The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
ODD FACTS ABOUT PARIS.
1T LEADS ALI CITIES IN THE war
OF DOMESTIC PETS.

Tho use or Cotton tn the Earn-Cnbs for
MANY Purposes-street Notes.-The yntered
Mnk-Thc mixed Population OF Paris.
PARIS, Dec. 4.-Tho steamship companies csti-
mate that about 10000 Americans visited
Europe last summer. and of these it is safe to
say that ninc.tonths stopped in Paris, for a few
days at least. Most of them probably came
away with tho impression that Paris is not re-
markedly different from New York, and the
tourists Paris isn't; people who have lived in
both cities must admit that. 81. there are
many things about the French capital which
don't get into the guide books. and, unless ono
has kept his eyes open and stunned the boulo-
wards, he isn't likely to have been attracted by
them. Here. for instance. noted at random. are
some facts distinctive of Paris. even II trivial.
Paris leads oil cities in the world in the way
Of domestic pets. Constantinople and Munich
may have moro dogs and London more cats. but
no city has 30 many dogs. cats, parrots. mon
keys, and canarics, collectively. A Paris bour-
goois household is not n household without it's
quota Of pets. All told. the dogs number ~, 1Oi,
and the cats must DO fully rs many; the other
pets are not counted. Tho dogs and cats are
always in the street. but It is q curious fact that
nobody ever saw a French dog attack n cat.
They move either in absolute harmony or in in
dinercnco; often strange dogs play with strange
cats. and strange cats with one another. Per-
haps the fact that most of the cats are Angoras
may have something to do with 1t. They are
nice, downy, ladylikc cats, and do not give con.
eer,s at h'sh.. mere are no FENCES IN P"ris
animals and cruel to their horses.
Paris is probably tho only city In the world
which has trees that bloom twice a year habit
ually. These are the horse chestnuts. There
arc II, 200 Of them planted in the squares and
along the boulevards. and 90, 600 buttonwOods.
The trees in Paris are numbered inst like the
noonI, tho ooh, ,ha 49,. 49, sn
people tho CABS tne animals. tho lampposts.
and the matches. These horse chestnuts have
~, VII ns y lor aoouI hVo years.
anu only some Oh them nave maze a practice or
it. These die, or apparently die, in the latter
60 n,on.,., - ~ -. 49, n"
or SO atterward they all come out into flower
again and little green leaves shoot forth contin-
ually until they are nipped by the first frost
There ia n reason for this and Tho so;ortist.
worked over the matter for a long time to BIO
able to exnlain II. Rricav and nnscisntiec,,ly
the trees lose thelr leaves because they arc at
tackled by a little fungus which is blown upon
thew start 70 nmt forth ieaVas All ~ on sup
The Seine is the most versatile of rivers. Most
because of the frcnment BRIDGES. or " n tbsS 1 reedi
the papers. that If il mostly nscd Nv n ,n Z s@ ~
a theeatricnl turn TO Commit suiciSSs iH IN am, 9 81
has many othcr useS II ;a n au.ar I; !. "
carry more neonle bet ween diffor rs po naE = m W len
citv than N ton tr"nnuAars. !. q paits il nv
Stream Ia" for seen. wotnr "eSsi i a haTiganie
principally-and affords a dozen norris IN the citH
fnat more conaiihnats INA tbua upoh when mere
canal in France. II IA n h,Ibtmb MY dri, sr
nennio lin the ,nanv S,oTin,, nps o',i3 ioE
fiSnnopp isu h b m many my n niSo J, paths which
mud doys wbicb h.yc ' norses; COWS;
6athing place; it is a swimm iine.sI pnnd
which wafer is nnmned for t % " ies p Z rom gu
city streets; it is a laundry tub, n Which n ore
t5.Ih ht Il oil tne clothes OF the citizens Of
home mre e even nv the r nnnrnst never neep neihg gone az
noriids ,os IN M ~ 70 ~ hnRl.ng ground Tor the
hove hoen caupht t IN tho Soina rernaps nsn
th nn hM,o U.os'Eu tnat tney nave caught
ever saw one "aunbt' This fant no - uIUrp,ea
two ,n asSior 80 ~ ~" az HoLm ilhsIuhu-
sine nnrticriarIv n Frsnc III stn1mimS III bne
csiind pt%c criii u raf"cm statesman mas
f inr Of 'n nbs, efhu GGeIuai Win the drink,
nnti;on. Snrinp snmua unuSTInInihs me
t"r -, T;pn."s, S"nannSr' autumn. WIN
ann, fbc paE nv moo Hnria u oyeHlhE, ram or
with n hook in The vrnt Tor wniint t nv Ih,ts
Man yvor1cn and cb;Indren mai'ins ,or a nite.
and some look moor and some ioot rich JRt""Mus,
bnSv ever iHo ~ othor sv ,be ook riea. but no.
walters Of the small cafSs and 1Npetenna; me
the CHAMPS Elysecs take nd "nn+a re- a. I'm III
h nTr AMP h r aryc I"os ! nrn or We dnll
scnE a nlarn in no r,nLs. ~ aunt' ousoiis;
GRAND boys and bodr' II n acc ccn niIs
show TINT at least one.twcntieIh of the uU,nlJag
| .lntfnn Ia n worry nnpnEGp y - IA p i,Ia IN ID,,;c Loo.
annaren,iy II is ,;snS rhinaSS i.n ~ ~ = ris u,lt
TpaPphrr IN one n en ureb be Smn 70 Pr IN inc enrs:
c~trayn+nn = 49, IT,, ,C".n tno rTe.cl nre NOT
ddrnmrlh"e' Th,ev az ~ m y, Waht 10 STOP INC
for fcar of carScbe hut Ht tn a." auo ! q sop ~ SO hluch
cause French dcniists W. % oottnntUne' DC,
Ercnch treth arc usnaiiv OF &c ~ shi.u'' ana
ever. the cotton Is rcrardedI az usoP"i 10 noonmn
ont cola gemcpanv por ns uSEiul 10 Keep
tha st 10, nn ~ IL ~ ~ 20 out mo
ororcoot IVA Um ioitSnie, WiI.er 9ny without ms
ont Ma y ~" nrnoor ~ net, ouI meyer Win
tor nt ~ 800 az u ba1'ei 1910 folton: AS u mat
in midsnmmer. e' +b"",e"r ~ Always, oven
az iusu'iiiiieI, ihcy assume the pro-
= ! H in Gniluh9ou anu never relinquish it.
~ ~ H. ushh"'? W. VI Mhlle ~ lhe start,
p ~ tio tTopsatrs am inhcttul souhs men aifcct
thn ton of nm omnihms Ihen y = IL people on
thu - : ~ IN on I'm wen IL turns a corner.
SSnIruns nrinedmg the VIM from another quarter;
% IL GU ~ ua my etTp tutklnE' slilt the wad
~ IL y NV Nv ~ 4 ctI thcn Dcglh Ighlh where
w u - o ~ p i u Scinr mas many oenus. ana q
r Son u l i'i"p 'Fa'eilins any Instance Is
~ uu9S:
Nnos are NOT 80 cheap IN iarls as they are in
92"hou :, !" Ji.ieS w mere tne rnte Is as low as
~ ems !" iniIe'' ouC IN Sernah cities. as in
n,not ~ y nv " niFcu Ior tne convey
.ahnEo " ptopic, ~ inrls the! are let Tor any
,nins. LniS ID PARTLY because the rates FOR the
Mn LII Hn III IN hl DhA Hhn mn nnGf ,F