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take   his   wife   to   teas   or   the   park。   In   a   year   or   two   she   will   go   abroad�察�

leaving him alone to turn the crank that produces the income。 As it is�察�she 

always leaves him for six months each year in a half´closed house�察�to the 

tender      mercies     of   a   caretaker。     Two     additional     words     could    be 

advantageously added to the wedding service。 After ;for richer for poorer�察─�

I should like to hear a bride promise to cling to her husband ;for winter for 

summer� ─�

     Make another step up and stand in the entrance of a house at two A。M。�察�

just   as   the   cotillion is   commencing�察  �and   watch   the   couples   leaving。 The 

husband�察�who has been in Wall Street all day�察�knows that he must be there 

again at nine next morning。 He is furious at the lateness of the hour�察�and 

dropping   with   fatigue。   His   wife�察  �who   has   done   nothing   to   weary   her�察  �is 

equally enraged to be taken away just as the ball was becoming amusing。 

What a happy�察�united pair they are as the footman closes the door and the 

carriage rolls off home� �Who is to blame�拭�The husband is vainly trying to 

lead the most exacting of double lives�察�that of a business man all day and a 

society man all night。 You can pick him out at a glance in a ballroom。 His 

eye shows you that there is no rest for him�察�for he has placed his wife at 

the head of an establishment whose working crushes him into the mud of 

care and anxiety。 Has he any one to blame but himself�拭�

     In England�察�I am told�察�the man of a family goes up to London in the 

spring and gets his complete outfit�察�down to the smallest details of hat´box 

and umbrella。 If there happens to be money left�察�the wife gets a new gown 

or   two�此  �if   not�察  �she   ;turns;   the   old   ones   and   rejoices   vicariously   in   the 

splendor of her ;lord。; I know one charming little home over there�察�where 

the ladies cannot afford a pony´carriage�察�because the three indispensable 

hunters eat up the where´withal。 

     Thackeray was delighted to find one household ��Major Ponto's�� where 

the    governess     ruled   supreme�察   �and   I  feel  a  fiendish    pleasure    in  these 

accounts of a country where men have been able to maintain some rights�察�



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and   am   moved   to   preach   a   crusade   for   the   liberation   of   the   American 

husband�察�that the poor�察�down´trodden creature may revolt from the slavery 

where he is held and once more claim his birthright。 If he be prompt to act 

��and is successful�� he may work such a reform that our girls�察�on marrying�察�

may feel that some duties and responsibilities go with their new positions�察�

and a state of things be changed�察�where it is possible for a woman to be 

pitied by her friends as a model of abnegation�察�because she has decided to 

remain   in   town   during   the   summer   to   keep   her   husband   company   and 

make   his   weary  home´coming   brighter。   Or   where   ��as   in   a   story  recently 

heard��   a   foreigner   on   being   presented   to   an American   bride   abroad   and 

asking for her husband�察�could hear in answer�此 �Oh�察�he could not come�察�he 

was too busy。 I am making my wedding´trip without him。; 



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         CHAPTER 19 ´ The Grand Prix 



       IN   most   cities�察  �it   is   impossible   to   say   when   the   ;season;   ends。   In 

London and with us in New York it dwindles off without any special finish�察�

but in Paris it closes like a trap´door�察�or the curtain on the last scene of a 

pantomime�察  �while   the   lights   are   blazing   and   the   orchestra   is   banging   its 

loudest。 The GRAND PRIX�察�which takes place on the second Sunday in 

June�察�is the climax of the spring gayeties。 Up to that date�察�the social pace 

has been getting faster and faster�察�like the finish of the big race itself�察�and 

fortunately   for   the   lives   of   the   women   as   well   as   the   horses�察  �ends   as 

suddenly。 

     In 1897�察�the last steeple chase at Auteuil�察�which precedes the GRAND´ 

PRIX   by   one   week�察  �was   won   by   a   horse   belonging   to   an   actress   of   the 

THEATRE   FRANCAIS�察  �a   lady   who   has   been   a   great   deal   before   the 

public   already   in   connection   with   the   life   and   death   of   young   Lebaudy。 

This   youth   having   had   the   misfortune   to   inherit   an   enormous   fortune�察�

while   still   a   mere   boy�察  �plunged   into   the   wildest   dissipation�察  �and   became 

the prey of a band of sharpers and blacklegs。 Mlle。 Marie Louise Marsy 

appears to have been the one person who had a sincere affection for the 

unfortunate youth。 When his health gave way during his military service�察�

she threw over her engagement with the FRANCAIS�察�and nursed her lover 

until his death ´ a devotion rewarded by the gift of a million。 

     At    the   present   moment�察     �four   or   five   of  the   band    of  self´styled 

noblemen       who    traded    on   the   boy's   inexperience      and   generosity�察    �are 

serving out terms in the state prisons for blackmailing�察�and the THEATRE 

FRANCAIS possesses the anomaly of a young and beautiful actress�察�who 

runs a racing stable in her own name。 

     THE GRAND PRIX dates from the reign of Napoleon III。�察�who�察�at the 

suggestion of the great railway companies�察�inaugurated this race in 1862�察�

in imitation of the English Derby�察�as a means of attracting people to Paris。 

The city and the railways each give half of the forty´thousand´dollar prize。 

It is the great official race of the year。 The President occupies the central 

pavilion�察  �surrounded   by   the   members   of   the   cabinet   and   the   diplomatic 

corps。 On the   tribunes and   lawn   can   be seen the TOUT  PARIS   ´   all   the 



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celebrities of the great and half´world who play such an important part in 

the life of France's capital。 The whole colony of the RASTAQUOUERES�察�

is   sure   to  be   there�察  �RASTAS�察─       �as  they   are   familiarly    called   by   the 

Parisians�察  �who   make   little   if   any   distinction   in   their   minds   between   a 

South American   ��blazing   in   diamonds   and   vulgar   clothes��   and   our   own 

select �┌殖� colony。 Apropos of this inability of the Europeans to appreciate 

our fine   social distinctions�察 �I have   been told   of a  well´born New Yorker 

who took a French noblewoman rather to task for receiving an American 

she thought unworthy of notice�察�and said�此�

     ;How can you receive her�拭�Her husband keeps a hotel� ─�

     ;Is    that   any   reason�拭─    �asked     the   French´woman�察         �I  thought     all 

Americans kept hotels。; 

     For   the   GRAND   PRIX�察  �every  woman   not   absolutely  bankrupt   has   a 

new costume�察�her one idea being a CREATION that will attract attention 

and   eclipse   her   rivals。   The   dressmakers   have   had   a   busy   time   of   it   for 

weeks before。 

     Every horse that can stand up is pressed into service for the day。 For 

twenty´four hours before�察�the whole city is EN FETE�察�and Paris EN FETE 

is   always   a   sight   worth   seeing。   The   natural   gayety   of   the   Parisians�察  �a 

characteristic noticed ��if we are to believe the historians�� as far back as the 

conquest      of   Gaul    by   Julius    Caesar�察   �breaks    out   in   all  its  amusing 

spontaneity。   If   the   day   is   fine�察  �the   entire   population   gives   itself   up   to 

amusement。   From   early   morning   the   current   sets   towards   the   charming 

corner of the Bois where the Longchamps race´course lies�察�pic

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