The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-08

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presented the palace to his vo 1arone
brother, Philip Of Orleans, by Wbger
descendants it was after muse
brought into evil repute. Tbo Si rus
cades at present existing, which az ora
let to Shop.keepars who snn az
tourists with cheap jeweJrv p anS
third-rate trinkets al Grsi-,.Ianua
prices, owe their Originto the grand
son OF Philip, who, having exhausted
his means III riOtous living. hit nnon
this eXpedient of replenIsbino bis
depleted purse. He little knew tho
mine he was laying. For in tbeso
very arcadeS, in the cafes bero
established under this rotten regime
which became the faVorite hsnntg
of the democrats, who were pIotfinS
to overturn the then existin99
government, Camille DesmoujinS5
organized and carried out the can
ture of the BastilIe. Under tfe
consulate of Napoleon l., the huiIdl
ing was christened Egalite. and
later on the Palais du Tribunal
but after the abdication ofNapoIoo5
it reverted to It's ancient owners
the Orleans family. and was
occupied by Louis PHILIPPE nm
til 1880. In the revolution If
1S4S, the mob-Frencn mohs have
a passion for broken elsss1
ware-Wrecked the royal apartments
destroyed most of the pictures. and
scattered the glass and porcelain
from Genesis to Revelations. This
act OF herOism was repeated by the
communists in 1871, but fortunately
most of the works of value had
been removed, and the patriots
were therefore obliged to be content
with simply burning the south
wing of the palace. A very meagre
recompense, it must be admitted.
after all they had done for their
country. Previous to this, the
edi6ce had been named the Palais
National and afterwards. by the
Emperor Napoleon III, had received
back its old name of Royal. A por-
ton OF the building which has been
entirely restored since its last fiery
baptism, is now used by the Consell
d'Etat, IN lieu of the palace formerly
used by that body, which was Quilted
by the commune and all its valua-
bic records destroyed in 1871. The
first floors and many Of the upper
rooms are used as restauTants,W while
the garden below. a vary fashion
able lounge during the empire, ia
said to have lost much of its former
prestige and is now freQuented
chiefly by nurse.maids and children,
But why lose its prestige on
this account? "The hand that
rocks the cradle is the
hand that rules the world"
Can empires and emperors do more?
But see, the time allotted for lunch
con has expired, the tariff of two
francs each is paid, and there
stands the grinning gGrcon waiting
for his ''tip." How L would like to
tip him over. But it's the cuss-
custom of the country and must be
honored ; if not in the breach, WHY
then in the observance. AS / re-
before, it is q most abomin-
able custom, and it is a wonder to
me that in these old and chiyalrOus
nations, so proud Of their ancient
honor and descent, this meIcenarv
practice is not abolished. l am
happy to state that in England a
reformation has begun. Henry
Irving, manager of the Lyceum
Theatre, | believe, is the pioneer
innOvatOr. Any attendant found
accepting gratuity--eYen for pro-
grammes, tae selling of which is
the common practice in English
thestres-is liable to instant dis
missal. That American tourists
with their come easy 90 easy" dis
tribution Of wealth, are largely re
SponSible for the perpetuatiOn of
the tipping" custom, l cannot help
but believe. And if those to whose
extravagant liberality it is due were
the only sufferers from its effects, il
would only be an act of cetribu,ive
justice. But as it is, the rain falls
on the just and on the unjust
and these greedy cormor-
ants, these human mosquitoes.
each with a little bill of his own,
s ettle down like anti-.MOrmOn grip
sacker5 on innocent and guilty alike.
1t is not the expense Of supporting
these harpies, though that to be sure
is some consideration, for were it all
included in the original statement
Of costs, it would make but little
difference, as it could in most cases
readily be provided against. But,
as in the case of said grip-sackers,
it is the constant annoyance of hav-
ing them around, begging for sous,
centimes, and francs for this, that
and the other, and being compelled
by the laws Of the land and the pro
visions of the constitution to con-
slider them as your equals and keep
your hands eff of them. Who, for
Instance, would not prefer paying
2 francs and a half for q dinner in
the first place, and have done with
it, than to be charged francs nom.
inally for your meal. and then be
pesteTed for the extra 10 sous, as a
fee for being waited on by the
shrug-shouldered plate-passing sDe-
cimen of humanity whose services
you thought you had paid for IN
the original tariff. And who, in all
Utah ON the same principle, would
not prefer settling for life upon each
I,v-,,L or, dOruyD DOlitipnI baol- Gf-l rate