Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-29
Correspondence of tn. Gold Hill Daily s.~s.l
PANS. Franco. July s, 1879.

small. narrow foot were signs OF aristo.
cratic breeding and blue blood. LA
Petit Corporal" Il IL related. used to
have bat one personal ~vanity-his small
white hands. But In this age OF tramps
and professional "~walkists." Of Alpine
climbers and ladies who perambulate the
Tyrol and the Appsnninss with alpen-
stock in one hand and sksteh.book in
tho other, q good.sized foot Is not to be
despised or looked upon with disfavor.
We newspaper mon walk constantly.
partly because We pick up q deal Of In.
formation thereby. and partly because
We carry light pocket-books which do
not burden US on our journeys. I wish
that Edward Payson Weston or O'Leary
or that imbecils idiot who Ii perpstually
carrying the glorious Star Spangled
| Banner from Maine TO Texas and always
coming back where he isn't wanted,
would come over to La Belle France and
teach the natives how TO walk. There
are two things which the French can
learn probably from ''those dreadful
Americans'-how to dance and how to
walk. The French do not yet know
which aide Of the walk TO take when they
meet one another. II II rains and they
have no umbrellas. Of course they hug
the wall. II It 10 clear and they meet
You in q narrow place, they seem unde-
cided whether to take the inside or the
outside, and after confusing you for
some seconds. they end usually by
squeezing in between you and the house
front. II you are walking with a COM
p~anion. many males seem to imagine
that the correct thing Is to rush In be-
tween you and your friend. This might
be called the golden mean between
the two extremes. But It's a mean thing
TO do, however. Much as I admire the
French ladies. I think their pace lacks
that grace which Virgil ascribes to Venus
in the LIST book Of the Ensid, whore
he says:
Thus having said, she turned, and made
Her neck r-fuissut aud dishsvelisd hair,
which. towing from her shoulder. reached the
And Wildly spread smbrosisi sosass around;
In lsps's Of !r.a1 descend, 81 her = , ,xssp p s s0sn !.
known"
You see that the great Latin poet not
only admired q beautiful neck and locks
flowing rich and free. but he had an ar.
tistic eye to the way In which his beau.
ties stepped out. Virgil liked . "g6od
stopper" 1t is evident. But how agra
waited he would have been to get along
side one Of our modern charmsrs, and 10
have to adapt his pace to the pigeon
steps Of the fair one. / don't like a
stride. o "tiptoe." = "teeter." or a
pigeon step, but give me Q good. firm.
graceful walk, with not too much agita.
ton Of the ~"sweeping gown"
Ochre, Of the "Sketching Club" told
me q very good story the other day.
about how wirtz painted . portrait Of Q
certain Russian Princess A Russian
Princess came to him many years ago
aud gave him two sittings for her por.
trait. When finished. the lady came to
look at 1t. It did not please her. she
| thought Il did not look like her. She
left, however, without finding any fault
with it, aud the next day her rdkf dc
| cAambre came to take the picture home.
and brought 5000 francs to pay for 1t.
which his mistress supposed to Be the
usual price charged by wirtz. The valet
asked the artist how much was his
charge. "Ten thousand francs! Why.
my mistress gave me but 5000 francs"
"well. go back directly to your mistress
and tell her that my price 10 10000
francs" This VA done, and the valet
returned. saying that the Princess was
much displeased with the portrait. and
thought 5000 francs quite q much a. 1t
was worth, since IL did not look like her.
wirtz coolly replied "oh. don't let
| tho Princess X. deranor herself. Ill
keep the portrait 7" He did 90, and,
painting across the face some iron bars,
exposed 1t the next day In n OF the
principal shops Of Brussels, with this
ieqo,ds underneath "Ea prison pour
deaeg" Among the thousands who saw
il were some friends Of the Princess,
who told her they had seen her portrait
in such a plight, and assured her that
"it certainly looked like you. at least"
The next day wirtz received his 10000
francs. and the Princess Withdrew her
portrait from the public gaze.
With the coming Of the sunny days,
| the straw berries and the cherries, begins
the usual invasion Of Paris BY tho tour.
lists from beyond La Mauche. Little
red-covered Baedeksrs and Murrays are
"a plentiful as sands on the strand, and
whito walls streaming from manly hats
begin to lend an Oriental-Anglo aspect
to our Boulevards. I wonder why Il Is
that Britannia keeps all her pretty girls
at homo. In she afraid to trust them
out OF her sight 2 I'm sure I saw plenty
Of the loveliest, sweetest Of faces. with
fine. clear complexions, beautiful eyes
and most kissable mouths, whom ! was
last on Regent street and In Hyde Park.
But they don't come over h~ers-hardly
ever.
Winter has begun astonishinely early
this year. We had o couple Of hail.
storms the other day, and there fell Ice
pellets as large - walnuts-that IL to
say. dwarf walnuts. II this sort Of
thing is going to continue. / shall have
to emigraie to Africa. q Victor Hugo Ii
urging the oppressed people Of Europe
to do. You know he has promised us
each Q farm down there. I'm not sure
about the mule. though. But be Ger.
tainly said at . banquet the other day
go. ys peoples ; 60 take the land.
Cultivate IL DO fruitful and multiply.
and take my blessing with you." or
words to that effect. And a. I've sold
my overooat to . nserchdnd d'hobits to
raise the necessary funds to provide o
ticket for the "Grand Prix do Paris"
I shall have 20 get away from this arctic
region for . SUMMER Cline.
EDwA,p.
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