, 1875-06-13

Cbs Ever1a:ting Cable Of Americans
About Worth AID Ito
Ja-din Mab;lle.
rAe Louvre Invaded by Eorees of
BaSbarians from Chicago.
Memories Of Dress Bought at ricld 4
Letters Revived by Study
Of Rubeus.


lAalh. May 20.--When an American maEca
t'4-is Tie first objective point OF Continental
experiences, and receives first Impressions OF
tue French capital as many 10, from ~ arrival
Ia Tic night, those impressions are likely to be
gerv different from anticipated ones- 1t would
eccm that most Americans WHO reach Franco
itroash Ecgland expect TO taate th- first really
t.rcae flavor Of i foreign country in par!E, for,
kftcr all England IL in many things 20 ike our
own country that, aftc, the first impressive
realization that one tresds soil mars e.ously
bariched By history. and connected as closely
with our OWL younger life AZ the giant oak Ii
to tie young sspins ct Its side. the feeling that
Ills is = foreign land proves e1anesccnt indeed.
1ld uescE returns. Our common ancestry aud
language, and oo1 interviewer histories unite us
20 c:cseiy to England that it is impossible for
1.s TO tcel oiherw2ys than completely At homo
At:et few weeks sc, ,ourn has adjusted daily
habit to the slight d!1c&euce OF custom, ard not
to al:nost entirely forget, save when positively
reminded, that Ne are not to this manner born.
We are not foreigners in England more thaa
married daughters who have long left the home
c.zvie are 1oycign to tho domestic life OF the old
Homestead, aad it is quite Impossible for us to
extract the foreign favor that We seek in our
trans- Atlantic experiences from ta1ry in " Our
OH Homo" So all The time in England we look
acrcss the Channel to France, thinking there to
find it IN full strength, in q different language,
In d;seioilar national tcraperaizent, in unta2al-
i.r domestic. Social aDd nntional habits in liter
atule, history, and art, developed by intsu-
cnces a. different to those Which have
nourisled us, as lyperborean gales are different
from GUNNER zepbyrs- And in Continental Eu-
rope N American does first find that favor, but
:. Is not tasted at once upon
4 HIGu1-7n1E AIa1yAL IN PARIS,
when al the moro salient pecu!larltics Of the
ctr are blottcd cut By the abscuce Of the gay
Formulation which Is to Paris what co.or Is to
picture. 1t Was midnight when the tidal train
from London via Boulogua arrived in the famous
Capital ard the loan Chlcagoenne who writes Was
thrown entirely upon her own resources for re-
covering her luggage from the custom officers.
lo5 securing carriage. and reaching hotel.
Several days in Boulogue lad taught her usa OF
lie language to such magnificent point OF ele-
Eaace and accuracy that without trcnor Of
c:E.dence or dc1tt Ehs bearded ATM
Lor -o1 uniformed officials in their baggage
!iucd den, and in the choicest Illinois French
succeeded in making them understand that there
was no earthly use Instrapp.ng her trunks, for
NOT an ounce Of contraband property was there.
%%4c t~%~H-
ty OF her accent, OF from natural araiab1,ty OF
temper, will never be known-the official banded
bac5 hez keys without attempting to use them,
Aad in Eve minutes more their owuer Was driving
through the streets IN Ler soi:ute, striving With
wide-open eyes xna every senso a4er- to taste the
thrilling flavor Of realization TINT at last sue
eaW Phr1s,-thc city Of bloody histories and many
iayolationa ORG OF the art cent-es Of tie wcrld,
tAe mysterious birthplace OF fashion, the first
;o,t79n CITY ele hao ever seen, the elysium Of al
her good cornt.ynea when .Ecy e!e. She lncd
hard, as sire ratified through brilliantly llrzoi~
ua:ed tt1ccts, past be:ated pedestrians, past
-l1ehted ca1rlagts End noisy omnlbuses, to receive
into her consciousness tie fact that At last
t;.1e teds PARIS, and that, wandering from the
tar-on city by Lake Michigan, she had finally
touched rpou the great focal POINT Of all the
oruleuce and ,.:.0dor OF seosGous luxury which
Napoleon IL. encouraged AID aerc:o,ed; tha5
sae had reached TIC gorgeous. brilliant splendid
city Nulch ss
TILE EAEyLoS OF 1.o1EES TEt1s.
