Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-02
BILL NYE IN PARIS.
An Americans Impression OF tho
Gay city as Seen at Night.
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There may be mere beautiful sights, per
La :. than the quiet beauty OF the French
a it II sleeping in the moonlight on the
Se;ne. bu. | do not remember at this moment
what they are. Looking down from the
mighty 70, tiications to where nearly 2,00o,-
90 waim-hcarted, hot-heaIed. loyal and
yet re5elious, peaceful and still belliserent
people are slumbering, what mem
cries Of blo,l AMI riot and ruin
come trooping up in the braiu O. the be
holder. Again, the air seems filed with the
wild roar and rush of the rotous canaille,
ths beautiful boulevards run red with
French blood, and the glorious architecture
Of forgotten centuries cfumhlas and yields to
the mai tide of rev citation and revenge.
From the early days OF the infaEt Paris,
known then as .Jitetij larisorum, when the
French capital was simply an Quitting
point, down ts the days when she dictated
to the world in the matter of national debts
and overskirts, We trace the wonderful
career OF the great city. Again we see
Cesar rebuilding the city. In fancy we see
him being about with his coat eff and his
red suspenders flashing in the warm south
ern sun His noble head is thrown
back proudly, and across the horizon Of his
pi n,aloons there is n dash OF pale light that
shows where h. sat down in the nortar-bed
near where the Pavilion de Saltpetre now
stands. Rapidly tie eye sweeps down the
Seine from the Louvre, along the Tuileriea
the Rue Rivoli AMI the Rue Folderol to
where the glisteniny mas of the Vendome de
Charlotte Russo raises its pale facades. In
the foreground stands the Hotel dies Inyalides,
an imposing pile, crowned with a giided
dome los metres high. Immediately under
it stands the sarcophagus of Napoleon l.
This sarcopha gus was first used by Napoleon
He was proud AMI exclusive about his sar
cophagi, refusing to uss a secondhand sar
cophagus, no matter how cheaply he could
procure it
Moving toward the background, we come
suddenly upon the bourse, the imposing coup
i'etat, the Palais des Beaux Arts, the Bon
Bon and the Champs de Dofunny. Farther
ON rests the Grand Boulevard de Parleyvoo,
silent and abandoned, while down the river
farther, and still beyond the Palais de Liv-
cry Stable, stands the historic Rue de Crazy
Woman's Creek.
How fresh in memory still rests the pict-
ure of Paree, and what pleasure it is again
and again to bring back its tender outlines.
Imperfect tdough this pen picture may be, l
know it will be read with much pleasure by
those who see it, and if there should, at first
blush, appear to be a vagueness, and, as it
were, an Incompetence in the description, /
hope the gentle reader will bear in mind that
Tie Siding, Wyoming. is about the nearest
ever got to Paree, and with broken leg and
long. damp walk that stretches out be-
tween myself end France, am afraid that
10 alo IN. al, fall
Ny mex. letter will be frcm Rome.
For cripple intend to see as much Of
Europs this lalI as pnssible. BILL NyE.
Marco Duo.
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