New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-17
an AmERICAE WOMAN ~ PARLS. No. XVI
BAYARD TAYLOR


Queen Victoria TO Paris Apartments prepared for her re-
copop during the reign Of Louis Philippe at Versailles
and the Tuilorce still in waiting But then the Queen
was Young and her Government dared not trust her far IN
The interior and her visit TO France and s royal family
was limited to the Chateau Eu, the north frontier.
Now. thanks to the Iempora and the Moyes she may
safely approach the center OF la belle F6ahc'
French courtesy would probably suggest that his Majesty
Napoleon should make the first advances toward such
friendly intercourse But English circumstance maytake
the liberty TO waive all ceremony and to present ut once
tboir female sovereign to the French Imperial Court II
i. be true that Victoria Que Of England refused last
autumn TO receive Eugene, Emps-4 of the French at
her Court do not know how, they will arrange
their etiquette One her dadem to her fathers and
hor Parliament the other TO her wits and her charms
Which will be first TO yield the precedence remains TO be
"Umble" as ani, should like to dare to sympathize
with Queen in wishing TO see the beautiful Pans the
Louvre, the Tuilerics, the Arc dc Tromph Ia Sainte
Chapelle Sevres ana the Gobens. Then the lovely 81.
Cloud with ts fountains and cascades and gardens peo
pled with statues and muImuring with the rusing of
leaves and ripping of waters and huerns OF swans and
then its Palace looking down Paris. palace spacious as
buckingham and elegant Jewel box full OF gems-bul
alosl lacking the Roman Jewels of Buckingham And
who would not wish to Versailles. the climax OF the
grandeur of Louis XIV, kneng now glorious requiem
IN Lon
torahon; then Fontainebeau, the elegant massive mag
pi6ccnt Fontancbeau that to ensemble OF chase forest;
nopka brcnnds Charles V, Francis l. Louis the Great,
renaissance art architecture loves nrgUe oycrthrcws,
Napocon his yes his adeus and abdications, and the
deep mpress OF its restorer Louis Philippe Fonaine-
bleau "a a universal history, the National Library Of
France Here let one step back to the age Of Francis
and see that monarch in oil his spendor going to meet
Henry VIII on the field Of cloth of gold.
Franco cannot boast her forests superior % those of
England except in older associations. Victoria may adj
me the trees at Fontainebeau and st IN truth that
she bas five times finer ones Windsor But lei her enter
ia palace and count its galleries and admir-" their mag
nfccn, decorations of frcscoes ING and tapes
try She would 90 away not undertaking strong England
but better approaching the cultivation the refinement the
elegance the artistic superiority OF tickle inhde reyo-
utionary France.
Cu,ious contrasts would show henseve. between their
naicstes Eugene and Victoria Eugene il young AL
toll with slender waist and sopng shoulders and beauti-
full bust Victoria blonde too but the mother Of eight
children with an upper lip too short even for queenly
beauty and legs suffering from the inhrmdy. Eu-
genie is a belle tcmme-Vctora a mode mother Eugene
is a sylpl-yctora II say IT more in sorrow than in
anger "pigmy still, though perched on Alps How
ever reasonable the world ought to be- it ia nevertheless
feeble on the side of female charms and the little English
Queen charming as he may be- would be far from being
q
France where graces of person fully appreciated
But England abounds in beautiful beausu as and
better than A.pasia and if there be any national feeling
about unpleasant comparisons ! would suggest 10 the
Government to dress up the Mistress OF the Robes perhaps
the Duchess OF Sutherland or some younger beautiful
woman 20 play the Queen-and thus allow her Majesty to
come and see Paris quietly and comfortably But doubt
less her Government consider that " divine rights will
amply compensate for lack OF staure-and am half of
their opinion. Eugene simply MadeInoselle Some
body and is now Empress only in and her husband
is EMPEROR of the French only by the Grace OF God and
"the National will Victoria is the quintessence OF all
ROYALTY since the time of William the Conqueror she
Queen because she help it, and her husband only
the father of her children and all in all the Prince oonsort
Victoria idol of the prOudest nation on the EARTH VINO
adore a pettcoat Government and find mystic subimiy
in all its tinsel and embroidery Eugene ptted by her
husbands subjects who adore beauty as they adore the
Sale Law Victoria is solid little Queen, just as she
should be for solid Eng-hmen But nothing like woman
would serve the French sovereign. Nothing short OF
real Lord Of Creation serve their % turns.
Try 70 imagine Victoria the throne of Franco. The
idea AZ udicous as that of the Rev Miss Brown at the
head Of the Yankee nation and drl as il would have
been to see Adam in Eden simply the father Of Cam ana
Abel raising large chickens
Putiiss the cakes down . the Ere,
SINE little eSther of and some LITTLE higher
while her majesty Eve sat IN state giving names 10
the animals that passed before her.
Our American women are ambitious and il is among
their rights 10 be 90: but who among them would have
the face 10 receive the regns OF Government II offered 10
her Or she found q tie between herself and husband
am sure she would offer the casting vote and Presidential
chair 10 her srouse; not because she felt lack Of will
lack of power but from secret nesting instinct which
makes Us choose TO be ruled by rather than by
fen ale EQUALS We might all like 10 vote and 10 be Pres
dents but what one among would vote for, or submit
70 female President We rather bow Il an inferior than
10 an equal lit be only Illusion ii IS al least charm
ing one for Il grafes sell love and pride 10 feel that man
do pot mean mem is verify superior Intelligence
Woman Is too noble to love him il he not. WomaL
:. .,,,hner. abe bows down and aiores where she
loves hut abe adores only what She imagines excellent
Fennle humility il however curiously mixed with pride
and Inflated with ambition and while pray woman 70
s canton, 70 be the weaker vessel feel il consistent 70
exbort her AZ the same time be insnuatng Is only
woman san be-to pull all the puppei strings within her
rescbo bean I'D Goals Of audable ambition on the heart
,,,r her loving orito steal fire rom heaven to light
them vi,b;o be his star in the east-hs familiar spirit
hi. .bvllan leaves lie, hew his way through wars
the cotton trade and Nebraska and let Us reserve the right
only to acorn him Il his work be not well done.
Let man battle hand TO hand to life and when he shows
III. honorable .cars woman vii be his crown-hs Joy
his mark Of the prize Of his high calling
But will you pardon this careless rs'ihns on
This trumpery Of roy alice And vousn's ush''
Yoa'l half suspect my having reed Don juan,
Which 70 the tympsnlms Of people say'A'
I. no. much wore than my unssliedf'f jsfson
And will you try and avoid those tyfssrsPhie svsfaso'
Re vh,ch deal for tsv req ter ~ sss est M NV
On .h. b dsesaseS quite sod ve to private Pseps 'a'
You know. II yor arc musics' .: AL, how tfsso0e