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Paris and the Earis;ans.


tracts which We make from his last letter he
sketches the ont !o"r lie Of the ParisianS.
aud describes the various incidents which
arrest tie attention i'll walk thr uyh th.
streets of the 81" m".r"i,"l:s:
/ walk about Paris develops many ma
t'ona pccu'Ialities as visiting at their houses
will do. Take your first trudyc along the
Houlevar,S, and III less than five minutes
You will DC compelled to note Il half dozen
pccnliarilics. You will b. struck with the.
almo-t entire absence of vrun. ladies' IN
our streets, at every turn, smiling youth
ful beauty meets your eve aud you cannot
but won1cr that III y city where SO much
Is of gay and pleasure seeking character,
this class should b. excluded, vet it is so.
When You do see il Miss she is ALWAYS
pinned to her Mamma, but If You will CON
tinue your walk, and it happens to be huIi
day. 1t is not improbable that You will
'acct long procession Of them in some of
the public y paces, under close surveillance,
either Of nuns or of other teachers. That
is'Frarcr ; no intel course whatever is al-
lowed between the sexes ut school or clsr-
where, and Il yeunr lady would be finally
tsalionorcd to be seen on the street and
rnblc pIicei III company with Il voug man.
Rnless in the presence ofImr mother. Your
walk will he apt to develop pretty clearly to
your mind the difference between English
and French manncrS. Nearly every
Frenc}naan wears an eye glass and but few
OF the Iadses. IN that respect, however, our
nation is getting ahead Of the French and
English, for men and women, old and
young, with lis, in these days, aspire to the
eyeglasses. you meet IA party OF In
eliSh youngsters they spy ut you from head
to foot with contemplate inpcrtinencc.
which seems to say, Il suspect, sir, YOU are
y puppy > just hevonl YOU meet a party
"S Fre"chnen, and i'll level their glasses,
but how 'li!lcrcn: is the language Of their
sssscs, 1t seems rather to say, "Wcll,
would like to make Your acquaintance" or,
Veil. thought yuu were Il friend" An
eye-gE,Ss requires great skill for lrccn.
usc-thcrc Is no manner of apology for the
tvazen and unspcakab!y impcrlinent man
ncr in which some i;,,iics and gentlemen
level them at strangers. You may walk all
day IN Paris in any street or public place
and min@le with lis gay mvrials and ncv-
or see the snrcrs, the sidc-lpny nlanccs, the
contcmpt-thc snotbcrv that an observer is
compelled to see in public places in En-
gland ansl The United States. All is kind
hess and good naturc. 1t matters not how
great the crowd, every one seems to keep
IA good humor, and in the Louvre, lookin
at works OF art. on the Eoulcvard%s waziur
upon the splendid exhibitions Of their shop
windows, on the t!.alnpS EvSccs and the
Churches, the blouse ovcrllauls of the work
RAN and The broalcloth OF the gentleman.
the white iricl caps and lianotorcs of the
servant maids and the iluwcrcd bonncts and
iounccd silkS'of the wealthy, all mincle
with perfect tieeloln, good nature and kind
ness.
To walk mp the Boulcvar,ls and observe
the shop windows and signs, some of the
most curious things imaginable will meet
your gaze. The French have their own
way OF showing their gools-for show
them they will Oitimcs the windows oc-
Cury two Thirds Of the store. In one shop
window you will see a cooking machine
III full operation, an imitation turkey and
goose on separate sp!ls perform their ap-
pointed round, willie roast beef ana NUT
ton chops are tcmptin.ly displayed over
"S'i h'C COdIS. sAHOtllcT WlnUOW
not far of belongs TO a Dentist Here eve
sysort OF tooth is displayed and all in full
operation. Dozens of jaws are wa"gin-
away with lu1icrous activity while half
dozensiieads are turning round and display
ing alternately, mouths full of dccavc,I
teeth and artificial teeth, or mouths without
teeth ut all, afterwards handsomely filed
up. fut the most alarming exhibitions
are in the Millinery, windows. Here every
article OF dress from a cap or bonnet down
to'a glove Or stocking is displayed on its
appropriate member upon figures vof wax
Us large as life In one window YOU will
see a vain lookin. mess Of WAX, almir;no
with inflated vanity, her empty show Of
expanded crlnolnc, in, another is one ad
psting Intricate looking affairs which on
inquiry, Was told were named corsels,
nut dare not particularize, except to add
Mat some of these exhibitions are really
frlghtful to linimitatcd eyes. In fashion
the French know no sccrcsy. Now there
are some deceptions, that the secret ought
to,be kept to make them pleasing. How
soon would the Professor Of Legcrdemai..
have empty benches, if we were to show
TO bls'audlcnce the secrets ofAis art. and
so it seems TO me it should be in fashion
there arc some things that the public ought
never to know, but with rcckIcssncss nm
parallelled French miincrs, show every
thing in their windows, SO that few DAYS
m Par's sulliccs TO dissipatc all surprises 10
the most unsophisticatcd, i'll those matters
which, before, were to him sources of won.
der. The parisians are cmphatically sight
secrs. They are ready to run and look at
anything and everything, and stranger
finds himself oftentimes miserably cullcd.
:Inst after reached Paris, I saw near the
Louvre grea. ll'rong pressing Their way
Up to a@intlow while on Tie outskirts
those who;could see nothing were stand
ijpg On eager tip toe trying to SEQ over the
iiats before ilfein: ] resolved to see the won
der, so.Wth determined patience stood
on the outside until by outward pressure.I
wasmale TO converge towards fhe centre Of
attraction, , and guess what it VAST WLv
there stood psthing but z tiniitly, boxing
woman frying pancakes, and. while she de-,