National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-12-25
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E1SEMAN BROS, sos Seventh street.
THE MARKET WOlLEY OF PARIS.

Mrs. Hooper writes in APpleton'S Journal:
"Here sits q pieturesque-lookiDg old body, with
her head tied up in q variegated kerchief
and busily employed in preparing Julienne for
soups and a wondrously pretty preparation It is,
with the piles Of gOlden-hued carrot shreds, and
snow-white shredded turnips, and the bright
green of the young cabbage leaves to heighten
the whole, all so deftly and dextrOusly cut up
and mingled. See her now, as she takes first q
pinch Of one vegetable and then q pinch Of
another, and adds them to the heap that Is rising
in front Of her on the centre Of the tables with
what seeming carelessness she does IL, yet she
never takes too much or too little. And here
must remark that the danes de Ia halle ara very
different from the picture our fancy usually
paints Of them, stimulated by the descriptions Of
writer's who drew their ideas from the market
women OF a by-gone age.
"MOst OF them are young and many Of them are
pretty, and the elderly danes among them are not
the fierce old harridans Of whom we have heard
so many stories, but rather comfortable, grand
motherly. looking old bodies-nay, one has even
face Of almost sanity sweetness, so gentle and
placid in its expression under the parted folds Of
her silTery hair. Yon tall girl, Proclaiming 50
mushrooms, is as perfect q specimen as one would
wish to see of q low bora beGuty-plump and we'll
shaped, with cheeks as rosy as apples, teeth like
drops Of milk, and pair Of black eyes that
sparkle like twin diamonds. A little further on
we pass a young girl with silVery fair hair and
that wonderful complexion Of Opaque white and
pink that French blondes usually possess; her
features are not handsome, but the eoloring is
marvellous"
says alt, descending lower in the social scale Of
Partisan WOmanhoOd, we take a look at the actual
working classes, we come across a race Of which,
in both Its extremes, we find no counterpart at
home. The dainty little ouUTieTe, in her white
cap and neat dress, fitting so perfectly her trim,
1.-the figure, and the equally pleasant looking
and tidy house servant, are, unfortunately, I'M
known quantities to US in working out our social
problems. Fanehette or Albertine, in her grace,
her dainty ways, her pretty little pOliteness Of
speech and demeanOr, and her def and rapid
method Of doing things, is q very different crea-
ture from the hard handed, heavy-fOOted Bridget
or pert Dinah Of our kitchens. But, drop one peg
lower in the scale, and We come across q class Of
beings the like Of which do most honestly be-
Heye exists nowhere on our continental least not
Of American race.
"The woman Of the lowest class in France is q
dreadful being. Large and powerful Of frame,
with broad shoulders, braWny limbs and bearded
lip, in her maturity she retains nothing Of her
about her save her petticoats. Her head, bound
in q sOiled, bright cOlOred handkerchief, from be-
meath which escape the grizzled locks Of her IN
kempt hair, second gay handkerchief crossed
over her massive bosom, her hands planted on her
hips, her arms akimbO, she is, in her wrath, a
creature to fee frOm-and, even in her pleasant
est moments, q being to avoid"
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