The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-03
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FRnM PARIS.
PAEA aug Il. 1907.

hc0lAf 80 dtnfTtut ron AeY other city,
that You must visit Il to realize its pc
euhAritieS From early childhood. can
remember whenever read Of Paris, /
had this same idea and il Was for that
! bad desire 70 see it. Fora business
man oiour country 70 visit Paris, is ike
taking him 70 great show, ike one Of
our State fairs or something Of that
kind, where il seems to be the business
Of everyone TO make and enjoy al the
fun and frolic they can Paris may
truly iaside from the Exposihon) be
called the great, grand theater for com
edy, the circus for lofty tumbling. The
lplay. house and fair ground Of the world.
In most all other cities, buiness is the
pulsation Of the heart Of the people, the
source for money making; but in Paris
il is pleasure and traffic in pleasure and
finery, tof which they are the masters),
and which seems to be the principal
aim and object Of life. As the real
Frenehman as we see him with as, is
unlike any other man in his tastes, hab-
its and pursuits, so is Paris unlike any
other city. There are different grades
in Paris, the high and low, but no such
distinctions as are found in London, or
/ may say even with us, they are more
on level Birth or wealth in London
places man beyond the common peo-
lple by consent, though he be never so
big fool, as matter Of course, coming
from long and established rules and us
age and rules of royalty. 1t does the same
in the States, among those who desire
to ape the old world and be considered
hoods or money aristocrats, or as Arte-
mus has it, Goldfish Aristocracy" or
what is more foolish, sectarianism the
lgreat sin our good people will cherish,
"our Church r In Paris these things
do not prevail to separate the people,
there is general equality and such a
comingling, high and low, and yet SO
much observation of true politeness,
that whileit strikes you strangely at FIRST
not being accustomed to it, you learn to
admire and approve Of it. At all their
"fete days" and gatherings all enjoy the
same privileges, and there is no pens, or
'sanctum -sanctorum place, where Hon.
Mr.. A., Esquire b., Maj. G. and DR.. d.,
they and their wives, their sons and
their wives and all their relations and
Others Of the same grade, can go and sit
or stand to see and be seen, and all 9th
ers take their chances outside the rope.
No, here all are served alike, even the
Emperor, as told you in my last, walks,
rides and mingles much among the peo-
pie and evades ceremony and display
At the Exposition and other places,
some one will observe there goes the
Emperor and his lady" as cool as you
would say it to a friend, and riding, he
goes in a handsome black carriage and
: plainly dressed horses, not superior to
hundreds seen at the Bots de Boulogne
every day. This example goes through
the people, and as said before, looks
STANCE at first, to all strangers. Paris
is different from other cities in its pub
lie disbursements, what is expended for
public works and for public good, is al
|, ways done with as much attention to
: beauty and attractiyeness, as to dura-
bility and usefulness; it is an object to
have everything please the eye, and
there is no city where there are SO
many pleasure parks and resorts, indie
scriably beautiful, gotten up and kept up
at public expense, as in and about Par
is, and 60 into any of them and at all
: times you will find them well filed; it
: is wonderful to know how they find so
! much time to give to pleasure. The
, Boulevards of Paris, which are very
, wide streets which run clear around the
s city, are the most busy streets with the
9 finest shops and stores, go along these
in the evening and in the midst of q
! blaze of gas light, all the way on either
side and you win find thousands OF both
+ sex, at their coffee and brandy, lunch
I and cigars; go into any Of the theaters,
!. or any of the hundreds OF places OF
! amusement, every where and you viii
! find them crowded As I said at first,
business man soon tires of it and
wants to go home, it is too much OF a
good thing for him and such hum Of
,, pleasure and dazzling beauty, often dis
, tracts him more than it arouses. The
] contrast between this city and London,
in this respect, is so great that ! often
wonder it is possible two nations could
live SO many years adjacent, and be SO
| unlike, very few in either city can speak
q the others language, and yet the dis
) lance between them is not much great
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