The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-10-18

neck ana my wlfes and another ladys
He fell off the box, and the horse fell in
the effort to right himself-and the cab
tilted, and the ladies screamed, &c. A
crowd soon collected, and we walked off.
Things are high see nothing cheap
but wine and gloves-and these are not
SO cheap as one imagines. The best la
dies gloves on the Boulevard Capucines
and the Boulevard Italiens are 13 francs
90 buttons), although you buy what is
called the best at the Bon Marche "a
great bazaar on the south side) for 81
francs. So of silk dresses; they cost Just
as much here as in New York, although
it is probably true (it is so alleged) that
the material procured here is much sure
rior to that obtained for the same price
in New York.
Things have changed since was in
Paris before. The first time 1 was here
Louis Philippe was on the throne. He
left Paris few months after 1 got home.
The next time was here Louis Napoleon
was in all the blaze of his glory, and 1
often saw the Imp6ratrice driving about
the streets of the city. Yesterday read
in Galgnaani the following:
THE Elk EMPIRES IN PAR1s.-The Empress
Eugene arrived in Paris from Vienna on Iues-
day morning by the Eastern Railway, accom-.
panied by Nine. LebretOn and Mile. dc Larmi-
nat. The Duke de Mouchy and NJ Rambeaux
awaited them at the terminus. The party pro.
ceeded at once to the Hotel Bedford In a landau
without arms of any kind on the PANELS After
few hours repose the Empress took luncheon
and was then driven to the Northern Railway
on her wav to the chateau of the Duke de
Mouchy. The Empress was still dressed in
deep mourning The Project of Police called at
the Hotel Bedford during the morning, having
been informed of the probable arrival of the
travellers, but made no observation on learning
that the party were staying at the hotel The
Empress will return to ENGLAND after a shor,
visit to the Duchess de Moucny"
She is old now, and broken hearted.
Then she was young and beautiful, and
her picture was in all the. shop windows.
About hundred years ago poor Marie
Antoinette enacted another part in this
long tragedy. There is long line of
changes from Marie Antoinette to Eug6nie.
Paris seems to me less gay than it used
to be; the streets are not crowded, and
see very few soldiers. (The fashionablea
are at the sea-shore in September, or gone
to the country to shoo) In Napoleon s
day the drums were beating, and the
bugles sounding, all the time. Now
see no military and few police. But the
city has been greatly extended, particu-
larly along the Avenue of the Champs
Elys@es and in the vicinity of the Arch
of Triumph.
The thing in the sightseeing line in
Paris, is, OF course, the Louvre. One could
spend weeks there. The gallery of an
Gent sculpture and the picture gallery
are only two Of the departments. There
are Egyptian, Assyrian, Etruscan, Cypri-
ote, Greek, Greco-Italian, and medieval
departments-besides other rooms. The
Venus of Milo is the great object among
the antique sculptures, though there are
others in my opinion Just as good-as the
Diana a la bjche, the Melpomene, and
the crouching Venuses. But sculpture
is long road, and, although I have stu
died it great deal, do not begin to
understand it. The same is true Though
in minor degree) of painting. I see
people going through picture galleries,
and pronouncing hastily on pictures; but
painting is matter wherein the eye
needs to be cultivated in the same way
that the ear has to he educated to appre-
ciate music-and so of poetry. A correct
taste, in any department of art, is of slow
growth. I devoted a whole year to pic
lures once, and (perhaps am dull, butt
feel that my aesthetic judgment is very
crude. Yet have my fancies. I could
linger for hours and days over the land
scapes of Claude Lorraine in the Louvre,
and I admire greatly also those of Mich
olas Poussin, and the few pictures by
Salvator Rosa. told you that l adj
mired Turner's landscapes in the Nation
al Gallery in London; they remind me
of Claude Lorraine's. l never weary OF
Paul Veronese, and his beautiful cos
tunes. There is large picture by him
in the Salon Ca1r5 Of Mary amounting the
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