, 1873-09-07
FRENCH HOME E-LlFE.'
servants-~-Child ildren---Prepara-
tion Of Food.
Manners -- Language..Dress'.MaT'
rage.


rage.
Prom the London Saturday Rerf<'a.
"Home-Lifo" iB comprehensive term, In.
ol,1t1ing many departments and varlons phases
OF domestic exporloncc. Considering how lnrge
Is tho part Which servants play In 1t, thore ta
cortnin ftnsBB in boginniug, az our author does,
with chapter on
"sEnyAHrs."
In II ho describes tho moral OBJECTS which tho
idoas Of '8o hnvo produced on tho mindB of that
class. Equality betweon nastor aud mnn is
rcality In Franco, but 1t In an equality Of
snocial character, which evidences itself In n Pc
culiar n,anner. It In no why Involves shado Of
doubt al to tho temporary superiority OF tho e1n-
ployor ovor tho employed, or ditniniehes tho
habitunl Difference and respect Of manner Which
is expected from servant; but 1t maintains In
tact botweon the two tho pro.oxi8ting ab-
strnot truth that In morals aud In law
ome Ia Ga good aa tho othor; 1t, covoro
tho dignity Of tho serror towards tle aervod. aid
koopu llom both aHstrod TINT, directly they aop-
arato, thor relative positions will ouco moro bo-
oume iloticnl, not, Of course, In tho passing nc
cilent Of social rank but In tho universal bond
OF common humanity. Honoo 1t Is that Fronch
n1aa.ors arc 30 often friendly with thor eervants,
and dIsc1ss family affairs with them. Thoro Ia
no barrier, AZ In England, batweon thaua only
tacit recognition Of q connection which, while 1t
labiB, suaponds equality. The fact TINT ho. cau
put m ond to this suspension WHOM ho nioa on
courages the temporary inferior to support it
whie it lasts. The English servant la always
struggling to maintain Ills imaginary dignity by
sticking out for tho infinitely small privileges
which, by degrees and under pressure, have boen
conferred upon him. The Fronchmhu, feeling
that his rights hB man nro absolutely
Oh par with tLoso Of hia master, attaches 7ast-
IL loas Importance to hiB rishta "a servant
aud is consequently ready to do wl,atcver you ask
provided only you ask in why which plosseB
him. lie mover raises tho objection, 80 common
In tho mouth Of English servants, !" It's not my
p}ace to do It," II thero be any reason for 1t. =
cook will cloan tho drawing-room, footman
will cook tho dinner, ladys maid will black tho
boote, without any growing, aud rathor as fun
tim otherwlae. This adaptabillty is peculiar
nlollt Of French servants. -....-
ruE1n GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
nyu said to he activity, cloauly aspect (wo OBJ
scrvo' that our author rofraina from saying
cleanlitcss), chcery temper, simplicity, and econ-
u,nrkcd contrast TO tho tloughtcasnesa Of their
British confreres. pariB servants copntituto =
cluas sui ge,ae,is, "1nuch less worthy, but
fnr moro interesting" Our author TO
fera to the degrading and demoralizlng effects
Paris, whici arc tho result Of tho general adop-
tim OF tho " fiat" syBtonl. In this particular,
at least. English homes contrast favorably with
to .ntor tnk
tlut Paris servants arc az good as they aro+
There arc scamps among them, but thore are a
Eroat many excellent creaturob too aud "quan-
tties ci bravo girls, who set up IN the carly
&r tn HflH
down thoso foul corrlora with their eyes straight
before them aud thoir cars resolutely closed
lko little saints whom no temptation can touch. y
On tho "h9f our aathoF t51onS
Tho conditions undor which their SERVICES are
rendered. Nothing in tho book, by tho way, do
no more warmly indorso than the sketch glVot,
III it Of tho immense superiority Of tho brisk and
iuecd, pretonsiouB," and let us add rapacious,
hotel-w1iters Of these islands.
OF FRENCH CHILDREN
our esaaying has something to nay. No one car
rishout pornoiving ~1'at nm important patt chill
3ren pay in socoty; Or, to put tt 1aaa enrho
miatically, as this book docs, what deVolopmen
she art Of spelling Inns reached IN Ftanco. NOV
.rthooss, in Fronch girls, and thor way o
bringing mp, our author finds much to com
ncnta. Living sdo By sldo With demonstrative
mothers, they goon learn to copy thor gushing
aess aud susceptlbllity g o1notlon. n.y. IN n1 sn
side. Girls learn to keep house, aud TO rocoiy
visitors, aud cultivate tie faculty Of conyersa
tion Tho FrencA girl leasna how to 10
woman from her crndlo; and this onors arg
haIlt p Of application. OF French boys our au
ii,or hun formed much lcss favorable opinion
Tno groat majority Of them ho pro
ooa9esa to % 20 deficient aSstnn, IN pSGk snosto in
a'D'aqss p opposea to- to tic ''a1 doysiopmens
tI,ess Virtues, It il at school that they picl
IN tho gnoakiug little notions which are 30 uni
yarsal among thom. Tloy mako fncea at Gael
tiug, Is for defending o point Of honor, ss 70
hard. rough ganses .wlero force and sk1l a!
psotlad-,yho over heard Of theRo things il
Eraucsa In discussing tho canses Of tho lat
cefcat Of Franco, our author thinks that sun II
etIects produced by Tie education Of tho boys. t
UTTER WANT OF STUBBORN pLU0K
which charactcrizes It, and to tho facility wit
wnich tho ligAor moral teachings disappea
Wien manhood comes Until thore is radicu
change in tho character and training OF Treuc
toya, there will be small hope OF seeing Franc
take her old place again among tho nationI
t;,;lcd to develop corartlce. Thay aro 70,
bi1don to fight; AND it ono boy ahonl
strike another, oyen IN aelf-detcnHc, nll tn
otee scholars would tell tho mastos, and the Of
fender would be punished al O. danger to &c
c;oty and corTuptor Of good morals.
Swedish boy at pension in Paris waa called
liar by an ualer Of IL years old The youngstt
went straight at him, aud got homo his right Q
ha taoth, snd his left behtnd hia ear. and the
asked him it Ae would have any more; whore
uuou tllo tLirty-Begon other boys in the roo
rushed together at tho swode, rolled him on tt
fluor and stretched themBelveR on his body NJ
ho woro q rattlosnako III q box. When the pot
fullo" waa got out bis nose was hattenea az
h,n a,n brokon. Those thirty-Beven boys we
quito proud Of it, aud woro ready to beg
Tic eingu1ar skiu OF tho French In tho
pnErAnAr1oN OF FOOD
furnishes a TOPIC to which chapter In III
0.+rn author Gi1afnu ~