Show ir 1 A VOICE FROM PARIS jeannot I 1 cannot help but think what a great 1 tune you shall have in salt bait rake city the fourth ot of july comes and ja 19 oure TO you that in spite of my enjoy r afi myself very much in paris I 1 would ipa beef to be there with you all IF aj autance Ut ance ce esthe Is the of july and I 1 athey am to see its celebration have e crackers to use as a we and the af tf it to ie the great tear fear of coni cannot blame the people aple 6 7 for that because although every house in the city is built of stone an in cendie would be something terrible I 1 dont really know why the french peo pie have not chosen a better date for their national holiday it seems they might have selected some other day and it would have been none the worse on the contrary for instance the anniversary niver sary of the baittle of ivalay valmy when and kellerman the two french generals put to flight with halt naked boy soldiers the veteran army arm of duke de brunswick would have been a more proper selection but instead of that they have fallen upon the celebration of a crime for everyone knows the horrors committed by the low people of paris during that awful day when they murdered the governor of the bastille Bastil lc the unfortunate de launay and a few others who were innocent but the populace ot such a great place as paris is not to be retrained and the word of thackeray is very true when he says of the french that I 1 it is a great and low admirable and disgusting sublime and criminal nation all that at the same time many natures compounded in one good and bad mixed up together something like dr bekyl and mr hyde of Mans fieldian dlan fame you know but of course I 1 am not going to spend all my time in correcting history and as I 1 really do not care anything about the right or the wrong of the french in having chosen for their national holiday this ox or that dale I 1 will pro aeed in my narration on the of july there is on the race track of longchamps a great military parade with thousands of soldiers in red black blue and white uniforms it is a great day and there can be nothing equal to it I 1 am sure when over men accompanied by the military bands of each regiment sing at full voice that mighty war song la marseillaise Marseil Marseill laise alse all the divisions the brigades the squad orns the regiments the masses of cavalry the train of artillery till iery the cuirassiers with their shining and their high helmets the squares of infantry clad in the blue coat and blood red pants defile deffle before the general commanding the city of paris then there are changes of heavy and light cavalry at full speed with drawn swords and movements of troops and the evolutions of ensemble the artillerymen artilleryman artillery men raise clouds of dust under their heavy horses and cannons and during that time the public the heart of the nation I 1 mean to say applaud e in rapture another good custom aas also is to throw open the theaters on the of july and as that day the shows are free the crowd is so great that many accidents are recorded in the papers on the next day the boulevards swarm with thick crowds of people in their best clothes and again here and there the marseillaise Marseil laise hymn is heard peddlers walk to and fro screaming at the top of their shrill voices the titles of some late popular songs others trouble you at every step to sell you a cockade or badge for your coat others compel you so to say to buy some new patent trumpets for your children if you have any then there Is also an army of boys selling papers newly patented toys little flags jumping jacks representing bismarck emperor william or some other enemy of prance france and at night when the day is over the mayor of each district of Paris gives to the veople people with their money that has been levied fireworks elaborately prepared some of these fireworks are artistically artisti cealy disposed and represent a great many subjects some time very possible at at other times quite impossible for instance when the sister republics of america merica and france shoal shall be seen hand in hand as aa tar far as that I 1 is concerned itis all right but when wn wil liam ilam of germany is represented as having his hand in that of france it igloo is too much nevertheless it cannot be denied that a rapprochement shall soon be effected between germany and france and it will be a great day when the gallic rooster shall crow in unison with the german eagle because it will be peace for europe and the millions of soldiers kept at great expense by both nations shall go back to their homes and resume that pastoral life which colbert celebrated minister of louis XIV used to call in speaking of agriculture les mam melles de la france politics and french women do not walk hand in hand for it is not considered proper that a lady should make public speeches or run for an office this deping of women out of politics is not brought about by their husbands or fathers by any kind of pressure but it is by their own tree free will they prefer remaining quiet advisers and not become poor public speakers they believe the place of a lady to is not in political meetings or in a pulpit they do not believe in shouting about the equality of the sexes and the tyranny of men until their throat intended by god for sweetness and love is hoarse they would look with horror upon a female demosthenes bathed in perspiration her hair in threads descending from the stand and followed by a lamb looking husband and surrounded by the mass of citizens who on her passage melt in smiles to give you u an idea of what married women ae in france I 1 will add that when um belna lockwood came to paris as she said free these poor french ladles ladies from servitude and teach them what liberty was emancipate the french girls and married ladles ladies her words fill fell flat in spite of her glowing speeches because the women whom she wax was attempting to convince could not see at all that they were ill III treated and would not have accepted any others place the way a woman obtains what she wants in france is not by loud cries and statements that she is just as good as her husband but by gentleness and kind loving words she does not consider men in general and her husband in particular as an enemy of her sex but as a true friend in whom she can implicitly trust herself and it can be said that this confidence is seldom betrayed the women of france are home