Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-10
TIE PARISIANS.
THE PARIS OF TO-DAY AND THE
PARIS OF THE EMPIRE.
81
The Restless Atmosphere of the French
Capital-The Problem of Repub1icanism
In France-French and English Art-The
Intangible Influences of Paris.
Especial CONSEQUENCES

Especial correspondence
PARIS, Oct. 15.-Once again / nave seen
Paris, where all good Americans 20 after
death and take in all its joys and delights.
But, alas! and alasl / know ono American
who doesn't want to go there, and who would
rather spend an eternity amid the smoke and
dirt and fog and mud of London than a very
little span under the electric glare and tinsel
and tawdry show of the gay capital. All day
long you hear the steady clang of the Sound
ing BRASS and the monotonous chime of the
"tinkling cymbal," but you listen in vain for
a genuine deep souled tone. There seems to
be a restless expectancy ~pervading the very
air. That colossal chrysalis, the people, is
still struggling for q new phase of existence,
but is not at all sure Of its future evolution.
Hence this high wrought, nervous, almost
fitful eagerness for the next move.
The very public buildings IRE affected. The
antique repose that once permeated and lin
tgered around the Louvre, the Tuileries, the
Luxembourg and the other old hannts has
vanished with the Past-and republicanism
has turned everything topsy turvy.
u Parls OF to-day is separated from the
Farls OF the empire by a gulf so wide that
nc bridge can span it. Everything is done
with a view to amusing and astonishing and
N' pI0 otC6ots1 p pGUIiG II nS- DfT0
headed women and the ouvriers in the blouse
who swarm the streets and monopolize
almost everything public must be considered
by the government or they might prove den-
gerons. So the lovely old Gothic Hotel de
Vlle,torn down by many of these same people.
is replaced by a white staring mongrel edifice
calculated to astonish the mob and warn Off
the sacrilegious.
you remember the lovely gardens Of
the Tuileries, with their shady walks. foun-
tains, flower beds ant yelvety turf Ichabod,
ichabodl There is no Sly left,i even the
nurse girls and babies have been Obliged to
seek other and moro congenial quarters.
some Kind of a fair is in progress, and where
tne once grew and the turf reigned
queen are peanut stands, booths for the sale
81 eatapies, tr1nkets, nick-nacks of all sorts.
from altar Of roses from Persia to wooden
uootnplcRs from America, and tents to ex-
hioit Iat women, lean men, electric women.
poa constructors and other curiosities and
nlonstros1tles from natures cabinet This
onaste show Is wourd up by q truly magnif-
cent display of fire works in the evening.
ABOUT W years ago the government in
stituted the Fete des Fleurs, which comes Off
varlously, according to the weather in tbe
gardens OF the TuitsTies. The demi-monda
and the masculine elegants, laden with
flowers, in hower-trimmed eauipages. drive
around the gardens and shower the people
@,thsthese horal offerings. The blessed people
laugh and scream and make a rush for the
flowers, get, perhaps, a single rosebud. 20
away to absinthe and sausage. fancy some
thing wonderful has happened, and that thew
are the happiest people on earth- yive Ia
republique! You can see that the republican
government CT France is wise in its day and
generation in dealing with the masses. espe-
cially the infiammable material of Paris.
Entertain them, keep them in good humor
With shows, blind their eyes with glare and
show, blot out all traces of the Bourbon and
the B~onapaTte. Loi it has been done. The
Palace OF the Tuileries has been turned into
government Offices. The pictures are moved
FROM the stately old rooms Of the L,axer.i,,tir4s
into a new gallery typical of the Paris of to.
day, and republican officers tramp whore
once the stately Medici swept in regal .splendor
Tn problem of republicanism in France i
far from lis solution. Tho equipoiss requisite
TO seif-goyernment seems lacking in the ma
ton, and, wanting this ,fouupdation. the fair-
est republican, fabric may be demolished in
ON hour.