The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-02
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FRANCK,s GAY QApIrAL,

A wheeling BOy'a Description of tho City
Correspondence Of The InieliQneer.
PARIS, Nov. l4-There is an old proverh
many cooks spoil the broth, hut it fails
utterly in the case OF Paris. Kingdoms,
Empires and Republics, successfully, have
all had spoons in the kettle, If may 50
put it, when the Paris OF to-day was max
ing and the hands OF the king, emperor
and president have all distinctly marked
it, the touches Of one not marring the
other, but all combining to present to the
view t0,G eHsemJLe perfectly Irresistible.
1t is certainly the most beautiful, the
gayest, tho most interesting, entertaining
cosmopolitan and, even. one says, the
wickedeBt city on earth. Here the noble.
men manage to exist, royalist and repub-
lican alike rejoice, the gay are delighted,
the melancholy amused, the artist feels
himself eHve!oped in a sympathetic
atmosphere, the musician is raYahed; the
literary deluged in libraries, studies and
observations. The rich man has ample OPP
portanities to spend his money, tho poor
man finds it no trouble to save his, and
why, therefore, should it not be gay,
wealthy, cosmopolitan and wicked II you
like2
Until the time Of Louis Mi, the city,
then containing about 500, 0OOinhabitanls,
was allowed to grow rs it might, no care
being taken in building, no streets laid out,
there being for the most part only narrow
alleys with the tall houses almost meeting
aboyei no drainage, ana the buildings
packed within the walls Of the city, then
enclosing about one-tehth the present
space. The Kings mother, the famous
Marie de Medicis, and his equally famous
minister, Richelieu, stirred him up to the
bad state OF his city, and urged him to
take some measules for lettering it. The
result OF which movement was the cut
ting OF come streets through the most
crowded parts OF the city, the building Of
several bridges and the construction Of
some quays. His successor, Louis XIV,
continued the work, and built nearly
eighty now streets, constructed many
churches, public buildings and new walls,
enclosing much greater area, and having
converted the old streets into the grand
boulevards OF to-day.
THE PARIS OF TO-DAY.
Each ruler, Binco, whether king, EN-.
peroI or president, has done something
toward beneftting or identifying the
beloved city, especially the unfortunate
Napoleon III, who laid out the Bots de
Boulogne, constructed the unsurpassed
system Of beverage, OF which Paris boasts
so much, paved the streets aud also
amply furnished tho city with water and
gas.
In 1901 disaster after disaster fell
upon the city aud threatened to annihilate
it, but with her accustomed bouyancy
she soon recovered and in 1873 opsned a !
worlds exposition aud never presented |
a gayer and more prosperous appearance
than on its opening day.
To-day PARA covers thirty square miles,
population OF 2,500,000 souls
and has an income OF $55,OOO,O0O. The
streets and avenues, for the most part
broad, are paved with stone, blocks Of
wood or asphalt, and the long boulevards
with line OF trees on either side, pre-
sents very beautiful appearance. Right
here one remarks great difference from
the streets Of the busy American city. In
stead OF the heavy trucks and wagons
laden with merchandise which one is aC-
CusLomed to see in our streets, here count |
less cabs, darling in all directions, meet
your eye aud your person, too, il you arc
not very careful. There are saidto be up.
wards Of 10000 OF these vehicIss in Paris
and you are not only inclined to believe
hui
can make themselves so numerous.
When you arc knocked down by them
you are frequently fined for being in the
way, that is, supposing you are not killed;
30 the cabmen have become very GarelGtBt
and you must certainly be on your guard
when crossing street. Apropos OF this
subject they tell good story OF ''cRbby'
who seeing that he was about 10 knock
down au old woman actually made efforts
to avoid tho accident and succeeded. Ali
bystaDders were amazed, but understood
when they heard Cabby mutter, mo thir-
teen q month for me when | mightn't have
a chance to make it fourteen" 1t hap
pened to be the last day OF the month
and the fear Of the number Is, the same
over all the civilized world, saved that
poor woman's life beyond doubt.
TIE SHOPS.
The sidewalks OF Paris broad and paved
with asphalt, swarm with life and gsiety
and the shop windows contain beautiful
displays ofgoods. The buildings resemble
each other very much, being buiitotstone
or brick covered with plsstBr, generally
FIVE stories with shop on the ground
floor and balconies on the second and
fourth.
IL IS very curious that, with but the
exception OF some grand MdgGsiH like
the Bon MarChe or LIE Printemps, there are
no buildings devoted entirely, from top to
bottom, to bisines8. The ground floor
and sometimes the first floor are occupied
by merchant, but above, are always resi-.
even the busiest streets that staid, sober
appearance one sees in America, aud cur
tanned windows, flowers, balconies and
swinging bird cages give that jaunty look
for which Paris is famous. Every house
has a court from which, or from the large
arched entrance to which, leads the en-.
trance to the house. Situated in this pass.
age from the street TO the court, is the
window OF the concierge, who keeps her
eagle eye on all incomers and outgoers.
This class Of persons have no representa-
tive in America. Here every house, pub.
lie or private, has one, generally woman.
Her duty is to look after hor !NdisoH aud
its inha6itants, to see that every one pass.
ing her window has business to do 80, and
she is in way responsible for the whole
place. She lisa very powerful personally
and one must keep solid with her.
However there ia another Paris. This
that have been describing may call the
Paris OF Strangers. Everything is beauti-
full, but one hears almost as much English,
Enrrnnn and nther foreign lRnrnAgea ON