The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-02

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was arranged 70 simulate an actual fslr.
s94s p shops and dIhknS pleses .I r.
9th Of the Menass At Versailles; There were were
cafes stalls for ''f mounatcbanke. ~ theatsr
posed By Chick especially for or, the oseasien;s.
Germain. Wholesale MERCHANTS brought their
rbed Fo sbonl Psrts 81 Pa satb G6
s"d3pT afssisa Gash
goods had Its distinctly assigned locality.
40 that ~ that .particula ar there was complete
found only robes de chambre OF Marseilles
n another Roaen or de Gonrnay or DaEneta !
point sen A rhss's Gm GaqF
lures. Portu guese was selling Chinese
vanss, ambsrssi5 Or finer porSsis;ns P Sr
entail fabrics; an Armenian, tea chocolate and
S oord Linen drapers. haberdashers. Jewelers..
81 hsT bad eaah Ms
object he had Tor ssls 4 wss 81
and iem "s ie' stands Gambtins houses
cree esed s sT Ssnqs
fayorite ways of gambling in the seyenteenfidd
lease of a house in the fair. The, evil hecame
ssmss q asanee w assrsd the
tic,ularly enticeabe. Many of them lost their
Even Henry w.. as conservative and par
ssimonio4s In money matters as ne was. was
Sn to s the sAtns Of Sb
pictures and chandeliers flowed lncessant
streams OF ratafa. hypocrss. cider. wines
teenth century when tobacco first came into
use use y was welcomed with enthusiasm az she
ia S st pr va rrKns
The fair was considered the abode q ever rId
banks. fakirs. fortune tellers, and the entire
I'D q 9, SIT
peei he the
e assure hiS Sy e. The iiss q life q his SsS IA
that he sSSs live m to be Re %nsd ss
lines of booths decorated with toads black
cats. skeletons and immense stuffed lizards.
had taste for history and the arts, there
notsd peop. he1e were HUNDRED
e strength and OF agility ILL., + WAS sb. at sss
5hipocer9s seen IN France was eiS Y, a.
IT brought fortune to it's owner. Not we
least interesting part OF these various side
shows was the parade that prec ceose ea aSs
Bs1?SF" sass Giles sAssS" and
mmbine INDUCED in comic, dialogues &C.
eompanied BY blows and ki tha the s
Sors oy sufh he eus
in consequence. during the last nal! OF the
seventeenth century procured an edlct TOT.
bidding performances on sunday ana salnes
Il. ~. lt<yt.
held.
In 1901 certain Raisn. organist OF Troyes
exhibited at the fair spinet withthree sets
of keys. Of which one repeated the ar p!aySsa a
xiv. charmed and frightened at the mystery.
insisted upon having i explained TO MIN
Ii consisted in having little son OF the orRan-
ist concealed in the body OF the instrument.
of the fear which the mystery had caused
him that he showered presents on Raisln
and granted him the privilege Of condnct-
ing theatrical performances at the ia,r r lmIS
until about the middle Of the, eighteenth
century. when the theater, OF the fair De
became a formidable rival to- the french
formed splendid ballets and pieces written
by the most noted dramatists OF the tune
it was at this thcater that the famous SOPHIE
Arnould made her debut in 1853.
its limits it is easy to understand the passionate
attachment of the people OF Paris to the
ST. GERMAN fair For various reasons.
at different, times. it was temporarily sup.
to the town. Its complete destruction by
FIRE in 1902 struck It a blow from which never
recovered The Revolution. the. common
grave of all ancient monarchtcal instltutions
hibition which had endured for centuries.