The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-13
ONE PARIS IN THE WORLD
n rs WITHOUT DOUBT THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL CITY IN EUROPE.


A Traveller Impressed with the Majestic
"Notre Dame" tho Madeline and =,
theon-Reveled in Wondrous Works OF
Art-The Soldiers Are Pigmy, shrunk N
Interchangeable Rude or Drunken Person
Seen ON Bastlle Day.
London, July 81 1895.
To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
Paris is Paris, and there is but one
Paris in the world; 1t is without doubt
the most beautiful city in Europe,
which at the least is stating good
deal, but such is the case nevertheless.
We left Brussels for Paris at half-past
twelve and Travelled very rapidly when
compared to the slow rate of travel
customary in Germany or Italy. We
dashed along quickly through charm
ing district, covered with pretty farm
steads and shining rivers, and sloping
hillsides, which were richly cultivated,
Ftilu dpouAulllS Will ildSnlllCeut trees.
The whole country shining in the
bright sunlight appeared to me like
one of the glorious oanvasses of the in
comparable Claude Lorraine. We
passed through Mons with it's majestic
cathedral and sped away to Fourniers
just over the French frontier; after
leaving Fourniers, wearied with the ex-
ertion of opening our "impedimenta"
for the customs inspection, raised my
carriage window, when away blew my
new straw hat with the first puff of
breeze, and the current of air made by
the rolling carriages drew it along rap
idly, and it actually appeared as if de-
sirous to re-occupy its former exalted
position,and what proved my loss
doubtless became the gain of some poor
toiling, poorly paid Belgian miner. At
6 p. M we arrived at Paris, and how
the officials poked their long noses into
our trunks and boxes also for their
trouble they found no cigars, playing
cards nor alcoholic drink No such We
neer of life could they discern, and at
last we shook them off and drove off 10
our hotel. Some members of my fam
lily had been three months in Paris, my
wife had been there a month and my
son and myself having remained in
Dresden until the English school closed,
Joined the circle and spent a fortnight
in that grand city. A fortnight is but a
short time to devote to a great capital,
but I worked hard and saw the sights
pretty thoroughly. 1 was more than
charmed, nay impressed with the ma
jestic "Notre Dame" the Madeline and
Pantheon, as well as with other historic
churches I made my pilgrimage as
does every good American, to the tomb
pf Napoleon. I-reveled in the wondrous
works of art and historic antiquity
stored in the Louvre, where are aggre-
gated together more valuable works
and remains than can be found in any
other museum in the world, not except
ing the. British museum, The broad
boulevards and wide avenues are the
| finest / have ever seen, The Seine,
that ancient Gallo river with its blue
waters covered with pretty steamboats,
and countless palaces and churches
along its banks, is most attractive
water way. The cafes, the boulevards,
the gardens, the weird, ancient, decay
ing obelisk in the Place Concorde the
magnificent Arc de Triomphe, the Bots,
the museums and palaces together
make up most beautiful and marmo-
NOUS whole-Paris. Some years since
r fcif II, ~,
course was enchanted with it's won
drous beauty, but never did it scintil-
late and sparkle like a gem as it did at
the time of my recent visit. The air
was cool, the skies were blue and radi-
ant; no rain fell from the clouds for the
space of a month, and all Paris seem ed
to be living out of doors.
Standing at the Arc de Triomphe, one
I looks right into twelve broad boule-
wards lined with trees without number,
and no city in the world possesses such
a magnificent standpoint as this glori-
Gus Arc de Triomphe. But If Paris is
the fairest city, so at the same time is
it positively the wickedest and most
corrupt of all the cities Of the universe.
The immorslities of Paris are evident
W oil WIN IOoh lilo the pretty SnOp
4 windows and walk up and down it's
broad streets, and her immoralities are
fostered, promoted and protected by
! the city authorities, for they receive
millions annually in the shape of paid
licenses, and virtue is bought and sold
at a great profit. No city in the world
could or rather would allow such OBJ
scenities and immoralities as are prac-
Z ticed at the 'Jardin de Paris" moulin
Rouge" and hundred similar resorts.
All cities / grant are in a degree i'm
moral, but here in Paris the police
stand at the doors and protect the hui
man tigers who prey upon innocence
and virtue; as long as the proprietors
keep a steady stream of coin falling
into the city treasury just so long are
/ they permitted to carry on their nefart-
Gus work; let them hesitate to pay their
large premiums in the shape of heavily
purchased permits and the police would
i instantly close the establishments. The
army is decidedly feeling the corrupt
! state of morals and the morale is pass
4 ing away and eating itself into per-
feet cancer. Look at the pigmy.
shrunken soldiers, the little weaklings
Why, they never could cross swords
with the broad shouldered giant men of
Germany. France constantly c1amors
4 for brush with Germany, her hated