The Cotton Factory Times. — 1887-11-18 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

BUNDLE OF CONTRASTS. M. Felix Pyat—who knows England well, having lived here as a political refugee for thirty years— has indicated, in an original and picturesque fashion, many points of dissidence between the social customs of the two nations. Paris is righthanded, London left-handed. The Parisian coachman keeps to his right, the London one to his left. The former is seated in front of the carriage, the latter behind. Paris is compact, London scattered. The heart of Paris is the Hotel de Vile, that of London is the Bank. Paris has a girdle of fortifications, and an octrio, London had neither wall nor town duties. Paris increased by absorption, London by expansion. Paris is built of stones, London with bricks. Paris has high houses and narrow streets, London wide streets and low houses. Houses in Paris have wide doors for carriages, in London the doors are small. In fact, Paris has its doors larger than its windows, whilst London has its windows larger than its doors. Paris has espagnolette windows opening like windows, Loudon guillotine windows. Paris has its shutters outside, London inside. Paris is oollectivist, London individualist. Paris dwells in masses, inside barracks and convents; London lives in private, a home for each family. Paris has its portier (doorkeeper), London its key. Paris has its public cafés, Loudon its exclusive clubs. Paris sleeps in a bed placed alongside the wall, London in the middle of the room. Paris rises early, London late. Paris pronounces cacao, London cocoa. . . . Paris is large, London enormous. Paris dines, London eats. Paris takes two meals a day, London four. London, says oltaire, has a hundred religions and one sauce; Paris has a hundred sauces and no religion. London has a three-pronged fork, Paris a four-pronged one. Paris uses a napkin, London the table cloth. . . . Paris eats corn, London drinks it. Paris eats boiled meat, London roasted. Paris eats fried potatoes, London boiled. Paris loaves are long, London loaves are square. Paris likes the white of turnips. London the green. Paris serves oysters on the concave shell. London on the convex. Paris puts its butter in its brioches, Londonon it s bread. Paris drinks wine, London beer. Paris takes coffee, London tea. Paris at table is sociable, London isolated. Paris has the table d' hAte, London the dining-room box. Paris is gay, London dull. Paris whips the horses, London flogs its criminals. Paris lounges, London goes. Paris makes laws during the day, London during the night. Paris has spring showers in March, London in April. London has but few soldiers, Pans too many. In Paris the soldier is a power, in London a nonentity. The Paris soldier wears red trousers and a blue coat, the London soldier a red coat and blue trousers. The former is always armed, the latter carries only a short stick. The Paris soldier is a conscript, the London soldier a volunteer. In Pans priests celebrate marriages, in London they themselves get married. In Paris girls are rigidly kept, in London they are free. In Paris married women are free, in London they are not. Paris opens its museums on Sundays, London on week days. In Paris churches are always open. in London they are nearly always closed. Paris has sedentary judges, London ambulatory. Paris has her milkmaids seated, Loudon her milkmen with "rounds." Paris warms herself with wood, London with coal. Paris buries her dead too soon, Loudon too late. Paris throws her refuse into the streets, Lon3on keeps it inside. Paris retains her sewage in the house, London throws it at once in the river. Paris has more mad people, London more idiots. Paris has more suicides, London more homicides. Paris is more of an artist, London more of a merchant. Iu Paris men are more lively than horses, in London horses are more frisky than men. Paris works, London traffics. London is religions, Paris humane. Paris is democratic, London aristocratic. Paris workmen call each other citizens, London workmen, mechanics. The former work in their blouses, the latter in coats. Working Paris wears a casquette (a cap), working London a hat. Cana ilk Paris tights with the feet, a London mob with its fists. Working Paris call the pawnkroker "my aunt," working London "my uncle." Working London says, like its Queen, " Dieu et mon Droit,' Rule Britannia ;" working Paris says, like the Republic "Rights of Man, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity."  As Hossisr