The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-23

fall of La Rochelle. the great strong
hold of the Huguenots For the
devout OF Paris il has wonderful
attractions, and In some features 10 has
not its like I'm Christendon- Beyond all
other Partisan churches it is held by the
Catholic mind 10 be what its name indi.
oates. the shrine of Our Lady of Victory.
and the troubled In mind flock TO it from
feelings similar 10 those with which the
sick and dying crowd the altar of Our Lady
of Lordes.
REMINDERS OF EUGENE.
What adds largely to the interest at.
tachinR to this church is the fact that il 10
o favorite shrine of the ex-Empress
Eugene. One sees there the seven lamps
she caused to be lighted in the first shock
OF her great trouble and if one only knew
just when to 60. he might occasionally see
there, closely veIled and modestIy attend
ed. that unfortunate lady herself. Ii 10
said that Eugene 10 frequent visitor
when in Paris, and that. like thousands OF
other devotees. she believes the shrine TO
have been of peculiar benefit to her. In
front of the main altar of this church the
light from candles 10 almost daz.
Zling. These candles are lighted
individuals who 90 there to ask speclai
favors from the Virgin Mary, and OCCASION
ally. also. By those who return thanks at
this famous shrine tor some special deliver
ance. In Paris il is proverb that when
ever person is signally favored by Provi-
dence-particularly If he should have mar
rowly escaped fatal accident-he owes q.
big candle to our Lady of Victory. Many
are they who feel that more than q candle
il due from them. This church is literally
lined with memorials of gratitude. Cell
ings. walls and pillars IN every direction
you look are nothing but an end
less succession OF memorial slabs. IL the
prayer you offer for special help is ans wered.
then you may commemorate this fact IN
marble. the size of your memorial TO be
regulated. OF course. by the dimensions or
your purse. This 10 the fashion at Notre
Dame des Victolre. and 1t is this, with the
facts of its being repository for so many
emblems placed III Ii by soldiers, to CON-
memorate their escape from death In the
Franco-Prussian war. which makes the
church an object of such supreme curiosity
to all slght-seers.
You are sure to be appealed to in behalf
OF the poor In making your exit from one
of the churches of Paris, and in harmony
with such reminder as this, we take our
readers, in search of further Parisian Curl
osities. to one of the quarters where large
mum bers of the poor exc out their ub-
sistence. 1t is to lvry We go. the name sug-
costing that great battle in which the white
plume of Navarro figured 80 prominently.
and where victory for q time perched on
the banners OF professionalism. But there
are few plumes at lvry now. white or other
Wise. Feathers are at discount even In
Paris when the struggle of life is as hard
as IL Is in this quarter. Here We see with
our own eyes. fer the first time, boucherie
hippophagique. which means q butchers
shop where horse, mule and donkey meat
is sold. There can be no mistaking this
place, for it has horse head hung out for q
sign-as all such shops have-whIle the
butchers shop across the way proclaims its
~ dx. rfvxs~
There are nearly two hundred horse ,uest
shops in Paris and the consumption of this
sort Of food last year was.
horses, 81 POI; donkeys, 275: mules. 81. A
local economist has estimated that horse
flesh is the staple food in one out Of every
three of the house holds of Paris. This 10
decidedly tough-th.s way of living. We
mean. not necessarily the horse flesh. That.
i am sure. could hardly be any tougher
than some of the American beef we have
experimental upon. and besides, the gen.
tieman with us. who has tasted this Paris
ian staple pronounces IL very good.
A RAGPIcKERs' TOWN.
We are also introduced at Ivry to o rag.
piokers city. We shudder as we glance a.
the rickety. one-story honses. with their
dirt floors. skirting yard in which the
pickings of the previous night are hung
out to dry; and when we remember that 10
was only few nights before that a Paris
rsgpioker, in rummsging through the city
refuse, came upon the body of woman ont
up into twelve pieces, We snudder still
more. Another thing TO which our atsen-
tion is called reminds rs how very wise ft
was in William Shakespeare to not take
much stock IN names. for, as If In mockery
of it's poor surroundings one OF the streets
of Ivry is called Rue du Chateau des Rem
tiers. which means. in plain English, the
street OF the castle of those who live on
their means.
A large sugar refinery, and o factory
which turns out q favorite brand of choco-
late. are prominent features in this quar-
ter, and when you learn that the thou
sands of men employed I'm these places are
turned out to support their families on the
beggarly pittance of three or four francs q
day. you scarcely wonder that Partisan
workmen have TO live on horse flesh. or that
they become furious now and then against
capital and -offj eialism. But the greatest
of all the curiosities at lvry is D
mammoth apartment house. the biggest Ia
the world. so far as our present informa-
ton extends. It was built in 1869 by q
philanthropist. but the aspect it wears to-
day affords q striking instance OF philan-
thropy gono to seed. There are ten build
height 10 SIX stories, the capacity ten thou
sand people. and it is stated as an actual
fact that In 1906 that number of jews. ex.
lied from Russia. were actually sheltered
in this tenement at the expense of Baron
Rothschlld.
But its present population does not ex.
coed two thousand. and the owners. It Ne
said. have long abandoned ell hope OF
keeping it clean, or In decent repair. In
their attitude toward philanthropy. the
workmen of Paris are not so complacent as
their confreres in London. They regard it
as an affront. rather than q kindness, aud
are more likely TO resent than to be CRATE
full for it. This enterprise at Ivry has been
dreadfully abused. But there 1t stands,
dignified by the charmingly suggestive
name of Cite Jeanne dare, and with all it's
dilapidation and DIRT 1t is as notable in its
way and as much of Partisan curiosity
as any of the other things we have de-
scribed. HENRY TUCKLEY.
Told OF Admiral Gherardi.
~Old Salt" in New York Commercial Advertiser
Once gale threatened 90 pound the old