The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-11-06
WHOLE NO. 1926,
From our Regular Correspondent
Our PAEsS LETTER


Tor eXaup.e, that / meet every TINE
visit tbe Exhibition is amsNag
bow and raise ray bet TO them. ana
am mortified when thsy d. not re-
tura my sslgtation 1 meet tbeGi
fac 10 face, sccos- taem casscally,
aud essay even - clasp the hand VI
the dear Old friend of days gone By,
and am beaidered by tbe icy stare,
the contemplnOus sbrug of the sh0ul-
ders, or the superciliOus Monsieur
yous yoas trompez" with which my
advances are met There il a rea.
son less psychological lhan Pbysio-
logical for the GelusiOa audar which
/ nave labored. There is q limit,
epprehend, to the number Of facial
TYPES fashioned by the great mod
eilers, Nature. When the series is
exhausted she begins to strike new
set of faces fcom the old dies. Have
you never met Gen Grant in au ON
nibus, or Horace Greeley on board
sleamerg Have you never had
Frederick the Great in modern even
ing dress, or ia cccked hats aud pig
IaIl--for your neighb0r in the stalls
Of a theatre! Haze you never on
he Boulevard or on Broadway 10 a
passing cab, or on The platform Of a
railway station pas. which an ex-
press train has whiried yOu-met
with Yourself aad looked With admi
ration at the disiingue peEscnags
There are many more specLres IN
Paris besides the spee;res who fit
across my path ia the Champ de
Mars, or glide pas. me in the Retro
specliye Museum at the Tr0eaGeE0
But there is one ghost-an apPa-
riction for which have been seeking
sedulously, bat up to the present
time uusGccessfully What has be-
como Of the Parisisu gfisette! Par
il, We all kaow, is he city Of ephe-
mera; but the grisetje should not be
considered as an evanesceEJ person
age, for La FoBtaine, 10 s1n ii ne
dainliest staDzas that French poet
ever penned, saying bsT psaises more
than two hElGred yes,s 40, aad in
my own Partisan adole.e0ce 1 was
habitually aud pleasant. aware OF the
grisette. The goOd-tes red, saucy,
hsfdworAiDg, harmless ..liie body .
/ How fond ste was Of a3~eE. low
she stinted herself ia her ow- scsnt
rations to feed her uUeo 1riz cat;
how she went without Ssr % her
own coffee ic order the tie due
lump night be thrust through the
bars Of the cage Of her pet canary.
| Few sorrows bad she Of her OVID,
that little gtisette, when work was
| not slack, and she could get enough
TO eat. Ellie sc eontentait de pea.
( Her coffee aud plenty Of milk b,
she must have plenty OF milk-in zoe
morning; a hunk Of bread, 3 bunch
of grapes, q mOrsei Of fromsge de
Bsic-the cheese of the poor-for
breakfast aud for dinner lac pot su
( feu-not much more than so much
bot water favored with q little fat
and some vegetables and some bread
with perhaps an apple or pear.
She was content with liltie Two
cents worth Of fried potatoes from
that weil remembered stall oa the
PUnt Neuf-there are no stalls on
the Pont Neuf now-or Fix cents
worth Of ready boiled spinach. strain
ed end pressed 50 sLOoth ttat il
looked 10 the fruitef's window like
50 much green paint, we're quite
feast for her; bus on high days and
holidays she regslsd herself with
some tia kickershaws OF charcutetie
Bu.cheI's meat she scarcely ever
tasted. II she had i little mJnev
left after the striete neeissaife bad
been provided for, she regaled her
self with roasted chest1uts, or with
a slice Of that Incompatible greasy
and toOtbsome gaieite which they
used TO sell at an opsn-ft 0ated shop
in the Place de l'01Ou The grisette
took a tiny modicUm OF wine, largely
diluted Wlte water, az her breakfast
and her di1ner-a teetOtal French
man or FrenchwOman would be re-
garced as next door to a lunstick: bus
IN those days very decent ordinaire
either Of Bordeaux or Burgundy, was
TO be had, costing ten sous the litre
IA quantity slightly exceeding a.
quart. At present quart Of the
yilest petit bieu cannot be obtained
for less thar sixteen sous.
Were you ever taken to a certain
tall dining house in the Rue de
lEcole de Medicine, 10 see the room.
ia which Marat was stabbed to death
IN bis bath went there once
but the room was in the occupation
of q Polish exile who had invented
machine for hatehiog chickens by
electricity, and who would not per-
nit Us to enter MS domicile. Per
haps it was full Of eggs; and possibly
he cared no more about his apart
ment having been the death place Of
Marat than Mr.. Toole in the farce
cared about bis second-aoor back
having been the birthplace of Rodg-
ers But as | came, disappointed,
down the dingy staircase, slippery,
riekety, eyil-smelliDg, there passed
by me in the gloom an apparitIon II
white. Ii seemed 10 f0sI upwards
and disappeared With my head
full Of the terrible tragedy ia which
the modern judith slew the Holo-
ieraes Of the Terror, it was as though
the preseHtment If Charlotte Cordav
had just passed by but 10 from the
regions beneath came the hoar.e
voice Of the concierge crying Made
moiselle Amanda, yous ayeZ oub!ie
votre cleft" and speedily there came
tripping down pretty little lass
with blue eyes and brown hair, in
eoquettish white cap, and frcck Of
printed calico VINO wears frocks,
or even gowns, nowadsysg The
modern grisette wears, | suppose, g
vale or costume MademciselIe
Amanda was only q liGtle grisetie
who lived in garret an cinquieme
in that terrible house Of Marat. She
was q wsist-coat maker, the COM
monicative concierge - Concierges
were por:ieres in those days-told
as and earned no less than one franc,
seventy fEe ceEtimes a day.
'C'est une brave ille qui Sc con-
eente de peu," quoth the concierge.