The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-13

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Galilc town of "Lutetia' and later the
Paris of the Romans and Franks was
confined TO the same little island, Gaze
,--->. mentions in the seventh book of the
Gallle Wars the following item in refer
ence to this town, viz; I'D est oppidum
Parlsiorum, quod postum est In insula
tluminis sequannae."
What a mite the city was then; now
it possesses nearly three million souls
and 1t is spreading far away at a rapid
rate. In the old days there were dark
thick forests all about the ancient city.
The Louvre takes it's name from an an
cient hunting chateau which was situa-
ted in the forest on the Seine; that To-
cality was infested with wolves and the
chateau was named Lupara or Louve-
ric (wolves), 1t. was the old predeees-
sor of the present gorgeous Palace of
the Louvre. Little did the old kings Of
France think if they ever thought of
anything but pleasure, that Paris would
absorb the forests and become the mag
nificent metropolis it has at last be-
come. While in Paris we visited the
great system of sewers; these are nine
hundred miles in length, or longer than
the distance between Paris and Berlin.
We entered through the pavement near
the Madeline and our band of one hun
bred went a long distance in pretty
hardwood vanished boats; each boat
was drawn by six Frenchmen clad IN
white; the tunnel or sewer through
which we passed was twenty feet high
and very wide and lighted by bright
lights. A lady in her ball dress could
have traversed the sewer and would
have come out unsoiled. Neither is
there any offensive odor, for the system
of ventilation is SO perfect. After
quite long tow beneath the city we
came to a sort of railroad station, and
there we met one hundred tourists who
had just arrived in pretty little cars
They at once entered our boats and we
got into their cars and rode for miles
below the city.
To all appearances we were travelling
through a lighted tunnel, and the clean
illness was a matter of great surprise to
me; at last we came out into the open
air at the 'Chatelet'' on the Seine, quite
near the Louvre. We were greatly IN
terested with Gus subterranean. jour
hey; if the lights had gone out the eff
feet would have been horrible. No 9TH
er city has such a fine sewer system as
Paris; its cost has been millions, and to
keep it UP requires a vast amount; two
hundred people go through every fort
night. Paris is and may well be proud
of her sewers; it is one of the sights OF
the city; when it passes beneath the
Arc de Triomphe it is one hundred feet
beneath the surface.
We were glad to be in Paris on the
14th of July day-the Bastiledday-simi-
lar to our 4th of July; the Parisians
make much of this great holiday, and
large sums are paid by the city au-
thorities for the amusement of the pao-
pie; volatile crowd they are, and as
Napoleon /. once remarked, they must
be amused There was grand review
of twenty thousand soldiers in the Bots,
the great park just outside the city,
The field marshals were there, and so
were the city dignitaries and over three
hundred thousand spectators to take
part in the celebration. AT p. M the
president drove up the Champs Elysees
with many officers Of state; they We're
accompanied by one thousand splendld-
ly equipped horsemen, the flower OF the
cavalry. The two horsemen who pre-
ceded the cortege, in addition to other
weapons, carried loaded revolvers.
which they held at arms length. 1t was
an imposing spectacle as they passed
lunder the Arc de Triomphe and out
through the avenue to the Bots At S
D. m. the president returned to the city
with his body guard, and it was a sight
| to behold the crowds which thronged
Champs de Elysees, boulevards and
| Cour de Refine. Not a single rude or
drunken person did I see and | looked
sharply for them. Nowhere in Europe
will YOU see intoxicated people; the
only countries where drunkenness
abounds are the United States and
| England Think of three hundred
thousand people about all day long and
no drunkenness and no arrests.
In the evening fireworks were set off
at the Pont Neuf, Pont de Jour and at
various places about the city; no car
riages were permitted in the streets
and the whole night was given over to
| tests ana Sdlety. IIGdI oetllCiuS pa :
| ties were held in the open streets and
there they played and danced and sang
| the night away, forgetful of everything
| but their frivolous pleasures, such idle,
Jolly, good natured people are the
| French Parisians are amused with
| trifes, hundreds will crowd around the
marionettes ON the streets and laugh
| themselves hoarse, as happy as chill
dren. At 10 p. m. took a seat in front
| of "Cafe Richep on the Boulevard and
| in company with thousands looked on
| to see the stream of Paris life glide idly
| by 1t was singular spectacle and no
where but in Paris can any one see
such street sights. Women with paint
ed faces, rouged lips and chareoaied
eyes arrayed in attire suited to prin-
cesses, crowded about the cafes; chill
dren in red tights poised their little bod
| les, balancing themselves on their
heads, street artists were busy trans
| ferring willing countenances upon pa
per (and showed remarkable skill, too),
at two francs per head. athletes were
throwing dumbells of incredibly large
size in all directions and performing all
sorts of wonderful feats with cannon
| balls and ships anchors and cannon.
Pandemonium seemed let loose as the
people pressed along the crowded side
walks, and the night was bright and
| starry above them all.
| The popular cry now in Paris is do