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The famous ;Treteau de Tabarin�察─�which today holds undisputed  precedence over all the CABARETS of Paris�察�was among the last  to appear。  It was founded by the brilliant Fursy and a group  of his friends。  Here no pains have been spared to form a  setting worthy of the poets and their public。

Many years ago�察�in the days of the good king Louis XIII。�察�a  strolling poet´actor�察�Tabarin�察�erected his little canvas´ covered stage before the statue of Henry IV。�察�on the Pont´ Neuf�察�and drew the court and the town by his fun and pathos。   The founders of the latest and most complete of Parisian  CABARETS have reconstructed�察�as far as possible�察�this historic  scene。  On the wall of the room where the performances are  given�察�is painted a view of old Paris�察�the Seine and its  bridges�察�the towers of Notre Dame in the distance�察�and the  statue of Louis XIII。's warlike father in the foreground。  In  front of this painting stands a staging of rough planks�察 �reproducing the little theatre of Tabarin。  Here�察�every  evening�察�the authors and poets play in their own pieces�察 �recite their verses�察�and tell their stories。  Not long ago a  young musician�察�who has already given an opera to the world�察 �sang an entire one´act operetta of his composition�察�changing  his voice for the different parts�察�imitating choruses by  clever effects on the piano。

Montmartre is now sprinkled with attractive CABARETS�察�the  taste of the public for such informal entertainments having  grown each year�察�with reason�察�for the careless grace of the  surroundings�察�the absence of any useless restraint or  obligation as to hour or duration�察�has a charm for thousands  whom a long concert or the inevitable five acts at the  Francais could not tempt。  It would be difficult to overrate  the influence such an atmosphere�察�breathed in youth�察�must have  on the taste and character。  The absence of a sordid spirit�察 �the curse of our material day and generation�察�the contact with  intellects trained to incase their thoughts in serried verse  or crisp and lucid prose�察�cannot but form the hearer's mind  into a higher and better mould。  It is both a satisfaction and  a hope for the future to know that these influences are being  felt all over the capital and throughout the length and  breadth of France。  There are at this moment in Paris alone  three or four hundred poets�察�ballad writers�察�and RACONTEURS  who recite their works in public。

It must be hard for the untravelled Anglo´Saxon to grasp the  idea that a poet can�察�without loss of prestige�察�recite his  lines in a public CAFE before a mixed audience。  If such  doubting souls could�察�however�察�be present at one of these  NOCTES AMBROSIANAE�察�they would acknowledge that the Latin  temperament can throw a grace and child´like abandon around an  act that would cause an Englishman or an American to appear  supremely ridiculous。  One's taste and sense of fitness are  never shocked。  It seems the most natural thing in the world  to be sitting with your glass of beer before you�察�while some  rising poet�察�whose name ten years later may figure among the  ;Immortal Forty�察─�tells to you his loves and his ambition�察�or  brings tears into your eyes with a description of some humble  hero or martyr。

From the days of Homer poetry has been the instructor of  nations。  In the Orient to´day the poet story´teller holds his  audience spellbound for hours�察�teaching the people their  history and supplying their minds with food for thought�察 �raising them above the dull level of the brutes by the charm  of his verse and the elevation of his ideas。  The power of  poetry is the same now as three thousand years ago。  Modern  skeptical Paris�察�that scoffs at all creeds and chafes  impatiently under any rule�察�will sit to´day docile and  complaisant�察�charmed by the melody of a poet's voice�察�its  passions lulled or quickened�察�like Alexander's of old�察�at the  will of a modern Timotheus。




Chapter 17 ´ Etiquette At Home and Abroad


READING that a sentinel had been punished the other day at St。  Petersburg for having omitted to present arms�察�as her Imperial  Highness�察�the Grand Duchess Olga�察�was leaving the winter  palace ´ in her nurse's arms ´ I smiled at what appeared to be  needless punctilio�察�then�察�as is my habit�察�began turning the  subject over�察�and gradually came to the conclusion that while  it could doubtless be well to suppress much of the ceremonial  encumbering court life�察�it might not be amiss if we engrafted  a little more etiquette into our intercourse with strangers  and the home relations。  In our dear free and easy´going  country there is a constant tendency to loosen the ties of  fireside etiquette until any manners are thought good enough�察 �as any toilet is considered sufficiently attractive for home  use。  A singular impression has grown up that formal  politeness and the saying of gracious and complimentary things  betray the toady and the hypocrite�察�both if whom are abhorrent  to Americans。

