The morning call., 1893-05-28
PARIS THE BEAUTIFUL.

Any modern view of "Beautiful Paris" which
leaves oul the Eifel tower would fail TO be
Identified, but the tower is no more an OTna-
ment to the French capital than is the obelfsk
to the city of Washington. Each Of these tall
memorials of human vanity is Self-assertive in
its way, but Paris is best considered without
the Eiffel whm.
The real beauty of Il pan Drama Of Paris lies
in the winding Seine with its twenty-eight
b. idges aud numeiou islands, The islands of
the Thames are all above London or below IL !;
20 far below as to- be out Of the panorama.
The bridges of London are few, ugly and
punched together, like a bad SET of teeth.
Those of Paris are models of architectural
grace, numerous and evenly distributed.
Paris urOper, not the modern outer circle OF
fortiticatlonS is always surprise to the visitor
who sees il for the first time. 1t is so mall so
compact, thar it is difficult to believe how
2.5OO.00O leople can be crowded into il with
out violating every law of sanitation But The
sewer system, which is one of the finest in he
world, furnishes one EXPLANATION. the buiial
iJws another and the tall buildings third.
SPACE is limited, but il is used 10 the proper
advantages. Where London is ditfuse and
>ttaggIing Paris is neat and compact The
one is heap of loose papers, he other care
fully bound volume.
In the general impression of the city from any
south suburban elevated point there are seen
The hill Of Monmartre (345 feeO and La Viz
lelte 400 feeD; on The north bank of the Seine
the heights OF Charonne and BHttes Chau-
mont; on the south bank the heights OF Butte
auXC CailIes Sic. Genevieve and Montronge.
The river flows pretty nearly east and west
between the heights, and amoug the islands in
vi are 81. Louis, La Cite aud AUX CygueS.
The Bos de BOuOgne and Pere la Chase
Cemetery are on tie right and left OF The ex-
tended picture-the one the lovely resting
place of the dead, the other he merry trysiIng-
pace of the living. Ii is not always in faris
that the grave aud the gay are >eparated by
such wide intervals. On the contrary, life in
"ParigI la cara" is ever stumbling over DEATH
The procession of pleasure moves swiftly on.
There is no time to ask even The names of those
Hho drop out.
Within the line of the Bois de BouIogne is
PaSsy, which was a suburb in The reat Napol
cons time, ana within This, close to the left
bank of The river, is The Champ de Mars, mem
orable in tbe ''hundred days" MOnt Parnasse
and the Luxembourg are in the mlddlegr0uud.
and behind them is the Isle du Paiais, on which
stands the ecclesiastical pride of Paris, the
Cathedral of Notre Dame.
Among the many attractive features that
strike the eve are th- beaurlful squares
Among the number NAV be mentioned The La
Place de la COncorde; the Place Vendome.
with the Column Vend0me, on The top oI which
is the statue OF Napoleon |; La Place deS Vic
torres; La Place de la BaStlle, in which stands
The column erected In eommeln0ralion of the
revolution OF July. 1880, and La Place de
Rivoli, where is TO be seen the wonderful
equestrian statu of noble Joan of Alc. Then
there are the bout wards, which were planned
by Napoleon III--the Sebastopo. MalSherbes
and Haussman-and oIber promenades That
create such favorable impression on visitors
In he distance the eye rests on the outlines
of La Madeleine, which the man of destiny
Intended IS a temple Of victory; the s0mber
building. L'Hotel des Invalides. the home OF
The old soldiers. within which is the great sar-
cophagus of Napoleon Bonaparte; there is
L'Hotel de Ville which replaces the one de-
stroyed by FIRE in 1871. and is a much hand
somer structure than the one that became
mass OF ashes.
Amid all the snendor Of architecture that
outlines itself against the sky there Is none
hat draws more attention than the Grand
Opera, or National Academy of Music ana
Dancing, which is pronounced by all as the
tiuest theater In the world.
To The north OF the Seine is thrown out in
relief til city sidenee of the President OF the
republic, aud the Elysee Palace oVerlooks tile