Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-04
Gay Paris and Its Many Attractions,
and How Il Strikes az
american.
Napoleon's Tomb and The Sunken Cham.
ber-A visit 10 Che Grave Of
Lafayette.
The Bots dc Boulognc. Arc dc rr,omph,,
aud other sights OF nm Interest.
ing Nature.
spcclai Core lponacnce.


PANS, September a 2ec IA. ,ii,i,,.
--t rom Berlin 90 Paris is a long stee.
even IN Europe, where distances sS,,n Y,
short compared with travel In A,ncri,s
/ but the intermediate ground yyas tray.,,.,d
too rapidly 60 afford SUBJECTS Of .nterast
! especially IN the face OF the euchautiy,kni
which still renders Paris The most attract
iye city IN the world TO the pleasuro.ss,l,.
lug tourist. Nor are its obierts of intcr.
esl altogether OF q superficial Character
4 tits true that ID IL built TO form "A srries
OF magnificent perspectiycS, that /; seems
TO he always une grande pose. IKE Njctnr
4 liago on sarah Bernhardt; sim II is tDucb
more Than a SpeCtacle-it isn tlpater Tor
the most diverse and excitinn exhi-
lhiuons Of popular taste feeling ana on.
i tcrprisc, and these comedies. tragedies
/ meiodramas md burlesqucs lie IN wait
/ Tor gou at every street corner and make n
! Paris different from everything else In the
cries and towns of the world. superb
1 cal rs Is the knowledge gained by anass-
ing glimpse of the brilliant panorama, as
seen Ia the shops, houlcynrdS, thcat0rs
ana hotels or cafes, one quickly reaiisos
/ that these are not Paris bnt only the
mask or mantle that Paris wears: behind
| II i%1hu Paris of the Rue ST. Antoine, of
March ana September and July This
Paris doos otchangei IL does not trouble
4 ltselt about the novelties OF The Bon,
1 Marohe or very much in regard to the
I politics OF the hour II wears rs blouse.
u eats It's onion soup, IL drinks les beer,
II smokes IT'S pipe, it is patient, and suf.
lers many Inconvenience aud discour-
agements without masking a complaint.
But some the morning II wakes up angry,
4 mad. raving, and il upsets things aeder.
ally until change OF some kind has been
eftctod; aud then it gradually sub
sides, much the worse for its
wear and tear. one thinks OF
these things taking general view uf
/ tile Place la COncOrde, ana 40 through
The wonderful vista OF the Champs
Elysees To the Are dc Triomnhe, or
1 watching The crowds OF working people
/ waiting, waiting, waiting, for an omnibus
| TO take them 10 some green spot on sun
] day, or to their homes on week DAYS,
standing in rain or cold Tor fifteen min
utes or hall an hour only TO soc when
the vehicle arrives with its crowd ON tie
roof aud the rows OF heads inside. the
ominous word ''cOmplctn on every seal
taken, The passing stranger aud the
well-to-dO Partisan does not realize
the discomfort -the actual daily misery.
| OF Inadequate accommodaton-for cab
hire is so cheap that, like the princess
! who wondered why, ii the common poo
pie could not get bread, they did not eat
cake, one cannot help thinking that II
they cannot get an omnibus they might
take hack. But TO the masses who
stand in the rain or wait the moment OF
starting at the omnibus stations, a sou,
even centime, Is q consideration, and
the numbering relic Of the old stage
coach is the sole mems Of travelling the
! distances between their work, their
pleasure and their homes.
! II is curious that republican form OF
government does not take into serious
consideration, in so inilammable city as
Paris, the absolute necessity of providing
for Cheap transfer of laborers to and
| from their work and homes But on the
contrary the city OF Paris itself renders
/ the situation utterly hopeless by sys-
tenn OF excessive taxation which is pro-
hlbltory % competition or individual en-
terpris, There is only one omnibus
company / >nerae, and much abuse,is Law
ished upon itby foreigners, and especially
Americans, for the lack OF vehicles and
inadequate accommodation for the traffic.
But the truth Is the company are taxed so
heavily for each vehicle (Sl500 per an
NUM- that they are compelled TO limit
the number OF cnnveynnccS 10 those
which are sure Of being filed, and have
organized system by which they secure
the distribution of the passcn-
ger traffic over the different IhOurs
OF the day more thoroughly
than we do. Omuibuses pay little etten-
ton 20 passing signs fromthe pedestrians
the system is more like that of the
New YORK elevated railroads. People 20
no the stations, ret their tickets--whieh
are simply pieces OF paper numbered
This entities you 10 a seat inside or out
side-thirty confines (siX cents for one,
fifteen ttlree cents) for the other. When
vow number IS reached there is no over
crowling; everybody Is entitled 10 seat
and refs t. but il Is sometimes necessary
to walt long time for 10. IaNaiion ~
Paris has become so heavy that Il Is dit-
tlcult TO do business, and rents ana
prices have gone up in proportion II Is
no longer the place for Americans VINO
want to live cheaply, and without trouble
TO themselves, for the entcrprising maid-
of.all.work, who was also cook aud
housckeeper and general surveyor, IN
most OF the American households IN
Paris, has learned how to add her per-
centages, and while holding upher hands,
and exclaiming loudly, makes her nnsns.
pcctlng aud inefficient mistress pay eight
francs for every chicken.
Sightseeing in Paris has been brought
down to inc point, and for those wht
have only a few days or weeks In whiel
I 10 Gain their knowledge OF its beauty an1
!. variety there Is no better way than tt
J take guide or join The parties OF eA
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