraScati'S, the most Gel
ebrated gaming house in Europe; 1t stands on
the corner OF the Rue Richelieu with the BOu-
levards & Italian in one direction and Mont
martre' in the other) Ny windows overlook the
BoulevardS Tor a considerable distance; and here
are many of the most fashionable shops. reS;au-
rants, cafes &c. in the city No one IN New
York would think of ordering his bottle of wine
or his ices at a fashionable resort IN Broadway
and sitting down at a table placed on the side
walk 10 discuss his rejection eiSurely, Just out OF
the ever-paSsing throng yet here 1t Is 50 COM
mon as to seem the rule rather than the exceP-
ton Hundreds sit thus within sight of my
windows every evening dozens DO likewise du-
ring the day The Frenchmans pleasures are
all social to eat. drink OF spend the evening
alone would be WEAKNESS TO him he reads
his newspaper in the thoroughare or the public
gardens he talks more IN one day than an Eng
hshman in threec the theaters, balls concerts,
&C which to the islander afford occasional re-
creation are to him nightly necessity he would
be lonely and miserable without them No
where is Amusement more Systematically, sedu-
lousy sought than in Paris no where Is It more
abundant or accessible For boys Just escaped
from school or paternal restraint, intent on en-
loyment and untroubled by conscience or fore
cast. this must be 4 rare city. Its people, as a
community, have signal good qualities and grave
defects they are intelligent, ylvacious cour-
teous, obliglng, generous and humane; eager to
ENJOY. but willing that all the world should en-
lov with them. while at the same time they are
impuslve. tickle, sensual and Irreverent. Paris
is the Paradise the Senses, a focus of Enjoy
ment not of Happiness. No where are Youth
and its capacities more prodlgally avlshed no
where is Old Age less happy or less respected
Paris has tens OF thousands who would eagerly
pour out their hearts blood for Liberty and HUI
man Progress, but no class or clan who ever
thought OF denying themselves Wine and kin
dred Stimulants IN order that the Masses should
be rendered worthier OF Liberty and thus better
fitted to preserve and enjoy it. Such notions as
Total Abstinence from All that can lntoxlcate
are absolutely unheard of by the majority OF Pa
rlsans, and lncOmprehensble or ridiculous TO
those who have heard of them The barest ne
cessaries of life are very cheap here many sup
port existence quite enduraby All franc QSf
cents) day; but of the rude Laborlng Class
few can really afford the comforts and prophecies
of an orderly family life, and the prvaton Is
very lightly regretted The testimony Is uniform
that Marriage Is scarcely regarded as even re
mote possibility by any one OF the poor girls OF
Paris who live by work to be for season the
rniatresa OF a of wealth. or on" who can
support her in luxury and idleness, Is the sum-
nit of her ambition. The very terms grlSette
and lorette 10y which young women unbleSt
with wealth or social rank are commonly deslg
mated, involve the idea of demOrallzatlon-no
man would apply them to one whom herespected
and of whose good opinion he was sollcltous In
no other nomlnaly Christian city Is the proper
tien of the unmarried so great rs here nowhere
elsedo families so quickly decay nowhere else
is the proportion OF births out OF wedlock 50 APP
pallmg. The Poor Of London are less comfort
able as a class than those OF Pans-that Is, they
suffer more from lack Of employment, and their
wages are lower IN view of the relative cost of
living but Philanthropy is far more active there
than here, and far more is done to assuage the
tide OF human woe Ten public meetings IN
furtherance of Educational, PhilanthropIc and
Religious enterprises are held in the British Me-
tropos to one in this, and the number interested
in such undertakings there, as cOntrasted with
that in this city, has an equal Preponderance.
shall not attempt to strike a balance between the
good and evil prevailing respectively IN the two
Capitals OF Western Europe: the reader maydo
that for himself
SIGHTS OF PARIS
The first object of interest | saw IN Paris was
the COLUMN OF NAPOLEON in the Place Ven
DOME as ratified by it in the gray dawn of the
morning of my arrival This gigantic Column,
as Is we'll known, was formed Of cannon taken
by the Great Captain in the several victories
which irradiated his earlier career, and was con-
structed while he was Emperor OF France and
virtually Of the Continent His Statue crowns
the pyramid il was pulled down while the Al
lied Armies occupied Paris, and resolute at
tempt was made to PROSTATE the Column also, but
it was TOO firmly rooted. The Statue was not re-
placed till after the Revolution of 1880. The
Place Vendome IS small, surrounded by high
houses, and the stately Column seems dwaried
by them. But for It's historic interest, and espe-
clally that of the material employed IN IT'S con-
stucton | should not regard 1t very highly
Far better placed as well as more majestic
and every way interesting Is the OBELIsK or
LUXOR, which for thousands OF years had over
shadowed the banks Of the Nile until presented
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