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Duchesse d'Orleans was publicly spoken of and treated as the ;Queen of 

France�察─�at the private receptions given during her stay in Paris the same 

ceremonial   was   observed   as   if   she   had   been   really   on   the   throne。   The 

young Duke�察�her husband�察�was not present�察�being in exile as a pretender�察�

but armorial bearings of the ;reigning family�察─�as their followers insist on 

calling them�察�were hung around the Madeleine and on the funeral´cars of 

both the illustrious dead。 

     The government is singularly lenient to the aristocrats。 If a poor man 

cries ;Long live the Commune� ─�in the street�察�he is arrested。 The police�察�

however�察�stood quietly by and let a group of the old nobility shout ;Long 

live   the   Queen� ─  �as   the   train   containing   the   young   Duchesse   d'Orleans 

moved       out   of  the   station。   The    secret    of  this   leniency    toward     the 

;pretenders; to the throne�察�is that they are very little feared。 If it amuses a 

set of wealthy people to play at holding a court�察�the strong government of 

the republic cares not one jot。 The Orleans family have never been popular 

in France�察�and the young pretender's marriage to an Austrian Archduchess 

last year has not improved matters。 

     It is the fashion in the conservative Faubourg St。 Germain�察�to ridicule 

the President�察�his wife and their bourgeois surroundings�察�as forty years ago 

the    parents     of   these    aristocrats    affected     to   despise    the    imperial 

PARVENUS。 The swells amused themselves during the official visit of the 

Emperor and Empress of Russia last year ��which was gall and wormwood 

to them�� by exaggerating and repeating all the small slips in etiquette that 

the    President�察    �an   intelligent�察   �but   simple´mannered         gentleman�察     �was 

supposed to have made during the sojourn of his imperial guests。 

     Both M。 and Mme。 Faure are extremely popular with the people�察�and 

are heartily cheered whenever they are seen in public。 The President is the 



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despair  of   the   lovers   of   routine   and   etiquette�察  �walking   in   and   out   of   his 

Palais of the Elysee�察�like a private individual�察�and breaking all rules and 

regulations。  He   is   fond  of   riding�察  �and   jogs off  to   the   Bois   of   a   morning 

with no escort�察�and often of an evening drops in at the theatres in a casual 

way。 The other night at the Francais he suddenly appeared in the FOYER 

DES ARTISTES ��A beautiful greenroom�察�hung with historical portraits of 

great actors and actresses�察�one of the prides of the theatre�� in this informal 

manner。 Mme。 Bartet�察�who happened to be there alone at the time�察�was so 

impressed       at  such    an   unprecedented       event    that   she   fainted�察   �and   the 

President had to run for water and help revive her。 The next day he sent 

the great actress a beautiful vase of Sevres china�察�full of water�察�in souvenir。 

     To a lover of old things and old ways any changes in the Paris he has 

known and loved are a sad trial。 Henri Drumont�察�in his delightful MON 

VIEUX   PARIS�察  �deplores   this   modern   mania   for   reform   which   has   done 

such   good   work   in   the   new   quarters   but   should�察  �he   thinks�察  �respect   the 

historic streets and shady squares。 

     One   naturally   feels   that   the   sights   familiar   in   youth   lose   by   being 

transformed and doubts the necessity of such improvements。 

     The Rome of my childhood is no more� �Half of Cairo was ruthlessly 

transformed in sixty´five into a hideous caricature of modern Paris。 Milan 

has     been    remodelled�察      �each    city   losing    in   charm     as   it  gained     in 

convenience。 

     So far Paris has held her own。 The spirit of the city has not been lost�察�

as   in   the   other   capitals。  The   fair   metropolis   of   France�察  �in   spite  of   many 

transformations�察  �still   holds   her   admirers   with   a   dominating   sway。           She 

pours out for them a strong elixir that once tasted takes the flavor out of 

existence in other cities   and makes   her   adorers�察�when in exile�察�thirst   for 

another draught of the subtle nectar。 



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             CHAPTER 25 ´ Contentment 



       AS the result of certain ideal standards adopted among us when this 

country was still in long clothes�察�a time when the equality of man was the 

new   ;fad;   of   many   nations�察  �and   the   prizes   of   life   first   came   within   the 

reach of those fortunate or unscrupulous enough to seize them�察�it became 

the fashion ��and has remained so down to our day�� to teach every little boy 

attending      a  village   school    to   look   upon    himself    as   a  possible    future 

