Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-17

Paris Is the place OF TRANSPORTATION
Ind OF metamorphoses.
In order to become Parisian one
bust he fantastic. ambitious, coquct-
/ sh and adorable--in fine. possess all
D. vlrtucsl The Partisan always phys
4 ith danger. and II she Is frightened at
lnythlnE, sure, mon ami, 1t ~ not at
b. dcyll. She can teach him. She ~
Hora malicious than the fond.
Paris Is n place Of dolls. but 1t Is
klso II place OF women. There are
more dolls than In Nurcmburg, but
Here are more women, too. In Nurem'
burg nincty-nlne women and one doll
nhGkc n hundred women. II IL the
Bull Of fashion that there arc some
dplls in Paris Montesquieu said;
cnnot be n woman in another place"
II IL because In Paris one can be
Homan without being n mother or re-
nain a woman when one Is mother
¬her philosopher, La Rochefou-
mud. said: "rwo ordinary beauties
4pstroy themselves. two great beauties
illuminate themselves II is two
Rarlslnns that illuminate themselves
&nd two country women that destroy
themselves. There are some country
rlsln parlsand Parislans In all prov
N ces but the latter always succeed In
6tting on the stage; Latin country
n Boulevard des Itallens, Champ Elysees
n the love country.
Il Who can paint well the Partisan?
Ter great art IL never to look like
Nrself, Today 1t Is one woman; to-
morrow q complete metamorphosls.
@hc takes you by surprise; never does
Nc know her. Therefore one loves
'Hf with constancy. Docs she know
HrselfP No. She reads all Of the
Hshionable novels and she finds her
'#t In each of them, but she never
n Inks to read her heart
r. Ihe Partisan woman Is not medi-
'8uye; she does not shut herself up in
~ house; she does not take refuge in
r thoughts. She IL given UP to the
IA eetacular In things and men; yet
~ res spectacle is not enough for her
e must have all the shows-from
.Xera TO Theatre-Libre. She gathers
~ NE sweetness of one day. The NOR
1Hw when II comes, she viii take care
~ mat. La Belle Parlsienne does not
iluvate the asphodels or remem
Fance.
~ n olden times they used to say;
mere Is woman? " Today one must
" Where Ia Partisan woman" In
~ reece. Aspasia tipped the scales for
@EaI ana peace; phryne had her gold
atue In the Temple OF Delphos among
us ana kings. They said OF De-
gsthenes, subdued by courtesan;
y. nat which he thought in year. a
~ imam overturned In a night" The
~ Story OF the Grecian demi-monde II
&2 most the history OF Greece. In
~ ance, the history which does not
Low woman loses Its way.
' ne art OF the Partisan Is In this;
~ 10 too clever to show that she Is
aylng n part. She knows a member
n tle academy or a member OF Par
nent as well as she knows how
w waltz. Il Is herself that makes her
me. II she 10 celebrated for her
auly, Tor her horses or for her wit
hundred lions OF Paris viii come
az DOW TO her As long as she has
no one objects TO q seat at hei
III but there Is another woman
XIX farls. Not far from the top We
Il me Partisan who rules the hour-
s ~. She relgns In the studio OF tht
=. ,aier ana even In the garrets where
enruies or the future are at work
4. a ~, ne'eNsr she appears she dictates the
she imposes her fancles; shs
,npels the acceptance OF her despot
II, ., ns true Parislan will live rich ever
ual she die poor. As long as sh'
16 ~. ehemise dc batiste and a bunci
si,oiess Tor her funeral she Is Eat
- ~, she knows that she will no
SN"seu 70 pay for her dresses IL