The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-05
THE WOMAN OF PARIS
HOW SHE APPEARS TO AN ENoLisls.
MAN WHO KNOWS PARIS.

MAN WIN Hn<StAyc name
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Aha managing moods ana costumss--Hei
Manners and Her Dress.
..m ahere = no woman IN the world who issc
siaeuie 70 ussclDe a. the farisienne, the
n .hyse iloons's.ene, paradoxicai, unreason
so.o anu a ~, astonishing member o.
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sa .ous :, ..ai,sia.cu INC EnBiisn. La hocne
.Saea un anu Mon.esquieu nave Doth tr1es'
enei n''iies u. por.raying ner, out without
1 "s ~ w, nsVe oavarni. baizac and
A, Wyn nous.ye
Wnat renoers IL 30 ofmcuit to portray o,
eescrlpe me rarisienne Is That she Is never
LOT Two Gays together the same Indeed
ner great ART may De said " consist In new
e. resem nnng herself. she constitutes an
everlasting ana kaieidoscopic succession oi
neeamorpnoses, eacn ono more startling
tnan tne iast' the consequence being thai
no one can profess TO know her character
ooupt u sne even Knows 10 herself or evel
creams OF Studying u, Tor she is not tbs
KIM OF woman VINO wraps herseh up IL
ner own .houghts, ohe hves neither fol
Tue past nor LOT inc future; her thoughts
are concentrated on the present. Unlik,
tne ordinary rrenchwoman, she has ne
sense OF economy and has no thought of tbs
morrow
IL one were TO believe the Parisienne, on,
would gather from her assertions that SHE
Is the most economical OF women. She Il
inVariaoly exciaiming that she spends lit
orally nothing. True, she Is perfectly ready
10 torego the necessaries as long as she car
have the luxuries, and her sense Of the val
ne OF money may be best Illustrated by tn
TACT that when for the sake of effecting {
saving In expense she goes to the Halles
| Oentraies, or metropolitan market, for th,
purpose OF puy,ng haif o pound OF shrimp
or couple or pounds OF chops, she hires 9
! carriage by the hour. When it is pointed
i out to her that the money saved by buying
I the chops at the market is more than spent
IN paying Tor the carriage, she replies that
ene Is not rich enough to go on foot, since
II she We're 70 do SO, she would stop &C al
most every shop on the way.
Inc Par1sienne is child of darkness
that is to say, she only begins really TO live
toward dusk. At midnight she is at hel
| best. There Is q great strain of Bohemian
Ism IN the Parisienne which often becomes
apparent when she is dispensing hospital
,ty. She is fond of receiving, even wher
she mas but little to offer In return. She
mas not the fRintest idea how to make tea
1 but she serves 1t with such grace in the
daintlest little cups of Sevres, SAKE or Jap
\ anese porcelain and with such captivat
Ing smile that the tea becomes more intox-
icating than the most fiery alcohol.
\ II she gives n dinner, she devotes fal
more attention to the flowers and fruit.
upon the table than to the salmon or thu
pheasant. Thedinner is served anyhow, )
and she passes of any hitch that may arts,
with a witty remark which puts everybody
In good humor. The result is that every
!, one is content excepting herself on the
morrow when she makes up her accounts
with her cook-for the Parisienne has pre-.
tensions to order even in the midst of dis
order.
!, While the Partisan himself is a thorough
:. going democrat, convinced that he IL til,
equal, II not the superior OF every one OIL
| his fellow creatures, the Parisienne, on the
contrary, is thoroughly aristocratic in her
ideas. How could it be otherwise and how
/ is it possible for her to believe In the doc
trines of equality rs long as she has n cook
and femme de chambre Mt her command,
She infinitely prefers a prince to a plebeian
4 in her salon, and unless a man ia either a
celebrity or remarkably handsome. she
1 finds It difficult to forgive him for not bay.
ing been born what she considers n gentle.
man The Parisienne is not beautiful from
:, q sculptural or aesthetic point Of view hui
she combines in her person whit NAV bt
! described as the elementary features Of al
most every known kind of beauty.
She has neither the distinctive SIGNS Of
southern nor yet of northern birth. I'M,
I she reflects in her person at one and tn,
same time the reverberations of the arcti,
snow and of the tropical sun. She NAV h,
described as having the American eve IN,
i Spanish petulance. the Italian brio n,
japanese grace, the English ureediness and
the German tendency toward sentimental
ism. Her beauty Is what NAV be described
as the 'beaute du diablc,n but this particu
lar form of beauty which lasts rarely long
/ err than for two or three seasons with pro
q vincials or foreigners Is retained bv tn,
Parisienne often for a quarter of a century
In church she has peculiar way of kneel
ing, of raising her eyes to heaven and ii
listening to the priest. which il enough n
Z tempt even St. Anthony. PERHAPS the ex
! PLANTATION of this NAV be found in tho fac,
that the Parisienne, no matter what sh,
/ does, is forever zen scene"
do not like to use the word "posino !,
I, artificial pose. But she is ALWAYS layine
! herself out for the gaze of others and a