Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-26

lower price and better qualities OF our own cot
tons, Woolen and mixed goods. Let some wo-
tion of their sex take the matter In hand
whoever is ford OF horses and amused by the
wonderful intelligence to which these creatures
can be trained. VIII not miss going 70 the Hippo
drome. And 1t Is Well to 60 early, II 1t Is only to
watch the people come into the seats In the
one-franc- per place division. They are wide
and clean and easy enough, and it is refreshing
to see decent, middle-class workmen ror one
can use such an expression In this well.class1fied
republic) come in with the young, pretty and
MODEST wives and the baby, too little to be left
silent slumbers, to its parents recreation. And
1t is also thing well worth seeing, the rolling
back, when the 1neness OF the night Is assured,
Of OF ,ae great R Iron roof, parted In the middle @
dining table gaping for more slabs (or leaves.)
But the "planches" which filled this monster
space were the deep blue stretches of sky,
daTkening as night came down and showing
the stars, which not even the intense electric
light could wholly outshine So We all sat. In
perfectly pure air, enjoying the well arranged
the fun of the round dozen Of clowns, finishing
with pantomime OF Puss in Boots. 1t was all
pantomfme, for that matter-the enormous
amphitheater effectually precluding any at
tempt at making the voice heard.
There were various other matters which were
In my mind to include in this letter, but it Is
think OF anything but the great Fete of the Re-
public, Which Is TO take place tomorrow. For
quite week public and private preparations
for it have been in active progress Large no.
uceS are posted, calling on the ''dear fellow
citizens TO come forward and aid the municipal
government In making this 18th July the most
brilliant and memorable that Paris has ever be-
held. subscriptions are received at the different
uOiTieS for decorations, music &C., and each
householder is exhorted to vie with his neighbor
In making grand effect. We have heard many
rumOrs OF disturbances, of TisingS Of the friends
of the expelled religious confratern1ties, gather
ingS OF the commune and other peace disturb
ing elements, but government is without
doubt strong and assured enough to be amply
prepared against anything OF that kind On the
last OF June there was certainly feeling per-
vading our quarter Of the city which alarmed
the timid In the Rue de SevreS close TO the
great MagaZtn du Bon Marche, there were
crowds apparently as ready and anxious for a
good. up-and-dOWn fight as need De. But 1t
was to be remarked that women made far the
greater portion OF these crowds The gems
daImeS were in full force. The ejectment OF
the priests, who foolishly thought to resist the
law and locked themselves In Il eir cells was
lounged about the square till a late hour. and
nothing came OF it all. Now this fete Will SO
please the pleasure seeking PariSianS that II
any feeling OF animOSity exists it Will be most
probably forgotten in the glitter and ''bewtl-
deTjng beauty of the grand show. Verify the
men Of the French government are wise in their
generation!
So, with some attempt to describe whatever
will be possible for me to see of this great cele
bratiOn, shall bring my summer letters from
Paris to a close. just at the beautiful gardens
of the Luxembourg will be one of the great
centers OF the display. 1t will extend to the
Place de lObseryatoire, and as the spaces all
about there are immense. 1t may not be so diff.
cult an undertaking as II one should try to pass
through the narrower streets. d.