The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-18

him on q box behind and above
his fare, would conduce to better
driving. and hence 10 the greater
security OF those having to dodge these
vehicles in crossing the streets. Blu 1t
doesn't by any means The Partisan caoby
drives with q loose rein and with q very
Lax regard for the rights of the general
public. His heavy shoes, almost like clogs;
his shiny hat. painted so as 10 have a re-
mote resemblance TO a genuine silk. and
the decided peEchant he for flourish
ing and cracking his whip. make him alto
gether q louder ana more disagreeable type
than the same species In London.
But he charges you very moderately. For
80 cents. with the inevitable fee added. he
Will take you any distance within the city,
provided the journey is not broken. This
IS the uniform charge. In London yon bave
z slight advantage If your ride is within
the mile. Bur one seldom wants q cab TO-
30 short a distance as that. and in Paris
You can ride four. five. or even six miles
for less than the ordinary rate of atwo-
mile ride in the metropolis of Great Britain.
By the hour the cab fare is 40 cents. This
is extremely moderate, and so, also, under
this system of hiring. will Do the rate of
your progress through the Partisan streets.
The cnb horses here are altogether inferior
20 those OF London However slow the
English themselves may be. they like their
horses 10 make good time, and the London
cabman il no exception to this rule. Hero
ft u tie people who are fast; the horses.
certainly the cab horses. are very slow.
They are slow enough under any
circumstances. but it is a proverb with all
visitors. that If, in making a bargain
with cabby. you say by the hour" bis
horse IS sure to understand, whether you
speak in French or English. We have
heard OF one man who disting uished him.
self and obtained several medals by stop
pins runaway cab horses. DE seemed TO
know inst what TO do. and when his secret
transDired it turned out that he checked
the mad career OF these fiery steeds simply
By shouting. as be pulled at the bride, 'By
the bourr' After thar the gailop degener-
Rted into q walk from sheer force OF habit.
POLICEMEN y FASHIONS.
From the poDderous. cIumsy-looking
policeman of London. TO the petit guardian
Of the peace in Paris, the change is quite
welcome to the eye; although we cannot
help thinking that the former looks the
more businesslike of the two. Instead of
a club. the Frenchman has a sword dang
ling from his belt. This, with his high
legged boots, with the cap or cockade he
wears. and with the cape, having a hood
attached TO 1t. which hangs loosely from his
shoulders, gives him more the Appearance
of n military man out for q saunter
than OF one whose presence should be q
terror to misdemeanants. But he Is very
nice TO look at. and that seems to be the
principal thing in Paris. Everything here
appeals TO the eye. Even the dogs must be
DACttJ. A Va 1Cu 0AC tOi1 RACbbIs
indeed. The English pug is eschewed as q
companion for French ladies, partly. no
doubt, because he Is English and partly
because he Is SD outrageOusly repufslve.
The fashion IN CANNES runs to French
poodles, a fuzzy, innocent sort of dog; and
1t is all the style to have part OF the fuzz
shaved tf-the hinder ~part-afancy which,
besides adding to the novelty of the dogs
appearance, keeps IN good circumstances.
1t 10 said. quite q number of people who are
known professionally as dog BARRIERS.
The fashions IN masculine attire are not
90 conventions hore as in London. In
silk hats one secs all sorts of shapes, and
the strengest shapes seem TO be most in
vogue. The aim of the Partisan swell
seems 20 be. not to conform perfectly to
any set code. but rather to defy the codes
sible. Paris does not smoke so much as
London, either from its chimney-tops or
from beneath Its top-hats. Partisan ladies
have better compilations han the
in sitting IN Judgment upon
such matters as these one has to remember
that Paris Is more a city of art than London
is. We have also observed that Partisan
when walking than the English, and as
this is q matter which can have no connec
tion with toilet my ~steries, we need not hes
itate in saying which of the two styles we
prefer.
Babies are less numerous here than in
London. but those you see are remarkably
pretty. So are the nurses who carry
them. at least in their style of
long circular cloaks. and from their
dainty silk caps long streamers of some
fashionable shade of ribbon extend the
whole length of their attire. Usually the
mother 10 near. and we have noticed many
instances in which the shade of ribbon
worn by the nurse has some match in the
bonnet of this Partisan dame. If not In the
bonnet. then you may look for q match at
the waist in the form of q sash. or perhaps
IN the shade of the proud mammals bodice.
Talk of fashion, yon have TO be in Paris
60 know fully what ii means, and the ex-
resses to which 1t may run. Fancy
these fascinating creatures trimming their
pettIcoats in strict conformity with the
style and shade of the hats they may hap
pen TO wear. But many of them do this,
and it seems to be the fashion for we'll
dressed women to have the bottoms of
their petticoats as much IN evidence on the
streets as the trimming of their head gear.
But this is running beauty into the ground,
or very near TO IL, and for the present we
call q halt. HENRY TUCkLEY.