Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-01

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of+ho ,nony no+.hIo ,l.oos IN par;s
~. rt;c,,1.rlw ~ PeIanas I,a pd Do not knnrn u
IF anv ono nossass;n~ mora Interest q,
that ;s still, dee rer te ,s than the rou Uu
noor ond oI,nost forsoh o,, s,'h;oot of th;s
sk etchl Dear old Pslsis Royal manv
Woo re- vo,, revelod in roroi sn1ondrr. mr.,
merons stranoe and NJ Grand snonvh were
the scenes enscied within vour nrince.
iv walls since f;rst that Great Cardina,
Richelien more than u two centnries mt a 400 q
held rovaI court in vonr marble hail,
with the richest and nrondest in ali the
land. IL was during our first, visit. on
" five wears hack Thai we feared vor,
were under the ban of desertion. and we
were then told onr annrehensions were
even too well founded s q the Ave nre-
cedino years also hora avidenca. so that
now in the nast, decade f. nains ns to 6 r.
nit that this stately old nile has been
slowly fading to the comnlexion of the
sere the yellow leaf, sociallv sneakino
and now If we had the honor 1ruestion,.
able honor) of the acnnaintance of M Ie
Vicomte Satin des Gommeux of the
Jockey Club. or M. Ie General Roguet
do 10 Poouerie of the Cercle doc Mirli.
tons. either of those gentlemen ION his
return from Riarritz or TronvilIe\ MIGHT
if questioned concerninp that witch
was once The most Fashionable and
which will alwavs he the most fap,on.
resort in the metronolis renIv with q
gentle elevation of the shonIders and !
family nercentible rooue of disdain on
his natrician countenance-"T,e Pala;s
Royal! Voulez yous dir. celni de Pekin
lie Palais Royal! Mais mon cher m
n,yya plus.n
Have Won NOT often noticed dear road.
ers how in the prowth and tho h;sto. %
nv Of ali cities. great and small tho tide
Of business. the tendency Of every in IN
crease i. alwavs sooner or later West
wsrd.-whv every village and town in
this broad land Of onrs has ;ts wren
END as SYNONYM for ranid;tv y,
growth. That noble old man IF the Nov
York Tribune. (neace to his ashea ! onlv
saw with prom etic ken when he Uttered
those pregnant words of advice far more
true than trite-"go West voun0 man /,
His practical wisdom at The s1nser ~
| life. told him that the course Of Emn; re
was westward. and that There the brave
hearts and the strong arm, Of youth
were needed most.
The irrevocable tendency of c;viliza.
ton is from the East to the West We
have heard that axiom before The
movement is from sunrise to sunset sc
that VIII n "aIl earthly THINGS shali come
to gloom.n and "the sun himself shall
die" as the poet Cnmnbpll uloomilx
sings, it will be in the REM test of occi,
dents that fashion will e pire. The
Palais Royal has only exnerienced the
application of a universal law. rash
ionable civilization. what grand iYde
structible monument to FAsHION-civil
isdtion! Surely such devotee never
bowed at her shrine in all the dark az {
that are past such a sight was reserved
for this era of lightly This "fashiona
BILE civilization" spreading westward
spreading and reaching to innumerablt
new boulevards, stretching out to the
Pare Monceaux. oyer-rEnpinr thu
Champs Elysees. and threatening tf
overleap the Bois de Boulogne, has con.
temptuously pronounced the Palai:
Royal to be situated, as things 90. dan,
ue pays impossible. Such is the ultima
tum as decreed by business and csvilizo-
tion-a paying business, and a fashiona
BILE civilization, both heralding the IRE
slstible march of progress in this nine
teenth century A. d. So now this dear
grand old Palais ROYAL is no longer
place to dine, to promenade, to fiirt, o.
even to conspire in, O. la mode. It is to,
far away. It is fashionably considered
at Pekin. The great restaurateurs, We
four excepted, have deserted tie cnceSnt
of the Palais Royal for the western bou
levards. The cafes are socially and in
| ItellecfnalIv only tho chodoxys of tho;