arranged in tail, so that the first come be the first served,--were the
shop once open! This waiting in tail, not seen since the early days of
July, again makes its appearance in August. In time, we shall see it
perfected by practice to the rank almost of an art; and the art, or
quasi-art, of standing in tail become one of the characteristics of the
Parisian People, distinguishing them from all other Peoples whatsoever.

But consider, while work itself is so scarce, how a man must not only
realise money; but stand waiting (if his wife is too weak to wait and
struggle) for half days in the Tail, till he get it changed for dear
bad bread! Controversies, to the length, sometimes of blood and battery,
must arise in these exasperated Queues. Or if no controversy, then it is
but one accordant Pange Lingua of complaint against the Powers that
be. France has begun her long Curriculum of Hungering, instructive and
productive beyond Academic Curriculums; which extends over some seven
most strenuous years. As Jean Paul says, of his own Life, 'to a great
height shall the business of Hungering go.'

Or consider, in strange contrast, the jubilee Ceremonies; for, in
general, the aspect of Paris presents these two features: jubilee
ceremonials and scarcity of victual. Processions enough walk in jubilee;
of Young Women, decked and dizened, their ribands all tricolor; moving
with song and tabor, to the Shrine of Sainte Genevieve, to thank her
that the Bastille is down. The Strong Men of the Market, and the Strong
Women, fail not with their bouquets and speeches. Abbe Fauchet, famed
in such work (for Abbe Lefevre could only distribute powder) blesses
tricolor cloth for the National Guard; and makes it a National Tricolor
Flag; victorious, or to be victorious, in the cause of civil and
religious liberty all over the world. Fauchet, we say, is the man for
Te-Deums, and public Consecrations;--to which, as in this instance of