The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25


takes up the center of the grounds.
There are no stops. no starts. AS
fast as the crowds pile in 1t receives
them. 1t has not yet found Its limit
the packed standing room around ils
entire surface.
The length OF the sidewalk is 1870
meters Zone meter equaling 1873 fee),
and its total moving width is 2.S me-
ters. which makes total surface of
9,436 square meters. AS four adults
to the square meter is considered a
liberal non-crowding average, S7,744
persons might move around with the
trottoir at the same time.
The company that operates 1t has
put a notice up: The payment Of one
fare OF so centimes entities visitors
20 one trip only round the sidewalk. ;"
1t is a dead letter Old ladies' even
bring their folding camp stools and
sit calmly taking in the panorama.
Indeed. there is no better way to get
a quick view OF the fair. Here we pass
the Rue des Nations. Walking with
the platform enc seems to stride past
the national pavilions in seven-leagued
boots The effect is curious. Then IL
you walk against 1t. you stand still
with respect to the outside world. AS
everybody must have read by
this time, the moving side
walk moves with two different
speeds. The right-hand strip
goes at the rate of stroll. The left-
hand strip goes at the rate of something
more than a brisk walk. If you have
walked ahead of your party you have
only to step on to the slow strip and
they will soon roll up and overtake
you. Or you may step on to the sta
tionary strip. when they will seem to
come rolling twice as fast, Some peo-
pie like to ride standing still. The
nervous man who likes TO walk little
now and then has only to step on the
slow strip to stroll on beside his stand
ing friends Few people can resist the
temptation thus 10 play with the side
walk. The little children jump from
combination TO combination. squat
ing ecstatically. The girls-great big
girls-are almost as bad. Hopping
from strip to strip. preserving their
center OF gravity by candid clutches at
utter strangers. skipping back and
forth with engaging abandon. these
lively ones realize much Of the tourists
preconceived ideal of the Parisienne,
frolicsome and coquettish We saw
a flne case OF this natural mistake
come rolling down from the Esplanade
des Invalides They were two Ameri-
can girls in spite of their disguise, a
dab OF Paris rouge and hats and gowns
that might be thought too gladstone
at home. The men were obviously
buffers Of the better sort, and their
small knowledge of the language did
not warn them that the "Parisien mes"
were also Gripping IT, EFT vous amiez
totre beau Paris-we caught the ques-
ton and the answer--"Et vous amiez
les Parislans?"-"Tre beaucoupi" And
we could see the fraudulent little Par
fsiennes turn their heads to smile at
the deception. Why Ia 1t every Amer
team girl in Paris wishes to pose, for a
little while, as Parisienne? Our men
never do II. When they give false ma
tionalities they choose by preference
the English or the scandinavian. One
OF my young friends from Pittsburg-
rot unknown in the coal business
mas the mania of making acquaintance
and dates off-hand. This afternoon,
bn the moving sidewalk. he was pos