The record-union., 1894-01-04

| peSgdr tF1eu 10 get upOn the sidewalk ana
fell headlong. losing ali his small wares.
| You can imagine what painful contrast
1t seemed to US. Then we went back to
our train; but let me draw veil over the
rest of that terrible night.
The Pension" where we are staying
until next month, when we shall move
into permanent quarters. is very good and
comfortable. Thanksgiving Day we have
a New England dinner. a musicale and
then a dance. We have walked past
Pare de Triomphe, down the Rue de
Rivoli, etc., seeing the fascinating shops.
OF course the streets were thronged with
the hdete monde, little girls in white, even
to the shoes, and elegant women in Felix
and Worth gowns.
We had the excitement of seeing a
female pickpocket arrested, being so near
| her that we could hear all of her protest
ationS of innocence, which were of no
avail, for she was taken away by the po-
! lice.
| Flowers are so cheap here-We bought
dozen roses for eight cents; a small
| bunch of violets cost three cents, and a
J large bunch five cents. The poorest street
yender has as nice as we see for sale in
! San Francisco.
PARIS, December 3, 1893
| This is Sunday, fine and sunny. cold
and clear, and the kind of a day to make
us fall in love with Paris.
| / went to a Protestant church and heard
very good sermon, the text being "Tu
seras benediction."
This afternoon we all walked through
the garden of the Luxem bourg. There
we saw hundreds of children at play,
whipping tops, rolling hoops or playing
tag. Every child in Paris whips" top,
| that is to say, they have little wooden
affairs that they whip along by leather
thong attached to a stick. Donald and
Ruth each nave top.
Writing to you all makes me horribly
| hOmesick. | want the good, roaring,
open fire of my home and a dinner with
out onions. l thought l liked onions,
but / am now more than satiated. l
miss the home bath tub with plenty OF
| hot water. Here we have TO walk half a
mile to bathhouse, and then catch cold
on the way back.
We had very pleasant Thanksgiving
Day and evening. Nine. GlatZ prepared
a big dinner with the funniest mince and
pumpkin pies; afterward a musicale and
dance. There was a very good violinist
who playedssomething of Schuberts. a
young man recited some very good
| French pieces, in fact his recitations were
! the best part of the evening. Dancing
did not commence until midnight, and as
l danced only with girls | retired early.
Aunt May made fine chaperone, for she
did not get tired and she did not yawn
We were sorry to leave that hospitable
mansion and move into our present quar-
ters, up four flights Of dark stairs, two
cold, barn-like rooms.
One of the hostess daughters has eX-
hibited her paintings for eighteen years
in the Salon, proving her work to be ex-
cellent-but she smokes cigarettes
have commenced my German lessons
Al D. -
for an hour three times q week, and pay
IS for the three months term.
My two aunts and the two children are
also in the same school. / do not need
French lessons, as Aunt May gives me
some time every day.
Ihavea piano rented at g so per month
"a very good piano, as rented pianos
average.
l drew 500 at Credit Lyonnais, or
rather 500 francs, which is only S9S
One of the senior officers, who prided
himself on his English, said that he had
been in California once, with the intent
to stay there, but one July day in Sacra
mento was too hot for him, and one July
day in San Francisco was too cold and
windy, so he returned to dear Paris. He
was very nice, elderly man, and offered
any courtesy they could give me. thanks
to Mr.. Knauth's letter.
Some ones responsibility and power
in that immense institution must be so
much larger than the management of
little village bank-7l'eSt ce pas, cher
perez
went to the Musee du Louvre, and
had good time rambling around among
the broken-nose gods and goddesses.
How love the Venus de Milo, and the
Victory" from Samothrace. They both
keep me spell bound, battered and yell
low as they are. l have met four girls
whom l knew very well in Sacramento
and San Francisco, who are students here
too, and it is a welcome sound to hear
English spoken occasionally.
tried on a winter hat which l covet.
1t is beautiful brown, has a crushing
bow and couple of lovely feathers, and
the price is only So.
| walked home from the Louvre, down
the Rue de Rivoli, and then along the
Champs Elysees, looking at the many
fine equipages which were returning
from the Bois de Boulogne. Some tail
men wearing the ribbon of the Legion of
Honor were staring at all who passed.
When father comes to take me home he
must get a stylish cab, without any num-
ber on it. and take me driving, for they
get ahead of the slow fiacre and look very
smart and dapper. In this big city | feel
like small worm; shall be glad to re-
turn to my home where 1 may be a big
toad in small puddle.
Yestafliay we saw a man run over by
cab. These cab-drivers go so recklessly
that people really take their lives in their
hands when they cross the street. A
gendarme was right near when the old
man was knocked down, but he did moth
ing except to talk to the cocher. If they
run over you, you have to pay the dam
ages, so they feel safe.
Then we saw a funeral procession enter
the Madeleine. The deceased must have
been rich or prominent, for the immense
front of the Madeleine was hung with
black, and great, big SIP was placed
right in the center of the draperies.
All the floral offerings were carried on
black forms by costumed mutes, and the
mourners and friends walk eG in the mid
die of the street in procession. 1t is really
a beautiful custom, that OF the men dot-
fing their hats as the hearse passes, and
the hard faces of the commonest laborers
seem to soften as they pay this tribute to
the dead, of whom they probably knew
nothing.
We saw a fashionable wedding in the
afternoon. The horses of the brides car
riage were trimmed with White satin rib
bons and orange blossoms. Even the
coachman and his whip were decorated.
There was vision of fair woman in
side and the whole was pretty picture.
Please send all letters to the new bank
ers, as they charge me 81 each month at
the other bank for receiving my mail.
PARIS, December IL, 1898.
Mn Dem, T5ffTp ,SjSfp1.. NOl have baan