Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05
SUMMER IN PARIS.
HStKS cAMpBxLps PICTURE OF suM.
ilRR PkRISfANLIFE.
Ths FrenebmRns out-Of-Door Lise-His
Iovs OF GUNNER aud Resent
ment Of Winter.
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PARTS, July Is. 1883.
Tor ono cafe ut least among the hun
drcds lining Paris boulevards summer
lifo began in February A sunny day,
the Wind less determined than usual 10
blow from oil points at once, and the
srDorvitns in the green tubs forming a
cheerful Tow in front OF the little tables
ana dexicrously placed 40 as 10 shield
frum currents at the side. The proprie-
tor eyed his arrangements with some
anxiety, for January had been obstinate
and February much tao same, aud who
should fay whether tho hour would end
without some sudden freakish gust OF
wad or rain? Ills customers were
equally skeptical, and the tables, fresh
lr, IN tier retirement IN the cellar, wait
I'd Ia yain tai from q SIDE street, q tho
roughfnre for Partisan journalists, issued
saldeulv q pair, in the Characteristic fur
b0rdered ovcrcoats dear 20 this class, and
has phonomoually shiny as TO nap and
carly a. 20 brim.
"Enfn I" erred one. "Voila le prin-
temps qui s'approcho 10 and both took
their places tumuliuoudy and called FOR
something mysterious IN tall glasses.
Half en- hour later as passed. they still
sat there slipping, shivcriug a little, but
ob.iyious Of tbis and Of the occasional
lake If snow which descended and lay
lightly on the shining tables. Tho pro-
pdotor camo 70 the door at intervals,
rubbed his haods softly as If bis faith
had been justified. aud went back
smiling % less adv nitrous customers.
, alter on an energetic old gentleman sat
dram and ordered coffee. which he event
" lly finished INSIDE, but from this time
On, save len ram poured steadily, one
or two We're always M place, aud bv late
t,srsh there we're dozens. And thus it
,s evident that the summer tendency 10
"a a' much 81 the daily life IS possible
la re an ewes and under ne full sunshine
nst.e weather bureau supplies loses uoue
lfts force IN winter. and that the Paris
jan ihvers willingly, il only it may be in
good company.
Tie foreigner puzzles long over two
frets winch confront bim Immediately
r1d winch remain 20 the end absolutely
tvo and AS absolutely Irreconciahle.
Iae oucls That the parsinu IS essentially
aa outoi-door animal, and submits 10
cid and damp, or even M occasional
sttc-. with entire dlsrc0afi Of Ordi-
1try demands Of comfort quito content
l' only .c may watch the shifting thfOuV
With u0 window between. The other Is
that tlls same Partisan goes home 10 II
ron IN winch every crack IS stuffed
with cotton, winds his or her head in
flannel. sud turns pale if the suggestion
q I'd. ia G.
has or car, IN public ball or theatre or
cIuch. ventilation IS the cardinal crime
md err terror, and the unhappy
foreigner gasps ami rapidly asphy1iAtcs
pbo-a tic Partisan rcjoicos
il IS not, then. the air and Che sun that
- e,aved il is the nearer contact WITH
ms kind aud thus winter is regarded
vith resentment and the first breath Of
IN mess hailed as the resurrection Of
The only life worth living. And certainly
as Que comes and goes ia the beautiful
CHAMPS tly-ees, with its long lines Of
peOWo sitting on either slue "a aOrtcd IN
watching ibe myrail occupants 81 cnb
iac carriage and tho whole shifting
fcne guy,r and more brilliant tlan
anything outside Of Paris has ever
MY tls AiifAI - tlit"il N'ii'iNA liiAb tiih
parisian, no matter at what extremity,
refuses 10 cmigrate Semi starvation
md Paris rather ttan fnll stomach and
any otntr quarter of tho globe, and
inauy foreigner comes u lie Of the
same mind, and submits 10 any pTiya-
sicu rather SHAN lose tie foothoid from
which be surveys Tie panorama.
. he axiom oi Napoleon ILL.,, that 90
keep the French people quiet they must
be constantly amused, has borne fruit in
thousand devices o. this end. 4 crowd
10 tho fret necessity. Happiness de-
pel ds upon numbers The Partisan de-
claims ON every subject, and demands
Lis audience. Welding place readily
onoloh when his own need has been
satisfied. and appiaudiug ungrudginsiy
whoever las the door There Is but one
unioruyeabl, offence, aud that is dull
ness. and thus each one studies effects
and seeks go bring al experience into
,pierammatic form. Nothing could ios-
tor ami develop this tendency more
thoroughly than this life pepetually in
public and thus every point where peo-
Die are 90 bc seen. from c0Js 10 garden
az boulevard. becomes on the instant
t1e ,trr, hines play, vhoseacnonisior
generation, and IN which each takes as
many parts as he viii.
TIDE IISIrsr PARKS.