The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-01-31
Versailles aud Paris.

Versailles aud Paris.
Coquettish Susannahs ere finding ont
that, from their point of view. It was bet
ter for the parliament to sit at Versailles
than on the Quai d'Orsay. Serious leg
islative work having been impossible
when the Chamber met in the Depart
ment of Seine-et- Disc, Legislators often
applied their heart to amusement. The
| Journey to the Chamber and the journey
back took, with the half hour passed in
loiterng at gossiping at the st. Lazare
terminus. the best part Of the afternoon.
Hardly had the Deputies got to their.
destination and settled down to their
places before it was time to start of Par
lsward. In running to and fro, they con-
tracted vagabond and adventurous
humor There were agreeable recontres
IN the railway trains with the fair danes
who adorn the tribunes. For these re-
preventative French ladies everything
was for the best In the Versail1ist regime.
Women are never so happy as when the
unforeseen is always disturbing the daily
course of their lives. And what fine
part the unforeseen played in those ex-
press Deputies train, and what delight
ful incidents cropped up The most
triting circumstance might be hinge
on which great events were to turn. A
parliamentary session meant q parliament
with numerous females following con-
tinually en- the wing. This vagrancy in
duced hustle, activity, and brisk excite
ment, and rid the fashionable world of
Paris of the languid 5lnse style of beanty.
The stage which was afforded TO fashion
able women between the parliamentary
meet at st. Lazare and the return
home in the evening was most ample.
public and never oyercrowded. There
was room and to spare for all On the
eve of great debates there were at GER
tain dressmaking houses private exhibi-
tons OF the costumes which leading
bellies who hahitually graced the tribune
were to wear. Newspaper chroaiclers5
were invited to attend the shows. Fore
women went round to prompt descrip-
/ tions, and to enable scrihes in their pic
turesque lottings on the morrow to rem
der full justice to the robes no less than
to the wearers. Explanations were in
terspersed with chit-chat, which werese
| down in the notebooks and worked into
reports Of the debate on the following
evening for boulevard journals. Tie
house which took the snitiative in this
kind OF exhibition was so6zs ahle--5o. is,s .; e
its forewoman salary of I00. 900 francs
year.
There is no such field OF the pklais
bourbon. The parliamentary belle drives
there, and is shown to her place without
loss of time. The sitting over. she bnr-
r1es down q narrow staircase and out 10.
the qnai, where her hrongham awaits
her. As Deputies eongregate in rooms
sacred to themselves, and as the reporters
enter in by the Rue de Bourgogne, there
IS little to be won by a eoquettish Susan
nah IN promenading in the Sale de Ia
Paix, which is used as lobby between
writhing LAGOON and stern Minerva. A
country cousin may here see Gambetta
proceeding from his residence To-
take the chair. He is escorted by 3
picket of infantry and by fine
looking Colonel-Rieu- = and Lieu
tenant IN command of a detachment of
soldiers, who walk, holding their swords
barred, beside him. He carries his crush
hat in his hand. The picket keeps oH
place hunters and Incorporate admirers.
Ministers also pass from the Petit Bour-
bon through this lobby. The ereal
postal reformer, Cochery, who will turn
up in new Cabinet il Waddington i
defeated next winter, breakfasted on the
opening day at the Presidential Palace.
where be met Lepere. Gen. Fare, De
! Freyeinet and Henri Brisson. for whom
Grevy may be obliged to send. At Yef:
sailles, both in the Senate House and
in the Chamber of Deputies, the public
tribunes were admirably disposed q
show Off the bonnets and busts Of the
ladies. The first tier was wide bdIc013
and the parliamentary bellies contrived
! to keep possession of the front seats
: Skirts and pretty feet were displayed il
. the walk across the curbstone pavement
! of the Place d'Armes In the Palai
Bourbon there is no bnicon. The frs
tier is disposed like the dress circle OF
London opera house. No unbrokel
line Of delicious bonnets and charming
faces will rejoice the eye Of d. Gambettl
as he sits IN the, chair. Pillars and
|, partitions cause solutions of continuity
and impede the instantaneous transmits
sion from onssSxtrenity to the other o.
! the semi-circllar gallery of those electro
cal currents which an eloquent speaker
!. generates.
! ! The press. which is lodged In the sec
: ond or topmost gallery, resents being
: : placed on less-iayored footing than 9
: : lot of idle women. A me;aber OF the
!. bureau, on whom a grumbler called te
2 expostulate, refused point blank TO grat.
ify the fourth estate by turning ladie:
!. out. He thought it was for the Interest
: of the republic for the latter to come e
the chamber. This consideration VII
not go into. but I think the bureau Of
!. the chamber shows a wise discretion II
: keeping the ladies on its side. When
Parisiennes bond against government
look out for its fall The fate OF cabl
: nets is often decided in boudclTs and
! ! salons. Chief among the dispensers O
: official patronage are ladies. parha
Z mentary Ulysses with whom have beer
{ talking about this state Of things did no
!. see that it was to be regretted. French
= women, he said, did not make eorrup'
8 use Of their power to give away places
: They are generally moved by an amiaDls
: : wish to please, or by pity, when they ar.
not actuated by hatred. Small atten
!; tions on the part Of public men secure
!. their gratitude, and they are prone e
J avenre trifing wrongs. It is q nlistak'
& 10 think the cocotte SWAPS parliamentar.
8 gro,rns She is too unstable N be-
3 ideas to be directing mind. Nor Is th'
= ranaeious. handsome woman power
: An isolated man may be her slave;
Z nnfnber of men viii not slmulfaneouslJ
ba enslayod by her. Ulysses went cfel
4 list Of fair contempo wirs
!. ,,uilers. There was not one Of them, bi
Z ss;d Who was not more or less coed
natnred. and they have al arrived =
2 tI,st ki,s,e, AZ life when women enjoy do
4 ~, Kind actions Vanity. no doubt