The Gilded Youth of ThermidorThe jeunesse dore, or "gilded youth," were a parallel militia recruited from the ranks of minor officials and small shopkeepers. They formed a distinctive subculture, defined by age and social origin, with their own forms of extravagant dress, their own anthem ("Le Rveil du Peuple"), their own affectations of speech, their own regular meeting places in the cafs of the Palais Royal, and even their own passwords, which were usually indirect references