Telegram-herald., 1890-01-21
CITY OF PLEASURE
Paris the Elysian Fleld Of Worldly
Enjoyment
No OSE HASAClRE FOR TIE FUTURE
It's houtesSrds Fountains and statue
its Gardens, EutldiuEs and schools
-Its hotrls. Restaurants
AAu Gafcs.

mas about forty bouiotards starting
Irom central points sud reaching out
through the city n every direction III
has numbeTless circle, and olen places
adorned With fountains ANA statues. ID
has the uyer Scne running through
the heart of the city, ahordiug easy
communication from one end a. tie
other, 10 has the gardens of tic Tulle-
nes and OF the Luxembourg, Champs
Elysees, Champ de Mars. Jarim d'Ac-
clmauon. Bois Ge Boulogne. the forests
OF Nlucennes, Versailles and II. Cloud.
with their great fountains. Place de Ia
ConcOrde, Are de TrOmphe, the Hotel
des luyaEdes and the tomb of Napo-
leon. Notre Dame. the Madeleine, Pan
theon, Louvre and hosts of other
world-fsmous buildings, immense coll
lectons of paintings and sculpture,
great schools of law, medicine and art.
a romantic and brilliant history filled
with the names of those whom the
world has hOnOrod, and all modern at
fractions Of opera, thoatcT, shops and
stores, each of the very best. Then 1t
is above all the very lmpel SonatOn 81
the lazy, indOlcut, pleasure-hving life,
that has no care for the morrow. strives
10 forget the past, and exists only for
to-day. Generations after generations
have lived there IN Paris and
the art has reached a high degree of
perfection. 4 hereditary genius for
pleasure has been developed, and the
Partisan knows above all other men
how 10 discover and arrange the pleas
ant and attractive things and 10 con-
ccal or gid over the unpleasant and
lOathsOme. The world knows this, and
from every quarter the rich and idle
come here, rent hotel or build a villa,
and sport in sunshine a long as Their
money lasts. They demand pleasure.
are willing 20 pay for IL, and every one
caters 10 them. This ls seen IN the
wealth of display IN the great stores
and tasteful arrangement ~ the small
shops, the number and elegance of ITS
places of amusement, and the constant
demand for now stars and novelties.
Evening life on the grand bouleyards,
Ike the Boulevard dcs ltahens, is
merry one. The Parsans are social
people and after the days work Is done
nearly the whole population can be
found in the cafes or on the sidewalks
in front of them, enjoying the glare Of
the lights, the music, their WINE and the
throLgs around them. Il is $50 gay
and that expresses the life ideal OF a
very great proportion Of them. They
love TO get together at meal time, and
especially 10 cat out doors.
Some of these December days arc de-
Cidedly chilly, and often when ! have
been passing the cafes with my
heavy oyercOat ON, and none too warm
at that, ] have seen groups of people
7 taking Their meals around little tables
on the sidewalk, haTchcadcd and with
no wraps. apparently thinking II was
the middle OF July. But after one has
lived awhile at European hotels, DE
Will not wonder that the people here
can stand more cold without wlnclng
than polar bear. Many of them have
doubtless never seen "a FIRE, unless, per
/ haps, burning building. and ] expect
10 FAINT away II ] ever get near good,
/ honest, American fire again. The
! stoves are huge affairs OF porcelain,
| from SIX TO ten feet high, with a place
| fer fire deep down IN the interior,
| about as large asa cigar box. You order
| a fire; the maid comes with "A little bunch
| OF twIgs, a few pieces Of charcoal. a.
| large as q banana, and three cmaclated
! pieces of coal. The fire is made. and
! you draw up with resigned antlcIpa-
! ton. After half an hour, and no heat,
! you ring for the maid, and ask her 90
| see about that fire. She looks % and
says IT is there, though you feel sure
that It must have gone out by the fire
| escape The stove becomes barely
! lukewarm around the abdomen. but
the fire shows no further signs Of
! life, and you ring again. The
maid looks at il second
| time, and tells YOU that u
has burned out and that yOu can have
another just Ike it 10y paying for You
! decline with thanks and conclude 10
! either warm yourself by n candle 0T
puta mustard plaster on your back.
! Tho hotels and restaurants arc all
| conducted ON the European p.an.wn.ch
IS supposed 10 have Tins advsufag.
| That Won take what YOU want and Y3y
! for it. When Won got what rou
/ don't want and have 10 pay
lt. as IS often the case. fh-
/ system is no moro attractive than
/ tao American ono. Tn lead, So HHi-
/ tIulrtv ~ IttIc charges UH3t agc 1n-
rowing o. one uuaccO-trmCd 80 dong
! tnug- LITTLE more AT WuO. .csaIc. Tho
/ extra charge for Hrnt and scrfTc in
! hotels now om,t.d u many places.
/ owing tu tar -nr.u- objection, madc
! hy Americans 90 this absurd r3stom.
! hut thc restaurants tHc Irttn.t
thing are stu charged ior IT. arm-
/ odd f0 pay c8CI tme Tor nre8i 1ul
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