The New York herald., 1878-02-25

cross and choir boy sitting car constitute an idea
supremeiy sacSiIeg,ous IN tho opinion OF devout
Catholics Whatever ncreduiity may exist, the ma
jority people In this capital hold tneir dead sacred
IL is customary on All SAINTS Day to repair 10 the
cemeteries laden with fresh garlands and flowers 70
decorate the tombs The annual number OF visitors
at Pere Ia chase Is from 1S0, 900 to lac. O00 When
the weather ls a5s !rasnsr rare occurrence IN NO.
these that guardian OF the outer lodge.
seeing visitors flock IN by the hundred, wus heard
to saw, "What happy time Tor the dead, but they
mustn't get it.n Tho good right for
grets periodical IN Paris, and heartfelt
when II Is compIiancs with traditional rule 10 ex-
press them in public Yet the tending Of graves.
their plantations the care taken OF small, very small
squares OF mould Sundays and iee days. are habits
bourgeose. The child who has had the best mark at
school is rewarded WITH pot o. flowers or some other
by the month and per quarter Of the Marbriers VINO
live IN the vicinity OF gravevards. The pay for
aadrbricr attends to tomb belonging to family
that may be located at some distance Is twelve
francs every nall year For this small sum he renews
four plants at such Church f6tes as Easter ASous.
Christmas and whitsuntiae; they plant early prim-
anu crocuses over and above the bargain Keep
e S9s arc shs Relatives Who
the habit OF looking after their tomos every sunday
hie room at gardencr's Tor the preservation of their
week for . bucket Of water No Trade is more pro-
In this line than that Of beaded garands, i'm.
mortclle wreaths, satuary, and IN Que word funeral
omblems with which whole booths are fllcd down
avenues over three miles long wreath with three
twenty-five sous. The words ssouvcnir" and
sighsn cheaper than willow tree made OF bugles.
Seed bead memorials very dear, they fetch at
least fifteen and viewed with jealousy by
those who afford such elaborate work. "rhcrc
90 wreaths this LOUIS, once said In The writer's
hearing buxom woman, In deep mourning and with
large swollen eyelids eyes, whole ouis, and prope
there fools enough 70 fancy that those who
have paid such price for them grieve Tor their dead
more than do 1t isn't hard TO mourn Ia that way
wish my gref could be subducd with louis nose
gaysl"
several hundred oaprieres, gaining threo and four
francs day. are smploysd In the ougle and bead
wreath trade
Musset's tomb at Pore Ia Chaise Is ornamented with
the green willow he desired TO have planted over hts
remans; but II Is frequently covered with everast-
Ing flowers, and II is thought productive by the gen.
erality Of ntarbriers.
Cavaignac's tomb At Montmartre is another peco OF
property. Montmartre Is the artists and authors'
cemetery and graves are more sign nhcant here than
elsewhere. Hore lind beautiful geranums over
Depniue de Girardin (the brilliant Vicomte de
Launay) ana violets over Merry; fresh wreitus over
Auber statuary over Delaroche dc Gozlan, and
faded crushed roses close to rn6ophue GAutlsr.
The funds granted by government Tor the restora-
ton OF the Hel0ise and Abeard monument nave Tor
time put stop 70 tho offerings ever brought TO this
pootca shrine, but when this work 10 completed no
eud Of plying souls will recommence their pilgrimage
and supply It with hcHrtsease cOronals, IN which are
entwined biue-eyed forget etme.nots
The cemeteries at st. 0uen-opened while the
Mery-sur.Oise question was being debated--are now
filling very fast, and, although the city Of Parls
iuses to sell there for over hve years, people
still compelled to ASK themselves "Where is tho
generation TO be buried, MontmArte, Mont Par
nasse aud Pere Id Chaise peng full ~