New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-29
THE GAY SEASON IN PARIS
THE BOULEVARD FMR-socrETY AID ART.


st. Martin has extended his sumner into The
new vear. Meier was Boulevard Fair moio
persisteutlv favored by sunshine than the P'ea-
ent one The amount OF money turned over
in the booths since Christmas I've must ne
enormous. Muti;uues 20 from morning unlI ma
night 70 look at the merchandise on WOW ih '"'''
open-alr shops. and in looking are tempted 10 'uV'
The dealers are so lively, SO glib tonguea' 50 I"'-
nious that it is impossible to r"aIst their s'H-'
tons. | constantly think OF the Grsetle III ,l'ic
Sentimental Journey IN walking along 'nc ''''D
wards. The Par.sIeune is marvenous'y ahIilc.- ''
the PIT Of placing her wares IN the best i-ul VI H''
she T.. in trade she has such charm NJ way "- '."-
ipr customer, that they do not mind throwing away
small sums on worthless objects. To an observer oI
character an hour spent IN going round the booths
and ba-gaining and buying is quite rs entertaining
~ AN evening passed 40 a theatre. Nature does not
take more trouble to mako old wall heartilIi
with creeping plants than Boulevard sales" oman
does 20 please and coax with flowers OF eloqueh'e'
Not that her styla Is nc AL me aphorcaL SAe dealS
only In point-blanl assertion. Everything Size has
To dispose Of most advantageous G-4sAi4u' cue P'
useruI. ornamental and Enough il bee a trumpcry
rmcrack Of such exceptional solidlty 1t is Ike
the full.bottomed wig OF Sterne, upon which q
whole ocean Of water would not have had the
smallest damaging effect
Women at the Boulevard Fair never deal ID
rulzIe . oue.tious" Perhaps it is that their lungs
are not vigorous enough make their voices heard
above the noise Of the chatteriug multitude. one
of the puzzles Of this far the question. Eoche.r'
ct Gambetta" M. Gambetta, comment peat u
So debaras.es de Rochefcrt cries the vendor, VINO
holds aloft what appears on the first blush to De an
oblong bit of sheet iron about the size of lady,
visiting card. on examination one finds the letters
G.. r. intertwined and movable. But how di-a-so-
ciate thcmf Therein lies the difficulty When the
trick is explained the dcnoIemcat IS very easy, hut
Il ia hard to ind it out by the light OF nature. OF
course the siEhtseers have their observations to
make. This puzzle Is full Of actually. There ~
now no political police, aud there Is deal Of frank
ness in the national character. Jokes circulate.
Funny observations are rished. Curiosity Is eN-
cited Everyone wants to -ee how Gam5etta may DE
freed from Eochelort The hoarsc dealer rapidly
fills leather bag tied to a waistband with COP
per coins. The buyers of the puzzle run into
cafes To try and dlsa-sociaJe the @. from the K.
Pleased with a rattle, ticAled with a straw is
eteruallv applicable to the GauL May he long re-
main in that happy frame Of mind. l have ever
found uyelness 20 hand in hand with the best viz
tues In this country. Your solemn preteutious
FreucEman Is the least honest OF his race The mer-
curial. gay Frenchmau IS a very genuine person. Il
mlrth is allied with vanity, the most amiabe quail
ties lie behind them.
large number OF the puzzles are in iron, the So
luton consisting in di,enangling some Inks m
cham or in separating two or more pieces Of iron
somewhat like a druustIcS with curved head.
Other puzles are composed OF balls pierced with
holes and a piece pieces Of string passing through
them The secret Of solving these lies generally in
passing some loop over the ball in a certain manner.
Every puzzle Is dubbed with hIeh--oundiug title,
N.t., .ra'.. ' 90. Ia Isf... fH.r a.
troIs Drapcaux.o - La Question de Ia Tunisie' The
La or definite article is tremendously empha-
SIZED. O1e would say the fate Of Europe depended
on the solution of each particular puzzle. Even in
such trihIng things one the idea which has
dominated French society since the time OF Louis
OuatorZe La France est touour Ia grande ma
tIont and nowhere more so than az the Boulevard
Fair LA Question du Divorce autrement Ia
Question Naquetr is greatly cried out AMI a proIis
ious favohte II is in the style OF the Gamoetta-
Rochefort puzzle. but instead of G. and an r.
there are the outlines Of q man and a woman whose
arms are intcrtwiued. In the way of question
there is moth ng than this roars the dealer
one puzzIe which attracts many of the passer,-by
is a solid block of wood painted with doors and
windows and somewhat resembling q sentry box in
shape This is called La Question dies JrsuItes,'
and bears the inscription, Jesuticre' or Je5uitnest
or Je;uit-Gen. The puzzle is TO divide the struC-
ture into two pieces. the dovetails Of which are
plainly visible all around Al first .ight this seems
impossible; but the dovetails are made IN such
way that 10y holding the bottom hrmIy and pushing
sdeloug the TOD piece IL SIues out WITHOUT any
difficulty Many are the tests cracked at th" ex-
prnse of the religious orders III the New Years
questions. one Of them. Intended to throw nuIcule
on the Crrcals, is an outline OF Jesuit III copper
wire. The good ia'her mas 7""''- "'' anu "" III, i
mense nose from when ring Is suspended Inc
question how TO eNtricale ln' ring ant" Tue '"''
ton is achieved by passing l' ''Ye'i i.IH'S r'uH"
the priests body. The name gwen 10 this pu/|e II
I..t,atf d. ('OupOT lat tUCIl4.u e llpTWc tQfuO-