New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-24
JOHN PAUL IN PARIS.
TRAVELLERS TROUBLES.


APPEARANCE OF The FRENCH soLDiERs-THE
DEFECTS OF THE CHAssEPoT.
[FRom AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE
PARIS, May 1O-"Je u0adrais roir les dp-
pdrtenentS gar1ais que rous dre= d ioueT."
"Qtes dDpdremcnts rOiiez-rOus droirf'
"Je desUcrais sdton, sale nlangcr denr
chdiHJrcS coeher ct autre pour mon domestiQde
Qiet est k prtr dE IOger -
SO far it all right And had the idiot Of concierge
gone on and sald "Je ne pus preadre mons de HeHie
francs par semane thered have been hitch in the con
yersaion For next remark would have been as laid
down in the Phrase book " Cest Jeaueoup rop cher"
But when she started of on tack OF her own with
"Ee,V cent francs par mois," the game was blocked
And / simply remarked, "Mother Of Moses" and
walked away.
What IL the of studying up a conversation In
French and learning part Of 1t If the other party
will take no pains to learn his And Of these
cerges would sit in her den and fool her time away
knitting blue woolon stockings forever, do believe,
without thinking to buy French Phrase Book and
prepare herself for carrying correct conversations
with applicants for rooms In consequence they never
know what is set down for them to say as you have
seen in Of this concierge who blurted out nine
hundred francs MONTH" when she should have politely
protested she could not take less than thirty francs
q week
Possibly, too. the Phrase-Books might advantageousy
IA
dom-not more than twice in lifetime, certainly-hss
occasion to stalk into shOemakcrs shop and ask, dc
gioi fHS les souirsW So that question might lie re-
placed by Of greater moment to humanity NJ large
Ii Is evident however, tha no tourist should even MINK
OF passing through Paris without Manual IN his pocket
by the aid Of which he enter booksellers and say
Honire-eo les compositions de BtraHGer" ~ he wish
TO enjoy Bazac in the original you see Lie mas Ou' u
vary the phrase n little.
bOpn of little use TO me tnuS
far The sole object OF its compilation seems 10 have
been the enabling to ask for glass OF wafer III sew
eral different ways. And as no Que thinks OF drinking
water in France the forms all thrown away Hyou
said 10 WAITER "AHez eherchr Peau and it was appar-
ent that YOU didn't want 1t Tor Washing
purposes, he'd go out aud bring IN a semIrme
TO take you away to a lunate asylum. "Wa;cr has
so to,ted OF sinners since the Ood says the French
man. az he motions the carafe away and pats himself Oh
the TOP OF the head with his shoulders, apprcvDgy He
will tell yo too that though there are many mentions
In the Bible wine being asked for there Is but one OF
mans calling for wafer; and, If pressed for his OPINION
does hesitate to say he thinks that dot was Wherc
he ought 10 be- | do not say the Frcnchman is quite
right But I know he Is not incorporate. And in a
country where the water bad and the wine so good
and cheap there ~ really very little excuse for ones
filing himself full OF wigglers" aud all sorts OF III
fusora.
NV faith in PhraseBooks has been especially shaken
since picked up bOoAstand "HAngd,S hI qae ron
pdrle" just published, to help tile French along IN our
nHiage. What would an American Lady think OF
drcsslnaler WHO at her with, " 81 achour de
madam that nj chal not f6lc tou dOu Oneur ton M.sss
Cfze kainle rckomen 'dGcheuu." Now only most eX-
traordinlry development: OF orr national GIT could
enable one to "gucss" that the couturerc was SIMPLY
trying IN say: abe assured, Madam that shall not
fail 10 10 honor Mrs. C's kind recommendations
Yet there you have the figure of speech that ono OF our
ha ont htg
French Manual and goes for some unfortunate Haui
after the fashion set forth in its pases
The Mornngorcs however, find great comfort In their
Phrasc- Book when run In to say good day TO them,
the lady responds bone cewer, mon sewer auo waves
me gracefully to chair with "asswoighyouy0ola' bhe
has put any number OF cabmen IN high dudgcon by hail
M tlcm az "cocLon! cochOn!" and her demands to
Io driven 10 tsfoolerles have bestowed name on
the old Palace Jonas sticks English, but even then
has trouble Yesterday, for instance, in ordering break
fast ne said enough for four and they brought him
nothing but bnd egg. Volta ln gtg Jort msieur."
constant frequentng OF the hcaters Is recommended
by Murray ~ excellent way OF famiariznc oneself
with French. And no doubt II one every night took
box at the francois the Hstorque he might, in ten
years or sotme to understand what Dlucbeard is 40
when A. rt,shcNon the stage aud roars OUestaeefde!a
chaD5re I" II Ney would but weigh their words for
you these actors speak them slowly shopkccpcrs do
when they find that you don't rise " to a e.lmmernC
word. sheltered" rapidly over the fast flowing current
OF their speech! But they won't They never wait for
YOU 20 take word well In before they 20 on to the
next To illustrate: when your teacher at rAcadtme
dies Sciences Morales ct Potlucs says to you slowly
and cmpla,ically as BELTS the laying down OF great
moral truth, "Pie hart MD. CGHe bas MD, chat ma
pas MD, Rat ma pas MIR you understand what ne
would convey, perfectly But it would be en-
trcly another piece OF Guess-work did fierce ira
yediau rush on the platform tearing his hair and rattle
ripsrl nil slsv
pocket telescope the rings raccoons tail In such
case the sound that fell on your ear would be something
Ike "PeahOuec, Caihabahne, Shauahpahnee, RaHah-
pahncc" And for the life OF you You couldn't tell
whether lie were speaking Choctaw or Chinese Besides,
lt took box at the Francais every night 10 learn
French it would cost you somchS by tue tune you be-
came able to understand all the fine points OF Molere.
No. caring sit cngng to the skirts of some long
wasted worl while the hero Pm endcavoring to follow
il strcakug on at tns fate Of mile minute several
sentences ahead, conae my thertcrgoins chiefly TO
those spectacular pieces in which see all that is
golng on and DO need of And how they do put
these pieces on in pars! What acting What scenery
Last night was i the Gate, where lie Voyage dams Ia
Lime is ruunine-and has been all the Win
ter Il begins at half past and plays till 12-
for a Frcnchman insists on having the worth OF his
money and with him evenings entertainment means
the next thing TO nights lodging. But not hitch was
there m tine performance from beginning to end. And
the actn, has already been remarked, there WAS no
neel to hear what being said. for one could see
Ia the matter OF dress, really the most oapigus critic
could see very little TO lind fault with, thing TO
complain Of, notwithstanding all that has been said
about IL. b. III lies F.Oc0ns do Neise," the
principal ballet OF the piece, muf aud n
pair OF wings constituted tic costume and
these were put because. OF its being
snow-storm suppose Usually when they wish to con-
vey the idea Of dothcs they just turn down the gas
little In OF the Dailcts representing military
movement each coryphee eIOver the stage with proud
step wearing "A cartrdge-box. and carrying masket on
her shoulder. The captain conspicuous for both
sash aud sword III this dazzling array they marched
countermarched, wheeled ION one leg generality. and