The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-02
parislRn News.
THE FIRST NEW STORY FROM PARIS.


The Paris correspondent of the Washing
ton Patriot writes: -..
One day last week stranger entered n
fine store in tho Rue dc Eivoli, on the win.
dow Of which was printed, in large gold
letters. "EngGsh Spoken" ".Hunn Spr1cht
Deutsch. ""Se habia Espaaol," "Si paria
Haldno." The chief clerk, seeming a fine
customer, rllshes to meet the stranger, w ho,
unfortunately, begins the conversation In
English. The clerk, who possessed q
great "chic' for selling overcoats and
white vests, completely ignored the Ian
guage of Shakespeare, and no one In the es-
tablishmcnt knew any more about IL than
be did. Mentally calling to his assistance
the shades of Mezzofanti and Creighton, he
succeeded in informing the stranger that
the English interpreter had gone to take u
bath. The gentleman. pointing to the sign,
quietly began the same questions in Ger
man. Astonishmcnt Of the clerk, rcpcti-
also 4 new pantomime, to say that the Ger
man Interpreter had returned to BRAUN
schwciccrwurst-O ahnsteincr-Station,
orgcnuhcr StolZcniclS. The unknown lin
e,iist, not discouraged, renewed his qnes,
tious in excellent Italian, but the italian
interprctcr had gone 10 II funeral, and
Tasso's tongue found no representative in
the establishment. With trown, the gen
tlcman addressed the perspiring clerk III
Spanish. but. alas ! no one spoke Spanish,
the speci,l Interpreter having been guillo-
tined the week previous!
"SGcr&bleu % cries the inluriated GUS
toner In the purest French; do You
speak your own lang,lagc at least In this
cursed store ~ "Ccttainly, sir" replied
the knight of the yard-stick, relieved of
great weight. and hoping TO take his re-
vcnge by swindlng the lir9uist. 'Oh,
verv we'll that is all | wished TO know.
| Sa1n7sti. if YOU speak French, why not
have it printed in big letters in the win
dow?" and, with this flrewcl, the Pa
risian inkcr strobe off majcstcaly, while
the dlimfounded clerk Immediately began
the study of the English irregular verbs.
| PARIS.
A Paris letter to the Washington Patriot
Says:
"Paris. in spite of the still existing state
| Of siege and military discipline, has become
| Paris once more, and that simple state
mcnt includes every luxury, folly, senSa-
ton, and pleasure possible CT impossible !;
a changeabe. delightful, varied whirlpool
! OF excitement, frolic, and fever as en-
| thu>iastic, impetunuS. and uncomfortable
AS ever. Yet, indeed, the seductions and
charms of Paris are as palrable, evident,
and real as before the war, and already her
countless admirers and ardent adorers,
tourists, and shight-seers have reappearcd
from the fcggy banks Of the Thumes, the
azure skies of Italy, the barren steppes OF
NJ uscovy, and the frozen Jords of Norway.
| On they come from all parts of the world,
anxious. curious, impatient, burning to be-
hold once more that fascinating siren,
which was always refuge and second
home 10 outcasts, eXiles, friends and foes,
rich and poor-all throneing and rushing,
by land and water, to sec for themselves
| the scars and gashes not entirely obiiterated
un that smiling face, but which will soon
| disappear"