Everyone goes to the 'Grands-Boulevards' and let himself loose... Do not picture these in costume, they are not for the most part.... perhaps a clown with a big nose, or two girls with bare necks and short skirts.... the parade of the queens of the halls [Paris' markets] is also one of the events.... Some are pretty but look awkward in their silk dresses and crowns, particularly as the broad sun displays their defects – perhaps a neck too thin or a painted face which shows ghastly white in the sunlight.

In a letter to his mother, Paris, May 11, 1907; as quoted in "Edward Hopper", Gail Levin, Bonfini Press, Switzerland 1984, p. 27 - 1905 – 1910 (Travel)