The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-01

ana understand he Mas tried 20 reform the ciuh.
But il win not reform. Every night some one wins
100000 francs ct baccarat Johnnie Chamberlin
should come over and buy out the shop and make
money. Only some Of these club chaps would ruin
johnnie, event. And % on In long narrative,
which would not be useful to publish. perhaps. "a
THE OTHER SIDE OF TIE suBJEcr.
.what makes some OF our friends here 30 vexed
With your clubf" said to . member. as we sat
booking out Of the window on the brilliant waves Of
Me that rolled along the boueyards. "Oh," was
the response, '.you've been taking 70 80 and &c,
perhaps Wen, We black-balled him for good
many reasons. We must be particular here, more
80 than In New York. Whenever an American
cheats his creditors and runs TO Paris TO keep out
ofLudlow Street Jail ne visits the CLUB ana de-
mands admittance. So we must look carefully ~
al corners. Most of our members are men OF ior'
tune--men who come here TO see life and enjoy It;
70 educate their children, and gain Rnowi
edge OF foreign manners. II, as you say,
they chcos, TO play at baccarnt for 1ooeoo
francs, It IL NO business Of yours or
mine. Tney con AFFORD to play and pay,
and they have nothing else to do; and, 80 saying,
we strolled through the rooms Of the club, which
are sumptuoasly furnished with large mirrors and
. bust Of the late lamented George Washington,
his cOuntry's father, and all the recent news
papers, convenient lounging room IN every
way. "There Is NO treuble,n said my informant
Elm obtaining entrance to the club, II man Is In
any way decent; but 1t won't do to have the police
watching our doors with warrants for the arrest Of
ncwly-elected members who have obligations to
their native land that can only be answered by the
Treaty Of Extradition.n lu tocp rl a-
THE VALUE OF TIE EXPERIENCED COLONIsT.
But, not to owen upon this, there Is the attrac-
on Of Paris to the art and literary portions OF the
colony. These fragments lie or BY themselves and
are not attainable at the Grand Hotel. II you
come here stranger ana under suspicious stars,
and gain entrance into the art some or the literary
zone, you are blessed among wayfarers and Paris
comes TO you as you would never 1t were you to
tramp the boulevards twenty years. The American
colOnist, thoroughly seasoned In Paris, with his
European habit fun upon him, is, in the main,
delightful person.. He has acquired the best
qualities Of the French and thrown on the worst
qualities Of the American. He does not
hold you At arms length and give you his
views His home animOsttles about politics and
20 on are deadened, and in their stead you sec
genuine full-grOwn patriotism-a lsve Of the whole
country democratic and republican. Then come
the tramps into side streets-the discovery OF the
oldest outofthe-way places for dishes, or queer
prints or books or odds and ends OF desirable
character. You see in time what underlies the
French varnish Of Paris life-that French varnsh
which foreign eyes SO Iiequently see ana nothing
else You have glimpses Of the true life in France
and learn what it is that has made this people,
with all their faults and misadventures the richest
and thriftiest in the world. You will also observe
the reasons that led to the Commune.
'THE EUROPEAN HADIT'-A WARNING TO ENTHU-
sIAsTS ,t
This edge of colonial life Is full Of interest; but
has 1t no drawbacks have spoken OF what Is
called the european habit' and Of the advantage
shat enc finds in foreign travel when he has IL
upon him. "Ah, my friend," said wise man that
know, wine has lived many years here, to one
Who spoke with him in hopeful, bright way about
coming to live in Paris and making 1t q home,
"Ah, my friend, don't; you Will never have any
true home elsewhere should this Paris fever come
upon you. 1t will not come at FIRST Madame,
your wife, viii see many things to annoy her. She
VIII have her troubles about the candles and the
wood and Misunderstanding With the concierge.
Then, II she is religious and has our Puritan
notions, as most women have at home whether
Catholic Or Protestant, she viii not under
stand the theatres being open on Sunday and
races at Longchamps after church. Then there are
social and personal freedoms permitted to men
and women which fall rudely upon eyes that have
this in time passes away. You see that nature,
among other things docs not require fish balls and
mutton chops for breakfast at nine and that coffee
with milk is good dish to work on till noon. That
Is the hardest thing the women have to learn, but
they learn 1t. Then comes this never-ending piano.
rama Of life and brightness and activity-these
b0ulevards, the passage Choseul the Palais Royal,
the Champs Eysees-God bless me- where do you
find its counterpart II you are poor you
can dine at Duval's for two francs; you are rich
you can pay hundred at Bignon's. which Is just
opposite. You can live In the Rue du BAG at fifty
5rancs month, or In the Avenue Gabriel ut thou.
sand and you will neither lose nor gain in respect
ability. You select your Gaze. You give John a
few sous now and then, and the care ia your home
to your friends. So In time the "habt" grows
upon you. Life is 80 SMOOTH The government be.
ing Of the paternal kind, does so many things for
you that you lapse into easy ways, Then the peo-
pic Are 50 pleasant. but this Is not surprising K
Frenchman is always pleasant, but 1t Is only cour-
tesy. You know him twenty years, and he is
rs agreeable in the end as in the beginning
no more 1t never is home. You like
the city, you grow attached to certain ways
and places would not have good week unless
/ had my stroll along the Rue Neuve des Petits
Champs-dear Old Tnackeray's pet street. You
form sincere regard for your concierge; but 1t is
not homo. You never take root. But what are
you going to dor You cannot 60 home. Whom are
you going to sect The houses one visited ten or
fifteen years ago are open. to be sure. But the
head Of 1t sleeps after dinner and is equity; and
the little girls that you tumbled over your shoul-
ders and gaddened with sweetmeats sit in the par
lor, and find you in the way when the beardless
chaps, with Shiny boots and very tight gloves,
come around. Then you have your European ways,
which are not the ways Of America You want
your cofree So and so 1t never comes, and life be.
gins to fret you. One home has gone, and you have
not gained another. This everrunning, ripping
stream Of life, many tinted as the rainbow and as
full OF Joy as Summer wind. This is not home
Then think Of dying here and OF being buried In