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succeeded in snatching a handful of the gold fringe from the throne as it 

was carried by�察�an act of prowess that repaid him for all his troubles and 

fatigue。 

     ;I passed the greater part of forty´eight hours on our balcony�察�watching 

the mob marching by�察�singing LA MARSEILLAISE�察�and camping at night 

in the streets。 It was all I could do to tear myself away from the window 

long enough to eat and write in my journal。 

     ;There was no Avenue de l'Opera then。 The trip from the boulevards to 

the    Palais´Royal     had   to  be   made    by   a  long    detour   across    the  Place 

Vendome   ��where�察  �by   the   bye�察  �a   cattle   market   was   held��   or   through   a 

labyrinth of narrow�察�bad´smelling little streets�察�where strangers easily lost 

their way。 Next to the boulevards�察�the Palais´Royal was the centre of the 

elegant     and   dissipated    life  in  the  capital。   It  was   there  we    met   of  an 

afternoon   to   drink   chocolate   at   the   `Rotonde��'   or   to   dine   at   `Les   Trois 

Freres Provencaux��' and let our husbands have a try at the gambling tables 

in the Passage d'Orleans。 

     ;No   one   thought   of   buying   jewelry   anywhere   else。   It   was   from   the 

windows   of   its   shops   that   the   fashions   started   on   their   way   around   the 

world。 When Victoria as a bride was visiting Louis Philippe�察�she was so 

fascinated by the aspect of the place that the gallant French king ordered a 

miniature copy of the scene�察�made IN PAPIER´MACHE�察�as a present for 

his guest�察�a sort of gigantic dolls' house in which not only the palace and 

its long colonnades were reproduced�察�but every tiny shop and the myriad 

articles for sale were copied with Chinese fidelity。 Unfortunately the pear´ 

headed old king became England's uninvited guest before this clumsy toy 



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was finished�察�so it never crossed the Channel�察�but can be seen to´day by 

any one curious enough to examine it�察�in the Musee Carnavalet。 

     ;Few   of   us   realize   that   the   Paris   of   Charles   X。   and   Louis   Philippe 

would   seem   to   us   now   a   small�察  �ill´paved�察  �and   worse´   lighted   provincial 

town�察  �with   few   theatres   or   hotels�察  �communicating   with   the   outer   world 

only    by   means    of   a  horse´   drawn    `post��'  and   practically   farther    from 

London      than   Constantinople       is  to´day。  One    feels   this  isolation   in  the 

literature of the time�察�brilliant as the epoch was�察�the horizon of its writers 

was bounded by the boulevards and the Faubourg Saint´Germain。; 

     Dumas says laughingly�察�in a letter to a friend�此 �I have never ventured 

into the unexplored country beyond the Bastille�察�but am convinced that it 

shelters wild animals and savages。; The wit and brains of the period were 

concentrated into a small space。 Money´making had no more part in the 

programme of a writer then than an introduction into ;society。; Catering to 

a foreign market and snobbishness were undreamed´of degradations。 Paris 

had not yet been turned into the FOIRE DU MONDE that she has since 

become�察�with whole quarters given over to the use of foreigners�察 � theatres�察�

restaurants�察  �and   hotels   created   only   for   the   use   of   a  polyglot   population 

that could give lessons to the people around Babel's famous ;tower。; 



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         CHAPTER 13 ´ Some American 

                                 Husbands 



       UNTIL the beginning of this century men played the BEAU ROLE in 

life's   comedy。   As   in   the   rest   of   the   animal   world�察  �our   males   were   the 

brilliant   members   of   the   community�察  �flaunting   their   gaudy   plumage   at 

home   and   abroad�察  �while   the   women´folk   remained   in   seclusion�察  �tending 

their children�察�directing the servants�察�or ministering to their lords' comfort。 

     In   those   happy   days   the   husband   ruled   supreme   at   his   own   fireside�察�

receiving the homage of the family�察�who bent to his will and obeyed his 

orders。 

     During the last century�察�however�察�the ;part; of better half has become 

less   and   less   attractive   in America�察  �one   prerogative  after   another   having 

been   whisked   away  by  enterprising   wives。   Modern   Delilahs   have   yearly 

snipped off more and more of Samson's luxuriant curls�察�and added those 

ornaments to their own COIFFURES�察�until in the majority of families the 

husband finds himself reduced to a state of bondage compared with which 

the biblical hero enjoyed a pampered idleness。 Times have indeed changed 

in America since the native chief sat in dignified repose bedizened with all 

the finery at hand�察�while the ladies of the family waited tremblingly upon 

him。 To´day it is the American husband who turns the grindstone all the 

year round�察�and it is his pretty tyrant who enjoys the elegant leisure that a 

century ago was considered a masculine luxury。 

     To America   must   be   given   the   credit   of   having   produced   the   model 

husband�察�a new species�察�as it were�察�of the GENUS HOMO。 

     In   no   role   does   a   compatriot   appear   to   such   advantage   as   in   that   of 

Benedict。     As    a  boy   he   is  often   too   advanced     for  his   years   or  his 

information�察  �in   youth   he   is   conspicuous   neither   for   his   culture   nor   his 

unselfishness。      But   once   in  matrimonial      harness   this  untrained     animal 

becomes bridle´wise with surprising rapidity�察�and will for the rest of life 

go through his paces�察�waltzing�察�kneeing�察�and saluting with hardly a touch 

of the whip。 Whether this is the result of superior horse´womanship on the 

part of American wives or a trait peculiar to sons of ;Uncle Sam�察─�is hard 



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to say�察�but the fact is self´evident to any observer that our fair equestrians 

rarely meet with a rebellious mount。 

     Any one who has studied marital ways in other lands will realize that 

in no country have the men effaced themselves so gracefully as with us。 In 

this   respect   no   foreign   production   can   compare   for   a   moment   with   the 

domestic article。 In English�察�French�察�and German families the husband is 

still all´ powerful。 The house is mounted�察�guests are asked�察�and the year 

planned   out   to   suit   his   occupations   and   pleasure。   Here   papa   is      rarely 

consulted until such matters have been decided upon by the ladies�察�when 

the head of the house is called in to sign the checks。 

     I have had occasion more than once to bewail the shortcomings of the 

American man�察�and so take pleasure in pointing out the modesty and good 

temper with which he fills this role。 He is trained from the beginning to 

give all and expect nothing in return�察�an American girl rarely bringing any 

DOT   to   her   husband�察  �no   matter   how   wealthy   her   family   may   be。   If�察  �as 

occasionally   happens�察  �an   income   is   allowed   a   bride   by   her   parents�察  �she 

expects     to  spend    it  on  her   toilets  or  pleasures。    This   condition     of  the 

matrimonial   market   exists   in   no   other   country�察  �even   in   England�察  �where 

MARIAGES            DE    CONVENANCE              are    rare�察   �settlements;      form    an 

inevitable prelude to conjugal bliss。 

     The fact that she contributes little or nothing to the common income in 

no way embarrasses an American wife�察�her pretensions are usually in an 

inverse proportion to her personal means。 A man I knew some years ago 

deliberately chose his bride from an impecunious 

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