New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-25
IAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN PARIs....No XL
CouesyooSepes Of The Eew-Ycrk Tribune.
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CorresyoaSence Of The Eew-Yc1k Tribune
PARIS Tbursday. Jan r. 1884
"Fn soans chat with rs'-fCapalet.
The chief end Of a FreDe hman embraces more detsus
fhaB are me Dtiened in the Westminster csechsn Brh'
baptin fr.t communion debut in society vocation mar
rsee aud seyenhy and ssy bis adeus to tre are the
great epochs in his mortal career Ho enters the world with
The Cburth and the Empire at he service IL he bs we'll
equipped with life he for joy at the race set before
him or IL he happens to have eff his little soul 10 limbo
to him 10 ,or Of personal regret but Of painful na
ference This limbo Of garrst in heaven where
bapzed infants are lad away to be kept and where neither
psd nor sorry.ood nor weImrocked by nonent'y thoy
suck tLeir little thumbs in eternal sleep Ehnu is the
sole evil Of limbo Bat If the little pryenu hats between
Life and limbo his friends allied with anxiety, not sas
fed with the provision made for us eternity much more
liberal lan that of Of sects who appropriate such
little SKULLS instead OF the stony hearts of older sinners for
the pavements OF the dark and burRng realm French
mother could be resigned clnquh the life Of her infant
ard her eye would res in joy if she might bat snatch its
little soul from limbo and insure it place in paradise
where she might hope TO rtjon it Is there hope
Hep Of need and never before The Church
has endowed the attendants with sklfd mysteries, which
taking the benefit of the doubt may be administered
in of life death, TO take the place Of the
saving grace Of baptism
II life be the lot smother important ceremony is in wait
ing In most regions Of humanity being born of
here child must be born again before no can verify enter
the realm Of France. Within twenty four hours Of is
rival little Mill is carried with its papa ITS aud other
Witnesses to the Mayory and there its date
enrolled This registry is really the civil birth and 10
aler life Nicodemesn esOnhmen would prevail II he made
hs way into the political civil social world without this
act Of birth After it Is thus fully established that child
born the father makes the pOtes announcement OF the
fact hs friends Little bots abroad addressed
thus "To Mr. and Mad La Fosse" Monsieur Collet has
"he honor inform you that Madame Cole very hap
-ply delivered of and that the mother and child
comfortable" Etiquette demands that immediate cards
congratulations and inquiries should be returned and after
q few days the mother must be visited in persOn.
New though the child has been born TO physical life and
born the Empire of France not yet born into the
kingdom of heaven. Baptsmis the next necessity. god
father and god neither chosen from among the rea
lions Of the family Sometimes even young children take
upon Themselves these The god father makes
presents boxes Of bon bons and gloves the god mother
in proportion to the expectations of the infant The god
mother distributes the boxes Of bon bons among her init
mate friends So all eat and make merry this happy
occasion.
Witnessed the baptism of score Of infants in the Ca
fhedra Of St Denis in the cbspel where fifty gene
raons Of their ancestors might have been bapsed before
them. Here the smallest specimens of humanity
had ever seeR in public On inquiry found their ages
varied from four to twelve days marble font stood in
The center Of the chapel it's brink there galpo
Of oil and another Of holy cream and little stick in it with
which to touch and silver shell containing salt tin
pitcher Of water napkin and pieces Of cotton wool
with which to remove superfuous unctons. The Suisse
stood ready to make responses The priest wore black
cape trimmed with white rabbit skin over his tunc and
above this mantle around his neck with the purple
aide out to express and contempt the presence of
the devil who still abode in the babies The infants were
presented two by two. They stuffed into tight white
pinnng blankets their Little red ard black heads well
propped up, and al sfened in remarkable
that the held them by their pedal exemtes
like fowls to be snged The priest blew their faces
the children squirmed and supposed to receive the
breath Of life Then the priest put salt into their mouths
the little puckered and grew redder After this the
devil commanded to so of them lie went peace
Then the prest put Spite the mouth and of the
infants and their spiritual deafness removed and their
tongues formed for praise Then the first little god father
and god mother, who were children, caspcd their hands
their charge and made their vows Then the nurses
gave of hand turn to the infants discovered the nape Of
their neeks and the prizes. Amounted them with hot oil that
they might bear with the yoke OF Christ The chill
dren thus purified the priest put the white side out Of bis
mantle to express joy then poured three times
On the faces Of the children At this moment according
the caechm they chan ged from the deornty Of de-
mons 10 the beauty OF an,eand truly the little ohsrubs
made OF oil and balm administered Alter this series
OF hastings the Suisse held lighted taper and the priest
put The ends ct bis mantle over the heads of tho infant,
and pronounced henedcton During al these cerou,o
mes long Latin rectatons were made which IA be,stI
seemed set to theuHe Of Tn. House ,hs, Jack Bn
rapid was the eDancaos and great was the expo,i,,
the last werds Of each sentence After the BAPTISM tha
young god father slipped something syy into the leaves
Of the book in which the priest made the records and h
god mother gave soornucOpis of sugar plums in which
were pieces Of silver
Now the child is thoroughly born and saRc,ifed As he
il years and intelligence be receives religious in
srueon Until years of age he not capable Of
mortal SIM after that time he prepared for confession
His cseohm teaches him to approach the cOnfesser as if
he were Christ himself; to knee with his head inclined
clasp his hands palm to pain before his breast and to
cav Mon Pere -" furthermore the book saith not for
The secrets Of confession are nvislable
AT or H. the boy is ready fer hs first Communion
Ass sometimes hs last 1t isa day Of supreme JOY 1t is
usa ally in the spring time often in the genial month OF
Nav Friends never were sasotone;s hopes never 80
brch. joys never ecssc lie has tasted the bread
which came down from heaven His spirit is refreshed BY
living waer Christ tangiby recognized dvells ia him
He is received into the brotherhood Of the Church and lest
not least 10 is advancing toward manhood He wears
white panslOops white nbbSn around bis loft arm aad
perhaps ir the rt tine in his life he ats real
hsf Lie q mans His bOaTdngschoo or colago11 con-