The New York herald., 1871-01-22
How the First Day of the New
Year Was Welcomed.
Jour de PAn-PariS As 1t Was
and As 1t Is.
How The People Fare-StarVation-T Death
Of Castor and pOlluX.
GA B A ., II R g III U rs

PARIS, Sunday Night, Jan. !, 1s71.
Among the Jetes de raDatHe which are most hon.
ored in France none is so much respected and wei
coined as the Jour de pAn-,ne first day OF q new
year. In the happy and tranquil times from which
we now seem so iar removed the boulevards, dur
ing the latter half OF every December were wont TO
assume strange and abnormal air. Everywhere
upon tho sidewalks or trottotrs little wooden huts
spring up like mushrooms, filed with every concev.
able sort OF cheap and attractive wares Of such q
nature as might tempt lovers to buy 6tre,'nss or
New Years gifts for their misrrcsses fathers and
mothers, TO carry toys cheap jewelry or engrav-
lngs home 10 their children. But among many
other gay objects which caught the eye none were
30 conspicuous as the brightly -decked shop windows
OF the jewellers and confectioners. Un petit cddeau
entretsent pam,tfe.n says the French pr0verb; and
wnen the
FIRST DAY OF EACH REcURRENr JANUARY
comes round the ricn and fashionable denizens OF
Imperial Paris spent yearly thousands upon thou.
sands OF pounds IN giving presents to their friends
In nine cases out OF ten these presents given by
men TO the fair sex, and might add that In nine
OF ten they took tile form OF most elaborate
boxes or beehlves OF sweetmeats. j have known
as much $500 given for one OF those fancful 6on-
00anteres, bought from fashionable confSeur in
the Rue de la Paix. 1t was the custom or many Of
the wealthiest agents de change and the luckiest
Spectators OF the fallen empire, TO spend two
three, or even five thousand pounds In distributing
eten5aes among their fair acqualntances. Never
was the devotion and gallanrry OF Frenchmen so
markedly exhibited upon the Jour de pAn; aud
In no civilized country is
THE EMPIRE OF WOMAN
more undisputed than in France. "Here alone,n
said the great Napoleon, writing from Paris to his
brother Joseph In 1875, "of all places upon EARTH
ought women to hold the helm-so mad are men
about them. Awoman should pass six months in
Paris TO learn what her empire Is. Men here think
OF nothing else. live FOR nothing else." 1t was
marked by that longlived and faithful chroncler OF
chit-chat Miss Berry, that In 1874 shortly after the
disastrous battle OF Leipsic, the New Year broke
without any inhabitant seeming TO be aware that
the J0ur a. pAn had arrived. No presents were IN
that fatal year interchanged between friends.
The wars Of tn First empire had driven all the
old and rich families OF France-legltimists
and anti-imperialists in politics-away from
their ancestral hotels In the faubourg st. German
OonBcrlpton artec conscrpon had drained the life
blood oi France and man has but TO read the best
OF the admirable move Is which we owe TO Erckmann
Chatrian-'.L Historian dun Conscrit de Isl3''-ln
order TO see even before Lutzen Bautzem and Leip-
sic, what was the exhaustion OF the couatry.
"Heavily breaks the dawn OF lSl4,' wrote the lady
to whom Horace Walpule proposed, and Of whom
he seemed to hold on 10 the days OF Queen Anne ana
OF The nrst George But II Miss Berry had lived to
pass the first day OF 1s7l III the French capital
would at once have admitted that within the nine-
teelth century PARIS has seen
NO OTHER SUCH JOUR DE Ian.
In ordinary times the accidental coincidence
which caused the first day OF the new year to fall
upon SUNDAY would have made light hearted and
frivolous Paris gay 10 intoxication. The streets
would have swarIned with life; the theatres would
have been choked; the equipages upon the boule-
rous as upon the Derby Day at EPSON; the voice or
Mlrth and laughter would nave asce nded TO heaven.
