Paris herself again in 1878-9 . dy artist shouldassume the costume of the nobler sex?what, I wonder, does MademoiselleIlosa Bonheur wear : buckskins andjackboots ?—and to purchase lace-collars and cuffs, and dolls and Poli-chihelles for the little ones ; then thesable minstrel in the scarlet vestand the canary hose begins to tooth most sweetly. When his piping is at an end two little automatonbullfinches in a gilt cage—do you remember that sweet littlejewelled bird in our G2 Exhibition?—begin to warble a tutta being hashed, a mechanical Punch, having a string at theextremity of his c
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . dy artist shouldassume the costume of the nobler sex?what, I wonder, does MademoiselleIlosa Bonheur wear : buckskins andjackboots ?—and to purchase lace-collars and cuffs, and dolls and Poli-chihelles for the little ones ; then thesable minstrel in the scarlet vestand the canary hose begins to tooth most sweetly. When his piping is at an end two little automatonbullfinches in a gilt cage—do you remember that sweet littlejewelled bird in our G2 Exhibition?—begin to warble a tutta being hashed, a mechanical Punch, having a string at theextremity of his caudal vertebrae pulled, jerks his arms and legs ;wags both humps at once, to the intense delight of the children ;and emits a sepulchral rooty-tooty-tooing. After this you mayreckon with tolerable certainty on hearing squeaks of Papa! Mamma ! uttered by expensive wax dolls. Then clockwork miceand locomotive ermines begin to move; and the automaton swimmerbegins to cleave v- h pliant arm the glassy wave in a zinc bowl full. 54 TARIS HERSELF AGAIN. of water. The dancing sailor leaps ; the magic donkeys agitatotheir hoofs; the tight-rope dancer executes surprising gambadoes;and the monkey in a powdered wig and the full Court costume ofthe time of Louis XV. proceeds to play the Menuet de la Cour ona toy harpsichord, accompanied by a squirrel on the violoncello anda guinea-pig on the harp. Le tour estjoue. The dainty baits havebeen swallowed, and the toyshops begin to do a capital business. Likewise is it both curious and edifying to mark how eagerlythese frivolities are watched by a throng who, to all appearance,
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