Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-05-19
LIFE IN PARIS.
A LITTLE FRBNCHNAN TOSSED OUT OF 4
CAFB WINDOW.
Ina Sad Eni Of an Amsroan Belle Who Was At
rac,si By the Gay Oiys GliHer-Vi'e
Nus. 6s SPICY to Please Parisians
PA5urg Pos.

PiAburg Post.
PARIS. May al have noticed that ali
viaitors TO New York gain the impress on
that the city is full CT handsome men, l
think the same idea is obtained By a shor'
stav in London. On the contrary, here in
Paris the tourist is at once struck by the
general insignifcarce Of the male pOpula-
ton The American and EogGsh colour
me- is discernable at a glance. The native,
in his turn. is unmistaksble. While IN
America it seems that fully TWO thirds q
the men are above the middle height and
weight here a similar proportion appear to
he below. And they are such dapper and
tigbt laced little fellows that they are
almost comical. An incident happened at
a little restaurant over in the Latin quar-
Ter the other day which was highly anus
inc and il showed how much more reliance
an Fnglishman places in his muscle at
crisis than Freedman does. We were
all sitting at a small round tabie-a nig
Young Oxford gcaduste, a Young unlor
from Harvard, reporter on the Pans edl-
ton of the New York Herald. a very solemn
German eentlem d, and myself Over IL
A corner a small Partisan, with waxed
moustsche. a pointed beard, flowing scarf
and bigh-hesled shoes, sat slipping On
absinthe ffappe He was not good natured
Frsnchman. / think be believed us ali
Germans. for he scowlcd at us whenever
We raised our voices in way to disturb
him in the reading Of his paper. Present.
Iv the solemn German Of the party began
a conversation with the young Oxford man
upon the subject OF the late Emperor 5
illness. The German interpreted his Talk
with many protestatiOns Of devotion to his
lost sovereign. and then proposed the
health of the present Emperor. AT TINS
noint the Frsnchman at the other table
iumped uO. battered over 70 the old Ger
man and with fierce impTecatlon upon
the heads of all Germans, struck the Old
gentleman light blow across the cheek
,sitb mis- omen hand The German rOss to
rst,liate when. without a word, and with
no apparent excitement, the young OxioId
man grasoed the Frenchman about
the waist. tossed him over his
shonlder and the next instant
mad dropped him out of the open
window down into o flower bed IN yard
an the rear Of the bresserie. The French
man vas not Injured, and came rushing
hack after a moment, Offering to Kill every
one i'm short order. He was Immediately
- zed and pitched out OF the window
aoain in spite of his kicks and struggles
Then the Young Englishmsn bolted the
door which could permit him to get back
INFO the room, and talked to him out
M the window, which was too high
Far him 10 reach. There was great
deal of Laughter over the incident, and
when the Eugiishman lowered glase
of sbsiuthe out of the window TO
the rcaddaned Frenchman, asking him TO
ioin in the health of the republic, the
bunor o. the situation WAS complete.
When we walked up the street shortly al
tsrward. all the girls in the baker shops
and wine rooms came 10 their doord to ad-
mira the bio shoulder. OF the Oxford ana
the Harvar boys. l have no doubt that
/ their six feet of broad strength looked Ike
/ the proportions of giants IN the Pans g,tls
ewes. used as they were TO the dlminutlVe
appearance OF such peppery little ielloHs
| az the one who was dropped itom 'ns WIN
dow ia the brasssrie.
Driving through the Boise yesterday
afternoon I WAS almost struck dumb by
seeing a gi1l whose face vas perfectly Ia
miliar 10 me sitting higb on the seat d a
/ d'Orsay handling the ribbons over a span <
| ms team Of grave, while down at her side
crouched withered little mar, with dyed
/ hair and ruus,ache, who was as near like
Mens6eld'a Baron Chevnal "a anyone
coald possibly be. The girl l had known
As bud in New York four seasons ago
Comiog out at that time she Immediately
rot her name in the papers as being the
very prettiest girl Of the year, and sue
was indeed ss lovely as girl ought
tn bs. I remember how she was
driven through the park with her grand
mother. with whom she lived. usually &C
comyauied by some young-man-about-
town. and the synOsure Of sdmiring eyes.
When she sailed for Europe two years ago
the boys all sent her roses, and one OF them
sent her a diamond necklace. From that
dsy TO this never heard that young wo-
mans name mentioned. She disappeared
l In Europe AS completely as a needle IN the
sea. AS 1 was wheeled by her in the Bots
Yesterday she caught my eye and, recog-
niziug me, bowed with a sunny smile.
She was quite as beautiful as ever, but IN
a cheaper way than abe used to be. There
were slender lines of orsyon in the corners
of her eyes. Her lips were too red. Her
hair. which was formerly Of dark shade
of brown, was now a golden yellow, and
the pnrpleish pallOr Of rouge was obseIv-
able on her face. 1 could not have recog-
nized her except for the unmistakable
cast of her splendid features, and the per-
fect violet color of her eyes. thought OF
her all the way home, and thought
II understood what her career had
been. In the evening I went to
see cot in "Maitre Guerin" at the Fran
caise, and saw there the erstwhile New
York bud blooming luxurisntly in a
box with her companion Of the afternoon.
I hszarded my chance Of a rebuff by going
10 see her. / was welcomed enthusiastic
ally. and was compelled to sit down and
tell al about everyone we both knew at
home. informed her especially about all
the men she once held captive, and when
spoke of certain young fellow who
/ has recently married q Philadelphia
girl. she caught her breath quickly
and changed the subject to my own ex-
perience in Paris. She said not word
sboul or to her old escort while I was