To-day the bonlevards have been silent, the shops
a rQv dars i'm fpnnc-
phere has brought down the leaden clouds till they
seem TO toucn Our heads; there Is much dlsposI-
funeral This evening there have been few excited
knots or gatherings OF people upon the boulevards
and from all OF them issued cries not loud but deep
"a BAs TRocHur ~
nowhere DID see the least disposition to cry "Vtce
1Tochu ~ Not single voice was upllfted TO exclaim
"God bless him p Not thar would have your read
ers think tnat we have yet approached the time
when any one openly talks OF capitulaIing The
anger against Trochu because he has done SO ttle
because he mas caused little Partisan blood 10 be
sned. Unless the temper OF this pop uatsn, which,
proverbiay ncke as IL is, seems ior the last three
months mont 70 ma nave ss lost It's changes xs the
have literally eaten cur last crust.
FoR THE LAST Six WEEKS
tne meat distributed among the poorer classes has
been one quarter OF a pound every three days. and
all OF 1t, be II remembered, has been horse leave
1t to your readers to determine how long London
could hold out upon pound Of horse as the twelve
days. portion OF every adult But here, although
the suffering has been teartully augmented by the
been raised III favor Of submission. Our etg'ennes
have been changed from watches ana bonbonnteres
Of SOUP The most fashionable shop in Paris
OF 1870, whereat tEe most exquisite 0O7lbOns and
triumphs OF the coniecuoner's art were last year
purchased, has this year put ferth Its list Of
etrefneS.
FIRST on THE LIST STANDS
"a large assortment OF logs OF mutton at 100 francs
for 500 per leg "a whole salmon, potted or canned,
and quite fresh. 200 francs or s4o" boxes OF meat
lozenges from 10 francs TO 50 francs;n ..pdtes de
fote pds de rdsbourg from so francs 500 francs;'
s.sausages from Lyons, Bologna Bayonne from 10
francs upwards ana so on through an elaborate
catalorue We are eminently practica rhis yeer
even in our presents. lover cannot better COM
mend himself TO his dulcinea than by sencing her
few IONS OF coke or few hundred logs OF wood.
Yorkshire ham or side OF Wiltshire bacon would
plead more eioquently than the most impass!oned
sanZa that Lamartine or Alfred de Musset Victor
Hugo ever wrote. couple OF fat white mice would
eb accepted osec eDuso,'-not TO be Kept alive as
PETS but 10 be eaten dead, SdeS la sauce Dodeye.
1t Is but a few days since saw National Guard
pounce eagerly upon
,ype under one Of psAp ta ee m INV cbamps Evee
The poor bird had probably been wounded by one
OF the many boys who are necessarily engaged in
Ia ch0Sse duI UlotT,edlG When the lucky warrior
deserted his prize he exclaimed rapturousy, YotId
pour n,dJe'nnls." All the friendships which we now
contract In Paris are what the French call
dnatttes destomac. know an English lady
who received shortly before the siege large con-
eignment of potted meats from England. The cold
Australian corned beef Is excellent ana the canned
legs of mutton put one out OF conceit with every
thing served up at restaurant. THIS lady has gwen
few small dinners to her friends, and She says the
punctaalty with which they render their cisites de
digestion, IN the hope OF receiving future avors Is
quite touching. In short, everything that can be
eaten ana everything that can be burned Is being
turned TO account We nave
just KILLED CASTOR AND PoILUX.
the elephants lately Installed the Jardin dAc-
elimination. and upon the backs OF which, IN hap
pier times, SO mang children OF all ages and sexes
used 10 take ride IN tic Bots de Boulogne. The
description which the G0uloiS gives OF their saugh
ter is Ia the highest degree epic II anticipated
shat following the example OF their wild brethren
whose fury when wounded Is terrible. Castor and
Polhix n not instantly Killed. would burst 10 ose
from their prison house and scatter destruction far
ana wide. But the poor beasts showed
no more ngnt than expiring sheeb
Pollux was the nrst to fall, done 10 death by an
explosive bullet, the triumph oil the great gun
makers I'M. Devsm's) sklIl. The ball struck behind
lie right shoulder, and, bursting internally pro.
duced terrible hemorrhage in the bowels. The
hnra the MOnnl na.ipnty