Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-27
THE PARIS SUNDAY.
A DAY OF REST OR RECREATION FOR
NEARLY ALL THE PEOPLE.
The well 10 DO Stay at Home. but tho
Masses Arc Gay and Festivo--Espccini
Arrangements For Their Entertainment
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| ter and cool breozes In suinmor--Pnris
| presents tho most beautiful exterior of any
capital In tho world. There ure smooth
paved rsadways, full OF cheap cabs, anu
realty laid sidewalks, FREQ from those
treacherous unevonnesscs, the bane OF the
pedestrian In American cities. and, to
cap all, these Paris streets arc perhaps
even a little cleaner than the Manhattan
tboroughfares since Colonel Warning took
up his good work. Then there arc well
trimmed lawns In tho many public gar
dens, numerous flower beds blooming in
every season, graceful fountains ever play
ing, innumurablo statues and groups OF
sculpture by past masters In tho plastic
art, comfortable benches scattered along
miles Of avenues and scores OF more COM
Portable chairs under tho trees of the
broader streets and squares, countless res
taurants md cafes, with their immaculate
tables invitlngly installed on tho brond
sidewalks, and, lastly, the famous boule-
yartls-the boulevardS, from the Madeleine
10 tho Montmnrtre---tho like Of which, for
AN indescribable something, are to DO
found neither In London nor In any Amer
lean city, overllowing, especially on Sun
day, with good naturel crowds of mon,
women and children In gala dress.
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Paris on Sunday would be quite incom
plOte without some mention OF the charms
and entertainments In its immediate vi
entity. Hero belong the horse races, of
forcd in great variety nearly all the year
around, at Longchamp and other subur.
ban tracks; tho Seine boats, bearing their
happy human freight to the Vincenncs
wood In ono direction and to the superb
alloys of ST. Cloud In the other; the neigh
boring town OF SCuaux, with Its garden
dedicated to Robinson Crusoo and Friday
and Its dining tables perched In tho eusily
accessible branches Of towering chestnut
trees; st. Denis, with Its tonibs, and Yer
saillcs, with Its picture galleries, md still
farther away, but one OF the fayorite Nice
cas- OF tho more well TO % Partisan Sun
day sightsoers Fontaincbleau, with Its his
torlc apartments and its grand forest
Such arc some OF the more inviting as
poets OF eJtornal and exterior Paris on
propitious Sunday Now u word about
few Of tho internal, the within doors al
lurements Of this same captivating city.
Tho magnificent Louvre, with Its Inn
mense collections of paintings, sculpture,
antiquities, chronological and naval mu-
seuns, Is thrown wide open on Sunday,
year In and year out, to tho delighted
crowds who throng its galleries from morn
Ing TIL night, Thu same thing is truo of
the fine military MUSEUMS at tho Hotel
DIES lnvalidos, of tho Trocadero ethnolog-
icul and architectural collections, of the
Guimot exhibition OF oriental religions, OF
the modern painting aud sculpture at the
Luxembourg, Of the Cannvalet museum so
rich In souvenirs of the history OF Paris,
and true also OF half dozen or more other
,nngnt1tIa On1lnpt tnnu and axI -
greater or less Importance. 1t Is on Mon
day TINT these public resorts are closed
for tho weekly cleaning aud sweeping, not
ON Sunday, when all tho population is free
and can visit them.
The two state thenters-the Francnis
and tho Odcon-and the Opera House are
not only open throughout tho year, winter
and summer, but never dream OF closing
their doors ON the Sabbath. In fact, on
that day tho Francois and the Odeon and,
ms rule, oil the Paris plnyhouses offer
two performances. afternoon and evening,
when tho programmes are made ms popular
us possible and tho prices Of admission re-
duced. In word, tho managers seem to
VIC with ono another in an effort to enter
tain the public, striking Instance of the
democratic spirit which peryades tho Paris
Sunday.
Furthermore, tho best musical concerts
occur on this same day, and 1t is on Sun.
day, too, that the military bands perform
In the parks. When the great annual pIo-
ture exhibitions arc In progress, the price
of admission is reduced, as In the case of
the theaters on Sunday, and ut the old
salon no charge whatsoever is made In the
morning when one inny see lines OF peo-
pie, four or five deep and block long, FL
Ing In through tho gates In order to feast
their eyes on tho best work OF the leading
artists Of the world.
Now, how do the people of Paris use
those privileges OF French Sunday In
answering this question wc may separate
ano population INTO two grand divisions.
Tho leisure class, that have amused tbem-
selves during tho week, generally remain
at home on Sunday, for II they 20 ont
they complain OF finding tho streets too
crowded, the cabs taken and the theaters
full. Speaking generally, It is tho masses
who take possession OF Paris OH Sunday.
anu they evidently get so much endowment
out oil 1t and must be so much benefited
ny tho aesthetic surroundings that even "A
furltnn would have TO admit TINT soma
good thlng can come out OF Nazareth
inc Dig stores and most of tho small
ones 90 no business on this first day OF the
week, 80 that the army Of clerks is free
Many OF the great public administrations.
such as the post and telegraph offices, close
early sunday afternoon and add a large
contingent to those bent on rest and limo.
cent amuscments. The mechanics and
vast majority OF the day laborers, tho sbop.
girls and homo servants, tho univorsiiv
students, probably from 10, 900 TO 90 ooo
IN number; tho cadets from tho various
government schools. In jaunty uniforms
ana tho multitude OF school children. nll
IN their way, give vivacity and variety to
the Joyous scene
A., VI, Leon Say and several other philan.
thfopists have fou hded an ORGANIZATION
whose aim is to secure the cessation Of NH
labor ON Sunday, and they are meeting
wan considerable success. Tho numbor
OF ihe Sunday unemployedI Is consa.
lnehtiy over on the Increase In Paris 50
mat n Partisan Sunday is cop,inun,iy
growing In popularity nntl uniycrsalitvH
f"ris Cor New York Independent.
Brought to Time.
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