OUR PARIS LETTER.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 418, 23 July 1880, Page 3

OUR PARIS LETTER.

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, i »,, '\',,-',--.! .'..r!';,■.'■'•'. ; ,'PAniß;Mfty;2oi' -'.. The ! cplf,b\'fttcd''hovrlist Gufifave; Flau- ; hert,l%l\Q hasvjust- di<»d,c lveld.most diti horror iboujypoUisme. ) As* brdiharilyi urideifstjood, bourgeois!, signifies : /ai person belonging to the. middle, clas^es-p^weßr' ;td--door ncrytiirerl JbM This*. wa§ hot, Flaubert's meaning :, he applied it to '$ksijs ;tnemj.fe .who are'opposed to all grange,., all''pro?. ■ gress ; wno are contented to live wi.tha. t Jittle| and go down to tlje grave after a, #,£add^-go-'e^ It is an error to suppose 'that, •-applies ls "to *'who' iWjsar | theirhhair'r r ' after the Merovingian, transcendental : 'heard;'or''a* Rbliespierre-'V^st';' l to 1 ' ohe 'who 1 likes *I)6ned beef and eats it,, who "Carries an '•umbrella when it threatensi :r to; Vain, or Videsjin an /istedi before th^Frebcli.;'Academy rejected •Gautier for' liis/- loiig lbcksj and elected M. Rausse a/rrieirnber Jast week ; - oh''> t of ' his Tftus-crSt hair, j A cabby calls you bdiirgiibis/as , a suggestive of civic/ impWrfcance, money-bags,, -arid"'turtle'-rioup,. ' H o : &epiße".a'pplie ; d', it in &s/much lis iW'tjlie/ sixteenth century, chase yob Ih'fhe strei?fe/^ith ;, 'a ! 'l.ardi for iip-. plying^th^epitliet'td^him.-' ,; ', . .' is a 1" special; disease -of the French mind—indeedyirif the Latin 11.^%.synonymous with; -a of :! rnnoyatiopjj-an [dplatry .fdr.,;red tape, a weakness, fptVtwhiat i fi retrograde, a love for hesitation, a resig/nation to'be fast'in' the race* pf/;'iife. It has been calculated thatfrom twenty-five to fifty years |at least„are~roa/uired in order.that a practical idea can .take, root "and fructify in France,* even 'when! its .rjftility has been/j fstablishei '-" jjeyxmd dp#t in other-,countries., ■ At the mo,;meilt'When the invention pif the.locomotivt)! ''itk l *jtrbilep, Lours . Philippe, be it remembered, delegated M. Thiers to go to England and report On ;".the new thing so much- talked about:" He did so; formed a very poor idea of the steam-ongirie, but suggested it ought " to be tried' in order to amuse the Parisians." Well, the French, even when the fruit is ripe, will not gather it, hut tie it to the tree of/ knowledge till it falls from inherent rottenness/ There' are parts of the Code based on the manners and customs of Louis 111. and the. early' Charleses ; tuxes are'still collected after the bizarre usages of Philippe - Auguste ; ' office, under republic as under monarchy, is given : away, following compensation, conciliation, and nepotism; ministers appear still to nap in some Sleeping i Beauty of the Wood's castle. It is this

