The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-14

Wnlch IN many plaCesi OWING W 1AS
length and straightness oil the streets.
and boulovards, stretch their lines OF
beauty SO far away from you that the
two opposite sides seem at the farther
end to come together, and to finally
lose themselves in the midst OF the
clustering lights OF some vast circular
Place-to see sight like this, as you
can a dozen times over in Paris, is
simply enchanting. If this city is beau
tiful by day light, she is dazzling and
almost bewildering by night; and to
feel this one need not have the least
share in the mad whirl OF life which
goes on; you need only take cab or
view the scene from the top OF an om-
nibus.
THE CAB SERVICE.
Which reminds us, by the way, that
Paris and London differ materially in
their vehicular service. The London
"hansom" is conspicuous here by its
rarity. The cabs you find in Paris arc
four wheelers, and this. difference
makes n decided change in the aspect
fthe streets. One would think that to
put the driver Immediately behind the
horse, instead of perching him on a
box behind and above his fare, would
conduce TO better driving, and hence to
the greater security OF those having to
dodge these vehicles in crossing the
streets. But it doesn't by any means.
The Partisan cabby drives with loose
rein and with very lax regard for the
rights OF the general public. His
heavy shoes, almost like clogs, his
shiny hat, painted so as TO have a re-
mote resemblance TO q genuine silk,
and the decided penchant he shows for
Furnishing and cracking his whip, make
him altogether louder and moro disa-
greeable type than the same species in
London. But he charges you very
moderately. For 80 cents, with the in
evitable fee added, he will take you
any distance within the city, providing
the journey is not broken. This is the
uniform charge. In London you have
slight advantage il your rideis within
the mile. But one seldom wants cab
for 80 short distance as that, and in
Paris you can ride four, five, or even
six miles, for less than the ordinary
rate of two mile ride in the metropo-
lis OF IreaJ Drltaln'
BY the hour the cab fare is 40 cents.
This is extremely moderate, and 80,
also, under this system ofsMring, will
be the rate of your progress throughthe
Partisan streets. The cab horses hero
are altogether inferior to those OF Lon
don. However slow the English them
selves may be, they like their horses to
make good time, and the London cab
man is no exception to this rule. Here
it is the people who are fast; the horses,
certainly the cab horses, are very slow.
They are slow enough under any cir
cumstances, but it is aproverb with all
visitors, that il, in making a bargain
with cabby, you say, "By the hour" his
horse is sure to understand, whether
YOU speak in French or English; We
have heard OF one man who dis
tinguished himself and obtained several
medals by stoppingrunaway cab horses.
He seemed to know just what to do, and
when his secret transpired it turned
out that he checked the mad career Of
these fiery steeds simply by shouting, as
he pulled at the bride, "By the hour"
After that the gallop degenerated into
walk from sheer force of habit.
POLICEMEN.
From thegponderous, clumsy-looking
policeman OF London, to the petit guar
dian of the peace in Paris, the change is
quite welcome to the eve; although we
cannot help thinking that the former
looks the more business-Iike Of the two.
Instead OF club the Frenchman has u
sword dangling from his belt. This,
with his high-legged boots, with the cap
or cockade he wears, and with the cape,
having q hood attached to it, which
hangs loosely from his shoulders, gives
him more the appearance OF military
man out for saunter than OF one whose
presence should be terror to INSIDE
meanants. 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 pretty,
and many OF them are very pretty, in
deed. The English pug is eschewed as
acompanion for French ladies, partly, no
doubt, because he is English, and partly
because he is SO outrageously repulsive.
The fashion in CANNES runs to French
poodles, fuzzy, innocent sort OF dog,
and it is all the style to have part OF the
fuzz shaved off-the hinder part-a
fancy which, besides adding to the nov
city OF the dogs appearance, keeps in
good circumstances, it 10 said, quite
number OF people who are known pro.
fessionally as dog BARRIERS.
The fashions in masculine attire are
not so conventional here as in London.
In silk hats ono sees all sorts of shapes,
and the strongest shapes seem to be
most in vogue. The aim OF the Partisan
swell seems to be, not to conform per-
fectly to any set code, but rather to defy
the codes and get himself up as pictur-
esquely as possible. Paris does not
smoke so much as London, either from
its chimney tops or from beneath its
top hats. Partisan ladies have better
compilations than the English, and
better forms; but sitting in judgment
upon such matters as these one has to
remember that Paris is more city Of
art than London is. We have also OBJ
served that Partisan women carry
themselves with more grace when walk
ing than the English, and as this is q
matter which can have no connection
with toilet mysteries, We need not hesi-
tate ate in saying which OF the two styles
we prefer.
Babies arc less numerous here than
in London, but those you see are re.
markably pretty. So are the nurses
who carry them, at least in their style
of dress. They wear at this season long
circular cloaks, and from their dainty
silk caps long streamers of some fash
ionable shade of ribbon extend the
whole length of their attire. Usually
the mother is near, and We have
noticed many instances in which the
shade OF ribbon worn by the nurse has