Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-06-25
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The VesdIsisE efr wee m Paris-A GAastly
The Paris Correspondent Of the New York
Erprus pritesin recent let,er;s sp =.
b%sssss.llss %ssllss Garden s,- si&pls, 4 ferdeztous
Of abandoned oharacbcfs who 60 there in the
summer as they go to Casino, the. opera ball,
and Valentinss 10 the winter; not for amuse-
ment, But 10 DIV their miserable trade. There
are between two and Three hundred women
in Paris, not recognized by the law as falling
under the sprycillance of the police, who live
on the public balls. fhe constant hdbifues of
these rilaoes fioN aud then observes an addi-
ton to their ranks, or disappearance Of face
or two, but the mass is the same, for long
period of years. Go any night to Mabilles or
The Chateau des Flours, aud there you lind
the never1eafyihg current, walking round
aud round, like the horses Of thfeshing ma
chine, Or poor wretches On a treadmill. The
average duration Of the existence led by these
women is said TO be, in Paris, twelve years.
first visited the summer gardens Of the
Champs BlyseeB In 1885, and now, after a
| lapse Of nearly half the allotted period, see
many of the same faces, with the same
studied smile, heightened by paint and pow
der, the same eyes, deadened by the abuse of
alcohol and the same bizarre toilettes, mix
| ture of real and sham elegance, which l.no-
ticed five years ago. -,.N.
So artfully do these CREATURES manage TO
conceal the ravages of time, that one Is OBJ
| liged to look closely, to be certain that they
| ever grow old. But when decay once oh
tains the mastery, its progress is rapid and
pitiless. After their constitutions have re-
sisted for more than decade, the effects of
innumerable orgies, an occasional prison and
| frequent experience Of the hospital, the
wreck of youth and health may be found la
the smoky atmosphere Of some fourth-class
cafe taking snuff, drinking beer, and playing
cards with outcasts of the opposite sex.
| Even in all the freshness of youth, the noto-
rieties of the Partisan public ball are stRen-
gers to genuine gayety. II is part and parcel
Of their programme TO affect II joyousness
they do not feel. -.........
The abandon exhibited in the duadrille,
surrounded by crowd of curious beholders,
the stale bouquet purchased by verdant
admirer, for six francs, and sold back again
by her, for thirty sous, the pistol-practice and
| the bagatelle table, where the same victim
pays for the knick-knacks which she pretends
are to ornament her mantelpiece, but which
she returns to the marker, at half price--al
these are not pleasures, as they seem, but the
tiresome details of an ignoble calling. Is il
any wonder that so many unrecognized and
unclaimed bodies are fshed up from the
turbid Seine, exposed at the horrible Morgue
and consigned to speedily forgotten graves
One of these sad celebrities of Parisian folly
and vice, quitting at daybreak, with hel
companions, restaurant in which they had
spent the night in riotous feasting, pointed
toward the rising sun, and sardonically ex
claimed: s.afc f-r'. rf
/ sI,"Now for visit to the Morguel 1t is my
usual mornings walk"
"Good heavens" calculated one of tn,
party. "What takes you to the Morgue p
Curiosity. go to see if | am not there !