The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
FRENCH wIrTICIsMs.
SEINE Of the Funny Things Pound in u
Paris Papers.


Paris Papers.
The latest papers are filled with incidents
growing out OF the holiday gift-giving. All
sorts Of servants ana employees are extremely
persistent In demanding their customary re-
A man presents himself to M. Alphonse
Karr, demanding his Christmas gift.
"And who are you p asks Karr.
ats ! who light the gas-lamp In front Of
Indeed Well. here are twenty SOUS"
Fifteen minutes afterward another en-
ploye OF the gas company arrives.
"My friend, says Karr, II have just paid
man who lights It"
II put 1t out sirl'
A gentleman passes up the boulevard des
1taliens with his wife on his arm. The shop
windows are running over with holiday pres
ents. Madame stops before one Of these win
dows.
The husband pulls her away:
Come along, quick. my dear; its cold
enough to freeze the lids to red-hot stove"
The couple arrive In the Rue de la Paix and
the wife pauses before jewelers. window.
enough shall take an awful cold IL stand
here"
sBut, my DEAR protests the wife, ''Ihadn't
noticed 1t was 80 terribly cold here"
enough to chill q man to his very marrow"
Young X. rebukes his uncle for making calls
For his part, he has horror Of them.
10 give pleasure; II it is not In going in, it is
In going outF'
A favorite diversion among the Parislans s
She game OF c0mbies. The word to comble
means to pile 1t on the comble OF impudence
y the acme OF impudence; the conbte of po-
likeness Is the utmost act Of politeness posi-
BILE. The Conble Of observation-disclosures, for
instance, would be to think that you had left
your watch at home. and to pull It out of your
getit.
A Paris paper records what it calls the
cOnblc Of disinterested kindness. Nine. g.
has company at dinner. A superb leg OF NUT
ton is brought on the table, beautifully cook
cd and appetizing.
A Guest-Ohl but that leg Of mutton isn't
fonei
Madame--Do you think SO monsieur2 On
the contrary, it seems to me that 1t is done
just to turn.
The Guest-Pardon me, madame, but one
emily needs to look at 1t to see that it Is too
Hare-much too rare
Madame, with q sigh-In that case, Marie,
put the mutton back In the oven.
AT the end OF . quarter OF an hour, the leg
OF mutton Is brought back, cooked almost to
= coal: Madame cuts off piece and passes
Il to the guest. remarking, not without some
slight bitterness:
= hope you will not find 1t too rare, now.
"Oh, madamep exclaims the guest. de-
clining the plate; ut was not for my own
benefit that was speaking just now; never
eat leg OF muttonw
\. Promise me- Blanche" exclaims Gustave,
the youthful but fiery lover OF the daughter |
Of the well-known and still charming Nine. |
q. promise me, darling one thing"
-. You ,, Know, Gustave DEAR that will prom
Say then, my precious, that YOU will be
mine when you are Is; and that will be in two
years. you know
why, Gus! don't you remember how SEN
eitive mamma is on the question OF age, and |
years yet ?"
A SAMMY Soathism reported by Alphonse
The most frequent boast Of the men OF the
south is, as everybody knows, that their coun-
try 10 exempt from the cold Of the North.
the most vehement way upon the pretension.
al around u.s.
!. The Marseillais stopped. picked up hand.
ful OF snow curiously, crushed 1t In his hand |
with indifference and remarked:
coldr' : : -
Boulevard dialogue:
sand you are invited to Nine RS dinner
p.aEtsy s,"
. .:WSy foFtunate'"
81 have new bon mot which wish YOU
70 draw out: When viii you be able to re-
hearse 1t with me2"
When Arnault's tragedy OF "Germanicus"
was produced, Martainville, the famous critic
handled It very rudely. Whereupon Capt [
Arnault, the dramatists son, waited on him |
and took him frightful box O TIL ear. Mar
tainville summoned him before the police i
magistrate, who imposed fine OF thirty
Irancs, Placing 1Oo-franc note on the clerks
desk the captain gave the plaintiff slap on
[he cheek that fairly made sparks fiy from e
The filling of his teeth. and said to the clerk
Take two out OF that. please"
One day at the Cafe de Foy one Of the lead !
ng notaries OF Paris was criticising severely I
The conduct of Marshal Marmont, when a gem q
deman at an adjoining table, with a NOUS t
Eacne like shoebrush. arose and cried +
words" - 'no'o I
You are Marshal Marmont?"
n
Very we'll, sir; my head clerk will meet [
you wnen and where you please" c
Inc lady, no longer young. leads her old n
ame adorer, whom she desires once more to n
;narm, through the woodland, and pausing n
which overshades a rustic seat, says:
An, love this old oak, beneath whose
coughs have-don't you remember-passed
o many happy hours. 1t recalls my youth
The days, the happy days when g
when ycc plawnted it, aw?" 81
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Pretty story OF GaribaIdi. y
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