President�察  �and   to   assume   that   every   girl   was   preparing   herself   for   the 

position of first lady in the land。 This is very well in theory�察�and practice 

has shown   that�察 �as   Napoleon said�察  �Every  private   may  carry  a   marshal's 

baton in his knapsack。; Alongside of the good such incentive may produce�察�

it is only fair�察�however�察�to consider also how much harm may lie in this 

way of presenting life to a child's mind。 

     As a first result of such tall talking we find in America�察�more than in 

any     other    country�察    �an   inclination     among      all   classes    to   leave    the 

surroundings where they were born and bend their energies to struggling 

out of the position in life occupied by their parents。 There are not wanting 

theorists   who   hold   that   this   is   a   quality   in   a   nation�察  �and   that   it   leads   to 

great results。 A proposition open to discussion。 

     It   is   doubtless   satisfactory   to   designate   first   magistrates   who   have 

raised   themselves   from   humble   beginnings   to   that   proud   position�察  �and 

there are times when it is proper to recall such achievements to the rising 

generation。   But   as   youth   is   proverbially   over´confident   it   might   also   be 

well to point out�察�without danger of discouraging our sanguine youngsters�察�

that   for   one   who   has   succeeded�察  �about   ten   million   confident   American 

youths�察  �full   of   ambition   and   lofty   aims�察  �have   been   obliged   to   content 

themselves   with       being    honest   men     in  humble   positions�察  �even       as  their 

fathers before them。 A sad humiliation�察�I grant you�察�for a self´ respecting 

citizen�察�to end life just where his father did�察�often the case�察�nevertheless�察�in 

this   hard   world�察  �where   so   many   fine   qualities   go   unappreciated�察   �        no 

societies     having     as   yet   been    formed     to   seek   out   ;mute�察    �inglorious 

Miltons�察─�and ask to crown them� �

     To descend abruptly from the sublime�察�to very near the ridiculous�察 � I 



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had need last summer of a boy to go with a lady on a trap and help about 

the    stable。    So    I  applied     to   a   friend's   coachman�察      �a   hard´working 

Englishman�察  �who   was   delighted   to   get   the   place   for   his   nephew   ´   an 

American´born   boy   ´   the   child   of   a   sister�察  �in   great   need。   As   the   boy's 

clothes were hardly presentable�察�a simple livery was made for him�察�from 

that   moment   he   pined�察  �and   finally   announced   he   was   going   to   leave。   In 

answer to my surprised inquiries�察�I discovered that a friend of his from the 

same tenement´house in which he had lived in New York had appeared in 

the    village�察  �and   sooner    than    be  seen    in  livery   by   his  play´fellow      he 

preferred   abandoning   his   good   place�察  �the   chance   of   being   of   aid   to   his 

mother�察�and learning an honorable way to earn his living。 Remonstrances 

were in vain�察�to the wrath of his uncle�察�he departed。 The boy had�察�at his 

school�察    �heard    so  much     about    everybody      being    born    equal   and    every 

American   being   a   gentleman   by   right   of   inheritance�察  �that   he   had   taken 

himself   seriously�察  �and   despised   a   position   his   uncle   was   proud   to   hold�察�

preferring elegant leisure in his native tenement´house to the humiliation 

of a livery。 

     When at college I had rooms in a neat cottage owned by an American 

family。 The father was a butcher�察�as were his sons。 The only daughter was 

exceedingly pretty。 The hard´worked mother conceived high hopes for this 

favorite     child。   She   was    sent   to  a   boarding´     school�察   �from    which     she 

returned     entirely    unsettled    for   life�察 �having    learned    little  except   to   be 

ashamed of her parents and to play on the piano。 One of these instruments 

of torture was bought�察�and a room fitted up as a parlor for the daughter's 

use。 As the family were fairly well´to´do�察�she was allowed to dress out of 

all keeping with her parents' position�察�and�察�egged on by her mother�察�tried 

her best to marry a rich ;student。; Failing in this�察�she became discontented�察�

unhappy�察     �and   finally   there   was    a   scandal�察  �this  poor   victim   of   a   false 

ambition   going   to   swell   the   vast   tide   of   a   city's   vice。   With   a   sensible 

education�察�based on the idea that her father's trade was honorable and that 

her mission in life was to aid her mother in the daily work until she might 

marry and go to her husband�察�prepared by experience to cook his dinner 

and keep his house clean�察�and finally bring up her children to be honest 

men and women�察�this girl would have found a happy future waiting for her�察�



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and have been of some good in her humble way。 

     It is useless to multiply illustrations。 One has but to look about him in 

this   unsettled   country   of   ours。   The   other   day   in   front   of   my   door   the 

perennial   ditch   was   being   dug   for   some   gas´pipe   or   other。   Two   of   the 

gentlemen   who   had   consented   to   do   this labor   wore   frock´coats  and top 

hats    ´   or  what     had    once    been    those    articles    of   attire   ´  instead    of 

comfortable and appropriate overalls。 Why�拭�Because�察�like the stable´boy�察�

to   have   worn   any   distinctive   dress   would   have   been   in   their   minds   to 

stamp themselves as belonging to an inferior class�察�and so interfered with 

their chances of representing this country later

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