women and as there are vary few instances of married people having no home except in large cities andrt and it is caused by vice no matter if rich or poor the french women are vory very steady and most of their life is passed in the company of their husbands and their children the french women are model mothers true and their itte very often is a long martyrdom all made of abnegation depriving themselves of all setting aside all usages of the world and forgetting the van pleasures of society ty to devote themselves kocl entirely to 1 0 bome ome little rosy babe sent to them by heaven h even to enlighten us a sacred spark their wretched lifery tread upon their sad and weary road with confidence and resignation talc ing pleasure in performing their holy coaling calling and looking straight before them without hesitation advancing with a firm step toward that ideal duty which always predominates m every truly honest wo comans womans ans thought and places her in such a lofty position in our eyes that she cannot die in our hearts hear tsany any more thus are the french mothers my dear cousin and i they are not independent as our amerlean american women they are not inferior ta them becu ase more than all other women they are mines of feminine de te kotlou ready to give all to keep nothing ing for themselves au and devoted deleot la in every crery respect and until death to their bus husbands bands this can be explained by the fa fact that a man and a woman seldom get married without being acquainted one with the other for a long time and if toy by chance there is some ty y of temper both in natural accord agree to stand their troubles until god sending the angel of death re lishes h es an equilibrium for an instant interrupted rr erupted rup ted the roman catholic religion to Is predominant in prance france and one of its most sublime principles con fists in promising to the man and the woman on the point of wedding that they shall be united for eternity and these everlasting unions consecrated by a supreme force are to remain asleep to ju the endless night of ages both souls wrapped in each others shadow void and ad purified of all the desires of the sensuality of a body which has during mortal life been only a mit material miter erial lal instrument of love without being its essence la in very much developed in most french ta families milles and H t is a truly edifying spectacle that will bring forth tears to see some flame children who have reached the age of man coming each time that they have to leave the house or when they come back home at nigh tto to leave a respectful kiss on the cheek of that mother who has always been so devoted to them even in maturity children preserve that custom and men 46 or 60 years old can often be men een asking advice just juat like children of at their mother or even of their fat father her who is yet alive I 1 had been told that joeb jo eb people were bad and in judg tag from those whom we usually see se to 10 america I 1 had believed it but now atiat at I 1 see the simpli simplicity elty of affection and ana the happiness prevailing all round me I 1 think that it is impossible that a nation where the respect J lor for fed parents is 0 so o much developed a and nd go 0 o highly practiced should be so bad aa tt it is in represented who are here constantly complain of bing ang stopped in the street by men whom they do not know but if they to observe more attentively and watch their actions action ts more closely they will val find out their error there to is arely not one single frenchman in ex otence to tence capable of stopping a woman an to the street or any public plaice place except ept if she gives him some occasion for it and even if by chance a man should happen to stop a lady and that am a her side glde she answer him by a severe and honest glance such a fellow would drop out immediately mademoiselle fannie edgar chemas sae be of our most prominent prom ineat musical critics and a woman of intensely high kid 4 extraordinary intelligence who is ere in parts paris working for the musical courier u r 1 er of new york affirms that F pere r e Is a great number of american ro coming here to study who when py ey answer no to a man mean ag yg by the expression of their face gukl A 41 b by y the tone I 1 of enair voice she pay be e right in arts it to is not as in america ladies are neither granted abb th same name privileges nor the same abandon with men in general and use parisian woman wishing to com tand and respect ct a true lady in a word ward who ho wants to deserve that name would never allow herself the slightest onile mile in looking at the gentlemen who is her and my dear cousin you I 1 ib well yourself although the young ladles who amuse themselves hat way 1 the united states may be respectable in many eases cases still ae practice of flirting is shameful and must tend to lead any woman practicing bract lc I 1 it to the loss lorn of her self respect and of f true womanhood her ber greatest jewel 1 mention all aba to you because I 1 want you ta to derive all the profit you an from it and if you come to paris I 1 would not want you to experience any trouble but on antof another lher hand I 1 wish to say that the french people are great admirers of beauty respectful ad admirers I 1 will add in spite of many contrary state menita and it Is why you must expect upon your arrival here to be feasted adored and to receive many other tokens of admiration but all this silently I 1 warn you by these gallant frenchmen who will not be able to see you without falling failing at your feet with your permission to tell you that you are charming but rest assured that with one single look from your beautiful eyes you will be able if you wish it to stay their burning deal declaration before it is uttered adieu my dearest and fair cousin I 1 advise you not to forget to learn the french language brause in paris you may be sure of lit it it is more than necessary and while waiting for you to come to france very soon I 1 hope I 1 will write often to impart to you my traveling impressions and during my I 1 stay here I 1 will investigate and keep attentive in order to discover all these parisian mysteries of which we americans I 1 are always in search next week I 1 promise you again a letter and perhaps I 1 will then speak about the customs in regard to the table and many other things that will be of interest tk to you your forever devoted cousin JULES CAMBON |