But it WAS Ct to us-. TIE fAct, IN her con-
e.ion.uess, would ret t:.o tho clear, definite
slape OF ) et@:ae. but Na1e!cd ard niehered III
her mind Ike u, image CT clssoyl-lg views Teen
verv much cut Of focus. and At las: sic gave Up
the eTort, For tie vo:ture Ia which she Eat
80 little unlike freslly-aEhclEtered and snE-
n:shed Now York cap. tho towering white build
tEEA, tlG Q.fItlDh EGpi'ic. LILO U.o1t4 aIN I1ll-
lA<,tly-liGh:cd streets, the naay-cclcred cuaEi-
buses, the clear atmosphere xboUt, and tho
f1diant ElA1Ty Sly above. we're 20 Htl1e IKE
lcndon, AID 60 uurh Ike SoT York after
tic opera OF ihestse, t-2t she could
ecafce}y persuade herself that th+s was not NtT
Io;k rather THAI Paris. Even tho mcu IN tho
s:zecta lad no foreign look TO her eye rs they
fitted 70 and fro III inc dazzling Eas-lght, lus
eottrerr TO .1e idea uf tie tTTlcal EEeDc4man,-
shot, slight, and swa-tby.-seomed to have in
rrGr NJ generous
ssalule, ~ fond cni!euoas, and as blonde b
sty}e rs Is to bc seen AM day IN the ftreets OF
LONDON Ard when tbe hotel Was reached, aud t
After buzz OF rolyElot pa7ley IN the BE- |
reau. in which MsE1me used EngllsL-trench. !
Monsieur used Teatonic-l1ngl!sh7 TIC Chicago |
epue, Apetjcan-Fyench, and tho concierge, a |
spicy potpourri Of tho whole, SEQ reached her |
rom and found it only different from room IN !
\ fashionable Chicago boarding. house in that !
tie bed was d1npeu in lace. hue Tell asleep IN !
Paris quite prepared to axe in the moru1nG aud |
rad it IL dream spd herself safe and sound in |
full Wow Of Lake Michigan But when the !
ove, the city il glory Ct amethyst and pearl
that London never eaT, Eeilt lis taalauce hlter-
Ing through tho lace curtains to wakcn the slug-
gard, thcn cztno tie first proof that sl1s Tas not
New Iora- or Chicago. OF L>ndon, and thAe
TEE WAYS OF pAE1s
M not Ike cur Ways. TLo order had been
gwen oyc1 niAht for conee TO be served at IL.
Copee luenAy, Il II precisely, there canle tap
ping Al lhe ctsA1ober-door, and in ausWer to
sleep. entree ' frcna The bed, in marched, ono
stter another, with a. little ditiaence As c!hld1en
enter tue }rcrence vi tacg mother, three great
toErA, onolueh1ce ntcr )! Not ghost Of Danqco.
II sy,cctre Of murdered victims Rchczd'5 te2t
Vas more startling to the looler-on thhn this
6irxuge procession defining into deco1oEs btl-
zoo1n, Va. to the as:ouirhed spectator. For. a.
though she had known fer long that many Of the
caambern.aids in France we're zen, sic was not
prepared for an iucurslon OF more than one Gnal
at tlEc upon her privacy With al unrudled
brow No. | entered aud drew tiny table to tho
bedsids, upon which be placed the tray be bore,
containing delicious Fat Ct butter nolded to
The shape If strawberry, cooled with diamond
OF lce and and resting upoa fresh crlsp leaf of
lettuce, icng French roll dainty chlna jug Of
boiling milk, few Jumps Of sugar, aud q elreI
lot OF coffee He said, - Bon jour, Madame"
Is be deposited his inviting burden. and
withdrew. leaving in plAlner sight Pierre.
Tie moustached ch2aber1aaid, who was
Just ru.:lEg upon the ra:3Etand tin
An Of hot wafer md spreading SNOWY to wc!5
Atou1 with 1s dc:t hand. Abbott very dirt;
one, n any Marie or L1zette could have shown:
ko. 5 proved to be Francois. also ; wh.skeied
- ehanhsrman who bore before him as the
warriors OF old bore their shields the tin BATH
hub Which had been ordered overnight And as
the occupant Of the couch gazed IN wonder 1t
tbs unwou:ed spectacle Of three men IN her
room at til uuseeuy teaspC. she felt sure tlat