The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-29

stead Of establishing pickets and carrying
on a defensive warfare, put all the dele
gats pedestrian into the Bastile and draft
ed the rest of the societie into the army.
! Then he finished the Arc de Triomphe, as
the visitor can readily see.
But in your admiration of the Shawngs
| and the Arc de Triomphe and all that do
not overlook the fact that there is another
place in Paris to which the visitor should
turn his steps early in the game. rms Is
| the Bots de Bouogne on which you mag
! be expected to walk with an independent
air to carry out precedent established by
the late Mr.. B. Hoey. This park is filled
| with promenaders as early as o'clock in
| the morning but it is not absolutely nee
| essary for the stranger to get out as early
| as all that. Most of those who are there
| at such an hour are those who have not
! yet been home since the night before and
are strolling through the Bots to cool their
| fevered brows. The park was built by
| Napoleon in commemoration of his escape
! from Elba. As soon as he reached dry
land and changed his clothing he set about
| the selection of a site for park which
| should remain for all time as a memorial
of his long swim. He pitched upon the
| place known ever since as the Bots de
| Boulogne. It is called from the fact
/ that it was formerly the place where
! small boys sold hot sausages to the crowd
| on the way to the race track which is
| still maintained there. The Boy With
| the Sausage" was famous place in the
| old days and 1t was made still more popu
| lar among Parisians by Bill Hoey's we'll
| known song.
If you want to spend your small change
| on the museums of the town you will find
the Museum de Cluny one of the most in
| teresting dime museums in Paris. The on
| ly drawback TO its history is that is was
not built by Napoleon. 1t was constructed
in 1892, just about the time Queen Isabella
was preparing to hook her jewels TO give
Columbus the money with which he desr-
ed to discover America. The Benedictine
order of monks used the buildings an
abbey for a long time and in the basement
the manufacture of benedictine was car
ried on. The trade grew to such proper
| tions in later years that several additions
and improvements were constructed. The
sister of Henry VIII of England lived there
for some time. She left England to avoid
going into mourning for Henry's wives
often as Henry seemed TO think proper. She
was heard to declare that no sooner did she
lay aside a mourning gown after wearing
it the proper length of time. and get a new
court costume made than Henry made it
imperative upon her TO adopt mourning
again for her sister-in-law. She lived in
but there is no truth in the old legend that
she took tickets at the door.
Another sight that the early bird should
take in is the Louvre. While it was not
exactly built by Napoleon. he had a hand
in it, as he reconstructed ii in 1905. This
was the year that he became so active { S
a builder. The old structure had been ne
elected for a long time. but Bonaplrte
turned in and fixed it up On the east wall
toward the Church ST. German rAuxer-
rois, you may still see the stone which
he broke with his fist because it was too
large to fit into certain place. The store
is painted red, while the rest of The
building is a delicate blue. Tickets of ad-
mission are difficult to procure, but YOU
can easily get into the building by picking
up lead Of hose turned out to water the
lawn. First shut off the water and then,
coiling the hose before you. gradually APP
preach the building and walk in with the
hose under your arm. After ent1~ing you
would better drop the hose inside the
door. as it is inconvenient TO carry through
the art galler!es.-Chicago Chronicle