, 1869-12-25
We viii close with q little story Of woman,s
rights ln the olden tfme:
- TALE or MERRY CHRtsrNAs cARRn1I susn
FRENCH COOKERY.

rum faE fHN lHGW GJyE$!Es
fTenchnen Of half centErg ago priced them
serves 1ron the delicate freshness Of their food,
and boat1ed, Lot without reason, that a STRANGER
-caue ne from north, south, east OF ucst-coud
get dinner IN Paris knch as he never could al
home. Those we're the good old t:me1 for oour-
Dets. TIE 3ouEE gentlemen who frequented the
ian uous wooden galleries Of the PaIais Royal-at
that period the fashionable lounge-snew the
Sssas eSoks Of ne capital By name ,hsy dig the
anc the principal orators Of the Chamber Of Depu.
lies and the fact ~. the great ehe}s Of the Res
of wneh essR can s5 Ts wis ! X
$1,000 francs yesr-thas is, tomewhere about
double The pay Of q Colonel Of infantry. They
Written engagements they signed with their en-
il iae autumn Tor cDaDae Of a,r BY tne seasitis:
views upon the culinary science to needy men Of
letters, WHO wrote books In their nsme: and
ters ihey became IKE, nopIemea aud hoteI Keen
err "a fof ,rs 1sscey en do n
nents Ike man In hopes Of being rewarded with
vas app1eclated every french COOK fred, sa 5o!isa
.s,aasn,, .eat tome day on,s Or otse5 the tle q
eant efforts. Who Could Could tel. IT, tndeea, Mea,
but that The q1tet, well DRESSED iEdt.
yt,.ual eEo naa Iust entered me alnirg Of
col au erattp, ard some co1eettes il soun!se
ior hts dtnner, Was peer Of Frsuce Ia mQfs.-a
p1es Tao, p;ssssd "se n his ,epass might bring
ant IN fashion: Such things happened then. It
nud required 10 more than frozen barrel Of Ro-
name and the accidental christening OF pouiet
"a N4rerEo to found the reputation OF the Trpla
Fft1es PfteeEcsux; whist tufeen Of petase bts-
que-eo nc .tosy goes-ha1 been eao7ga 70 sta.s
tie lame Of the Richer de CnEca1. The feoa1tpa.
e!on Of French cooks sEd scuous way Oh the
alert Every customer who ordered a Clever din-
bF, raised golden ho,es IN the hearts below ata;rs
E1e1ch hotels and Efstaursnts were then really
wo,th dlni1E at,, aud 1t was fact which
tier encitB That whether one tpent on ones
dlnttr Eve francs OF n[1Y the tare Was sure 70 be
T n1d az n to
excellent cookery furthe1 than the Ee!gu OF Napo-
1han is Beope S he I tnese @efe hss
AID tteIe some good cooks, but they gravItated
round versailles a1d reseived tneir da.aues for
diIIsfs Of the old French noolllty and hoaf.
GsdeF Tesa coos asd an anaesy
mitch as NoIxestan baiers DO b taeli
By far 100 important part ID tie geuef.ilij q
stewR. During the eighteenth century taefe was
5s. 5Ss 41sn q @ p ~ dsa 3;
toast AID boiled, and TOOK Email thought OF afde
dthes+ Il Needed the conyQ1stous Of the RevulG-
top, and after them the democrattco military
reign Of Napoleon, to make the taste for good
things popular and dtssemiro'e sound notions as
10 cookery amongst the masses. 4 French au:hor
put the cate very clearly when he said that before
the Revolution men ate to live and 1t WAS not until
afterwards that good ManJ or them began 10 I've
to eat UDdef the old regime men led hardy
lTEH, Even thcze tendeI-skiuned no5le5, VINO
followed IN the train Of Madame Do
exercise tnat would Tet1 cut an e1saugnlnenus
pttit srsre Of The Cerele des MrlttonA They
hunted, vaulied, pla5ed tennis, fenceg. and When
for Jotuts thsn for ftckahass- Besides, they
drank ousIsgeoukly. and dtunkards are never
gou1mfts- After The ,ReTqfatspn IN altogether
new rsce Of men epr9n9 up Athletic Sports, vto-
Lent q nnastfce, a11 Iuogh Btsg.nunftng dtaap.
peaIed. Meu Of fortune f0cked to Paris, heRaa
10 give dinnefs aCd, having often nothing else to
do, tesosed solid portion Of the day TO eating.
Restaurants grew IN number and Increased IL
slze. The primitive 1,ckeu teu, With the addi-
even fcE simple tradetfolk; and strangers who
GALE to Paris were am4zed TO eee what al inanlte
variety OF dishes a Freedman put under his
e!stceas before admitting That he had break
fRlted. '.s
Il must be grief to the true gosum.t to note
how bis fellow countzynen- have te5snefated-
Eok With respect to the number of dishes theJ dt8-
Ghhes are prepared. The reign Of thoroughly
gccd cookery Mas, Ike ali good resRcs, short So
loI z ns onlJ thoee who could adata good dlnnErs
showed themselves ezncssnR. things went on very
well; tut the MoMens tMall pDrsasF began to In.
kiht Uptn three copfttt, MATTERS Aa1umod dt{-
felenL 84ptol. In Louis Pn'1llppo4 1esxa the
nuurle afop ot the sFnittsr. wne{e people Of slen