The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14
PAkIS LETTER.
CFrom our Regular Correspondent

| THE 1mcyic0l,x ,rho matte more moneY than thy
xyead tn P,p3s Foi,e tccth and g'oSS eyes,
/ Hor It Freaclu,a,, disp'oyr his 0HLdri"' op
tier. Thc omniJus ayxte'o # the Fran" met
lopol,S 4 rifle jar three SouS JIhat topr
lists see oDd t,3 Ia Srr, ,fr
American dentists are think, about the
only American, who make money in Paris,
and it is little remarkable that the French
who are SO skillru and artistic as surgeons
and have such exquisite taste IN all delicate
mechanical art, should have yielded tins field
almost exclusively to Americans The sign,
" Dentist, American may be seen in small
gilt letters ON doors in almost every tashiona-
bic quarter Of PARIS and from Dr. Evans, who
fills the dccaycd teeth of half the Sovcrcigns of
Europe, and who WAS so intimate with the
with them every Sunday, to the recently ar
rived young practitioner from Philadelphia or
Boston, they are, am told, all making money
for the economical Frcnchman will spend on
slider rash prodigality if expended for the
mere comforts of life. But if Americans cX.
eel in the manufacture of false teeth, the French
excel them in false eyes. The average sale of
for the human head amounts to four hundred
per week. The French capital appears to have
the monopoly of this strange trade. Twelve
eye manufacturers flourish within the barriers :
of,
twenty wOrkmcn. English and American en-.
ANGLERS have vainy tried to compete with
the French oCcuist artists. "Do you see sir"
remarked one of the latter, Englishmen have
not sufficient taste for this trade; their eyes
are only good enough for stuffed animals"
This oCculist who Is at the head of his pro
icsSion, receives his customers in magnifi.
cent saloon, resplenlcnt with gliding and mir.
rors. His servant has but one eye, and if you
would Judge of the effect Of the goods. the
master rings the bell and tries the false eve in
the socket Of the servant. The charges are for
ty or fifty francs per eye, purchased at the well
known establishment For the poor there are
secondhand visual organs, which may have
been worn by some Duke or Duchess and en-
changed for "a new one after several months
service.
\ feature of Paris life, Justly attracting the
attention of the foreigners, Is its omnibus sys-
tenn. From halfpaSt five in the morning to
twelve O'Clock at night hundreds of omnibuses
circulate through Paris. The omnibus COM
pany, one of the richest ard most prosperous
in France, pays an annual sum to the govern
mcnt for this monopoly, which amounts to
100000. The Paris omnibuses convey about
one hundred millions of passengers per annum.
Different offices or bureauX are established in
the streets, bouevards and squares to take up
passengers and to transfer by correspondence
ticket those who wish to devlatc from the
direct line and continue their journey by en-
tering another omnibus. Thus for the sum of
six sous you may 90 from one end of Paris to
the other. There is no cheaper way or better
method to form rapid idea of the extent and
beauty of Paris than to 90 on top of "bus"
and travel from the Arc de Triomphe to the
Bastile, returning by the left bank of the Seine,
especially OF an afternoon when the whole city
is swarming with life. Should the excursion
list renew the same drive between eight and
ten IN the evening when the streets, boulcvardS,
tauboungs and squares are traced in long lines
of light, which appear to link them together
as with golden chains, he will then have ac-
quired, in few hours, as correct an idea Of
Paris outdoor life as If he had lOungcd for a
week in the metropolis. The same promenade
through the veins and arteries of the huge le-
viathan ought to be taken in the still hours of
the morning, amid the momentary lull SO soon
to be awakened by the collision of countless
interests
1t may be said that at least 80 per cent of
the time of the average tourist is frittered
away in Europe. Many come without the
least preparation, not knowing what to see,
others sec, without approaching it, only what
is put down IN the guide books. Few, indeed,
bring the information and experience that will
enable them to read with the spirit and under
standing, the rich and solemn pages every.
where unfolded in the old world. 1t is won.
derfully true saying that no tourist can carry
back from foreign countries more than he
brings. c. a. S.
The following, IN reference to the recent rae
es at Hartford, Conn., will compel western peo.
pie somewhat to modify preconceived notions
of the state of morality in the LAND Of steady