. Bohemian Paris of to-day . ges us fifty centimes for the honor. De-scending the broad flight of softly carpeted redstairs, a brilliant, tumultuous, roaring vision burstsupon us, for it is between the dances, and the vis-itors are lauehing- and talking and drinkine- Theball-room opens into a generous garden filled withtrees and shrubbery ingeniously devised to assuremany a secluded nook, and steaming gar^ons areflying hither and thither serving foaming bocks andcolored syrups to nymphs in bicycle bloomers, long-haired students under tam oshanters, and the swellspeculiar to le Ouartier Latin.
. Bohemian Paris of to-day . ges us fifty centimes for the honor. De-scending the broad flight of softly carpeted redstairs, a brilliant, tumultuous, roaring vision burstsupon us, for it is between the dances, and the vis-itors are lauehing- and talking and drinkine- Theball-room opens into a generous garden filled withtrees and shrubbery ingeniously devised to assuremany a secluded nook, and steaming gar^ons areflying hither and thither serving foaming bocks andcolored syrups to nymphs in bicycle bloomers, long-haired students under tam oshanters, and the swellspeculiar to le Ouartier Latin. Ah! Monsieur Beeshop, comment vas tu ? Tiens ! le voila, Beeshop! Ah, mon ange!and other affectionate greetings made Bishop startguiltily, and then he discovered Helene and Mar-celle, two saucy little models who had posed at theEcole. There also was Fannie, formerly (beforeshe drifted to the cafes) our blanchisseuse, leaningheavily upon the arm of son amant, who, a butcher-boy during the day, was now arrayed in a cutaway 114. ENTRANCE TO BAL BULLIER LE BOUL MICH coat and other thino-s to match, includingr a redcravat that Fannie herself had tied ; but he wore nocuffs. Many other acquaintances presented them-selves to Bishop, somewhat to his , quite a swell member of the demi-monde, for amoment deserted her infatuated companion, a gigan-tic Martinique negro, gorgeouslyapparelled, and ran up to teaseBishop to paint her portrait a Ioeil,and also to engage him for la pro-chaine valse. The musi-cians were nowplaying a schot-tische, but largecircles would beformed hereand there in thehall, whereclever exhibi-tions of fancydancing wouldbe given bystudents andby fashionablygowned damsels with a penchant for displaying theirlingerie and hosiery. The front of the band-standwas the favorite place for this. Here four dashingyoung women were raising a whirlwind of lingerieand slippers, while the crowd applauded and tossedsous at their feet. 7
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