Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-10-12

ties Novetis. IN dress. for Instance. Also |
novelties in calisthcfiss. clergyman
near me, who t. here on Il vacation, stood
NJ. told him TO sit down or | would In
lure him with my umbrella. lie reluctantly
sat down. watched the dance with great
interest because am going to introduce
Il TO the attention OF the four hundred when
ro.urn to America. The gentlemen chased
I'D and back. and then crossed over. The
ladies' did so. too, Then the gentlemen
threw their feet ut the center of the sky:
Tho ladies did the same. 1t was so odd and
so shocking that I could not, at once sum,
mon tho courags TO go away. lWondered
what my family would say IL they knew
about il. We are II very proper lam.
lily. We como from the old puritanicai
stock whose only relaxation was prayer.
And could not help thinking that IL my
ancestors could have been there they
would have shuddercd two or three times
in rapid succession. Then they would have,
no doubt. remained.
new designs. on the behOlder, were intro
duced. | need not describe the dance
fully for those who have seen il Will re-
me mber it, and those who nave not VIII
el-lv go to see ii when they go TO Paris.
From tho ean-can to the morguo ~
rapid change. but will just allude to the
| latter incidentally and then close this let
| ter. j went not so much out rt curiosity
| this time, bat because | had heard oil an
| American $ disappearance and feared thas
| he had gone to the Seine tho last ana sad
dest of ali places, TO seek relief from the
| slings and arrows OF outrageous fortune
| He was not at the mOrgue, however.
| There were four people there represent
| ing four different phases OF HE. The flrst
| was an old lady. Her gray hair was de-
| entity put back from her peaceful brow and
her basket was in her Lar. Quietly she
| ignored the earnest, startled ana horllned
| looks OF the eager procession outside the
! pla =. Her rest had come az last. Fossil
Div HESS and heartless son came To-
| see who was there. Possibly she was some
| body's i'll treated fnother-in-law. for the
| mother law is not encouraged As cue
| ought to be, even in France.
| Then came 4 middle aged man whose
| hands were marked with toll. His Taco was
| hs calm Us tho skies on summer night
! Thero was nothing terrible about 1t, Tor nc
| looked like ote who wraps the drapery OF
| his couch about him and lies down TO pleas
ant dreams. -.
Then came II young man with cap. His
| clothes were rs he wore them and his lace
| was not distorted. The gbastly fisherman
| Of the Seine, like the prowler on the Thames
| So graphically described by Dickens Ill
| Our Mutual Friend. had found the p"y
! the night bGfCre, and had slightly torn mo
4 bosom of his shirt in lifting him to the sur
face, but he was past annoyance over 1T
| tie thing like that. and his rest was undis-
| turbcd even in the face OF the multitude
| and like Steerforth. he lay with his arm
| nrucnth HIS head as he had done at school.
| Then came n young girl | could not help
| thinking Of the Railway mystery as l saw
| her there. No one know her. but every one
| pushed toward that part of tho morgue to
| see her face and wonder who she mi@ht be.
| The crimp had gone from her fair hair and
| the light had gone from her gray eyes, but
! the man who helped to make this picture in
| the old, grim mor.ue probably snaps his
| fingers at the iates and drinks his al sinthe
| with his friends lie is welcome to the Joy
| he has uerown peaceful sunni Der is better.
| The Partisan morr;ue Is not horrible" 10
| me il is IA history OF humanity. In 1t you
| may read the last chapter OF II life and con-
| lecture what the ether chapters were. dc
| not 20 tfrre to see horrors, Tut TO SEQ the
last tahleau ard Judge as well az may what
| the others wore before 1t and what led to all
! tnis. o,
There is one feature OF the Chamrs
| EI,-ees which has not been heretOforJ re-
| lerrcd TO that know OF. and 80 | speak OF
| IL here II is tho array OF wet nurses under
| the trees all the way up to the are. | refer
| 10 il because II New York laly called my
| attention to il to-day and SO it Is proper
| They are all large, robust women. and ms
| the gorgeous equipages pass by, filled with
| pomp, pride, aud circumstance, these Wig
| q, Gus nurses earn their salary by LOOKING
at the procession. 1t would he very strange
| anywhere but in France. Here everything
| which is necessary and sensible is correct.
| False modesty and foolish. mawkish fear 81
| certain tn 'nrs are not noticeable. This Is
| n good thing to remember and consider
These nurses arc generally middle aget
! and worry healthy. otherwise they would no.
be employed. They take the little French
| scions out under the trees Of tho Champs
| Elvsees at evening time and the little
| Bourhons may be seen there ttli dark tax
ing their meals as the crowds roll by.