New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-09
LIFE IN PARIS.
TWO SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENTS.

CIAL LIFE-rIE MAS rs DISSATISFIED.
lFRoA REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE
PANS. March 16.-One Of the most curious trans
formations in the social habits of this place IL the
alteration Of hours. Up to year or two ago the
hours in France were "A sort Of compromise between
those Of Germany and those Of London; but two
landmarks remained untouched-tEe h0CT Of dining
and the date Of leaving Paris for the country. Since
half century Parlsians were used to lea-e town
when the FIRST swallows came, and to dine between
half-past and 7. It took a good 20 years to
make 7 the firmly established hour for the
principal meal. Since the settlement Of the Cham
bers al Versailles, hswever, all il changed: the
certainty Of the close of debates brings the head Of
the family back TO his dinnor-table at unheard of
hours, the o'clock London banquet Is creeping into
favor, and the irregularities Of busy community
are breaking through the bulwarks Of tradition that
till now walled in the stiff nonot0nOus homes of
France. There is no saving what else
viii follow; we are coming TO end
of British or even American innovations
and Heaven only knows whether within thc next
five or SIX years We may not see we-born young eirl
walking up and down the Rue de Ia P.ix unescortad
by gover1csses, ladies' maids duennas mothers or
any other OF the various guardians who lave
hitherto been wont TO fence in the fair rcpute of the
couyeutoaally land couventually educated spnst'rs
Of this retroeTado land. Versailles has also turn q
Paris well nigh into another London NJ the master
of the season. Few people dream OF coming TO
town before February. or even March. and nobody
who is anybody departs for his fields or acres
before July. The race for the grand prl1"
which takes place early in June, Is longer even
the date Of thcHd Of al ie>tlyity. bur Is central
poin; around " lcn gathered evening entertain
ments iunUmcrahe.
These changes are perhaps more important than
they seem, for they exercise an Uudoubiod iut1-
ence ovsr the occupations and well-heinC Of TIE
working classes. Tradespcople and toilers Of al
kinds. male and female, who have been accustomed
for generations to labor hardest and gain MOST in
the Indictment Winter season, feel themselves liz
ured, and complain bitterly II they find their III
comes straitcneI and nearly indeed reduced 10
naucht when lie is mos; eomfori,cs-, ana when
fuel. food, and Ta.ment are most inil ueusabl-
They have all been used to relative leisure and raa
tive pleasure seeking when the sun comes forth and
BRIG. tens W the country Touud Paris; and t0 be
forced to gain their daily bread ~ the hot months
and lie fallow in the biting Winter ones, seems
to them a calamity never heard of il Other times.
This is perhaps Of the CHEF causes OF the gov
ing expression Of wall and woe thst now u,hers N
every Winter in this place. Nobody does any
thing Everything is dead Ilis Is every |her.
rppeated from November till Lent: but i not cal
cHiai+u WIN "ild' I''NI. ''' co. .1', '- ' 10
salon life pcurs down airer the Easter week. This
year the movement has begun during Lent instead
of waiting for its close. We have this year lo-ror
Of horrorsg had balls We have danced II Lent; but
there has been d pretext f1r this siu-We have
danced fJr charity. When the subscription for The
Lyons wOrknen was ret on foot last mouth. and Vi.
Huanzier the director Of tic opera put his theator
AT the disposal oi IN" pHhHc, Il was 10y common con-
sent deciled That tht lc,e 10 'e gwen s"oHIH 70"
ball. But sc ar ID Lent. exclaimed me Hsi'r'-
" Cart be helped, WIS tL' reply ne "oiA'HI
populations are uNs''o"9' cH"i-.t ,"',i' a'.' IN
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