The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-07

Win galy caparlsored St'fu7 t''t''
o. the "cour dhOnneur' OF the brave OH
palace, no turning cut Of guard TO Fon-
ing OF Grums. no cleaning CT presenter
arms FOR any repre- sentative OF Imperial
ism a. tho Pslais Royal In these latter
DAYS This ex-Royal. ex-Iupcrial haoi-
/ tatiOn. looks almost deserted now. save ny
a band that disccurses good music. inc
ghost. Of tho Napoieonic era teXceptnS
a recent revival. now waning IS n very
voc-begone one. and BonarSrran' ior
The moment. seems 20 exercise less innu-
ence over the minds OF tie muintude
than ever We can remember II 10 have
done Still IL must be admitted tnat the
second Empire while It lasted, did Things
very handsomely indeed. The pieces IN
fits rcpertoires were gotten up regardless
Of expense. and its pour boires' were
unstinted. with mary other faults
Louis Napoleon was nor misery DIS
established politically. ostracised by the
fashionable world. the Palais Royal
might ostensihly run the risk Of sinking
10 the level Il a tenth-rate neigrborhood.
II is not only the great eating house and
cCffee-fc Use Keepers WEO have quilted
IL for the houlevards. TIC q great ex-
tent IL has suffered abandcheHent al the
hands Of the cheap tailCrs. who hsve
DISCOVERED that a "c0in de rue" or cor
ner OF a pOpJlous street IS a necessity
in carrying on the business OF . slop-
shop palace on large scale. We APP
prehend that the entorprising proprietors
Of "Des Magasms du Bon Marche." with
its three thousand clerks and employees,
would not nave near so thrifty a trade
II located in tho vicinity OF our fcrsakcn
palace. So that now Au Bon Marche
even congratulates itself upon being on
the opposite hank Of the Seine
ITss SAD SOCIAL DEATH.
The names OF poor old Paiais ROYAL IS
disconsoiate enough I'm its socia death
dead lien, n very defunct Achilles. all
comfortless. without even the selfish ana
depTaved aspirations OF being a living
dog. removed and beyond the reach Of
all consolation. with no Ulysses or patro-
clus sufficiently astute, ana willy ana
brave. 10 cheer the unumely fate OF
noble heroism.
The present condition Of the Palais
Royal does not, suppose. concern the
Vile dc Paris rs maintenance may be-
the business OF the State. or OF tho mys-
teriOus prOprietors OF "immeubles, Who
bought, for n trifins price, the National
Domains during the first Revolution. and
who seemed 10 have been living very
comfortably ever since on tho interest
accruine from their lucky investments.
] am quite ignorant as 20 whether the
Orleans family cOntinus 10 hold any por-
ton Of the house property in the PaIais
Royal. which WAS originally offended
to form one continuous palatial residence,
but the arcades OF which were speedily
let out as shops. restaurants, and gam
bling houses by a duke whose finances
had become embarrassed through MS
pcnchant for building. INris is 20 us a
permanent and most wOndrOus problem
generally Some years ago We spent sew
eral months IN studying H. as re then
thought very closely More recently
renewed. and TO some extent continued
the same line OF thought. The plopiein
* stlu unsolved. AS a part ana palVe'
n this great enigma, We do not hrV" 9-'s
thing within its walls more pefp'sN'i,e
and more wonderful than the thousanI9
If we'll dressed people who SIT an Jay D
and during n great portion or the Hln.T
an and Outside the Bouleafu ''''-,
smoking. drinking playing al caIus 49,
dominoes. and otherwise ehJoyl"s -,
selves. They play piquct ana u'.nN
Americans weak rum ana "a'r'' NJ
with sugar and lemon-at eleven "a ..'
forenoon In August. Ihey az
d,,,.rces ana drinking VIZ ordihare III
o. OBJ NJ.
ard coenac al S, afttr dinuer' tney "i~
,.-,,-,,,oira ices and sOrbets az 20, tney
arr. SHINING more Amer1car grcFs al mlA-
night. and vet 20 al seeming, they nave
NOT "turncd "a hair az the saying U.s. lu
tho way Of incbriety. They are an as sooei
1s Judges. and apparently equally "iiil"5
for France 90 oe either an Empire OF "
Republic. and yet. withal, during su.H
- COMPROMISING move ,hey have D-eA
laughing and shaking $40 Radicals easy
chair for the last thirteen hours. VINO
no thew Whence do they come
Where are they going; Where DO they
uve2 They cannot be all snop-keepei7'
who have left their wives 20 manage the
shop. since they frequently bring botn the
male and female branches Of their ram
flies 10 the cafes with them. Ihey
bring grandams OF eighty. who drink
hot rum punch. ThS bring little brais
OF seven, who drink books and ask Tor
the Vie Parisienne." Vogue ia Caller.
But where is the galley, and who tugs
at the lab0rlng oar; Where are the
workers? We see only TIE oilers. DO
these actors step on tho stage ruli-nedeed
without ever knowing the secrets 81 the
Green-Room? Surely they act equally
well in comedy. farce. an. tragedy. How
and give the garcon his ''pourboire?" can.
that inevitable "pOurbOire." Dear friends,
when you go TO Paris never. never forget
or refuse "p0urbOire.D II were 10 sit
inside or outside tavern from morn
10 midnight. even il l drank nothing
stronger than barley water and smoked
nothing more powerful than cigarettes
OF lavender. those c0nycTsant with my
affairs would very soon suggest m eX-
pediency % the removal OF myself and
my household 70 the city poorhouse.
CHARACTERISTIC s or THE PEOPLE.
have noticed that when some deprav-
eli vagabond. IN a tattered blouse. Is ar
raigned before the Cour Daisies or the
Police Correctionnele, the Public Prose
cutor rarely omits 20 mention in the act
Of accusation that the prisoner was an
habitual haunter Of "estaminets and brass
cries" Why. IL was the Public Prose
cutOr's twin-hrother. or, at least, his cou-
sin-eerman. that / saw az eleven in the
forenoon drinking hot rum and water and
blocking his adversary at dominoes with
n double-nve al the cafe des Mile Con-
siellati0ns The only solution that 1 can
possibly find for the problem Is, that
the cafe frequenters are all 'prOprietaires
d'immeubles" that their grandtathers
purchased large slices Of the Ma
tional Domains at peppercorn prices
In the year 1892 or thereabout'
and that they and all their families had
been living pr0sperously and hilariously
on the dividends ever since. They, II
there be indeed such class Of Parisians