The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01
WHOLE NO. 1882.

lection, demands bis fare with an air OF com
mand, and sets him down at his destination as
II he were parcel. The man clothed IN govern
ment authority assumes that laconic, not to-be-
questoned-air, which we frequently see in our
naval or army officers On duty. This official
starch prevades more particularly the subor-
dirate agents Of each branch Of the govern
ment. The private citizen is always incning
himself politely right and left, the Official is
oppressed with sense Of his dignity and
seems to say, Don't trfe with me, for have
4 terrible responsibility on my shoulders -
The Legion OF Honors must be easy-for
amorg the recent lucky recipients Of the above
distinction 1 find the names OF Edison and
Girard, the former one Of the greatest men OF
the present century, the latter an ex-clerk IN
the Bureau OF statistics at Washington nd at
present, clerk in Commissioner MeCornick's
Office here. THIS is mentioned only ty way OF
comparison.
As TO the women Of France, their coquetry rs
proverbial. 1t is the oil in the salad
"a
moustache is like an egg without salt: and the
Frenchman AYERS that a woman without
certain degree Of coquetry is like a saltless
soup; when it is found in bad company, such
as frivolity, dissipation, extravaganza, and the
like, it may be presumed that there is too much
salt in the soup. The face of the American
woman is more beautiful than that OF any
other country, while the French womsn's face
is as handsome as that OF any other in Europe,
and fades more slowly. At forty. she glides
into an embonpoint with an unwrinkled face,
and Of good complexion-at the age when the
American becomes pale and wrinkled The
climate has something to do with thle, but
doubtless her nourishing food. generous VINE,
and out-of-door air. much more. In quantities
Of purely mental character. the equal OF
American woman cannot, perhaps, be found IN
the world, but with all her knowledge and in
tellectual activity, che lacks that which make
the Greeks what they have been. and the
French what they are-organic cultivation
Intwined in these words are taste and art A
riper civilization, though not purer, shall
invest her with a knowledge Of these things
and harmony OF character not now pos sessed;
and with it will come, alas. that deeadence in
morals which always marches on the heels of
the beautiful in every age and in every cline.
1t is sad that such heavy tribute should be
exacted as the price OF an added enjoyment,
but art is inexorable. Even in women gwen
to vice. pagan cultivation Iedeems Il OF its
most revolving features. Those who haunt
the Boulevard OF night in pursuit OF their
ignoble calling are generally polite, orderly,
and well dressed, in striking contrast to the
anglo ssxons OF the same class as seen in Re
gent street in London or in Broadway, New
York. In the rooms of Bulliers, the grisetts
may be wicked, but they are not coarse. In
the meretricious twrling and leg lifting of
Mabille virtue may be thrust out, but there ia
a devotion to art in the bacchan:es themselves
and their magnificent surroundings. The
French pagan subjects everything TO the rules
of art. If morality does not appear in lar
mony with them, it is suppressed. IF virtue
robes herself in uncouth garments. she IL not
tolerated. Vice in the guise Of az angel is
preferred to goodness which violates tic pro-
pneties of art