The Arcades Project - Operi

trades. Common, as well, are earrings with distinctive little pendants on them
(horseshoes, hammers, standard gauges, and the like), to which the different
trades lay exclusive claim. "The T-square and compass are emhlems of all the
trade guilds, all compagnonnage, for it is thought . .. that the word compagnon
derives from compas .u ... The shoemakers and bakers have several
times paid dearly for the honor of' wearing the compass; all the compagnons with
allegiance to other professions set upon them" (p. 189). (,'In the trade-guild societies,
the word monsieur is never used . . . . The French, Spanish, Italians, and
Swiss, whenever they happen to meet, address one another as countries-Country
of Spain, Country of Italy, Country of Switzerland, and so on . ... Since they all
reside under the same starry vault, and tread the same ground, they are-and
they call t.hemselves-countries; the world for them, is one great countryP'
(I" 41).-Perdiguier was on the staff of L'Atelie . . (1840-1850), founded by
Buchez. It went under in 1850 hecause it could not make a bail payment of 18,000
francs. [V6,!]
The July Days brought about an upsurge in secret societies, in consequence of a
rapprochement between the republican bourgeoisie and the proletariat. [V6,2]
The Society of the Tenth of Decemher. "On the pret.ext of establishing a charitable
association, Louis Napoleon divided the Parisian lumpenproletariat, after his
election to the presidency, into numerous secret sections, which were headed by
Bonapartist agents." Eduard Fuchs, Die Karikatur der europiiischen Volker (Munich