Friday, October 19, 2012

Daily Dose

From The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, by David McCullough

CROWDS

"... Crowds thronged the Champs-Elysees.  Tout Paris paraded by in their elegant equipages, providing the first glimpse of the new Spring fashions.

Yet Tom Thumb stole the show, sporting a top hat, riding in a no-less-fancy miniature carriage with four grey ponies and four tiny liveried coachmen.  The crowd along the avenue broke into cheers for 'General Tom Pouce.'"

From Page 163

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