The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-04
The Oity of Ease.

agance is easy, labor is easy, idleness is easy,
and art is easy. You can live as you choose.
II you are poor, and can only pay the rent
of a small apartment ON the fifth floor in some
back street, no one thinks worse of you be-
cause of your modest home. If you have
natural tastes, you can adon it in n thou
sand ways utterly unknown elsewhere. You
can get literally for two or three pounds VA
rious bargains in furniture that are elegant
and artistic. You hang dainty muslin cur
tains at your windows. you deck your mantle
piece with white muslin drapery, you place
q few delicate and cheap ogets dart abou
your rooms, a pot or two of day-blossoms
on your balcony, and you have a home
that is as pleasant to the eyes as to the
conscience. No one in the wide world of
Paris would dream of approaching you for
your unAssnming household. Your friends
viii call upon you in the evening for 4 quiet
ehAt-leaYened, it must be owned, with
scandal; they will be quite satisfied to go
AWAY without bite or sup, as the saying is
and IL you offer them a cup Of coffee or ten
with a biscuit, will consider your entertain
ments orgies.
II some one drops in TO tea Unexpectedly,
you need be in no turmoil. You have but
70 send out, and ten chances to one that you
viii be able to procure soup, and a dish Of
meat and vegetables cooked, and nicely
cooked, in your own street. At the last mo-
ment your coffee falls short. You SEN to
the mirkman or oregnerie for the essence OF
coffee, which they keep r~eady-made, and
which il excellent. Fruit Of all kinds Ii
sold in the streets, and no one thinks it de-
rogatory to dignity to buy a peach for q
penny or halt-penny at a barrow. I have
seen gentlemen of unmistakable blue blood
and handsome, aristocntic appearance and
presence conducting vivacious arguments
with costermongers over the goods displayed
in their carts and know Of q nobleman Of
imposing name and distinguished appear
ance who does not consider his dignity en-
dAngered by carrying home a bag of fruit,
and even ut times-let me whisper it-an
srtichoke or tomato.
There are no socinl ~prejudices that forbid
You, Il you be q lady, to wear q dressing
gown, or to venture on TO your own balcony,
or TO put your gloves on in the street, or To
refrain from putting them on at all. 1 re
peat, you may do eInetly as you please.
You may spend rs much or as little money
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humble hostess in Bohemia gives a party,
and converts bedrooms, dining-rooms, and
even dressing-rooms into reception-rooms,
she does not scruple to invite her magnif-
cent friend, and is by no means uneasy re-
specting the difference in the entertain
ments.
In the brilliant days of the Second Empire
the humblest a~spirant to social fame could
get 70 the Tuileries-to the balls given by
the frst person in the State, the Emperor of
the French, and presided over by perhaps
the handsomest woman of her day. It was
no question of cliquism or blue blood. II
sufRced that you should be clever, that y:u
should have something on your head-to
translate literally the French phrase-and
you were speedily honored with imperial
recognition. That is why the court of Ma
poleon III. included clever men of all types
and specinlties; and if it may be said with
truth that it numbered in its ranks more
shan o few discreditable names. no one can
denv that the oen;ps NJ Franco !, sno o-s
letters and sc;ence-;n .vorv h-,noh !,
fact-was also represented in tho briIl;an,
COMPANY.
Il ia easv fora man N rico :, Fr,,.a ond
every one knows how easy Il is for him n
sink The maths Of ambition and bonor
able distinction are omen to the bumbles
artisan. and the broad road of vice. disbon.
or, and ruin is equally available. If a work.
ing man have artistic or musical tastes he
can cultivate them To their full MT the e,.
napaa ~ tho s,,ta o,a :. -a-
classes M thsv NOW wi. g. - ;..e
merhls nrs;oaI - - .NAs:--.I
Who have sduco,.d thsm.a,.aa $500 :.