The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-30
JEWELRY FOR INSIDE WEAR.
One OF the Curious sights to be seen at
the Halles CentraIes, Paris.
10. A. sala In London Telegraph


One Of the Curious sights to be seen at
the Halles CentraIes, Paris.
re-. A. Sala In London Telegraph
We pass between q double line Of stalls
heaped high with the most astonishing array
Of cooked food that / have ever set eyes
upon. Fish, flesh, fowls, vegetables, fruit,
pastry. confectionery and cheese are all
represented here ready cooked, but cold, and
arranged, not on plates or dishes but on
quarter-sbeets Of old newspapers. Imagine
one pile, consisting Of the leg of partridge,
the remnants Of an omelette, the tall of q
fried sole, two ribs Of q iugged hare, spoon
ful OF haricot beans, q scrap Of .ftet, cut
pear, handful Of salad, o slice OF tomato
and dab Of jelly. 1t Ia the microcosm of a
good dinner, abatiug the soup. The pile
constitutes portion, and Il Ia to be bought
for five sous or twopenee halfpenny. There
are portions SIS low as two sous; indeed, the
scale OF prices is most elastic In ascend
to suit all pockets. Are your funds at q
very low ebb, indeed II On that scrap Of q
back number OF the Figaro you will find a
hard-bolled egg, the gizzard Of q fowl, two
picked gherklns and a macarOon-a break
fast for O prince, II his Highness be impe-
eunious. Are you somewhat In cash? Be-
hold outspread on trenchant leading arti-
Gle from the Rep9bigne Frnncdtse whole
veal chop, q golden store Of cold fried potA-
toes, an artichoke u Ia bnrtcoeILe, sumptuous
piece Of ROquefOrt, some b0rbe de CnDatctn
salad and the remains OF O Charlotte russo.
A luncheon for king, II bis Majesty's civil
list be restricted one. But there are loftier
luxurieS TO be had. Behold an entire fowl
See at least the noiety Of CidsteaubrianeI
a'en chnmptQnoes. YOnder are the ma9nifi-
NJ, nIf. <Ja
mains Of a sole In Norma,sl!e, the ruins Of o
boisson Gecregisses, half a dozen smelts, the
backbone OF pheasant and. upon my word
some truflles; yes, positively, truffies. Il Is
true that they are mingled with bits OF cheese
and beetrOOt, with q dash OF UteTtnDlte q In
creme and suspicion Of sauce Robert. All
this is gathered together ON the front page Of
the Pays. dinner for an emperor when i'm =
perialism Is at discount and Caesar does not
IND IL convenient to dine at the Cafe Richie or
the Maison Doree.
And yet it is precisely from establishments
OF the kind just named that tho heterogeneous
portions come. An erroneous idea has long
prevailed that the cheap eating -house keepers
In the Palals Royal and dealers in crambe
recOctd and that their larders are largely sup
piled from the "leavings" Of the great Bonle-
ward restaurants, which are hashed I'D again
Tor the. benefit Of the franc IS confines ami
the 40 sous customers. Nothing whatever Of
the Kind Is the case. The dear and cheap res
market. 1t is the same portion OF fried pota-
toes for which you pay SOUS at an etablisse-
nae,st de bontttom and for which franc IS CEN
times are extorted from you at the Cafe
Lucullus or the Restaurant des Granda
Gommeux. The cheap eating houses have
few "leavings" to dispose Of, their guests are
generally too hungry to leave anything on
their plates. The fragments which form the
'Jewelry" OF the Halles CeBtrales are brought
down Ia big baskets between and every
mr. rfr1oS hrg h. L.
ward restaurants or by the Ldrbins from the
hotels OF the Ministers or the foreign Am
bassadors. IL there have been overnight q
a dinner at the Ministry Of the Int
rior or at the Barbarian Embassy the
show ,ao u,,, Of :, "iewelry" u, h the morn,
capons, all but entire names and hures de
sang5er scarcely impinged upon rieees
n0ntees, the majestic vestiges OF po,tttf q In
ddre1go or q saunaO1s q t1 Chnmbnrf will
decorate the deal boards Of the stalls In 80
Halles. Out OF the fashionable season .!e
supply comes principally from the leading
restaurants, where the "leavings" are the
perquisiteS OF the gdrcons. The "ieweIry'"l II
not sold by auction. The sales are always "a
farniable, and there are some dealers who
have contracts for the "leaviDgs" OF particular
restaurant. SO soon as the merchandise has
been received at the Halle the dealers-nearIy
always wOrnen-proceed to arrange ii for
sale; and this arrangement is, to ali intents
and purposes, al art. The mdTchd7ade de
bttouterse has a twofold object In view. First
She wishes to make q very little seem like a
great deal and, next, she is desfrOus to ma re
the portions look as attractive to the eve aa
possible. Some u,drcIGaoes, fortunate enough
70 possess the sentiment of artistic beauty
make up their own portions; others engage
me services OF D1ettear en- G1lUre or d0nnelr
ie coup d8t-the great jewellers OF the Rue
lie la PAX can only do as much-tO give the
portions the requisite infusion OF the pictur-
;sque In the way OF composition and color
| heSe Hletteurs en- Geurre are kind of pro-
essors Of culinary peripatetics. fitting from
taH to stall, and giving here and there
dash Of green, In the shape OF some spinach
II a chon de BrareLtes, or a touch OF red In
ne way Of a carrot or tomato, to portion
he hueS OF which seem too mOnOtOnous in
one high light is needed there. Quick |
he fat OF a mutton chop. the white Of an egg,
y morgel OF btanc mango supplies the def |
1ency. IS not yonder heap somewhat feeble |
ND un9ubstantial in appearance? Swiftly |
ne do1snetr de coup dell, by the artful intro |
luctlon OF the deep crimson OF beetrOot, the |
landyck brown OF an entre-cote, or the mel |
oW taWnlness OF the crust Of raised pie, i'm |
,arts strength and richness to the whole: and |
he etatage Of 'iewelry" is complete. The pur- |
hasers are the quiet poor, the people who are |
.Shamed to beg, and who but for the roernf- |
III cheapness Of these toothsome SCRAPS. |
you'd not taste meat from months end to
uoutn Gnu. 10 watch the decent but /
vretchedly clad people-raen, women and |
hildren- critically examining this s8jewelry" |
or the Internationally to be worn inside |
instead OF outside the stonach-to watch /
hem slowly passing from stall to stall and |
urnlng over the eoppers in their hands be-
ore they made their final choice; to watch |
hem at last going off with their newspaner- |
nWrapped parcels, and with Just CLEAN Of |
in their wan, pinched |
aces, was more than curious, more than In |