Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-11-12
OUR PARIS LETTER.
Gossip from the Gay Capital.
No. IA.
PApIs llcfi


PARIS, October 11th, 1868
For the first Sunday since have been in Paris
/ have not my weekly home letters, which have
received as regularly, If not as soon, ms l used
when in the glorious old Etats-Unis, as ne
say We have had " all Sorts of weather.
snoo slcet and cold drizzling rain. Paris is very
damp and almost as great place for catarrh as
Boston.
What do you think of the way JEFF. Davis was
feted and fcasted in England John Bull seems
to have forgotten his cowardice in regard to
America, once more, and is showing himself in
his true eolors. do not endorse Grants policy!
say let us hare ,ear! And If you could sec and
hear the English feeling toward u.s. you would
say SO too. had supposed it was only the Gov
ernment that was opposed to us but the whole
British people seem to hate us, and only wait to
catch us mapping (if they dob to raise another
difficulty.
The news from Spain continues good. All is
quiet and peaceful, and much maligned, Hispa-
gna seems to be proving herself good-for-some-
thing after all. The Republic is still talked of
and may soon become II fixed fact. Apropos dc
bottles The Figaro one Of the Parisian
dailies, has an article, in its usual humorous vein,
calculating the number of plaster busts of Queen
Isabella that have been broken by the people.
and sums up as total about 1000 cubic metres
"a metre is 8 f. in) of smashed plaster 1t
concludes, "if this were sent to Queen Isabella,
she could build herself beautiful castle-om Of
see by dispatch from Naples, that vesuvius
| is once more In eruption, Is 1t not too bad? |
have Just missed IL, coming between the eruption
of January and the preseut.
| revert once more to the important subject oil
| Ego, mihi etc. am still flourishlng; that is as
| much as my French and German studies will al
low. Hear and pity! Every morning repair
to my Dutchman, with page OF written exercise,
the case may beD Then tic myself down to
reading twenty or thirty pages OF French DIR.
B. and myself air our French and German togeth-
er for an hour after breakfast and after dinner,
on whom to practice. If spend sou at an ap-
pie stand, contrive to get lesson as well. When
/ came to Europe, found knew almost nothing
of the language few set phrases being my
stock. Now, can carry on conversation, not
very fuently, to be sure, but understanding and
being understood.
am reading very interesting book, "Ameri.
que telle qu'elle est" being the journey of q
Frenchman through the States, jast before the
war. He gives fair and impartial account Of
manners and customs, and often goes into quite
wild eulogiun over our National enterprise and
Industry. He says, With an American il O
thing is possible. Il is done; If it is Impossible
IL shall be doner His views Of slavery, and tht
the period of his tour, are excellent. He shows
the institution no mercy.
You spoke once of the French roll" as the
perfection OF bread" ] thought SO too, but re
gret to say that out of Italy. Paris is the only
place in Europe where have never had q mouth
full of good bread. The last good French roll
ate was In Geneva. AS 10 Venice. Vcnitian blind
are unknown, so in Paris is French bread, 81
called Here 1t is baked In loaves about 5 feet ii
length, and as thick as mans arm. II Is hard
i, dry and tasteless; always either half baked o.
"done' to flint must tell You of most ab
/ surd incident, which took place at restauran
where was dining An Englishman, who sat a
the table next mine, having ordered his soup, fsl
and wine successfully, began TO study the bill O
fare again, and calling the waiter TO him. aske
for "Hdneton NTH Olires." Caneton, for whic
7 he intended to ask is young duck, stewed wit
olives, and is very nice by the way,whie Hdneto
is May bug or cockchaier which is q peculia
dish to call for even In French restaurant wher
: they are said to have everything from frogs up
horses. The walters manners were not enoug
for the occasion and he laughed loud and long |
f the astonished Englishmau's face.
am still without many French acquaintance.
y 1t is ''vacalion" until November and most of til
e students have not yet returned from their Sun
/, meis frolic Beside my few French friends
u know one Greek, two Wallaehians, and have
t bowling acquaintance with Poland and PERI
ID Wan You see what melange Paris Is made o
70 Since have been here have seen greater vanii
n In costumes than ever did at fancy ball. Arnl
" with their white turbans and head dress are !
no means uncommon; Chinese and Japanese
% have met several times. Turks and Armenian
Italian, Spanish, Russians, ETC., there are u
III many to be counted.
m enclose Mr.. Powers photograph, which
=. gave me for you. II was taken by his son, wi
IL has photograph saloon in Florence, near
fathers studio. DELAWARE.