Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-29
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!. TWENTY WARS cHASGEs IN PARIS.
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that Paris is "shortr for paradise, II
always with acute pleasure that find m
foot again on the asphaltum Of It's broa
sidewalks and that focus my eyes 70 th
rolling panorama Of It's viyaciou
bouleyards. Paris Is the most hospii
able city Ia the world, and very cordial
does It hold out its hands to the strange
within is gates. Shenstone recorde'
that only too often the traveller finds hi
warmest welcome at an inn; now, Parl
Is not only city OF inns OF al
sizes, to suit all purses-it IN itsel
huge hotel, the inn OF Europe, tbs
carayansary OF the world, where all
mankind may meet and mingle and gel
his on Of pleasure. 10 bids all mankind
TO make himself at home, and II tenders
10 all front seat at The show, inces
sanity varying, OF It's daily life. There
are theate RI and churches, museums aud
picture galleries, race courses and
courses Of lectures, oil changing from
day TO day, and yet all preserving the es-
aentlal Partisan quality which has been
modified but little and accentuated only
the more sharply by the current Of years,
The pleasant masque OF Partisan
life Is now, In the main, very much
what 1t was half century ago. There are
more people in the city and more straug-
ers; Haussmann has come and gone, leay-
ing behind him bis good deeds aud his
bad deeds; the empire 1ourished like an
III weed for eighteen years, and the re-
public has been gaining In strength and
solidlty for now sixteen years; but Paris
Is IN It's essential quality what Paris was.
Men may come aud men may go, but
Paris stands where she dld--and stands
for what she dld--htly years ago.
IL was my good fortune IN my early
youth 70 see the beginning OF the reign OF
Napoleon ILL.,, the middle OF It and It's
sudden and sorry end. was very lit
tie boy when the exhibition Of 1856 WAS
opened in Paris, but can recall
distinctly the evening when was held up
20 the window OF hotel In the Rae Cas-
tlgllone to see the queen drive past.
There was a sudden clatter Of hoofs,
flashing Of lights a rattle of wheels, aud
q regiment Of cavalry swept by, escort
Ing state carriage wherein sat the
queen Of England. The bloody day OF
December was not yet three years past,
and here was that model OF the domestic
virtues, the queen OF moral England,
crossing the channel to give the kiss OF
friendship TO the prongate adventurer
who had thrust himself on the throne Of
his uncle. To afford an excuse for meet
ings like this, aud 10 show that his rule |
was firmly established tbs exhibition Of
1855 had been projected. And these,
with a growing desire for display, were !
the chief motives In the organization Of |
the exhibition Of 1867, twelve years later.
This was the elimination OF the lower
empire. There were then royal and inn |
perial visitors in plenty, who came TO be |
entertained at the Tuilerles and to see
Mile. Schneider as the "Grande Duchesse |
&c Gerolsteinn at the Varieties, II was
A.ter great review of the garrison OF !
Paris at LOngchamps that the emperor of |
The French drove home with the emperor
ot oil the Russias seated beside him, | |
was in the Bots de Boulogne as the impe.
rial landeau passed, aud 1t was only lit
tie In advance OF me, when some
poor devil snapped his pistol at
their malestles, and was prompt.
ly hailed away by the omnlpresent
gems d'nrmcs, / heard the sharp re. |
port OF the harmless shot, and | recall |
the anecdoto, Immediately put In circula. |
ton, that the emperor OF the French said |
to his guest; "Ihat was for me,n while |
inc emperor OF all the RuSsias, not TO be |
outdone In politeness, replied "No, no; |
u was Tor me, | am sure.n About this |
time the prizes were distributed TO the |
successful exhibitors In the Palais de |
lndustrie, the line building In the |
Champs Elysees, which had been erected |
Tor the exhibition OF 1855, and which now
serves for the annual salon and for ali |
sorts OF shows OF pictures of horses.
Inc Falais de Plndustrie was magnid. |
Gently accouterod for the unwonted oere- |
mony, and when the exercises began IL
offered n splendid spectacle. A seat
almost In front gave me good
view OF the grand stand-as It might
De called--where were assembled
the representatives OF every mon |
archy In Europe, headed by the sui. |
tan OF Turkey In person, aud his alleged
dependent, the ylceroy OF Egypt. Talma |
was wont to say that at Tilsitt he had
played before Il parterre dc rois: but / I
doubt II the klngly audiences before
whom the great French trare1Ian an.
peared surpassed the cluster of ROYALTY
surrounding the Empress Eugene as she
distributed the prizes. But the memory
OF the scene Is yulgarized not little Nv
me recollection OF remark made at the
time by Dr, Evans, the American dentist
~ faris, In answer to remark TINT
such meeting Of monarchs was thing
20 nave seen he replied; eyes; II Is the
lrst time had ever beheld them ali Ia.
;ether, But as looked along the plat.
Iorm ! was pleased to find chat there
wasn't one OF them haven't had by the
iosen '"N
phree years later, In July, 1870, / was
again In Paris, when the cry of the crowd Il
n the streets was ga Berllnln and when
ROBUST songstress at oaie.ohantaut
'udely chanted the praises OF the honest
'oor to the refrain, /" 81 c'est de II On. \
lallle--eh bien, Zen sulsl" With the
lrst shock OF war the power OF Napoleon
offered, and IN September It fell into the
Iust' was Ia at the death No one
vho saw can forget the fevorish excite
aent oil Paris on the bright Sunday morn
ny when the news came OF the defeat at |
'euan' Long before noon the people be.
lesed the Corps Leglslatif, until it-crea. ,
ure as II was OF the imperial will--de-
reed the abolition OF the empire. | was ,
' tho window of the Hotel Bristol, IN The ,
lace Vendome, when the throng suraed i
hrough the Rue Castglione bearing M ,
rlumph the great lawyer, Cremieux, who
vas taken 70 the ministry OF Justice,
'neie he had ruled under The M. !
nbllc OF lS4s, and from aIe
iindow OF which he made brief ana ain. I
ueht address 10 his fellow ltigens. The !