The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-25
Light Reading and General News,
Specimens Of their Fascinating
I.IOquence.

Hon james Brooks Ia the y. Y. Express.
have read 1socrates. studied Quinul-
ian in days gone by. read and re-read
Cicero de Oratore, but ! never have 50
/ realized Demosthenes' idea Of eloquencc-
action, action AS in the action OF these
Partisan shopwomen. The dear crea-
lures If they only wore trousers, aud
/ would come over 10 the United States,
not man could stand up against them
/ in stump speaking. But. Oh, how they
/ flo, What marvellous tales they will
/ tell. and how they will swear 20 them
and You could not help believing them
all. a. YOU had not been standing such
/ batteries of eloquent action long life
/ time 'Phe East India shopkeepers are
I eloquent. aud the Chinese have hut lit
tie regard for the truth; but the French
/ shopwOman will fb with such grace and
/ gentleness that she insinuatcs herself in
to your pockets despite your head, while
all j. done with such dignited suavity
that you could not contradict If you would.
I Ii you order garment 20 he made, YOU
have not the least certainty that il will
be done within a week after the duy
promised. You make all your arrange
ments 10 depart on certain day, bid
adeu 10 your banker and settle up ac-
counts with with him, but the promised
articles do not begin 10 appear. In rage
You rush to the shop 10 scold.
Madame, YOU solemnly promised me
10 have il ready on saturday,
"C'est vra, Monsieur, and il shall be
ready on saturday
And why is it not ready
4 AT.....s....- a q
Saturday; if you had, it should have
been all ready. But you said Saturday
week
This dodge was irresistible. gave
up in despair, happy 10 have fresh
promise that il would be done the
"Wednesday before " the Saturday
week
lectured another breaker Of promises.
There was no dodging the point ! made
with her. And ended with saying:
Il am willing TO stay in Paris all win
ter madame, waiting for your things, if
you will only pay my hotel bills.
Madame Gin reply: ! should be too
happy to do that, and thus have the
pleasure Of seeing YOU every day"
What could he done with such French
politene-s rs thar gave up, and pay
my own hJtel bills, of course.
ANOTHER SCENE.
Monsieur (speaking): And they
are not ready with n sigh and most
plainGve loo, OF appeal.
Madame: No Monsieur. Such a taillc,
such "a figure tthrowing up both hands ia
the most eloquent enthusiasm). We are
creating the most rayshing robe that ever
went from our fingers, and we have put
our best artists upon it-and do give N
time. You would not hurry mp RAJ
chael or IA Guido, would your And we
shall do something worthy of them
The humbug was irresistible. The
only way 10 be sure of anything in Paris,
III gwen time, is 10 get part al il, and
then threaten 10 20 on with that part un-
paid for, and promise 10 pay for the rest
when il il all sent, with express expenses
paid in addition. This generally pro-
ducos "A result.
STILL ANOTHER.
A plump and jovial American at the
door rs the jacket of my wife ready"
Madam Gin reply) "Ah, mon Dieu,
Monsieur, | cannot say. / will inquire.
II is a most beautiful jacket"
dsSlnE ~ me III the Iooln lHlo dhoAHti
room, soto voco, says:
II know it Is not'-(with an indescriba-
bic shrug)-"but what iib shall tell him
now, lc malheureuX."
The plump American, Of course did
not get his wife's jacket.
TIE fact Is, a week or two is not vast
al in Paris, to hear the eloquence Of the
French shop women. II is much more
touching than that in the assembly now
AT Versailles.
And the art with which French
woman makes you buy what you don't
want, and pay her price for it is wonder
full
1T is ravishing,' she exclaims. 1T
exactly fits your figure and complexion.
Il is the last great chef d'euvre of-sonle-
body" II have just sold such one TO
NJ, your cOuntryman, whose taste,
you know, Is perfect" etc.
But Paris is sad, sad enough just now.
There are few or no strangers here. The
shops have but few, very few customers.
Paper money has made the expenses Of
living almos. a. great a. in the United
States; aud papermoney il increasing in
quantity, and prices are rising. There is
snow on the streets, and the cabs with
difficulty work their way through. The
little wood fires IN the hotels but make one
shivcr, and force upon one the contrasts
Of the red-hot anthracite AZ home.
A rooster. whose head has been cut
OF buf ,vbi.b ,et Evea aud orosVa luetilv