Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17


to the Trappists who started to build mon
astery, but in 1907 Napoleon seized the hill
with view to founding on It an orphan
asylum for children Of the members Of the
Legion Of Honor. The buildings
planned BY him for this purpose
were still unfinished when the Bourbons
returned and then Mont Valerien became
the site Of missionary COLLEGE, This new
destination was. however, changed by
the July Governments when 9 new system
OF Notifications was adopted, and the Mill
tary commission pronounced Mont Valerien
to be the most important strategic position
IN the environs OF the capital More than
ez,UOO,OOO were spent in constructing the
iort and the necessary powder magazines
and workshops. A garrison OF 2. 900 in
fantry and artillerymen enough to maneuveR
its great guns, battalion Of engineers, and
an enormous quantity Of military supplies
are now in the fortress.
The other day when Olivier Metra, the
famous composer OF waltz music, WIS dying
he raised himseltup in his bed and stretched
out his arms exclaiming:
Boulevard BoulevardP'
That is the way most of rs feel about the
boulevards. We can catch 4 glimpse Of
them from the top Of Montmartre. There
are several thoroughfares thus called, bat
only one IS the genuine article The Boule-
YARD Is the great street that stretches away
from the Madeleine Church to the open
square where the BastiIe used to stand.
This is the broad way into which nations Of
the earth have poured this past summer,
ana along which every Partisan stro.ls At
some time or another. To Frenchmen gem
orally Its pavements are more sacred than
tne wa Saera OF ancient Rome. They can
see and be seen there, can touch and be
touched with friendly fingers. can be spoken
to by, and speak with, tout le monde within
the capital.
THE GLORY OF PARIS.
1t is in the Boulevard thar people become
familiar with each other, where words seem
witty, gestures eloquent, and old Trades
new and fresh again. There IS constant
clash OF ideas going on in it between the
Jockey Club corner and the Rue Mo1tmar-
tre Tnleh crosses it, stretching away toward
tne SeIne IN one direction and to the foot Of
the NIL on which we are standing in the
other. The Boulevard has made the fortune
and reputation OF many men; many Of those
VINO nrst came into il wearing wooden shoes
live now In fine style MP By the Are de
Irlomphe, or further on toward the Bois de
Boulogne- Great politicians and eminent
statesmen of France graduated out Of its
ca es, nom its newspaper Offices and ifs
dlngy bureaus. Along its sidewalks ebbs
and flows constant stream of humanity.
1t Is complex crowd, mixed gathering,
men and women together, both sexes nu-
merous, and everybody from everywhere on
eartn. There are persons in the swim who
have come to Paris to playa part, and who
believe they are touched with q ray Of the
glory OF civilization because thev have
paced of the steps which separate the Place
de POpera from the Gymnase Theater The
thoroughiare is crowded from early in the
forenoon until long past midnight; the
lights are never out, and some OF the cafes
are forever open.
Foreigners do not know it, but the real
Partisan keeps on q certain side Of this
Boulevard. Going eastward from the Mad
eleine promenade on the right-hand side a.
far as the Place de POpera is the proper
thing to do. Then they cross over and stroll
the north side. Those who take the other
are ignorant Of the true life Of Paris. or are
in search Of solitude. On the Iet-hand
side is the capital, on the right, the prov
inces I cannot explain the reason Of this
fashion. no more than could tell vou whv
most people walk up and down Broadway !
always on one side Of that thorouehfsre.
On the popular side are all the places Of
amusement ElrSb OF all Is the Grand
Opera; then the Vaudeville Theater, with .
company equal to that at the Madison
Square; next the Nouveautes. where opersttes
and opera bouhes are played by splendid
artistes; then the GYmnase, which ranka
with the Lyceum Of New York or the Bos-
ton Museum; further on, the Renaissance.
and next door to it the Porte Saint Marin.
where just now Bernhardt Is The reiRnfn9
star. A few steps further on the AmbiRu,
home Of melo-drsma, after It the FoIiiel
Dramatiques where the Cloches de Ceshe-
vile once ran two years without stopping.
The Varieties and the Beaumarchais are the
only theaters on the south side Of the Boule-
ward and they are at least two miles apart.
y have mentioned only few Of the many
thesters that Paris boasts; the others are
scattered here and there throughout the
city. HENRY HAXEE.