Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-07-05
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NThat manner OF SIGHTS and sounds
and creatures as2 likely 10 surround
,iie path Of = modest American nlatr6n
" lao EHav happen to speak and unaer
stand FrcEi d, and who wishes 20 show
her ycUag daughter the wonders Of
that city which claims to he tie me
tropOiis of Tie civilized world? The
pair nay promenade Broadway and
Chestnut street for years and never
meet with anything calculated 20 dis
gust or annoy thea, provided Only
That they choose The hours OF daylight;
FOR their lanJ,cs. Miss Amom%ma
might, il is true, brush past them ana
astyii.h them with the splcndOr Of her
IDGUe and the gaU.l:ncss of her attire,
aud Mr. Dcuvcave might possible stare
at Tie pretty face Of Tie young lady;
bat there al annoyance would end.
But in Paris it is not 50. An atmos-
phere Of evil hovcrs over all things,
and under its influence there spring Ia
light Horrors from which mOdestyanG
innocence can neither vail their faces
Dor avert their eyes. Let the careful
mother, il she Will, c0utint her daily
walks 10 such elegant and freqGentcd
places Of resort a. the BOu.evag;s, The
j
the Paiais Royal, vet shall she Lot es-
cape ol the yilcness which sur
rounds her ] Ike sea. Acts Of the
grossest indccency, perFctrated by the
sirUllcrs on the asphalt, or By the e!e-
gantly dressed children that frequent
the garden oftbe Tuilleries and the
Palais Royal, Will assail her
gaze. Let Ter take refuge from such
sights by turning 10 The windows Of a
fashionable priut-5hop, and her eyes
viii rest on pictures OF indescriba-
bic indclicacy, daintily engraved and
CJl0Tcd pictorial dOujic C?1tcHdTC&, and
many where the cHtaHdrc Is not dOu-
bic at all, bat where the pufpolt Of Tie
pictured scene IS perfectly uHqHCstiOn-
able. She flies for escape to The pho
| tographCr's next docr, and portraits Of
shameless women in attire betting
their characters are the leading attrac-
lions CT HE widow, The image shop
/ across the way looks innocent enough.
and she turns 20 that only to behold
/ The immodcsty Of priHt and photo
graph surpassed in the EarvClOSly eN-
Ccutcd little group OF clay figures which
stand side by side with statuettCs OF
! the NiTEine and our Saviour. She
enters bookstore and purchases some
! of the works of lie leading novel Wri-
! tiers Of France, and size sees upon Il e
/ tiIle-page the names of such large and
| well-kuown Publishing houses IL
Hachette or Michael Levy; but on
/ opening the pages she finds herself
seeking for amusement and iustruc-
| ton by peTsuing rIingte Descriptions
Of scenes of atr0cious vice. if, indeed,
/ the story does not turn upon the per-
! petratiCn Cf some crime too horrible
/ for her even TO have imagined its cX-
! istCncc. She goes to the theateT, and
! from her box at the Gymnase or the
! Coincide Franchise she bghUlds Un-
I folded before her scenes of unbridicd
and unpunishcd proIiyaCy from which
IS TO he learned the moral lesson that
TO be virtuous is to be stupid and un-
interesting, and That 10 be vicious is
TO be brilliant, charming and success
full in society. she takes up 4 news
Uaper, the Figaro, for instance, and
the anecdotes which crowd its col
umus viii bring scoTching bushes TO
her already burning checks. The
trail OF the serpent is over everything.
The vice, which i'm other large cities
is like an ulccrOus sore on an other
wise healthy body, is here, like scroa-
uious taint, prevailing the entire sys-
tenn. Wee to the careful mother if
she suffers her daughter TO walk the
distance OF halfa block in bright
daylight in The most fashionable guar
ter Of Paris for French Ioliteness will
lie ut hand to insult her youth ana III
nocence by foul words and Looks ana
insulting touch. Such is Paris; such
I doubt not was Sodom.-NOH.C JcurE
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