The Republican journal., 1886-12-30
European Sketches.
PARIS NEWS AND GOSSIP.
No. 4.

Hecu not 90 OUT OF ParlS TO ma IL. NOT tnat
the French originate everything wonderful and
curious, nor have they sort of first mortgage
on all novel conceptions; no, we cannot quite
claim this for them. But they have a faculty
for importing and adopting at once all the
new notions that our inventive countrymen,
and their stulious brethren elsewhere, spend
long months in thinking out and perfecting.
This shows their wisdom. 1t matters little
whether novelties emanate from their own
brain or are borrowed from some more pro-
grcssiye neighborS, that the benefit is theirs
However this may be- one gets the cream of
everything in Paris. You may listen, if you
choose, to the initial performances of the new
operas in her theatres; every prima donna
must needs face her critics first: novelties
from the world over find their way, sooner
than elsewhere, to her trade depots. and fash
ions foibles are planned within her boundaries
to tickle the tastes of lovely women in every
cline. In a word we find Paris, in a strict
sense, the headquarters for everything. Speak
ing of pleasing the ladies' there is little Won
der that Paris has its delights for them as Il
shopping centre. Millinery stores and dress
makers signs can be counted by the score. IT,
As some semi-Sarcastic individual has figured,
it takes a woman five minutes to get past IL
mllllners window, it would be entirely safe to
call 1t days journey to get the length of the
beautiful boulevard des Itaens. Here the
lady shoppers on a pleasant dav seem almost
countless. 1t furnishes an excellent opport,n-
ity to study the beautiful women of Paris and
their modes of dressing. AS rule the street
toilets of all true Parisians are far simpler
than those seen in our large American cities.
They apparentIv consider that eIapant oar
ments are made and shifted for indoor usn not
to catch the dust of the streets nor to oratIIi
touSlv sweep the sidewalks and crossings
Sensible i'm them this MANY dark wooen
suits Of navy blue are worn and a General f,y
orite color seems TO be that ,lusky preeu that
lust escapes black. Black itself is. however.
the prime favorite, Partisan ladies seem tn
pattern closely after the men in their devotion
to this color for street dress Do not im,~inr
that no ,rorreous make-ups are Sern ON tho
Paris streets. There are many such. But thc
rule is in favor of simpIicity
Some of the ladies of orr marty h,J re,d of
the so-ralled Natrimoui.L \,tnnrv trLnir ,,,r
iosity was. in consco,lrn 20 aroi,.nl ns IN tha
real existence of such nm institution in p,riS
The result of this curiosity N,s the u,mint, ~
ourselves a committee of euuuiry TO mako in
veStirations, and if the Agency iN1s a rn,litv
find AM if ,.itnrs MAJ ,,, ,.;,,,.I,;,II,. ;l;,,,
were Given a,mittanre. our inn,tinotinn ni,'
turrJ a mammoth rditrr With ,.lns,I,. ,lra,yu
shutters and many uriyat, entrances Ins;In
were I,ron' and smaII ,nart,,nnt. ;nn,,,,,II
FURNISHINGS t'DInrs al tittprnnt
shades. The mannjljcenrr of all the annont
ments was beyond anythinr imarinahjr M
one h,yiu,r husineSs thnro yvhotbor +u consult
Monsieur Alrancn rcrar,ino thn nrosnn,t of !
speedy and suitable alliance - tn n,ant yn,,,,
ch1rmer havinr the same ohi,,rt in MINI nv
himself was aliowel tn .n.,E ty;th mr. o,.,,,, ,,
any other visitor 10 tbp institntirn ono VA.
usherrd with fine greatest sn..ar, into tLa ,I,,o
room. or fine maronu room Gr thn sn,rIat
room. as the case might be. there to await an
interview There thn ,r,s-int> h,,rn.I aII l,,.
limo throyin,, thnir snft 'Ii,,ht thr,,,,L lIi
cately-tintrd sLadrs. pnite attendnnt. SorvaI
ices and wines. with never \ look that thnv
srIsuertcd your unr;Ilirr hu.innS, S,,,.h ,y,
the Matrimonial A.,rncy in imarination NnI
such if may be in reality for a,ltbt w, know
IFS whrrr1houts we mayor sscnrt,inoL nov,
have we thr stroncSt f.ith in itS rn,lit, IN ,nn
form. The idea. in itsrlf i rood NH fbrnmmi
if m,rr;,rns Of rnnyanian. H., l t tir'I ~ ,i
n Certain, ,nount nf ron,nco so +bn+ th, ,,.,,ai
du|ue,s of sIch r,xnS where tbart. * ~, J
seuce of love. il in nart dane ,xy,v win III.
French with thnr rr,yinr for thn rn,n.nti.
would take TO this styIr nf m,t,h-mniiin,, ~
ducks tnkr TO water -Rut onr f,inr" tn tinJ
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Ron N,rhr IJnrn is ind.aJ a ,,.roli.i, fn
shnnnnra mil hnus. i. noml,,!,'l Az H.
sanr nrinr;nlr IS n,,nv similar nst,Iii h,,o,t,
i'm our Ior,rp ,itirS that nf otfnrno far .,j, L-
meath one roof almost rynrvthin,r > nnr-"n ,.,,n
ask far Or n,nkr ,iln nf N,n, ,i,niraI,In Eli,
turo. L,,o Ian,, ;ntr,,l,,,.I IL. ~ ,,; I'M.
for thn haneft ma .,,,,.o,,i.an+ az ttii '
,lnves which ,rn ,,nthn,,.,ht nf Ia,' r,,nro
is Nd, Shon i'm thp world v-hnra Su,h thnu,jtf,,l
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