Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08

SHAM TUESs, DISTRESSED roIrs, AND UUNGi-
EIiS EFFUGELS.

49,
Pari, Letter to the London Telegraph.
The number of shrm Turks rowing about
Paris at the present time : prodlglous. Aou
can tell the real Turk at glance. Ills ftz Is
never Of Il bright hue-the glariag scarlet
fezzes used to be made in Strnsbourg. and since
| the war have been manufactured IN MulEOuse
and there is Il semi-clerical look about his
angle-breasted. low-cCllarrd black surtout.
The sham Turk is a much more pietsutious
individual One corpUlrut old parsonage,
with stubby gray beIrl. Il white muslin
| turban like an exaggerated turnlp. dlngy
| cashmere shawl sash, baggy blue Sl!llgas-
kins white stockings, Blucher boots, and Il
| battered umbrella OF dull red hue | seem
| to be aware of for years. | do not know
whether he keeps shop anywhere, or, IN
| deed, whether he sells or does anything but
| meet him continually. proving about with
an absent air, as though he were looking flr
| somebody or something, but had forgotten
what it was. l have made inquiries about
| him. He was not always n Turk. they tell
| mo- Many years ago he was distressed
! Pole. Then lie became Hungarian refugee
in Il threalhare llonved uniform. Again
/ change CAME. oer the spirit ut his costume
and he arit Ired is "a MoldIyo-W Iilachian IN
| a Shre pskm pvlisSr and fur porringrr on his
| head like the Lord Mavor of Londons
{
was met1morphOstd into Suhote. with 4
snowy camise and shaggy clpote ami in
| lS9I-2 he underwent another brief InsaruH-
ti1n rs the counterpart oi the "Amu Frltz
of NM. Erckmann-C hatrian. In this Suise
he was supposed to he Il native Of AlsIce-
Lorraine, who had ''optCd to become a
French subject. From the condition of an
''optician" he reverted to his prrgisrtS dl.JiTS
| and turned Turk again \ mysterious old
~ l.
one of the chief charms of this city that 50
long as you pay your way and refrain from
meddling with politics nobody minds You
lou may do whatever yOu please AMI wear
whatever tomiool costume you like to assume
Do you remember the Enthusiastically attired
''Carnevale2' Doyou remembcr NJ. lie Mar
gus lie Robino. with his tail coat of hight
pink silk Did you ever hear ot VI. Edmi
Champion, .'lf pstf uiuI,'"n iiH. the man
with the little blue cap? | wonld undertake
to walk from the bastile to the ,Nlldrleiae TO-
morrow with cooked hat and pigtail or Il
Roman helmet ON my head. III 'oyi. Span
ish mantle, OF the full dress of an Albanian
pilitar or an Italian briSani and, albeit.
few people might stare at me. | should
neither be mohbed molestei nor mSulted.
1t Is not so in London. The eccentric gen
tleman from Wales who occasionally pays Il
visit to our metropolis and walks about the
principal thorouchisrss in tigh:ly-fittinC
suit OF grass green cloth adorned with the
tails Of foxes and squirrels has occasionally.
| am given to understand, II hard time OF It
with the boys. In Paris a few g.OHUiS might
cry out "QN est ireNef while the Indies.
ALWAYS rendy to recognize the picturesque,
might eNclpm "A est n P'S lfGI
coningc ctLt." But noh0dy would venture To
hurt his feelings by rihald comments, much
less to iuStle or cast mud oy STONES at him
n 4, hut