The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-01

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of all that is most beautiful ane
most famed in the French capital a
it lies within easy reach of my hotel
| 1t lay before me in few moments
hot, and white, and glaring, bu
Enthusiastically fine and artistic
Over to the main entrance to tn,
Exposition grounds, its high arcl
studded with the tawdry but many
hued accessories of the electrician
was easily the most imposing ohleei
in the perspective. In the west tbs
gilded done of the Hotel DIES Invali
DIES. under which Napoleon Bona
parte sleeps the sleep that knows ne
waking. glittered in the hot sun d
the mid.afternoon, while to my left
stretched away the tlronged length
of the Rue de Rivoli with its remark.
able monotony of architecture and
its beautiful marts, while alongside
it lay the Garden of the Tuileries
with its inviting stretches of green.
| turned my iootstep thitherin order
escape the increasing ardor of the
sun, and strollcd leisurely to the en-.
frances of the Louvre that reposi-
tory of all that is greatest in French
art, and Of many of the finest gems
of all the world. The Tuileries
originally cost untold millions oi
francs and were laid out and beauti-
fed for the delectation of the rulers
of the empire. Now they are the
loafing places of the tired Partisan
of the middle and lower classes. the
rendezvous OF eager lovers, the gos-
siping grounds of the bare headed
apron bedecked voluble Partisan
house wife, the breathing. ground OF
tile Partisan nurse, the playing
ground of the Partisan child
For 10 centimes - cents, the
privilege of occupying a char for
the dav is purchased, and ON after
Moons a band discoui ses music from
beneath the sheltering protection of
the trees, while hundreds OF citizens
sit, and sip cooling drinks, and talk
of know not what, and smoke
cigarettes, and applaud the must
clans. 1t was my first glimpse of
this phase of Partisan life, and took
1t all in as well as | could. There
were hundreds of women, all bare
headed, sitting IN the shade OF the
trees, engaged in sewing, embroider-
ing, knitting, gossiping, while their
numerous offspring disported them
selves noisily within call. On the
benches peacefully slept worn out
out men, absinthe devotees, and
occasionally a well dressed tourist
overcome by the exactions of mid
summer travel. 1t was very pictur-
esque, and | should say. were |
called upon for an opinion, that the
republic idea is fairly well suited to
the temperament Of the average
Frenchman, since he takes to its
democratic simplicities and practices
with apparent ease and with every
evidence of appreciation. OF course
this is not a mature opinion, but
some such thought possessed me
during my first inspection of a Par
isian crowd. | did not enter the
Louvre, leaving that for another
time, but on my return to my hotel
looked carefully over the exterior of
the Madeleine, regarded in many
quarters as the best example OF
Greek architecture /. to be found in
Europe, and found it quite pleasing
and fully up to my expectations.
was struck with the wide diff
ference between the English cab
driver, md those of the French
capital. The French cab is a four
wheeler, is drawn by horse that is
much inferior, both in looks and
speed, to the English cab horse, and
is manned by a driver who is a sad
disappointment to me, since he is
almost invariably round-shoulderd,
plain and stupid. Then, in, ! should
say, seven cases out of ten, he is an
old man, entirely too old to be com
PEELED to make living in this TN.
thankful and exacting calling To
my mind, keyed up as it was and is,
to expectations OF smartness in all
things Partisan. these delinquencies
of the cab ensemble are quite dis
turbing The omnibuses, on the
Other hand while not uenrly so