, 1875-01-17

perzon that it might have been just - well to
pay the fev francs extra, and introduce them
selves. il needs must, In more sgreeable man
pe1 You wonder II the next man has had d
quarrel with his wife, and has called to have tbs
Legation pour oil upon the troubled waters.
No: but he might better be Ut war With bis wifo
than in the financial calm in which he finds him.
sen. He ia
l would like to know it thore Vas ever foreign
Minister q1 clergyman, who has not caAt bread
upon the hopeless waters Of like charities. OF
course, man with such letters must be assisted.
II people would only consider tho destination Of
their lettera OF introduction, tkey would pe =
littie more discreet In g1ving than. But over
good hnmor is m American trait, and letters will
be given and cheats md ho1es encouraged till
the end of time.
Thus goes on this endlass business, OF which
tho volumiaouA records Of tha Legation give not
a hint, and rhioh would almost seem to require
thu attention OF another Minister
Bat, II our Minister ia 10 pleasing In hin office,
he ia
KING IN Els HOME,
whero hin uwn virtues ~ host Ars augmented
by tho charming presence Of bis wife. Instead
Of oroTdius themselves up in Bone apartments
in the city, thoy have chosou themselves home
on the Avenue Impe1atrice, and near one Of the
entrances Of thu Bois do Bouioeno, Tho avenue
ia one Of ths most beautiful in the City OF Paris,
perhaps half-zni}o in length, extending from
the Arc de Inumpho to the Bots it almost de-
serves the nauae Of pa1k. becanse Of its beauti-
full trees and shrubbe1y. The eentral carriage
road, which is the widest, ls danked on ono aida
by walk, md On the other by road for sques-
trina on either side, again, are two beautiful
parks, abou; 10 feat in width, aud extending the
length Of the street then, lEain, CONS other
venienco OF the residents. As you go dorm the
street to Mr Wnshburne's home, you got fns
view Of tho hills beyond The Bois, and can even
catch gllmEse Of Fort Valerien,
THE GRAND OLD STRONGHOLD =;
which tho P-7saiana bad TO take before making
Al entrance into ths city. The house is IN nu-
pretenttouB, red brick building, with little
garden In front. These French houses have the
most impossible and unexpected entrances.
You may look in vain for = gate By which to
enter the garden. and, when thar ia found lock
ed. you mato tbs discovery that there ia no
door BY which TO enter into the house, even il
you were once inaide the iron fence. A it il on
the corner, you jump 1T tho conclusion that the
entrance is It the side, but that is also fruit
less search. Finally you decide to ring at the
great green door which leads into the bacs yard,
and whsn tn, servant answers, yon are little
SURPRISED to aud It your right the front door.
To be- sure. is at tho back Of the house, but
that is inevitable nothing In Paris is straight
forward must except, however, the reoep~
tion which x1eets one in the draTlng~roon-tha
is surely straightforward and honest. One must
be misantEfope indeed, and wofully lacking
in faith in Bis fellowmen, to mistake the gener-
Gus
HOSPITALITY OF TH1s AMERICAN HOME "
for anything out honest, genuine tTisndiness.
Hr. Washburae makes no pfetense Of being .
rich map, and while his ho1ne is in every respect
suited to his POSITION. it ia, nevertheless plain,
and not palathl Tho works OF art which adorn
the walls betny 1t once the ruling presence Ut =
refined and cultivated taste, which one cannot