Iron County register., 1891-11-05


seeing their names. There are two beau
tiful Madonnas by Murillo. several OF
Raphaels, Rembrandt's Supper at En-
maeus, Corregio's Espousal of st. Cath
crime, David's portrait of Madame
Recamier and Millet's Cleaners are among
the famous ones that noticed particu-
larly. was disappointed in Leonard da
Vinci's ''Mona Lisa" or La Joconde.
Perhaps you remember that it was de-
scribed in the Century and a picture of it
given. 'Tis the head of woman, but
don't see anything beautiful in it.
We took our lunch down town in a
nice French cafe. We had beefsteak. po-
tatoes, cauliflower and preserves (either
strawberry, ounce. or apricot; as we or
dered) all of it delicious and remarkably
cheap. The floor was prettily inlaid l.,
mirrors all around the walls, and there is
altogether more of an American air about
places.
After another omnibus ride we came to
the ''Bon Marche,'' the wonderful store
OF Paris. Every day, at certain hour,
they send SOME one to conduct visitors
over the building. There were fully one
hundred in the company to-day. We fol-
lowed as best we could. and were shown
over the establishment. The man who
founded the store was named Boucicault.
think. His wife carried on the business
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money to the employees. All received a
certain amount, according to the length
of tine they had been in the establish
ment. Their large house was left as a
hospital for the aged and infirm, and a
large amount of money set apart for pen
siOns. When one has been in tbs employ
twenty years he (or she) is entitled to an
income sufficient to support him, and all
this without taxing the others, or any of
that ''benefit association system known
in America. This same founder took par
ticular interest in the girls in his employ,
and his traditions have been carried out.
There is one building where those live
who have no homes. Their rooms are
through them), and they have little par
lor where they can sing, dance, etc.
Strange as it seems in Paris, they are not
allowed to play cards there. 1t was so at
first and the custom is still kept up. they
have checkers and other games, but no
cards. This building would accommodate
one hundred or more girls, | should say.
There are three hundred in the employ.
They have dining room to themselves,
and fare little better than the men. The
guide told Us that was the noisest dining
room of all, although it is the smallest.
[ should say that all the employees take
their meals Unjust take two, | believe) in
the establishment. We went through the
kitchen; they told the amount
used daily-seelns to me it was ten thou
sand eggs and three thousand ponnds of
beef every morning. 1t was stupendous
At any rate. They furnish all the wine
that the men and women want; ispriv-
lege has never been abused, they say
Perhaps the quality of liquors is not very
good. but really there isn't much heavy |
drinking here. The only intoxicated |
man we've seen since we left home was in |
London. Another interesting feature of
his great store is the stable. They |
nave their own horses tor delivery wag- |
Dns, and beautiful creatures they are.
Each one has nice cleansstall, with his |
name over his head. We were there Just |
as they were hitched into the wagons |
They We're just as smooth and shiny, and
beauties some of them Were. The store
ooks more like those in our large cilies, |
though not any finer display of windows.
etc. All the shops we've seen before have
been small. except in London, where we
pa sed some large establishments. Even
n the great arcades, where the most ele- |
CANT wares are for sale, it is collection
Of small shops rather than one or two
great establishments. The great diamond |
square here in Paris is so-more diamonds |
than any where else in the world, but
only one or two windows to each store.
Sunday morning, August 23d.-1'm go
ng to STAY home and write while the |
others go to church. 1t seems shame
not TO see anything of Paris on Sunday, |
out don't want to go to the American
church it won't be home-li like, and dom t
feel like going to a Catholic or Greek |
church simply to hear the music and "see
he sights Doubtless the others can go
md get more than that out of it, but |
believe | can't this morning. Hattie |
Rounds, Grace Elder and Josephine
Mitchell went to seven O'Clock mass at |
sNorre Dame'' this morning. 1t was |
to do and remember, but too
,ariy for me. I'm SO far behind in writ
dg that L don't know what to say first,
guess I'll 60 back to the first of the
week and chamonix.
Firstly, however, [ must tell you that
Mr.. j p. and the washing appeared in |
Ieneva last Sunday night. The washing |
raveled from Bingen to Heidelberg and |
nterlaken and back again to Bingen,
where he found it. The charges by that /
ime were pretty steep, and, worse than
hat, Mr.. +. carried that bundle during
lis wild goose chase tor the american
1t was huge thing and he
vas in mortal terror lest the paper should |
ret torn and tie contents scattered to the |
our winds. After carrying it until he
elt that he should be permanently de-
ormed on account of it, he sent it on by |
express (or mail it is here) TO Geneva. |
lie went over the country trying to find |