The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25

ment thinks of him particularly. If he
were to make as much noise as the Paris
workman, he might be listened to.
The real pretender in France is not the
Comte de Paris or Prince Victor Napo-
leon, not the Due d'Aumale or Prince
Jerome; the real pretender is the Paris
workman. If you speak to him of 1.-THE
people, it is he, and he alone, whom he
supposes you mean. The millions of
quiet peasants, laborers and other rural
toilers he totally ignores; he is the ''sov-
ereign people," The Partisan workman
is not satisfied with the old cry: "What
is the capitalist? Everything. What
ought he to be? Nothing" His new cry
is: What is the workman? Nothing.
What ought he to be? Everything" A
member of the commission appointed by
the late French parliament to inquire
into the Paris workman's life, asked one
of them to get up the budget of his fami-
ly expenses After describing infinitely
all the necessaries, the workman put
down: For music halls, theatres,s dis.
tractions-three hundred francs" And
on the member of parliament suggesting
that the last item might, perhaps, be re-
duced, the Paris workman Indignantly
retorted: "Do you think that we are go
ing to live like brutes?''
The present hot Sc of deputies is all
occupied with the question of employers
and employed, granting one by one all
af 81, Nj i
seems concerned about the rural popu-
lation, by far the most interesting of all.
How is that3 Simply because the peas
ants do not hold stormy meetings, do not
speak of erecting barricades, and are
quiet. peaceful, industrious, sober and
law abiding people. The peasant has
the sun, and if his harvest is destroyed
by the frost, the hail or the drought, it
is for him to make the best of it; while
the Paris workman goes to the music
halls, smokes cigars and talks politics.
Suppose the country engages in war, the
Paris workman assumes a uniform and
sings war songs, but the peasant sees his
land laid waste and his cottage burned
down: and this is why you will under
stand that he feels it his duty to hate the
Germans in a theoretical way, but hopes
and trusts that he may not live to see the
day when he or his sons may be called
upon to avenge the disasters of the ter
rible year 1870.
a great prejudice imposed upon Eng
fish speaking people on the subject of
France, and one which l should very
much like to destroy, is the belief in the
Importance of our Anarchists. This be-
lief is kept alive by few journalists
who love to fill their columns with the
sayings and doings of French Anarchists.
The Anarchists! Well, we keep the
article as the English and Americans do,
and they are about as important as theirs.
France, honest, economical, hard work
ing, ignores them. They are no party,
no power, in the state. They are not
represented in our parliament l believe
that the German Anarchists alone, of all
the parties owning that generic name in
Europe, have true representation in the
legislature.
If the French are industrious, they
are not so in the same way as the Eng
fish. The French never, or very seldom,
allow themselves to be completely alb
sorbed by business. They always set
apart a certain portion of time to the
amenities of life. They are as serious as
you like at work, but in moment they
will exhibit any amount of good humor
at play, and again will resume the har-
ness as quickly as it was thrown off. If
you go into shop at dinner time-I
speak now of the small provincial towns
you may run the risk of receiving very
little attention, or even none at all.
remember once-it was at st. Malo,
in the SUMNER entered hatter's shop
at o'clock in the afternoon. A well
dressed, lady like girl came out of the
back parlor and inquired what l wanted.
81 want straw hat, mademoiselle, -"
1 said.
"Oh, that's very awkward just now!'
is it,"
well, you see," she said, my brother
is at dinner" and after pause of few
seconds she added: Would you mind
calling again in an hours time?"
Not at all, replied; Il shall be de-
lighted to do So"
was not only amused, but struck with
for the indepe- lence of that
worthy halter. After few years resi-
dence in England, little Gene of that
was a GREAT treat
An hour later I called again. The
young girl made her second appearance.
"My brother waited for you for quite
ten minutes" she said to me; ''be has
gone to the cafe with friend now "
81 am sorry tor that" 1 said; when
can I see him?"
eff you step across to the cafe, l am
sure he will be happy to come back and
attend to you"
1 thanked the young lady, went to the
cafe, and introduced myself to the hat
ter, who was enjoying cup of coffee
and having game of dominoes with
friend. He asked me to allow him to
finish the game, which, of course, was
only too glad to do, and we returned to
the shop together.
Another time, I happened to be in a
little Norman town.
Having broken the glass of my watch,
I inquired who was the best matchmaker
in the place. 1t was NJ. Perrin, was
told.
made for NJ. PERKINS, shop. The shop
was closed, and the shutters up.
Outside was stuck card, on which l
read:
an. and Nine. Perrin are out of town;
they will be back on Tuesday"
It was Saturday. N. and Nine. Per