Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-05
THE MAD MELsrRoM OF SIN.
VIII ere had Americans Go.

WARNING NOrB-THE AMERICAN GIRL ABROAD
ALSO THE AMERICAN BsY-PARISIAN NOVELTIES
SCANDALS AND sCANDAL-MoSGERS.
IOliye Logan Ia Cincinnati Enquirer
PARIS, May, 1880.
1t Is the same, the very same, old Paris, with
Its enticing shop windows OF the boulevards, It's
lovely Champs Elysees, its majestic monu
ments. its crowded Bots de Boulogne, its mode
OF existence by which money can round off all
the corners Of life, Its Open-ar cafes, its bril-
liant picture galleries, its everything the world
knows that is
FINE AND FASCINATING.
1t Is the most beautiful capital the hands OF
man have ever reared. 1t is the wlcke lest city
that exists On the face of the earth. It Is a
lovely place to visit. either for week or a
tweiyemonth. It Is the crueleSt spot in the
world 70 pass lifetime In.
And yet the ambition Of uncountable num-
DerS OF people in America Is to accumulate
enough money to come here and live the rest
of-their days. How much wretchedness have
seen enSue from the effort to accomplish this
absurd design it would be impossible for me to
give the least Idea OF In the space accorded me
here. But II this should meet the eye of any
misguided creature who has
THIS MAD PROJECT
In c0ntem plattOn, DeSeeeh him as one VINO
loves her kind, to abandon it forthwith. Jhave
no OBJECT in writing thus, except to tell what
know TO be the truth. The Paris atmosphere Is
one not adapted to healthy lungs, which were
constructed by the Creator with the intention
OF DelDg used. for the most part. in America
There is something about IL which diSSolveS the
moral stamina OF one not born to It, and makes
OF him a miserable by bird. devoid OF both the
reckless briIltancy Of the French and of the
hearty WholeSomeness OF thought OF the Anglo.
Saxon.
If among Americans abroad there IS one sinh
Ject OF ethics more widely discussed than
dnaf
of the American girl in Europe. Is She or is
she not, the Daisy Miller depicted by Henry
James?
Mrs. Hooper, In her
TRUTHFUL EXPOSE
OF the American Colony in Paris, fn the novel
called Under the Tri-Color," SAYS positively
that Daisy Miller exfsts-she has frequently met
her. can corrobOrate this statement to a GER
tain extent. only the other day an American
girl proposed TO party OF three other ladies'
that the guide should be offered the fourth seat
box-seat beside the driver was the place for the
Courier
FANCY THE IMPRESSION
we should make On arriving at the inn where we
were TO stop, with the courier seated beside US,
'Now. that's Just your European Stuckupness, y
replied the lady. I'm American, i am The
man man Is as good as we are amt he If he does
point would have entaied frightful expense
OF breath. and probably left her unconvincei.
But mere Is another circumstance which occur
III.
i could give names OF the individuals engaged
10 1t, II liked, TO show their standing at home
their positive exemption from that charge of
yulgaTity and lowneSS in their American ORIGIN
which is made by some who argue the matter
10 excuse the Daisy Miller type / was DINING
at the table OF wealthy Americans here ar
which several French gentlemen were guests
when about nine O'Clock In the evening two
beautiful American girls ran In the dining
room, having walked over from the Grand
Hotel 10 make an evening call. They were both
EXCLUSIVELY HANDSOME,
And dressed With richness no respectable
french woman OF any age ever uses In tha
street. Their appearance at that hour alone
and unattended, their announcement that they
mad taken this long walk because 1t was such
lovely evening, and they felt like having
Walk, made an impression upon the French
persons present which may be pretty accurately
guessed by the speech a French gentleman
made openly, at the table, after their depar-
ture- Always excepting present company, OF
Course, he said 1t was incontestable that
french women we're naughty (nlechIntes) after
marriage, but that American girls were
naughty both before and after, II was a shock
ing remark TO make, and one of a sort which
we long residents on this side feel with bite
ness which can not be understood except BY
those familiar with she uSageS of foreign life
And II may be permitted to make Comment
on this Incident, ] will say, In the most en-
phatic manner, that think Americans who
come over here for short trip might instruct
themselves concerning the cOnUeapsces OF life
mere ana spare those whose business or necas-
painful task OF having TO defend their dauJh
tiers from the imputatiOn OF being cocodettps
because they walk Paris streets alone after
nightfdl.
While crossing that last t. I heard kaoc,,
ana boy came In, carrying what look I'd lke a
pOStS ge card On examination | ind IL il NOT
postage-card at all, but
A TELEGRAM CARD,
Sent through the pneumatic tubes which Under
lie the whole OF the City of Paris proper the
suburbs being excluded These cards sell for
ten cents apiece, and / believe the speculation
governmental or course pays richly They
are far more desirable than telegram. because
the number OF words In the message is
10 more limited than il is in a postage card
and az no mistakes are possible. But Iwonde:
now large these tubes are, Ny telegram card
Is folded In half. which makes 1t not much
more than an inch wide.
Another odd Paris device which has been In
trodCced lately is
THE SEwSBoY'S POLE.
An invention which would be of no use In
America, as the custom OF riding on TOP OF
CmniouSSe5 and street cars is not In yo211p
there. The neYSboyS pole is long bamboo
to the very top of which metal goblet is ar
fixed, and little below it all the freshest
newspapers are arranged In fan shape The
pole Is carried by 10y or man. who lifts II
up among the travellers on the ImpeFiale or
the Knife board, as il Is called in London. and
any one wanting a paper takes IT. and then
drops Its price in pennies into the metal Cob
lei. Salesman and purchaser do not see each
other, and the former relies on the lattpr,s
ncAtSty W put tne flSht number OF pennies IN
the cup.
Here comes Tom Hohler. Quite a swell. isn't
he? Well, why shouldn't he be? lie Is
The HUSBAND or A DUCHESS
what neYer-ceaSfUg topic or conversation
that marriage is. The Duchess retains her title
under the English law. which insists that
woman, once Duchess. is always Duchess
SO their visiting cards bear The Duchess OF
Newcastle and Mr.. Tom HOhler.H Tom Won
know, is tenor, and has been on the stage:
so the wagS call the couple The Duchess, OF
NewgGte and Mr.. Tom HJ,rler" GOSSIP of
the clubs and drawing-roOms has ft that
the queen SAYS she Will not receive The
duchess daughter unless She Is presented
al Cour1 by some one else than her mama RnT
Gear NE, what can one believe OF what one
hears. l try my very best TO refrain from re-
peating gossip In my correspondence but still
one must let ones readers know ssWbit the
world says" the feature which has made Ell
mund Yates London newspaper such a won
Grous success. And II you only had the SLIGHT
est idea OF what keep back, Confess that
never tell you any thing that has not some
small unge or romance about Il TO redeem In
from being. as so much of this scandal Is. sim
ply nauSt atIIg. For Instance. there is
THAT OLD HORROR
about great prima donna. Oh, IL Is blood
curdllng, Nowhere but IN Paris could such
stun be breathed. In Paris where contact
with the Gaulic race, its loose literature ITS
coarse journals breaks down that delIcacy
which people born in Protestant countries are
mst1nctiyely endowed With. But see this ele-
gant-lcoking young fellow Sauntering along
ChamVfS E1VSRRSf