Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-04

fully in her walks. If band can catch time
Of her step, it increases her speed several
seconds on the mile. The bottoms of her
feet are soft and tender, like other peoples.
and she is not particularly muscular, except
in the calves of her legs. They are as hard
as the back of a Cincinnati sugar-cured ham.
The last mile of her walk was as exciting
as q horse race. The whole audience was ex-
cited, and I'm ashamed to say that felt IN
terested myself. Men cheered and applauded,
and several women cried like babies. 1t Is
no use for anybody to say he wouldn't care
to see her walk. He would be interested.
and he couldn't help himself
THE FASCINATING DUCHESS.
MARX TRAINS -4drenturc in the Ja,di,, |
MabiVe.
On my arrival at Paris l inquired what |
was the best place to spend an evening and
was told the most aristocratic place of resort
was the Jardin Mabille. l took a cab and
proceeded thither. l found myself in
beautiful garden. brilliantly lighted. There
| was crowd of ladies and gentlemen. fine
band was playing. and quadrille forming
1 While was gazing about gentleman asked
me if wished to dance. said l would like
to. but that was stranger, and not &C
quainted with any of the nobility present.
He smiled and said the French nobility were
exceedingly affable and obliging, ana that he
would be pleased to introduce me to lady
of high rank and varied accomplishments,
who would dance with me if I wished. Then
he presented me to the young Duchess
d'Asafntida Chat as near as could catch
the nancy
i l had never stood face to face with a
Duchess before, and therefore felt diffident
and ill at ease. This graceful creature I'M
derstood my case at once, and within two or
three minutes made me feel perfectly at
home-more than at home, l may say. !
never met a lady SO easy to get acquainted
with as she was. 1t must require high cul-
tivation, only to be attained in the upper
ranks of society. to give one such self-pos-
session as hers. This Duchess smiled upon
: me in the most encouraging way, and tapped
: me on the shoulder with her fan. then she
! looked up into my face and charmed ava,
:, - all my embarrassment with burst of CHEEKY
laughter that was full of happiness and gar
= lie.
8 Next she took my arm. beating time Il
:. the music with her fan. and still utterin!
that fragrant laughter. And next she pu
her arm around my neck. This was some
feel blissfully uncomfortable. enjoyed il
d but, at the same time. / was afraid it Nigh
1t attract attention. l intimated as gently a
is | could that the Duke. her father, might b
IS in the crowd somewhere: but she only laugh
1t ed more odorously than ever. l feared tn
u paternal Duke might invite me to breakfas
le on pistols and coffee. like coffee. but | d
If not consider that it improves it to mix
4 with hardware. This ] limited to the Ouch
ess, and she received it with one of those pc
culiar laughs of hers that was perfect
smothering.
Just then the music struck up furiousl.
~ the Duchess exclaimed Come y and dashe
away with me. The crowd closed up to 0,
TX set, and walled it on every side. l had nevt
Is, before seen SO much curiosity displayed in
at mere quadrille by DISTINGUISHED partie
- Dukes and Duchesses began to prance to ar
-, ~ fro in the dance with wild energy of purpo
II, and extravaganza of gesture.
- l began to get interested. l Slanc,
!. across, my partner was just turning; 81
- miscalculated the length of her limbs, al
~ lifted her dress accordingly: she came pran
~, ing over; I sailed forth to meet her, al
N when we were within yard of each other
40 wish may never be believed again if s.
- did not kick the hat off my head! Istooped
ne pick it up and noble aristocrat fell ov
olt me; others followed him-both ladies' al
-, gentlemen-and l never saw such cha
20 of struggling limbs and frantic drape
~ since the benches broke down at the circ
=, when | was a boy. 1t was pure good f,
- tame that nobody was hurt
,or When got out l went to my place at t
~ head of the quadrille and staid there. I h
Wv, lost confidence; this dance was too big
~ toned for me. 1t had peculiarities about
Mo that were new and unexpected. l had sc
~ plenty of quadrilles, but I had never sc
nd one with the variations before. The Duo
~. ess resumed her mad career, and the rest
ha the nobility danced just as she did. Ea
~ sex seemed to have but one object in view
NC to Guido its opposite i'll violence of acti
~ ~ and eccentricity of conduct. These Fre,l
H.. people are very Frenchy. If l had I
har known that these people were the flower
ber the French nobility, l should have thong
t,a+ that they began their education in GYM
:. . ;, SUM and graduated in circus.
~ The first time the Duchess halted by
,a,t side for moment, whispered to her
'''' calm her gushing spirits, not to NEEDLE W
=, her dress, and for public opinion sake. not
~, step SO high l said she could get o.
~, just as much ground at moderate gait a
;e beside, the noble grand Duke, her faith
ace might happen along at any moment.
,,o, might as we'll have talked to the wind S
~, only laughed that Characteristic laugh
ia hers, that silvery laugh that I could rect
art nize anywhere, if I were to the leeward. a
,es then, bending little, she grabbed up
.ast sides of her apparel with both han
orc began to jerk it to and fro in violent Mi
tho ner, threw her magnificent head back. q
na skipped furiously away on an Irish jig st
o y, all excitement, wild hilarity, distrac
81 costume, frenzied motion! A spectacle
lon seal the eye-balls and to astonish the soul
,,;a a hermit! And when she reached the cen
.ud she snatched her numbering dresses free, {
launched kick at the hat of a tall noblen
che that fairly loosened the scalp on the top
his head. fed the scene, exclaiming, ''w
~, can she mean by such conduct as those?
~ I admire Paris: but, in my opinion.
ways of its nobility are not what they GU
-. to be.
yery Il Scene in San Francisco.
mo- From the San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. l
' :" Yesterday afternoon about half pas
Fl - o'clock the corner of Sixth and How
pon streets was the scene of great excitem.
mp, An adventurous Chinaman, in pursuit of
as business as laundryman, was gliding no
she lessly along Howard street when he had
ter. misfortune to come within range of
ders Michael McGrorey's vision. Mr.. McGrc
ms. was saturated with whisky, and the Wis
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