Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-29

promenade Is 70 see tne different merchants
exercise their wares and listen to them as
at the extent of their voices they proclaim
their beauty and attraction in fact there
is an animation,
AN IRRESISTIBLE ATTRACTIoN
Around these little booths that is seen no
where else and at no other time in Paris.
On my seeing them for the first time, I
supposed the Parisians could easily do
without them, but should be very 10th
now to part with them myself, and hail
their appearance with as much delight as
the children. The day following Christ
mas, on Sunday, the weather was even
more delightful but as though the con.
tract were at an end it began raining the
following day and continued until New
Years morning. Ii Parisians dreaded
rain and bad weather on Christmas, you
mayimagine the ave Marias and pater nosters
that were said to obtain pleasant day for
the first day of the new year. That day is
so full of ceremonies that it is hard to tell
where they end. In the first place every
body gees to see every other body. All
employees call on their employers as an act
OF street etiquette. whereas these last call
on the President Of the association or some
other dignitary round higher up the So
cial ladder. The ceremony to be observed
by the officials is arranged several days be-
fore hand. The President OF the Republic
received as early as 8 O'Clock in the morn
ing, beginning with the most important
officers OF the state, the Presidents OF the
| Senate and Chambers, VINO are escorted to
the. Palais Of the EIysees by grenadiers on
horseback. Later The President Of the Re
pubic returns the visits of the Presidents
| of the Senate and Chamber, and as not
more than two hours, perhaps, may have
elapsed, they can scarcely say to each ether.
6 How have you been since l saw you
last p On this
FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR
All the Judges land they are a goodly
numberl, dressed in their scarlet robes,
are driven in carriages and escorted by
horsemen to call on the President. and as
everybody else are making visits except
the gamins and working people, you can
imagine the delight this masquerade gives
TO these, who hang around the carriages
and peer through the windows at those i'm
| posing magistrates who make it uncom-
! Portable for all persons who break the laws
All this ceremony is the remains Of ancient
| royalty, which could not exact enough at
| tention and obsequiousness from all bodies
| it was IT'S pleasure to rule, and 1t is aston
| lshing that custom so inconvenlent and
| so little rellshed by any one should still be
| IN vogue but then in this country it Is
| necessary for whole generation 10 grum-
! bic over q thing for the next to think it
! Advisable TO change it. What grumbling
| time there is on New Years Day. and if
there were not SO much grnmbling under.
| breath and between the teeth there would
then be rlmbling sounds throughout Paris
resembling thunder. Those who like to
spend money have fair opportunity to
| indulge their propensity, and those whom
/ the looseaing Of purse-strings render IN
! happy can well indulge in their grief with
out any sympathy being rendered them. II
! q gentleman visits house during the year,
| he need never eXpec5 to return and be re-
| cejved with any grsGiousness If he docs not
! send 10 the lady Of the house houquet or
1 a sac de boaboR. a rather insignificant pres
ent any other time Of the year, but which
on New Years Day, on account OF the ex-
| tenslye demand. reaches terrifying figures
for a modest purse The candies must be
Of fine quality, and come from the house
OF some well-knowu confseUr, else they
might be confounded with the inferior mer-
chandise of a corner grocery, and . we'll
known coqtiset7, pro6ting by She circum-
stance, does not sell the smallest sack OF
bonbons for less than 81. Then in proper
tion as these candies are deposited
N SATIN BOXES,
Caskets or other reoeptacles invented for
the occasion, do they possess a greater
value. But the custom is not confined to
the masculine sex, for ladies also exchange
such gifts among themselves. The large
candy stores of Paris endeavor always on
this occasion to present to the public some
noureGue which does not fail to character
/ ize the establishment. | noticed at Siran-
din's numerous pigs of pink satin, with
| their necks and tails adorned with bright
| blue satin ribbon. Their heads could be
lifted, when an opening was discovered
into which the candies were deposited
| They were of all sizes, and although the
| pig is not graceful beast, the idea was
! original enough and the success of the pett
c0cbon duly celebrated. At the large floral
establishment on the boulevard DIES Capu-
cines l remarked number OF the most
EXQUISITE BOXES AND BASKETS,
(. Decorated not only with natural flowers,
but with satin ribbon and artificial flowers
as well. The handle Of one very large,
graceful, shaped basket was trimmed, the
one side with solid, natural white camelliss,
and at the top were met by boss of cherry
| satin ribbon, which trimmed the other
side Around the rim were also natural
! white camellias and bows Of the same rib-
! bon, the entire basket decorated and pre-
pared TO receive the candies, before being
| presented TO some fair and fascinat.
! ing creature. Another object which
more particularly attracted my atten-
! tion was box the shape of an
/ egg, which was one mass Of natural rose
! buds from the base to the top; in fact,
nothing else was visible but the buds, and
| the egg-shapea structure IN some uusus-
! pected manner would be opened and ean-
/ dies placed within. There We're, besides,
carriages and wagons with beautifully
dressed dolls perched up on the seats drig-
| ing butterflies, aud many other objects
| equally as attractive and as curious.
/ Flowers on New Years Day reach an enor-
nous price, and little bouquets Of vioIets,
which at any other time cost ten sous, are
sold for one dollar, and all other flowers
in proportion. There is an understood
tariff among the flower merchants, and
you must pay them what they ask or do
without your flowers. What is more, they
manage to sell them all, fer every body
| buys OF them. VAL.
TOO MUCH JOY.