New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-14
PARIS TOPICS.
CLEMENCEAU AND HIS FAMILY-THE H0LI-
DAY STALLS,

| DAY STALLS,
lrRon THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE IRIBusE.l
| PARIS December 20.
| The illness of Gambetts has afforded Clenenceau
| fresh opportunities to come forward "a party
leader and as candidate for the highest ministerial
| function. The Deputy of Montmartrc is now the
| chief man in the Lower House. He gains ground
each day. 1 am in O position to assert
that the diplomatic representatives OF the
great Powers look upon him as COM
| ing man and are beginning to pay him atten-
| ton. He has powerfully organized brain. Let 1t
| be hoped las think may reasonably be done that
| it will not be turned by their fattery. l am In
clined to think that G1ddIness will superyene
Clemenceaus head is not only sound, but his heart
| is in the right place.
| He has charming wife who married him for love
and whom he dearly loves. He is also the loving
father of two beautiful little girls and OF boy WHO'S
his own image HIS daughter Madeline, age twelve
is simply IDEAL She is very intellectual studious
and learned for her age Her features have the reg
ulanty of Greek statue and her eyes SOFT girsh
eloquence which impars to the head an essentially
modern character. The second child, Iherese has
physiognomy essentially French and very ami
mated. When her father introduces her to his
friends he calls her 90 the little monkey" She has
his ambition but softened and refined Clemenceau's
third child is a boy. His name is Michael He IS
nine wears old and the replica of his father The
younRster is at school Mt the College Norge.
He is lively and forward for his age. The boy has
an air of American independence which greatly
amuses his father. He derives it from his mothers
family Madame Clemenceau is a New Engiander,
and has many of the virtues and the graces which
the daughters of the Pilgrim Fathers inherited from
their Old England grandmOthers.
The owners of the stalls on the boulevards do not
seem TO have displayed much originality as on
previous occasions in ministering TO the curiosity
and amusement of the Paris public Knicknacks,
oranges. sweets. together with all articles of
tri1ing and inexpensive nature OF course hOid the
most prominent position as they are most sure to
find delight in the eyes of children, who, unless
very precOcious cannot estimate them at their real
worth As might be expected, few exhibitors
choose TO set out anything very costly for sale.
In that branch all their custom would be drawn
away by the permanent and well-known
establishments But in the production OF tribes the
JdrdQues prominent. jumping frog which
would excite the envy of naturalist Is sold for the
modest price OF penny But not to be left behiDd,
another stall-keeper has devised and produced at
the same price jumping grasshopper with yell
low body green gauze wings and enormous legs,
which executes a series of leaps and expands
bis wings as he is carried through the
air. The makers Of these TOYS understand the char
acteristc desire of children as IL is welexpressed
by one of IIelens Babies" who wanted ITO shee
wheels 20 wound They desire something that
will work and move; and to satisfy this desire num-
berless toys beside the above are exhibited There
is rat that runs when his tail is pulled, ana man
who climbs up a rope by himself though at the
same time the old favOrtes, such as the mechanical
tumblers and the men who walk down stairs auto
maticaly are not neglected.
The French have n peculiar talent in arranging
and selecting accessories. i noticed one stall at
which different kinds of toy boats were being sold by
an intelligent-lookng man. Not content with
piling the boats top Of anothero or with strcw
ing them on a table, he had purchased a piece of
glass on which as on lake, no had
arranged his boats with outspread sils.
IN order to make the illusion more complete.
An other merchant who had sstock Of skipping men,
had dextrously cut from some illustrated paper u
picture representing n church and village green.
I'm front of this he placed his toys in circle. after
winding them MP, and set them skipping. large
nnmber of stalls are devoted 10 the sale of toys
which combine instruction with ainuselnent" -;
though In many cases the amount of the former
quality present seems very small. Among ihcse
is n ,rawng-ToOm apparatus for photography, a
miniature printing press from winch visiting cards
are continually pouring out, and machine Ike
the dbdcus Of the Romans, for ready reckoning One
of the chief favoritrs, if may judge from the
number OF stalls AT which IL IL cAulDiieu
crowds which 1t attracts. IS an instrument styled
"the American Pantograph" This instrument which
IL used for copying pictures on an enlarged or d.
unfinished scale, consists of four pieces OF
wood arranged crOsswise and pierced with
holes az fixed distances. he vrnder
seems to produce with II very good hkeuesSes. but
auoyico would probably require considerable prac-
tice in order TO Obtain the same facility toy
which nOtcrd this wear for the first time, 10 the
"pstol-top." IL consists Of n top and pistol con-
nectsd in such n way that by pulling the trigger
of the latter the former falls off aud begins 10 SPIN
violently. Ii is allowed 10 fall on q round board
among a lot OF marbles which 1t scatters right and
left. These fall among numbered holes maie Tor
their reception and each player. for tine roy can be
used for q round game, his turn takes the sum OF
the nunbe as his score.
The number Of puzzles or Question" is dimin-
ished for last year hey all the rage, but now
question Gambetta," which consists OF wire pro-
file of Gambetta upon which a losden ball, repre-
sentIng a bullet, can slide freely. Tho puzzle con-
sists in extracting this bullet. Several other qucs.
tionsp have been suggested by modern political
events and take their names berefrOm, IS La gues-
lion Ottomanep de Sucz," and du Divorce" In
the Question de SurZ" several balls representing
the different European powers are arranged IN a
groove. which stands for tue Surz Canal 1t is re-
such way that France shall occupy the place OF
prominence. So, -,
As one advances out of the real Boulcvards" to-
wards the Chateau d'Eau, or modern Place dc la
R6publque amusing articles give place 10 useful.
Woollen sha wis, candlestIcks, knives. razors and
portable stoves are freely exposed and OBTAIN
ready sale.
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GAMMA NEIL on UHEELS