The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-22

at the windows, some OF the lovelest and
MOST CELEBRArED PARIsIENNEs
were congregated. Among them Madame Pour
tales, Madame Won Moltke, wife OF the Danish En-
voy and related to the famous old Prussian Gen.
erai and the Duchess La Tremoile. All the houses
were decor ated with nass 1.-THE stars and Stripes
were In fullest force), and OF them had sight
seers on the roofs. better position was scarcely
possible. On my right was the Arc de pEtoile. its
centre portion filled up with huge velvet canopy,
while distinctly visible between 1t and the nearest
surrounding houses bristed on the horizon the
rugged outline OF Mount valerien, the fortress
which played such an important part In both the
last seges OF Paris Far away on the left rose the
ancient tower OF Notre Dame. On either side OF
the Arc saw the tribunes for which, a. / have
mentioned. 1 had tickets OF admission filed with
persons on whose devoted heads the sun was shin
ing and who looked already hot and tired. The
glass OF champagne Jrappe to which one frequently
turned as relief, derived an additional
piquancy from the contemplation OF these wretched
personsi
The centre roadway Of the Champs Eiysees, save
where II was here and there dotted by cantering
orderlies or stationary ofncers, kept entirely
clear. The whole length OF the sidewalks was
fringed with infantry. looking very neat and SOL
dier-hke in their blue TUNES, red trousers and
epauettes, white CATERS and gloves. Most OF these
men belonged to regiments which had been sur
rendered by Bazaine At Metz, and had afterwards
assisted In the siege Of Paris and the destruction
OF the Commune. Behind them was ranged the
stationary crowd about four deep, and behind that
again came, In enormous numbers, the circulating
crowd, ever ebbing and nowing between the Arc
and the Place de 10 Concorde, with but compare
lively very few blouses to be IN It, respectable
good-tempered, chatting and laughing In the
height Of it, enjoyment.
put favv xon
The usual dog ran its wild career amid the usual
volley Of epithets, and q watering cart, which
squrted its contents over the legs OF the nearest
bystanders, created much delight At twenty
minutes past i've Marechal MacMahon, attended
by his stan, rode up the Champs Eleysees and
round the Arc, ungreeted, 30 far as l heard, by a
single cheer. More remarkable still was the alb
sence OF the military salute usually indispensable
under such circumstances. 1t Is so much the habit
In England to acknowledge the arrival OF great
personages with appropriate music that was sur
prised to fnd the various military bands by
which we were surrounded-and there were
certainly four within close hearlng-keep
total silence as the President OF the Republic
rode by. On rejection however, It was difficult
to think what air would have been In good
taste. The ''Marsenaise" is now looked upon
as ultra rouge and appertaining to the
Commune. The "Mourir pour Ia Patrie' might
have been suggestive OF exactly what the
Marechal did not do. "Partant Pour La Syrie" was
written by Queen Hortense and adopted by Louis
Napoleon, and there, think the catalogue OF So
called national French airs ends. To be sure, 'Que
Jaime les Militares" or "voicl lie sabre de Mon
Perez" those choice ns0rceaur Of M. Onenbach,
might have been taken as delicate compliments TO
the present military regime, but they were not
onered, and the President passed along In silence
1t s ungrateiul In me, perhaps, to speak lightly Of
these bands. for one or other Of them had been
paying without interval all the afternoon. And
such variety Of music, too. to suit all tastes One
delighted In the beautiful Blue Danuben ana
Strauss waltzes, another dscoursed the compost.
lions OF N. Onenbach aforenamed, while Q third
gave US selections from the melody -teeming 'son-
nambula," the soul-strring "Lucrezia" or the
majestic Norma"
l0 THE PARTISAN PoPULAcE
albeit chdishly delighted with very small things,
Is easily bored. and suppose those in power
thought 1t necessary to make some demonstration,
however trinin~ -. a. Quarter 10 slA wv svi
dlers, who had been longing at ease. were called
to attention" and ordered to ok bayonets. THIS
manGuvre is simple in ITSELF and when. ss In this
case. 1t is smartly done, does not OCCUPY much
time In carrying out But 1t had the desired effect,
for time at least, Of concentrating the attention
OF the populace and OF ecitiDg many compliment
tary remarks. Soon We Tell rather nat again. and
renamed so until the happy thought occurred to
one Of the bandmasters to start his in playing
the persian Hymn" Immediately previous to and
consequent upon the arrival Of the Shah In Eng
land we had four or ave Persian hymns, all claim
Ing to be the real original article, each
repudisting any connection with over the
way, and accusing Its rivals Of the un.
tradesmanlike falsehOod OF being the same
concern. Our modern English composers, though
for the most part not very strong, q very in
dustrious race, and take advantage OF every oppor
tunity Of letting loose foods Of melody at two shi
hngs copy. No prominent parsonage visits US
without these troubadours tnkling their pianos in
his praise, and In default Of other subjects they will
fall back on home topics, invoke heavens blessing
on the Queen, the Prince Of Wales end the rest OF
the royal family, or even maunder dismaly about
.'Our dear old Church Of England" and express
their hopes that she may come to no further grief
l am bound, however, to confess that all
THE PERSIAN HYMNS
that heard at home had an unmistakable smack
OF Cheapside and Chaftng Cross about them, while
that played to-day by the band Of the Thirty eighth
Infantry was tinged with barbaric wlldness and
savage Ortentalsm which led one to believe In its
originality.
In nay elevated position We had, as Intellectual
pleasure, conversation with the ladies, inter.
spersed with occasional music and, as grosser de-
lights. iced champagne, sandwiches and cigarettes
to enable rs to pass the time; but the next hour
must have gone wearily with the crowd who had
no such amusements TO fall back upon It was
seven O'Clock when General Ladmirault. the Gov
eruor Of Paris, in full uniform, very much cooked.
hated and gold-laced, rode by with his stan and
took up his position in front OF the Arc. He also
did not get . cheer, though there was no reason
why the population around him, thoroughly re.
spectacle as 1t was should not have given him
one. BY the curriers' Of Belleville he would prob
ably be Kissed, for he IL o stern man. with tend
ency to put his foot down heavily on those commit
ting disturbance; nor ia he very popular with
journalists, having his own ideas in regard to the
freedom Of the press. Anyhow he went by in
silence to return 1T the end OF ten minutes at the
head OF what was called the procession Long pent
up expectation In q large mob usually finds
its vent in Q swelling roar but no auch