Politics only briefly distract them, and then rather out of curiosity, like a play one applauds or hisses in his seat without stepping upon the stage.--"The declaration that the country is in danger," says many eye witnesses,[26118] "has made no change in the physiognomy of Paris.

There are the same amusements, the same gossip....

The theaters are full as usual.

The wine-shops and places of diversion overflow with the people, National Guards, and soldiers....

The fashionable world enjoys its pleasure-parties,"-- "The day after the decree, the effect of the ceremony, so skillfully managed, is very slight.