Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-11-23
Gay Paris.
Correspondence Of the London Times. ]

Correspondence Of the London Tmes.I
Paris looks very gay, and its trade,
it appears, was never more prosper.
Gus. Great preparations are being NJ
ready madefor the Jour de Fan. The
article de Paris is being largely cx.
ported to foreign capitals. Notwiilt..
standing the use that is made of the
sewing machine by dressmakers, the
wages Of seamstresses and worknen
generally were never higher. Such is
the press of orders for ready made ar.
ticles in ladies apparel, that inodistc
who only earned q. &c. da, three
years ago, can now obtain 81. &c. Tho
largest orders come from ST. Peters.
burg, Odessa, New York and San
Francisco. London is the best cnsto.
mer for fancy trimmings, artificial
flowers and false hair Australia, since
the oren'ng of the Suez canal, has bp.
come a prodigious purchaser of pinch.
back jewelIy and Paris boots. The
price of food is not quite so high MS it
used to be, owing, no donbt to the
drain of capital to Germany, the dis.
appearance of the pretentious people
attracted by the empire, and the cx-
celsence OF this years harvest. The
working classes would be extremely
well OF were the landlords to makeup
their minds to let their empty apart
lnents at lower rents than they were
IN the habit of receiving before the
siege. But as they are wealthy
class they hold out for profits which,
IT realized, would bring them heavier
percentage than any of Balzac's uSnr.
ers ever dreamt of realizing. The
number OF apartments In the fashiOna-
BILE quarters is greater than it was
twelve months ago, and l believe that
landlords year hence will have rea-
son to repent their obstinacy. There
seems but little chance of those shoals
OF foreigners, who, by some economical
law which am unable to explain, were
the curse OF the struggling classes,
coming back. The commune in de
stroying the Hotel de Vile and
Tul'eries, suppressed an allowable Ma.
bile, where ''tast' people ofrespectable
standing could seek unavoidable ad.
ventures, and where wealthy snObs
had the satisfaction Of believing that
they mixed in court society. A st-an.
ger walking through the streets of
Paris is not struck with the emptiness
OF houses. Formerly, when a suite of
rooms was to let, a bill was hung out
OF the window belonging to it; but
now, instead of seeing bills hung ont
from garnet to cellar in all but tenant.
less houses, one sees lines of windows
with neat muslin curtains, and over
each principal doorway a single board
hearing the words, 'Bel apartment
louer" The concierge never admits
that he has more than single floor 10
let, and that one, he tells the person
seeking for unfinished lodgings, is
all but leased to lady from New
York or gentleman from st. Peters
burg; but as the bargain is net yet
concluded, perhaps a chance remains
to Monsieur or to Madame, as the case
may be. This is very ingenious de-
vice, aud no doubt occasionally sue.
ceeds. The best way to find out
whether houses are really destitute or
not OF tenants is to ask at the bakers,
green grocer's or wine-tlealer's hard
by. They are up to the landlords
dodge and very ready to expose il.
They, too, have smarted nnder tho
Haussman regime, and would be de-
lighted to see the proprietors at length
obliged to own themselves beaten"
The increase of values in Boston