The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-23
THE FRENCH PEOPLE.
WHAT MANY AMERICANS DO NOT
KNOW ABOUT THEM.

u 'isitofs amt Foreign Colo
MES and Its Cause.-The Middle Glasses
False Pictures by Dumas, Daudet ana
Other Dratnatists and Novelists.
The great majority of American people
tho may have been residents of Paris for
yfai, know little more about French society
and liz ways of living than if they had re-
manned III their own native cities. They form
SITS with their own people in foreign coun-
! i,s with more tenacity than they do in their
own. They generally all live in the same
quarter and board in the same notels and
pensions. They take lessons in the French
language, to be sure, but they never air their
knowledge, except to shopkeepers Some who
are ambitious to have an insight into French
human nature and manners set themselves to
1adyins the master and mistress of their
boaririg place. These are poor specimens
10 say The least, for the last thing French
~t'han or man will resort to is to keep pen
ION; The very idea is repulsive to all who can
possibly make living any other way.
RABBITS OF RESIDENT AMERICANS.
To speak of the Americans who have set
tied III their own apartments and have made
them their permanent homes, they are even
A'oro secluded from French society than the
""u"eis Al tiie Table dhote, some may
meet VITA Stray resident Frenchmen who, in
uie eyes oil Their countrymen, represent the
CLASS OF outcasts, Tor to them the idea of not
harlae even corner which you can call
your own is q most deplorable one. But the
American settlers, the American colony, as
they are called, have not even the aiyan1ara
=" "la' lof''Sh element, They give their tea
iF''',''S' '"o,r d'lieis, th"lr so'lees, and the
quests are all hhS nSh speaking people, If, by
'''ii'e' sne'r ehciliS1HenesS allows them to
maze a lie" exceptions and they tender in
Fha1ioils 10 lew French, rest assured that
S" "'i w u''hes anu counts, WIN Their con
80 1"'e'ug VI 'ii'sii SET the americans
- nv, W e"', tam titied no
49, NY nave 'neii American
I'M ,i'n AnhfPai doctors, Their
'''' l'i.i ~ men A'ii'l icil nlttfpre-
r., -. - - NC WIN
-, -, - Vs.. ~ ''iei Aniefieaf ek-
,,,.';,,,, -, 10y o''ny ii'ee' 10 reau tne
- f"i'ei' 'i'' "o''l AiileIitah gossip
az '',S as iSol'i'e'i from the French
~ s''''on 10 ''fs ''" Ill 'ne "netto are from
Il,!,,t, Il.
,,,,,,,,,,;'; e iiii,'uie oidSses, one
~. 7s,,', Al, w na'o ,ue hoiiii'y: ihey
H. - ii. ''il isnl'S I'es "ouiu
-. Us ,'o'is pu' unfortunately most OF
'ei'l III 'iiS age Oh industry pass their time in
W., . ieIi enei'sipie leisure.
-, s mn "iSh 70 occupy thelr
LII Is ue' ooed 10 aiioruliie Items for ara
'',' oi i''s.iiohS
h''iieS oi rank ioiiow the same intellectual
uisri'S' theS study dress they give balls in
winch eaeh guest is requested TO represent an
alliiiai' they invent paStImeS, gossip at 5
cltEh teas ana furnish substance as eccen-
'iic hcioiiies lor hlshly splced French novels,
THE BONE AND sINEw OF THE NATION.
While these sad remnants Of the crusader,
and brave knights are having a good time
the middle classes are at work They form
the bone and sinew of the nation These
classes consist, as they do everywhere, of pro
fesslonal men, bankers, big and little mer.
chants, manufacturers, writers, artists, etc
all VINO nave an active pursuit of some kind
outside of the lower class of day laborers.
Now 1t is an undeniahle fact that Americans
see very little Of the interiors of this bour.
7eoi"i,-hot enough to have good clear
Aho"ledSe OF IT. 1t does not court the so
ciely OF Outsiders. 1t Is very exclusive; it in
iaet aiilefeS 100 closely TO Its shell; IL is i'll
81 10 harIo" tAlhdedness, and Is apt &c |
I u l'if "cild ends With the boundaries OF
+ iah'e
M'@, VI INC foreigners CLEAN their knowl- |
- % 'ie rIs"ch from French writers, who
,,,,'I.ii ,os "o"i, i''ch interest and
81 H., l', SFi' II they We're not filled
:, lie, i' gu ''e'''ticiierles OF people who
1ons,iation I, i " - a.i,"ll pai' OF the
yreater norton Of tbas rnra IL ~ .na' 1ne
pelour to The p,.,I ana ,,s,n-f,,I t .n.seiIe
md write the aboninailo fac,s 40 so.si.
more aboninsrl,. ans h,. ~ 't1,. invent
n bo,,a, ,I,a, - '-io way VI spices,
AN bs,,,I,s En-, -'a- a.y Vi .iie Afnerl
For instance thers : nn ''t fn's;, anu horai1y
Aid ,u,rar low III i'l''iiS "here' 1t
,onora,lanns.' o,,l ~, .-lN IN al respects OF
- f''.,s anu a,'in'SCic happiness than