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

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book history, which Galisnani will tell
you for five francs. But under this Is history
which comes with study and going out to see
Here, for instance lived RObespierrc. 1t Ii plain.
| dngy house. on the Rue St. HonOre-a house OF his
time, as the architecture shows, but now occupied
| by tradesman. Duplay, the carpenter, ana the
daughter, and Robespierre, with his dog, have van
tshed like shadows; and this narrow gateway
which looks so dark now, and through which passed
ard repassed the first men OF France In the anx-
ious days of terror, is given over to workmen VINO
pad In and out and tradesmen who chaher WIN
you over bargain. And you have emily to take
small walk along the route paced daily in those
days by Macmillan himself and you come to the
site OF the Jacobin Club where Mother JacoDin
ruled until the crushing days OF Thermidor. But
club and club house and all the men and women
who were wont to gather there have gone the dark
road into the realms OF silence and now you see a
cOnmodiOus market house, and burly women cry
you to buy fish on the spot where DantOn
once Numbered. Nor Is 1t far to the old
Church OF st. Roch, which has this mom-
ory-that one Napoleon Bonaparte found the
beginning OF his career here-for St. R0ch Ia the
church which was held by the insurrectionists
when he, as General OF the Convention, opened
upon them with real powder and ball. and so, in q
Whit, ended the French Revolution. And speak
ing OF Napoleon. you may cross the river and see
the top garnet room which he and Junot occupied.
at five francs q month-the darkest shadows
ahead-nothing to do but to sit broOding and look
ing out at the Tuileries, sweeping 80 majesticaly
before them and hooking their fate with Its irony
OF grandeur. And you may return and cross the
boulevard and walk little way towards Montmar-
tire and see the house where Napoleon lived when
he returned from Egypt. 1t is on the Rue IL VIC
toire. When he went to live there with Josephine
1t called Rue Chautereine but In his honor 1t
was named the Street OF Victory, and Is so named
| until this day, and you may see his home, where
was planned the Eighteenth Of Brumaire, with its
open courtyard, which has general appearance Of
dinginess and looks like the courtyard OF livery
stable. While in this vicinity you may see where
Mirabeau lived and died in the rosy hours OF his
| fame, and In the room underneath you may now
suit yourself with hats and caps or any kind OF
head gear; or you may continue your inquiries and
discover the house where John Paul Marat, 'the
friend Of the people," was taking his bath one day,
when Charlotte Corday stabbed him.
ESTABLISHED INSTITUTIONS IN THE COLONY.
The two institutions around which our colony
centres tremendously, after the Ministry and the
Consulate, are the Circus and the Bon Marche.
have never heard Of the circus as q conservative
or harmonizng Institution except among the
nursery maids, nor Is 1t, according to the best
authorities, largely sought by the Americans at
ton. Saturday is the evening given to fashion, and
upon every Saturday evening you will find the
high benches and uncomfortable seats crammed
with the American colony. Here all distinctions
are lost. The colonist who has the red ribbon
looks blandly down upon his comDatriot who
dcspises the decoration Here the lords Of the
Washington Club and the c0mmOners OF the Con-
gress, in the Grand Hotel, assemble IN strength.
One OF the mysteries Of colonial life is this passion
for the circus, and suppose it is because, under
the French gloss and the glitter OF foreign life.
there fingers the home feelings which we'll
up at the sight Of the well-remembered
clown and the athlete who does such marvellous
leats. and the fair maiden with the wavy golden
hair, who Kneels and jumps and breaks through
the hoops, while the steed gallops beneath her. and
you wish one SO comely were well settled in life.
And the colonial mind goes back to earlier days,
when the circus caravan and its retnue meander.
ing into the village was sight to remember in
dreams-more gorgeous than the Queen Of Sheba
IN all her majesty So the circus, which at home
Is wearis0me performance, and by no means o
criterion Of the highest taste, becomes soothing
and home-recalling and heart-unting influence in
these strange, foreign lands. Next to the circus,
as Institution in the colony, Is EAU Bon Marche.'
II there are any fond husbands who have visited
Paris and read these words I know well what
bitter memories they recall Oh, fellow country.
men, who love and honor and have sworn to pro-
tect and cherish, when you come to Paris avoid
EAU Bon Marchep' Who enters here with full
purse, and wife and daughter In train, must leave
al hope behind, at least while the money holds out.
"Au Bon Marche' Is a vast magazine for the sale
OF everything that woman can need or crave.
When you compass what Is meant by this
definition you will know the danger and the
temptations Of "Au Bon Marche." mention 1t as
one OF cass-a vast class You run against
stores Of this character all over Paris. They are
named like the cafes and the taverns but with q
wider and more poetical sweep Of fancy. .'The
Scottish. Mountains" 'The Carnival of Venice"
sThe Spring." ''The Great House OF Peace" "The
Good Devil" ''The Infant Jesus" "Old England"
"a Thousand and One Nights" 1.-THE House-Is It
Not S' These are some Of the names given to the
dry goods stores, or rather shops containing, as
remarked, all that woman can need or crave and
where Americans are expected to come and squan-
der their fortunes. In these great stores the
colonists sink all rank, all social pretensons all
claim to be more than plain Americans in q foreign
land eager to win bargain The colonists differ
on many points, and walk their own ways with
high mein. But they are Americans after ALL and
suffer like the rest Of mankind when they go with
their wives and daughters to eau Bon Marche."
THE CONGRESS AT THE GRAND HOTEL,
Our countryman when he comes here, not as q
colonist, but as q soourner, finds fascination In
Paris. He plans his Continental trlp-the Rhine,
Cologne, Mayonce and the German r0utc-and you
bid him farewell ut the railway station and see
him disappear In his van with hat-box cane,
shawl umbrella, soft felt hat, meerschaum pipe,
large Harper or Appleton guide book, and say
again ''Goodbye," rs though you would not see
him for o season. In q week or two you run
against him on the Boulevards, most probably
wearing new style Of hat, and learn that he has
"done" the Continent and means to have another
"go' ct Paris. His life here Is at best monotonous
He calls the waters John" and gives them
franc And II o waiter Is shrewd-as some are
and address him as my Lord" in wretched Eng
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