The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-15

next, ABOUT O'CLOCK, come Gne Street-DGQ.
dlers, who are a'perpetual source Of delight
to o foreigner. Hardly one in ten has for
sale anything Of any value, but each has In
living. A very common traffic Is in live
animals, such as the dainty little dogs one
sees in carriages at the Bots, or the hares
which are poached In Fontainebleau forest.
Nearly every peddler has little cart, with
all his or her merchandise piled artistically
before them, and with an umbrella so ar
ranged that the smartest shower will not
catch them unprepared. A very common
sight is to see an old gray-haired woman
harnessed to her cart like the dogs in Bel
GUM, and YEARLY dragging tho heavy
weight along. Women do much work In
the streets here which in America Is done
entirely by men. They drive teams, and it
is common sight to see huge laundry
wagon, as large as country Westinghouse,
come spanking down the streets with
young country girl guiding the frisky pair
of stations. She manages the team entirely,
and when her equipage Is caught In the
tangle of vehicles she can use the whip and
objurgate rs well as any man. It is French
proverb that the g only real men In France
are the womea," and there Is some ground
for the remsrk.
The carts that come In from the country
and the styles of dress of the cartmen and
women are very curious. AL draught wagons
are built enormously high, with whe els
taller than the tallest man, and with seats
that long lash, which can crack as loud as
a pistol shot, Is considered requisite. The
enormous and stately Norman horses, with
feet and limbs twice as large as those of our
draught animals, are harnessed with sort of
uncouth taste, and decorated with red
and blue and green fringes, and foxes tails
on the harness. Very pretty and quite i'm
posing are the long trains of powerful
horses, which, to the sound of tinkling bells,
slowly drag forward the enormous blocks OF
stone which 60 into the walls of Paris
houses. One remarkable feature among the
teams of the city is the great number Of
wagons built in fantastic shapes, drawn by
blooded horses, and with liyeried footmen
behind them. These are advertising wagons,
and every new commercial house manages
to buy or hire one to parade for short
time. Often they are driven at O break
neck pace through the crowded thorough
fares to convince the public that the new
house is full of business. Artillery trains
are always rumbling through the city from
point to point, whether simply to exhibit
the empires strength or to keep the soldiers
occupied is uncertain.
Don't be invidious in criticism when
say that housemaids are one Of the princi-
pal curiositles of the Paris streets. As q
general rule, l may say, they are pretty !;
A French housemaid does not wear bon
net once in year; in fact, never, except
when she goes to be married, or to fune-
raj. You should see the regiments Of them
that 90 trooping up and down the streets,
from the butchers and bakers, between IL
o'clock and noon, the hours when break.
fast Is In the air. They carry the huge rolls
of bread, some Of which are actually SIX
feet long, with as much grace as If they
were sceptres. The bakers is very i'm
portant institution In Paris, and the young
ladies who attend on the customers are be-
decked with no end Of ribbons and laces.
One thing which reflects trif1e on French
cleanliness Ia the custom which the bakers
have of standing these long rolls Of bread
on the sidewalk before their doors. During
the recent riots bakers shop was visited,
and the Infatuated crowd grasped these hard
rolls as weapons, and could have made for.
midable ones Of them.
The common terms of endearment be-
tween husband and wife, terms used in So
ciety, are "my friend" "my real trea-
sure" "my little dove" One sometimes
hears wife call her husband an I" innocent
old OWL" or a stupid, good natured
Sheep; while, du reeanche, the husband
playfully admonishes the wife as mouse,
or dove, or cat. These expressions
sound very queerly translated into Saxon.
The custom of using the names Of animals
as terms of affection or familiarity is not
likely to prosper In English. There Is one
case of rather bad taste in its adoption
viz, that of the radical papers in calling. the
Prince Imperial q " young monkey "-since
Eugene brought Jocko back from the East
with her. I saw this phrase recently IN a
revolutionary sheet: "The young jacka.
papes must learn to get up and dust away,
because he will have to cut stick when ne
least expects it!
| Nadar, the famous photographer, man
of much literary character, and sort OF
tradesman Dumas, was described In Cos
sipy paper here the. other day as possess
| ing cheek enough to punch the Lord him
self with a cane" translate literally, and
you must pass lightly over the eccentricity'
| You must allow something for the differ
ence in languages shade Of color.
A very Yirtuolls Yankee once expressed
to me his extreme indignation because al
the French women swore so dreadfuliy
INQUIRED the exact cause Of his anger
= WHY" said he, they all say Damn
every other breath !" So they do; blu
"Dame" In French is not our rough Saxol
"damn"; no, indeed 1t Is the pious eJac
ulation brought down from nobler, even
more material times-the sacred oath" b!
our Lady," -
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