Paris herself again in 1878-9 . How hard theywork, how they strain and toil and moil, earning their bread liter-ally by the sweat of their brows, these nomads ! Idle vagabonds!Why, they work harder than many paviours do. Take, for instance,the homme au pave, raising a hundredweight of granite withhis teeth, and jerking it facilely over his shoulder. Look, too, atthe strong woman, in salmon-coloured tights and spangles, liftingprodigiously heavy weights, and even allowing them to be placedon her ample chest. Be not so virtuously indignant with the unwomanly exhibition. She maybe the mother of s
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Paris herself again in 1878-9 . How hard theywork, how they strain and toil and moil, earning their bread liter-ally by the sweat of their brows, these nomads ! Idle vagabonds!Why, they work harder than many paviours do. Take, for instance, the homme au pave, raising a hundredweight of granite withhis teeth, and jerking it facilely over his shoulder. Look, too, atthe strong woman, in salmon-coloured tights and spangles, liftingprodigiously heavy weights, and even allowing them to be placedon her ample chest. Be not so virtuously indignant with the unwomanly exhibition. She maybe the mother of six. She isstraining every muscle, till her labouring sinews almost crack—allfor the poco de pan—for the crust of bread. Consider that cada-verous young man, who, without any previous warning, suddenlyplants himself in front of you, produces a large handful of tow, crams it into his mouth, and sets fire to the tow. How much flameand smoke will he have to swallow before he has earned the where-withal for a meal of victuals !. The Homme au rAvi. II. 318. GINGERBREAD FAIR. 319