The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31
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Tf PARIS, Oct. 10, 1879.
q o,at you travel long enough through !
: oontlnuatIons of the Passage Joufsav
yoa Cross narrow street, and plunoa i
u .a9 recesses OF yet another gallery >
wiz come out at last in the bustIne :,
oaslness-like Rue du Faubourg Nor
nartee; bat l prefer to retraee nv foe
! TIsees even as far as the toyshoD-..Ar
1uiaht cages is its suggestive titIa.
i Nnsre che black boy tootles on the Ant
; 1au the monkey In the powdered vic an
Houis Slolnze costume plays on the har,
d sicnord, accompanied by the squirrel a.
q me guinea pig. Then, passing tbrono
tuS Two great cafes--which at night AZ
IN OF very queer company-I emerge q
one boulevard, boldly cross it, fortuitousl
escape being crushed by an omnibus or i
que OF the hugh tdpissieres and chars. .
ooncs going to the Exhibitor. and d;u
INTO q labyrinth Of Passages lust onnos,t
the renowned Passages des Panorarna as
indeed. Where the Panoramas are re- Is .
USED to be, or what particular scenes -
events they panoramically represented
nave not the remotest notion Il !.
enough for me that they DISPLAY AN avar,
moving, everainterestipc picture "a b,,vna.
life, even more diversified than that VIC; =
ole 10 the Passage Jouffroy. The princi
pai gallery IS more aristocratic and more
Tranquil than its opposite nefghbor No
cafes guard the entrance gates. although
euose roaring resorts abound on either side
up and Gown the boulevards. But OF, one
sue OF the entrance to the Passages des
- auofana t1ere Is noted sweetstuff
snop, IN which should say that il would
pc practicable Tor young gentleman with
plenty OF ready-money and of a -nernns
disposition, to ruin himself at New Year
and Paschal tides with the utmost prom Mt.
ltude and dispatch. This particnIar
confsseatrs, which is almost as grand and
as handsome as nj. Girandip's noted es-
Enlistment in the Rue de la Paiy n,nst
DO tremendous business at Chr,sIn1aS
and Easter. Then do the iewelled cas-
kets, tull OF candied violets and preserved
dattydowndillies- for the Franoh
seem to make lollipops from tho
flowers of the field as we'll as the fruits If
the garden; then do the models of the A r.
dc Irlunphe. the column of the Bastiie
and the Venus of Milo; then do the del.
clous and MISUNDERSTANDING batons of
Sstcre dc ponanae and the chocolate creams
the sugared almonds and the equivalents
lot our hardbakes and tafies-of the
rrencn synonyms for which I am entirely
lgnorant-hnd, | suppose, purchasers at
Whatever price the proprietor of this amaz-
ing emporium Of goodies chooses to de-
mano. The shop goes right through into
the hue VlVlenne, and behind the counters
sit fascinating cohort Of beauteous vonno
ladies' with slim waists. The only persons
whom l fail to discern there are the ems
toners. Perhaps | peep into the sweet
STUN shops at the wrong hour. Perhans
tn 20 is not precisely the season when lovers
u confectionery are accustomed to pur-
cnase candled violets and preserved daffy-
eumnul1les' put. curlously enough. the in
. VI 70 the naked eye of customers in
arlslan shops OF the superior class strikes
NE very forcibly, while it puzzles me des-
perateiy, not only when | ramble in the
passages, but whatsoever I take a tnrn IN |
me oouleVards. The shops in the side
streets 10 which provisions are sold-the |
'|0Tcet3terS and the rotasSears in particular
are always througed. The wine shops
ina cstes-l counted seventeen of these
lrlnklng places IN the space of five minutes
'eram bulatlon OF the Rue du Faubourp
crenaer1es, the cheap lin
D diapers and haberdashers. the debts dc
o6dc, the toy shops and SO forth. all abound
a clients; but 1t Is with the extremist
arltY that ever discern q person having
he outward and visible appearance of q
ustomer IN the grandest anagdsins of the
ouleVards. On the other hand, while pur-
nasers are conspicuous, By their absence.
Gu are generally favored with full view
what the Italians cali La Bella Fam
,na. Monsieur le Patron NAV be |
way specializing at the Bourse, or
ute as possible playing dominoes .
yer his absinthe or his book" at his
'vorIte cafe; but MADAME Ia Patronne
ut So cassse balances her cash book
hen did she take any mouey-at her
gh desk of authority, In front of the
'nnter, venerable dame, apparently the
ztTonae or her husbands grandmother
Is p!acldly knitting; half a dozen de,
otSettes de nad0dst9t are gossiping in .
rners; while on the floor sprawl three
iour children 10 plnafores and bihs
perintended by careful bonnie In q high :
hlte cap. There is sure. also, TO be a .
g OF the party Ito see fair'--generallv
famous looking bull dog made by con :
ant Kindness to be the playtulIest of pets. z
woolly poodle who impresses Won with | :
idea either that he is in state of inex- 2
esslole detection DIT the thought that he (
10 De shaved tomorrow, or that he is 8
arlouslg joyful at the remembrance that 8
was shaved this mcrning and that the .
Grafton will not be repeated until after
:, explry OF another fortnight. Stav:
IN equal gertrude you may reckon on the W
essence OF huge, handsome, quiet cat
nef on the counter or on one of the
elves 10 the windows, purring or think =
among the diamonds and the articles -
rams. This IS all very nice, and pretty. III
patrlarchai-bu where are the ems III
ners! All the business cannot be whole HI
e. From time to time the millionaire is
70 Nevada must enter the shop, SAYING.
now me your biggest 7iUiere in brilliants y
Il you can let me have for fifty thousand z
mes My theory is that the apparent
lclty OF customers is really due to the
considerably long hours OF business -
,pted by French tradespeople of the
hest class. They open their shops be-
nine IL the morning and they do not -
20 them until eleven at night. ThusE
average quota Of customers, instead of
ng quickly dispatched in the course of q.
ten hours, is spread, in Paris, over a Y
airy space of thirteen hours, and is at d
uated even to invisibility by the pro-
cation of the shop hours Early closing
certainly not among the social reforms
Ich have found favor in Paris.
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