The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-06
FAIR FRANCE.
Iago" in the Tolls of Ye Guide.
A Succession of Sights Of Sur.
passing Interest.
Reminders of Memorable His.
tOrical Events.
Rue DE BAaNEAUx,
PARIS, June l, 1888,

may have been partly due TO the
contrast Afforded by the disagree
able events OF the preceding day
but be that az it will, it is certain
that on no otter occasion, in my
comparatively brief experience as a
traveller, have I had so much that
was pleasant and no less profitable,
from sightseer's point Of view,
crowded into SO limited q period OF
time, The morning was bright and
beautiful. Not a cloud to obscure
the glorious sunshine that stream6d
through the open easement and fell
like shower of golden water upon
the floor of the rOOm where was
sleeping. Not even a curtain inter-
vening between the window and my
pillow, to prevent the yellow food
from 6inglnS It's luminous spray
into nay face, AMI then glancing and
dancing on the opposite wall like
myTiads Of mischlevous sprites,
happy at having disturbed mSrtal
in his morning dreams. Who could
sleepY Not /; for In addition To
the sunlight, which. with the &c. =
fumed air and twittering birGe,
Wooed all nature into EeAx.a apAs |;
came rising from the stree. below
the most industrious clicking OF
ehisels, Gathering of hann trs,
and rattling Ct hoofs ard yum
bling Of vehicles, that the Rqost
ardent admir&E ey every day
music WOHld Wish to hear. And
all this, ml%a you, Between
9 and S'clGck q, M. Wkat Luz
d9neR Wsald caA the "niGd.e OF the
hight," bus VI hat PAFFsl&B BerkjnR
Glasses esteem ana wisely asiii2, as
the beginnlAg ana ovHt pprsi0A of
tho laooriRs day. PaIla R4y be-
aAy. undoubtedly is, dissipAted, bat
she il nut lazy. She Is sp and stir
ring at The Arst streak Of dawn, and
has finished the best half Of a
hard days. work while drOwsy
London. after her midnight
repast, u telling luxuri-
ouSly up0n her couch or taking a
10 o'clock breakfast IN bed. Catch
Ing the Inspiration OF the gezoissS kOci,
or rs others more classical WouId
have il -''dOing in Rome al the Ro-
mans dol spraug from nay bed in
obedience to the same rule of guild
ancethat in London would have kept
me there four hours longer, and max
ing a hasty toilet descended TO the
street, and was out enjoying the
balmy air and beautiful Iife-giviRg
sunshine. What q change from
foggy London! Dear old dark COM
plexlont d Londonl London the. bru-
nette, Paris the blOndel And yet,
strange antithesis. each with the
paradox Of producing its opposite.
For in London the generality Of
men and women are blondes, while
in Paris the vast majority are
brunettes. Illuminating over this
and other things equally
paradOxlcal concerning this gay
city Of giIded sin - the so called
paradise OF my American country
men-I came nigh forgetting that
the day was not destined for a
May walk" although l might
walk, and very likely would walk,
if l did not speedily return TO the
hotel, where Cooks four-in-hand,
with French guide and driver
would arrive immediately after
breakfast te convey us and our
party from point TO point of interest
and attraction.
Are you up. Parkinson 2" /
shouted from the lower landing to
my fellow traveller and room mate,
as the breakfast bell pealed forth
its irresistible witchefy of welcome.
I" Yes" said that humorous wor-
thy, with a certain facetious
gruffness, Up here "Well.
then, come down uere as fast as
the laws of the land will let you.
Don't you know that table G'bOte is
ready and the carriages at the door"
He came, and having dispatched
the matin meal-Whlch we man
aged TO worry through without Or
derlug more than three " extras ]"
tothe regular bill of fare (at the
additional cost Of as many francs,
90 cents. with O trifie to the walter
for informing us of the fact inHthe
best unintelIigible FRENCH - we
took our places in the vehicle,
which had a seating capacity
of sixteen, exclusive of the
driver and guides, and presently
rolled away at spanking gait. In
tent upon the sole object OF. seeing
the sights of tue city of PARIS.
We were now driven from point,
to point with such rapidly, and the
flying lectures delivered by our
gui5e on the various objects Of ia
terest were necessarily of SO brief
and hurried character that to at
tempt anything more than an
epit0mized description of the places
Yisited-apd that too an epltome of
the principal ones-WoHld be more
than treason cohId demand or justify.
We were shown first the exterior
of the New French Opera, mag
nificent specimen of architecture
and the largest theatre in the world,
which covers an area Ofnearly three
acres. and cost from the time of its
commencement in 1861 to the date
of its completion in 1874. nearly a
million and half pounds sterling
about 81 100000. From this place
we were driven through the splen-
did line CT streets known by the
name of the great BoulevardS. Any