New-York tribune., 1875-02-25
LIFE IN PARIS.
,,,,r,,p rpoN ARsENE BOUSsAYE.

or TIE sBAsoN-A PERSIAN PARABLE
rrpox REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rhisoNh'
pARIs Jan. 3l.-At the last Elyseo pai si'aon'-
MaoMahon Marshal Canrobert ana were on'ss ns
over the volcano Of the dance" IL was ta .o"
midnight. the hour when the Dnke Oh ni'eon,%
,.avas tbo Tttlo "salon OF Salutations' 10 Walk
.hort .monc his euests They were dancing anu
~a,tg;ng with oreat gayety. The women were niaA-
inc peaoocks tails with their trains ana ooing won
ders with thoir faces 1t had been feverisn oay a'
Versailles but nobody had heard OF III IN ailS' MAJ
-, MaoNabon made 10 us this judcious remark
sea how sensible Paris is it ignores what Is gong
nm at Versailles. have no Ministry; tue AsSeinoN
Is In tumut for word; but all that does hos hoop
Paris from dancing. They dance over 'o'0""''
hut il is a volcano of roses"
The Marshal was right. 1t would seem as II ,n0
grsat wall of China lay between Paris and Ver-
saiIles between Versailles and France. AD ancient
rhiloso,her said: "The things of this world go OF
thamselves Men try in vain to swim against the
current Tne stream bears them away because Iiie
gods have ordered all things" This Is fatdnsni'
but one is tempted to believe in it when one sees IN
France ali parties rushing to the assault TO attack
nothing at all. 1t is true as was said yesterday Nv
Princess Troubetzkois that we were IN INC "o,
,blic. You know that on the S0th OF January, VI
she year of grace 1873, the Republic had nla9oriV
of one vote at Versailles; so that everyoooS was
the Rapnblicy Ii is true that day before yesterday
a. Nona,cb;sts and Imperialsts had rejected the
Rennblio nv 27 votes 50 that IN France everyoouy
oupht 10 be snted. Friday we had monarchy;
saturday q Republic; Monday they will cry p'Ve
PE9peretr! ! and tuesday, Viw Ia Commune!
Ruh this is nothing but fever of phrases Moth
;ns is changed in France: there Is only MlnlStry
the more or less.
Everything goes on well At the soir6e OF the
Elys6e. Marshal Canrobert, who hides o waggisn
spiTit under his grave aspect said to us: lhere ID
grcatdeal of talk about stagnation; look at tnese
lades and tell me if they do not show that there is
great progress in painting" In fact there has never
boer finer show of color, both among farlsiahS
and Foreigners than at this Eys6e ball There were
even a good many enameled, which Is by no means
the same thing for painting the face is WORK OF
art like a picture a pastel while enamellng con-
sists in injecting dose of arsenic IN solution oi
rose water between the flesh and the skim
Marshal Canrobert talks in axioms Seeing man
90 by who has belonged to all the regimes IN turn
Republican and Imperialst, and who to-day Is ue-
voted cOurtier of Marshal MacMahon and the DuKe
of Apmale. Canrobert said: Poor Janusl he had
only t.sO facesp Speaking of ingrates in politics.
he said: "What would you hayef Fortune Is never
alone in turning her back on u.s." The Marshal was
talking callantly to the Duchess of Keep
oup she said, Marshal ] am fortified place. am
not afraid of YOU" take care, Madame You are
a strong place but the sentinels of the heart are
always drowsy."
The second ball of The Elysee was finer than the
FIRST because there more pretty women IL
was the luck.Of the invitations. The American col
ony was gracefully represented by Mesdames Hof-
man. Darwin, Robinson, Stebbins, and tutti qaanti
What romances there are in ballsl portionless
young girl--say hundred thousand francs-comes
in with Greuze face under forest of blonde hair
bored young man. with three hundred thousand
francs income, asks her to dance. The thundsrbolt
of love had struck his heart.
"Mademoiselle" he said &c do you like to dancer
VERY much indeed Sir" "And to waltzH" " Pas
sionately Sir" VIII you make sacrifice for meP
The ysung lady looked at the young man. why
notP'
"yery well. NademOisele, do not dance nor waltz
this evening"
Sand for this sacrfceP 81 offer you my name
and my fortune"
That is a great deal" said the young girl, more
tempted by her feet than her heart. Do you hear
the violins :"
Msdenoiselle am called the Count do
and / have three hundred thousand livIes of in
come"
The young girl doubtless reflected that with three
hundred thousand francs income one could pay for
q great many fddles
" Monsieur, Sne Salu. leb ub COinDrOniso' L VIII
not waltz OF dance with any one but you.'
mo, Madeuooiselle, want a complete sacrifice.
Ycu are the most beautiful person at the ball. every
one is gazing at YOU we will walk into of the
little drawing-rooms and chat together like married
people"
ALREADY % said the young lady, making saucy
face. Bat she had left her place in the quadIile.
She leaned upon the arm of the young man and
allowed herself to be taken to the staircase. This
is despotism, Sir" "Yes, MademOiselle wish to
be master before if not after"
The young girl mounted the staircase, saying to
herself, Three hundred thousand livres of income,
a hotel, chateau, racing stable, hunting equip
age, travel like princess, have caprlces like a
queen"
They went slowly up the steps. for the Elysee
staircase is invaded, after the manner of Vene-
tan f6tes, by soa Of guests The quadrille was
ended. All at once tho yonng girl hears the pre-
lude of Olivier, M5tra's Serea0de, Spanish and
French waltz, full of rapture and melancholy,
full of passion and sentiment. She could resist
no longer. She withdraws her hand from the
arm which holds it. she gdos like serpent
through the human waves; she arrives breath
less in the grand salon OF the orchestra. She no
longer knows what she is doing, the Sereaade has
so bewtched her. A Walter who does not know
her seizes her on tho wing and bears her into the
whrlwind.
Meanwhile what is the three ee-hundred-thOusand-
a-year man doingP He is desperate; be has had
happiness in his very hands, and now he sees ii
vanishing from him like dream, all because Wald-
teufel had the unlucky idea to play that diabOlica
waltz. The unhappy lover tries in vain to reason
with himself. to curse his folly, to swear that he
will never look at the woman again. he has not
the courage to 60 up the stairs. He descends -four
steps at time; nothing stops him; he follows the
xonnp girl and arriyes almost as soon as che does