Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-14

| l fate of that church to receive from the , powers that be snnoysnces rather than fs- l vors. Naturally, therefore, the names of
 numerous saints have had to go. Paris,
 however, is still sufficiently blessed, one
 would think, In the latter respect. How
 many saints names have been hauled
 down we are not npprised, but of the
 number remaining we have sstisfed our
 selves by 6 study of the directory, our re-
 searches showing that the rues, boule-
 yards, squares or places In this oity which
 are still dignifed by the name of some
 saint or saintess amount in all to about an
 even hundred.
 In regard to the naming of streets, that
 which especially delights the visitor from
 America is to find that several Parisian
 thoroughfsres are named after the distin-
 guishsd men of his own country. There
 is Rue Washington, and, ss every Amer
 lean would have wished, to keep that com
 pany there Is Rue Lincoln. These, of
 course, are In what is called, by courtesy,
 the American quarter. Which reminds
 us, however, that the American colony in
 Paris is not go large as is generally sup
 posed, our authority for this statement
 being high official at the American lega- | ton here. "How many Americans are
 resident in Paris during the winter sea-
 son" This was our question; the gentle I mans reply being that estimates which put tn. number at twenty thousand, or
 even at ten thousand, were wild exaggera-
 tions. He was sure, indeed, that If the
 census were confined to those settled here
 for several months 1t could not be placed
 truthfully at more than five thousand.
 The American quarter Is in the Eau
 bourg St. Honore, that most beautiful part | of Paris which embraces the Presidential
 Palace, the Champs Elysee and the Arc de Triomphe. In this quarter, or very near | to 1t, you find churches holding service In English to the number of dozen or more. Two of these are American churches. Dr. Thurber, formerly of Syracuse, N. Y., of | ficiates at the pretty sanctuary in the Rue | de Berri. This is sort of Union church,
 but the more stately building in Ave de
 rAlms is of the Episcopal faith, the rec tor being Dr. Morgan, who has recently, | by the way, established mission for the benefit of American students in the Guar tier Latin. l. Is gratifying to note that deep interest ia taken in American stu | dents by both these churches, and that the | two clergymen regard this as the most vital feature Of their work. Dr. Thurber | Is pushing successfully worthy plan for ! new church house. The property he | I wishes to acquire adjoins the church it. | l self. It will be used primarily ss a par l sonage, bu. It's secondary function will be | as sort of social and religious headqusr ters for that interesting section of the | American colony which is rounding of Its artistic education in this city. Recurring to the streets of this wonder ful city, the features one feels most in- | clined to dwell upon are such unique eff | feets as you zee in the Rue do Rlvoli, | where for thirteen blocks you psss under | csnopied sidewalk, with tempting shop | windows on one hand, and on the other | broad arohways opening towards the gar den of the Tuileries. Then there are the | numerous passages or arcades, which are so distinctly Psrisian feature that they open to you in the most unlikely places, and seem often 80 sorry to have you leave them that, after ending their course on one side of the street, they immediately | begin it again on the other side. Then,
 too, there ia the marvellous Palals Royal,
 combining the best features of both the Rue de Rivoh and the Arcades-what oth
 CT city ia there that can show you such place as that, with It's striking architectur- al effects, its long array of jewelry stores, it's rich historical associations, and its
 thriving trade in articles of luxury and adornment!
 Still other wonderful features of this captivating city are the length, breadth and arrow-like strsightness of some of Its leading thoroughfsres. One never wearies in his admiration of such Parisian effects as these, and here again 1t is Paris against the world. The Boulevard Volsa.Is ex- tends in perfect line from the Place de Ia Republic to the Place de Ia Nation,
 which is two miles, and for the eye to travel this distance either by gas light or daylight Is an experience never to bs for gotten. Another fine vista of mile and half Is afforded by the Boulevard Ma genta and still another, almost as long, by the splendid boulevards of Sebastspol and Strsssbourg; while, If it were not for | slight rise of ground at the center, and the obstruction of your view by the Arc de Triomphe, you might stand at the Pisce de Ia Coucorde, and follow with
 your eye, always looking in straight
 line first the Ave des Champs Eiysee, | then the Ave de la Grande Armee, after
 that, and beyond the city gates, the Ave de Neuilly, and finally the Ave de la De-
 fense de Paris, until you saw the Bronze
 monument from which the last of these
 avenues takes its name-ths whole dis tancs being four miles and half
 One msrvels ths. after the late unpleas- antness there should remain in Paris 6
 street bearing the nams of Germany. So
 it Is, however, though the soft French tongue calls this street the Rue D'Alle- magne. Possibly this name is retained for the game reason that the sncients were
 wont to seat a skeleton at their banquet
 ing tables; viz . as 8 reminder to Psrisian
 citizens of their impending conflict with
 powerful enemy. It eau hardly, however, symbolze to thPu all that a skeleton would imply, for far from expecting to go
 under when they meet Germany for a sec
 ond tussle, they are sanguine of great triumph But as to this street of Germs- ny, we have referred to 1t because, with | It's connecting thoroughfare, Rue La Fay cite, 1t affords another striking instance of the many beautiful streets in Paris which stretch out to great lengths in a straight line, the distance in this case be- ing thres miles and a quarter.
 The busiest point in the streets of Paris is where tho Boulevard Montmsrtre is in- tersected by the Rue du Fsubourg Mont martre. It is said that hundred thou sand vehicles pass this point every day. There are times, however, when sn i'm the Place de O Etoile on its way to the Bois de Boulogue and back. On Sunday afternoons, when the weather is pleasant. some of the avenues convergtng | at this place present an appalling sight to the timid pedestrian, and only for the oo- casional interference of the police one would be in utter despair of ever crossing them. It must not be inferred, though, that pedestrians are scarce in this locality. The enjoyment of the broad thorough fares leading to the Bois de Boulogne Is
 not left to carriage folk, for the sidewalks
 are even more thronged than the drives,
 and as for the great park itself, which Is
 five times ss large as the biggest park in
 London, 1t Is so thronged at times as to
 make you think that, impellsd by its pro-
 verbal passion for open air life, the entire population of the city must have found It's
 way there.
 To get passing view, in the shortest | possible time, and for the smallest outlay, of the principal places of interest in Paris, | the best thing to do is to take a penny ride | on the Seine. Think of 1t! Five and a
 half miles for only two cents, and nov ing panorama as you skim along-the view | being at close range withal-of the Jar I din des Plsntes, the Hotel de Vile, the | Palais de Justice, the Louvre, the Insti- | | tut, the Chsmbre des Deputies, the Ho- | tel des Invalides, Tour Eiffel and the | l Trocsdero, This is another respect in | which Paris beats the world. The Seine |
 is insignificant in comparison with the | | Thames, but you can see as you travel |
 on it far more objects of interest than penny ride on the London river will re. |
 veal to you, and added to all, there is | the delightful sensation of passing be- |