fear of rational and safe progress thai' has - lost kingdoms and empires, and whi<|h is commencing to influence the destinies of the reigning Republic. The cry is, the present Goydrqllierii/'has ,ac- rcpmblished very, very little in the way . otj reform—of practical ameliorations. *Tne! old Adam still replies, there are j breafkers ahead, the sea i* temp"stuous. or the nilot is at breakfast. i2y/ j ri the Republicans hayi3 fyr leave 'tr»'|k.'^'All»"|w|»o|[i- ,- ing,f Redsi " llevelp«4ll, bnt nothing, as much ac you please,"replies bourgeoisieme. ~, n ,-r ~ Spring, although caprifetogjCOTdttctt hersblf well ; we have plenty of green peas, and these, it was once obseryed, behihd time would. $ in&ieuAiJb. pfovoke a revolution in Paris. We have had; fresh strawberries smothered in cream or claret for weeks ; roses up the flower-markets, and trees con-sidej-ed as dead have returned to life. Theicruel wounds that winter~had-*.in-~ flicted are being as rapidly healed as those resulting from the invasion ; in the IpjjbHcr/Sqdiafol' &af "|fa^d|n»!| there are soM" nitftilWa, hut rendered "'"moreglorious by their wounds $v»n. r/ - .Fjv«ry r ' goon Republican who pnssee'scß '& mni-el" 'of : a' cedar that has v mtjistood k { clement winter 'Js^feesu(ft. -I Hugo." This is the rhost favoriible moment to enjoy Paris, and to gain an r id Tea' of fashionable life one should repair to the Bois de Boulogne between' eight and eleven in tlie morning. He will see all that is celebrated defile oir horseback or in phaeton. Tlie alleys/, are superior to the Prater of Vienrii,/the jjrraben of Berlin, or the Reti.ro of Madrid. The routes are so »witle, SO •shady, so well wntered, and the very; rsand has a velvety voluptuousness;- : now" and then a ray of sunlight darts through the trees, which Wdds' ii pecnlisir-.cliarfn' Jto, the scene, For the military, it. is observed, they* iare only -' the rnfiihtrf officers who ride; those of the.,cavalry ; abstain,* las equitation ■-is-'con'siSbre'ii to leads to olwsity. Marshals McMahnn and Canrobert ride / gerie'rall]/*{f^-&7^.' The; Due de Nemours, ever at t f>ace • thefex-alibe Baiiel is a]gp<)d so Lis .J. j&. Bennett, f and among other notable journalists, Emile de' Giradin ; the,--^rinpeSjSe^dey conyerts her plucky son into an outrider ; Meissonnier looks like a mounted 'prophet with his allegorical boftrd,.„and. th'en succeed in swarms, schools of girls and boys under nqtedjs i profe,psofs f, ]ort| horseback, as happy; 'lis'-happy'"yotith. can be. Gentlemen of the old school, geneji'ally dress in frock coat, trousers Strapped under boot, a chimney pot hat, shorjb coat, a»(|. ; leggings. dsr ay story toldl rjia.lt ;»' Montigue. atiS CapuM quarrel was at one time made „,up at thesi. ; HW iliCads" ! fif tile" rival houses had pnrchasedj £ ne i W|. j h ( o ! rjS ( es 0 $ but| which were stable companions ; when the hors«s in the alley!, they declined to separate and their enemy-masters had .toigallop''.alongside for a great distance, friends saluting : { thenti as tlmy passed. -Wheii «*tley dis'•mpuhted'it was to enjoy4!,rec6'nciliatibn ■ ''■"orVfakfast. ■''•■'This recals- Ihe practice in 'iiospitals when .mustard;;ran./shortj of f makjng the one poultice serve: two patients placed sire by.Bjde,at: the same , time) It is near the Arc de Triotnphe that; the preparations l= f6f' the' return home areeff' , ctt , d ; here ladies ..quit' the ■'saddle for.the thtiuslititl"and]"aff. light and yarious vi-hiclcs that await them : it isihen* t•»--1. iros'sipa- :*re Lis; that' the! ; latest news i.«* to he g.-.th-'ivd ; <ii' ■'the'amount; id" ..mp;)eyi>;l<!S.t:i diirin.tr tY--' night at clubs ; of bi-.tlis, d at lis ,m i- ;- riages. c npemeiits, and reconcilliirt'on's of scooting stars, new bonnets, tignt fitting toiletls, old,;: andothers ten hours to come. Tlie latest scandal retailed, is ; rr&j ectingj a conhtdss ; whos|' husband eloped with an actress She wrote to her friends for help; the Marchiness X gave her an unlimited order on her carriage .huihlt-r!' the Princesse de !S on h°r dress maker, &c, when'"the Countess had'duly used these credits, she abused them of running away with, a professor of music.