The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-28

" y" wv" I'@nIWunIy .ual
.. - the bouievarts. like the psilt.
icai cafes, have ceased to ca.
ist. but this means only that the bcuIe.
wards 10 longer, gossip OF Louis Napo.
leon. the return Of the Bourl,ons or OF
.eenera' eorlarg fr, for these highways
are always too busiIy stirring with
present movements not TO he forget full
OF their yesterdays. In the shade of
,tnei buildings and awnings the loun-
kers. the lookers-on in Paris, the audi.
ence of the boulevard, sit at little ia
bles. slipping coffee from long glasses.
drinking absinth or bright coiored
sirups and gazing over the heads OF
throngs afoot at thers borne alcng
through the sunshAe of the street in
carriages, in cabs. u glittering auto
mobiles or high on he tops of omni-
buses. ,~c.w
From all the contients the multi
tudes come to join in hat procession
Americans tagged witt race cards and
intending hilarious dturbances. puz-
zled Americans worn With guidebook
plodding. Chinese primes in silk. queer
Antillean handles Of warthy origin
and fortune, ruddy Englb thinking of
nothing. pallid Enlist with upper
ash.ar'sx anu eyes hmgrily search
for signboards Of tee rooms. over
ropeanized Japanese Inpleasantly
maculate, burnoosed sheiks from the
sert and red fezzed Semitic peddlers
ilian mobiles in English tweeds, Su-
,nese negroes staggering in frock
.'ats. slim Spaniards. SQUAT Turks.
favelers. idlers. exiles. fugitives.
portsmen. All the tribes and kinds of
ben are tributary here to tae Partisan
tream. which on fair day In spring
ready cverhOws the banks with its
Tn much mingled waters-sOberly
ad burgesses. bearded, amiable and
no fatal hurry; well kept men Of
&c world swirling BY in miraculous
pousines. iegiess cripples Topping on
nds and leather pads. thin whiskered
ldents In veiveteen. walrus tpustach-
veterans in br0adcloths. keen faced
preiates. shabby young priests.
Fairymen In casque and cuirass,
krkingmen turned horse and harness
ito carts. sidewalk testers. itinerant
lders Of questionable wares. shady
fers dressed to resemble gold show
lg America. motor cyclists In leath-
hairy musicians, blue gendarmes
,aggy red zouaves, purple faced, glazed
latted. scarlet waistcoated. cigarette
cabmen. calling one another
onions" "camels" and names even
nore terrible. Women are prevalent
yer all the concourse-fair women.
In * women. pretty women. gilded wom-
III. naughty women. Indifferent women.
risndly women. merry women. fine
women in 'fine clothes, rich women in
lie clothes, poor women in fine clothes,
Worldly old women reclining befurred
. electric landaulets. wordy old wom-
u hoidenishly trundling carts full
+ flowers. wonderful automobile wom-
u, quick glimpsed. in multiple wells of
White and brown and sea green: wom-
n in rags and tags and women drap-
d. coifed and befrilled in the deliri-
I'M Of maddened poet-milliners and
be hasheesh dreams of ladies' tai
,rs.
So If y0u sit at the little tables often
is. II you become an am
teur bouleyardier-you begin to rec
gnize the transient stars of the pag-
sQt, those to whom the boulevard al
~ a dubious and fugitive role Of
celebrity and whom It greets with a
light futter. the turning of heads. a |
lurmur of comment and the incredu-
'us boulevard smile. which seems to |
u: "You see-madane and monsieur i!
assing there. Evidently they think
. still believe in them"
This 6utter heralded and followed
y passing, Of q white touring car
|{h the procession one afternoon Just |,
pre the Grand Prix, though 1t need
70 boulevard celebrity to make the
who lolled II the tQnneau conspic-
Eimpay y lt6t notoristy was
f(luouas - remarkable |
~ pS ~ ~: 70 was the
pnge3 - ~ was even IN
Va Il - la1eee who