Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-26
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language to order a dinner, butgarcon com
prehends pantomine well, aud by pointing to
articles on the bill Of fare that we wished we
we're enabled 10 make him understand Gar.
con is an entirely different creature frou ths
solemn and precise English waiter He is
all smiles aud pOliteness, aud tries 30 hard to
understand and please us, that the few COP
pers he expects tot his attentions are given
with the heartlest good will, and we feel that
he is really one OF the best friends we have ia
all the city Garcon is glad 10 ste US aInuse
ourselves, and will laugh whenever We do,
whether he understands il or not, or even II
we be laughing at him MY friend" said
Joe c., of Boston, to him in very earnest
voice don't be downoast, you may be happy
vel" Garcon don't understand but his face
lengthens in reponse to The solemn tones.
and G , continues: 81 see by your costume
that you are a clergyman in reduced cireum.
stances / will ende vor to get you a call to ~
church. Cheer upl M desperdndumi
Garcon, affected almost 10 tears, listens a.
teniively to the exhor.ation, and lays his hand
on his heart to bow his grateful acknowedR
nents, when our Oulburst Of laughter tells
him be is sold, aud then he laughs ~
heartily as any OF US
We get smile and bow As we pass out
from the charming young lady who acts as
the cashier aud accountant, aud descend 10
the large open space upon which the cafe
fronts, and taking chair sit in tbs shade Of
the trees, aud Wills we smoke of cigars,
watch the pIayin OF the fountans, listen to
the music OF Ihe Military Baud which performs
there every evening from six to eight clock,
aud study the cbaracterstics Of the people ia
the thronE thatIare employing there after din-
ner hour as we are.
Cigars finished, we passed out BY AR
archway in the buildings 10 the street again,
and take an open carriage with seats for four
for which we pay about forty cents an hour,
for ride about the city. We pass along the
Rue Rivoli-which c. being druggist and
having no tongue for French pronunciation
calls Blue VitrOl-to the Place de Ia Cou
corde thence out by way OF the Champs Ely
see and around the Arch OF Triumph, which
only the armies Of the Empire may pass un
der into the great Park called the Bois de
Boulogne Hyde Park in London is very
6ne, and its trees and grass are unsurpassed,
ont it is a small affair compared with this. We
go out about three miles TO turn OF the road
upon ght elevation whence we can see the
Palace Of ST. Cloud, and turn back, although
il we wish we can go on six miles further ia
straight line, without getting beyond the
boundaries Of the Park. The Serpentine is
handsome sheet Of water, but the Artl6ciAl
lakes here, on which | hear the Emperor
sometimes amuses himself in y miniature
steam boat look like sections of the Ohio Riv-
err The carriage ways are full of elegant
equipages and ON the soft roads running near
them, hundreds OF equestrians are flying tn
and fro, upon them handsome and spirited
sleeds Millions of money have been spent
upon this place, and it seems to be perfection,
but doubt not the Emperor will find places
in it for millions more We return 10 find the
city blazing with lights, and a crowd in aud
about the cafes, which one would think must
bs the greater part Of the population of the
city. We sit down at one Of the little tables
which occupy the sidewalks, amidst a
throng Of ladies and gentlemen and children,
who are slipping their tea or eau sHcre, and,
although we don't care for anything TO eat or
drink, we give small order 10 the gArcon,
that we may have an excuse fer remaining in
place so comfortable and no favorable for
observation. This habit Of the people of liy-
ing and eating so constantly in sight OF each
other and the world, is "A pleasant one for
strangers and sight-seers, but wa think, we
would not be in favor Of giving up our quiet
tea in the privacy Of our American homes,
for such a custom People living thus in pub,
lie, OF course acquire the gra0es OF manner
which are so charming, but then they never
know anything OF the idea we express in the
word, home Indeed, if / rm rightly inform
ed, there E no such word in their language
They become very polite, but do they not also
become shallow, tickle aud heaftless ?
We amuse ourselves there until leu or eley.
en- O'clock and then turn Sgain TO the Champs
Elysee, near which we find the famous JArdin
Mabile We each pay three francs at the
door, and the little card which tells Us that
"lRdles' are admitted free, gives all the in.
formation we want concerning the character
Of the place But Il is very beautiful. Wind.
ing walks lead us 10 sylvan bowers, where We
may sit in quiet with our frisnds, while the
gentle light shining over the foliage and flow
ers, aud the strains OF sweet music falling on
our ears, make US ready to imagine the, We
have been suddenly transported to fairy land
We approach the pavilion in the center, from
which the music comes, aud there We d dad
hundreds Of elegantly Aitired women whirling
in the waltz, in the close embraces OF part
ners whom they never saw before, but whom
they came there 10 6nd They are q gay,
laughing, aud, apparently happy company,
but every woman there is iran aud lost, and
they are seeking ia this eEciiemeut TO forget
the pleasures OF innocence aud purity which
they can never know again. The place is uh-
der the sirict surveillance Of the police, ahd
though there are hundreds Of msn ABd women
here, they are so restrained, even amid go
many temptations TO excesses, within the lin.
its OF propriety, that an Oiense against mod
ssty is rarely known. ANY one not being in
formed of their character might readily be CK-
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