Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-23

garden and look up into the branches
OF the large oak trees. and there you
see platforms, on which are tables and
chairs; in fact, restaurants in the
branches of the trees You mount a
ladder and seat yourself at the table
and order your meal You can gauge
your meal by your pocketbook and
your appetite. You can have a good
breakfast or dinner for two francs
about thirty-six cents-or. if you have
full purse and an empty stomach, you
can have splendid meal for ten francs
about one dollar ane eighty cents.
These prices include wine. OF course
you can spend anything between two
francs and ten francs. merely telling
the waiter that You wish for a meal at
certain price: that IS, for meal at a
fixed price. You can also dine a la
carte. ordering whatever you are pleased
to have
They have at Robinson one of the
best chefs in France. and they serve you
with the very best of everything: even
the fish-which arrive from Paris every
mOrning-are fresh from the sea OF
river. / have seen the small fish of the
River Seine there still alive. You not
only dine in the woods, but up in the
trees
If you do not care to climb up into
the trees. you can be served in the little
huts in the garden: but these are usu-
ally occupied by little parties. who
drink a bottle of wine. laughing and
chattering in the manner of the gay
French people. On a Sunday every
seat is taken, and you must await your
turn.
Attached TO the garden is a large sta
ble. full of horses. mules and donl:cys.
You can hire these animals for two
francs an hour. either to ride or drive:
if for the latter purpose. You pay lit
tie more for the use Of the vehicle. and
goa can have any kind of q conveyance.
from a carriage and four to a donkey
cart.
On Sunday the students from Paris
arrive with their s.vecthcarts in the
morning. and remain there until nine
o'clock at night. when they take the
train for Paris. They eat. drink. dance
and sing. ard Il i difficult 10 INA zine 4
lcaver scene. Through the day parties
Of them take horses and donkey, and
90 securing through the forest. They
are the most reckless lot Of people ycu
can imagine, more like sailors ashore
than anything else. except that they do
not get dr-nl. in the manner of the
Jolly tars. The fact that many have
not learned To ride does not matter:
they mount. just the same. and gallop
away reclllcssIy. The tumble off. "a
a matter Of course. but that makes it
all the more amusing: for chase after
the liberated stecd cnsues. their laugh
ter and shouts cchoing through the
woods. They seem never 70 get
badly hurt. You viii see them
tearing along. the girls with their
hair flying behind them. and their
escorts often hat,c>>. The girls al
ways leave their pretty Partisan hats
al the stables. and ride bcreheaded. II
YOU wish to see lot Of reckless young
people having good time. just go
down there and observe them.
Through the week these girls work
hard with their needles. from seven in
tE,. morning until seven in the evening,
with half an hours rest in the middle
of the day for lunch. On Sunday they
go out for a frolic. having first at
tended mass in their churches. The
toll of the week is forgotten in the race
through the forest and the dance on
the platform. In America such thing
could not go on, but in France every
body devotes the Sunday to amuse-
ment. after mass. The Americans who
live in Paris do just the same thing,
with few exceptions. There is moth
ing improper in their behavior. and
never any rovvdyism or quarreling.
They are out for a good romp in the
forest, and they have it.-N. y. Adver
tiser