The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-11

off here ?" she answered, looking
pleased.
'Tndeed Won are. And what pleas
ant dining room this isl But you have
eaten up all the breakfast" glancing at
the emf t. dishes.
$50 we have bat it is because we
are all done. We have been here nearly
an hour"
I was disappointed not to see the
food but my curiosity was gratiied in
the mems dining-room, to which we
next proceeded, and which is an i'm
mense place, capable of seating several
hundred. The breakfast, or luncheon,
for it was after eleven O'Clock, consisted
of pot-au.fe fen, a savory conglomerate of
potatoes, meat, and gravy, red wine,
bread and butter, and preserved fruit,
great gallon jars of which stood here
and there in process of being scooped
| out by dozens of hungry n1en. GGrcons
in white aprons were running in and
out with fresh supplies of the steaming
stew and fresh pots of jam, and on the
walls hung this notice, which could
not sufficiently admire:
NoICE.-The food of the employees
must be abundant and wholesome, and
the service prompt.
"The most thorough entente cOrdiaLe
should exist between the garcOns de
service and the employees.
"M. TSo-and-so1 is designated to re-
eeive each day any complaints or criti-
cisms which the employees of this estab-
lishment desire to make as TO the con-
duct of the lodging department. The
DANES can apply to him at such an
hour I; the young men at [such another
hour the gdrcOqa de service at [such
another1." Hours stated
Could any thing SO effectually destroy
the wish to grumble as this cordial in
vitation?
Near the dining-room is the kitchen,
and we enter for minute. Great baskets
of fresh lettuces stood on the floor; the
tables were full of straw trays, on
which were ranged rows of plates and
tumblers, Christening clean" A man
in side pantry was filling dozens of
bottles with Vi1o ordi11aire. Upon the
walls hung coffee-pots and saucepans
which shone like gold. Half dozen
white aproned, white capped cooks were
preparing dinner on monstrous range /;
an appetizing and savory steam rose
like halo and surrounded their heads
Next we peep into the BARRIERS shop,
where numbers of just-breakfasted
clerks were having hair and beard
brushed and trimmed; into the dining
rooms of the stable-men and the gar
cons +. for the daily amusement of gentle
men whose wives are shopping, and the
occasional amusement of clerks on hol-
idays lastly into the mushroom.
Here, arranged on racks and shelves,
was the equipment of complete or
chestra, brass instruments, wind, and
| string.
Ny conductor saw the establishment
in my eyes, and explained that the Bon
Marche furnishes musical instruction
! gratuitously to all of it's employees who
choose to avail themselv of it. A
professor comes for tie purpose on two
! evenings of the week. The lessons are
taken in the big dining room, and are
open to all. Now and then the employees
| give a concert, to which they invite
their friends; and the music is really
admirable. On two other evenings in
the week English lessons are given on
! the remaining two, lessons in German
The establishment therefore Is not only
a means of livelihood to nearly thou
sand persons, but training school as
well, where intelligent and ambitious
minds can fit themselves for the higher
positions and rewards of these fields of
occupation.
l inquired concerning salaries, and
was told that each person in the estab-
| lishment received a stated sum in addi-
ton to board (and in 200 cases lodging,
| besides which each has an interest in the
| sales, varying according to age, capac-
! ity, and position. The chefs de TGyO11S
make, some of them, $4,000 francs a
| year; the head woman makes II, 900.
| There is thus every incentive to zeal,
and yet the bodily wants of all are so
comfortably provided for as to preclude
| the rapacious anxiety / have noticed in
other shops, and which tells of the
clerks personal stake In the sales.
Last of all I was taken through a
series of galleries and staircases to the
| stables, which are little distance from
the shop. Eighty horses and thirty
five men are accommodated here, not to
mention some forty of the little wagons
with "Bon Marche" on their panels
which Paris streets know SO we'll. No
| thing could be more beautiful in order
| than those stables. The horses, large,
sleek creatures, stood munching their
| hay in stalls and loose boxes, rallied with
vanished wood. Each stall was marked
with the name and pedigree of its occu-
| pant, as thus, "ROSjtd, par IereS ct
| Fr0nche." / was shown wOndrous
| harness room, where every buckle flash
ed with polish, huge omnibus, which
each morning carries the chefs de ray
| 0nS to the wholesale department and
brings them back, a great market van
for the supplies of the household, and
| an infirmary where sick horses are
| lodged and nursed.
"We have park in the country also, !"
said my conductor, taking lump of
sugar from his pocket and popping it
into the mouth of horse which was
rubbing against his shoulder and whin-
nying expectantly ga nice park with
grass, where we send the horses who
| have been sick to Craze and get strong.
| Oh, we are all comfortable here, mad
anne; of that can assure you.
"Our chef, M. Bourcicault, " he went
on, SIS a very great man in my opin-
ion, a very great man. Even as M.
Rothschild is prince of bankers, so is
our chef prince of commerce. Business
is his pleasure and his life. He is sell
dom absent from his desk for single
day. Nothing escapes his notice. He
observes all, hears all, judges calmly,
is never excited. Believe me, madame,
he is a great man."
And when, last of all, was shown
the one tiny room in a corner of the
great establishment where twenty eight
years ago the "Bon Marche" began its
career, and thought of the magic of
such growth, and of the thousand souls
whose daily bread, whose comfort, and
whose mental improvement are so gen.
erously cared for under its roof, re-
peated to myself, eyes, The man who
has done this thing is, in his way, truly
a great man. "-H07per' Bazaar.
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