By the force of circumstances most people are civil enough in  general society�察�while many fail to keep to their high  standard in the intimacy of home life and in their intercourse  with inferiors�察�which is a pity�察�as these are the two cases  where self´restraint and amenity are most required。   Politeness is�察�after all�察�but the dictate of a kind heart�察�and  supplies the oil necessary to make the social machinery run  smoothly。  In home life�察�which is the association during many  hours each day of people of varying dispositions�察�views�察�and  occupations�察�friction is inevitable�察�and there is especial  need of lubrication to lessen the wear and tear and eliminate  jarring。

Americans are always much shocked to learn that we are not  popular on the Continent。  Such a discovery comes to either a  nation or an individual like a douche of cold water on nice�察 �warm conceit�察�and brings with it a feeling of discouragement�察 �of being unjustly treated�察�that is painful�察�for we are very  ;touchy; in America�察�and cry out when a foreigner expresses  anything but admiration for our ways�察�yet we are the last to  lend ourselves to foreign customs。

It has been a home thrust for many of us to find that our dear  friends the French sympathized warmly with Spain in the recent  struggle�察�and had little but sneers for us。  One of the  reasons for this partiality is not hard to discover。

The Spanish who travel are mostly members of an aristocracy  celebrated for its grave courtesy�察�which has gone a long way  toward making them popular on the Continent�察�while we have for  years been riding rough´shod over the feelings and prejudices  of the European peoples�察�under the pleasing but fallacious  illusion that the money we spent so lavishly in foreign lands  would atone for all our sins。  The large majority of our  travelling compatriots forget that an elaborate etiquette  exists abroad regulating the intercourse between one class and  another�察�the result of centuries of civilization�察�and as the  Medic and Persian laws for durability。  In our ignorance we  break many of these social laws and give offence where none  was intended。

A single illustration will explain my meaning。  A young  American girl once went to the mistress of a PENSION where she  was staying and complained that the CONCIERGE of the house had  been impertinent。  When the proprietress asked the CONCIERGE  what this meant�察�the latter burst out with her wrongs。  ;Since  Miss B。 has been in this house�察�she has never once bowed to  me�察�or addressed a word to either my husband or myself that  was not a question or an order�察�she walks in and out of my  LOGE to look for letters or take her key as though my room  were the street�察�I won't stand such treatment from any one�察 �much less from a girl。  The duchess who lives AU QUATRIEME  never passes without a kind word or an inquiry after the  children or my health。;

Now this American girl had erred through ignorance of the fact  that in France servants are treated as humble friends。  The  man who brings your matutinal coffee says ;Good morning; on  entering the room�察�and inquires if ;Monsieur has slept well�察─ �expecting to be treated with the same politeness he shows to  you。

The lady who sits at the CAISSE of the restaurant you frequent  is as sure of her position as her customers are of theirs�察�and  exacts a courteous salutation from every one entering or  leaving her presence�察�logically�察�for no gentleman would enter  a ladies' drawing´room without removing his hat。  The fact  that a woman is obliged to keep a shop in no way relieves him  of this obligation。

People on the Continent know their friends' servants by name�察 �and speak to them on arriving at a house�察�and thank them for  an opened door or offered coat�察�if a tip is given it is  accompanied by a gracious word。  So rare is this form of  civility in America and England ��for Britons err as gravely in  this matter as ourselves�� that our servants are surprised and  inclined to resent politeness�察�as in the case of an English  butler who recently came to his master and said he should be  ;obliged to leave。;  On being questioned it came out that one  of the guests was in the habit of chatting with him�察 �and�察─ �added the Briton�察 �I won't stand being took liberties with by  no one。;

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