The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-17
PARIS SHIVERS IN GRIP OF
KING FROST, BUT STILL is GAY.
Ony the Poor Who Cannot Keep Warm, Regret the Weather
Strike of ladies' TaiOrs-Man's Struggle to Get
Arrested-New Play and New Opera.
SPECIAL BY CAELE.

! IariS, Saturday, Feb- l6.-tCopyright, l9Ol,
by the New York Herald company.)-Lute-
tia Is in the grip OF King Frost
Parisians hurry through the streets at an
| unusually brisk gait. well muffied in heavy
| overcoats, while the Parisians who have
not gone to the Riviera make their appear
| ance on the favorite promenades enveioped
IN costly and beautiful furs-
| They dart along the streets and through
he Bois enveloped in such great. shaggy
and furry garments that it seems as IL all
the Polar bears in all the menageries and
geological gardens of the world had come
to Ptris to drive automobiles.
But the cold weather. while most enjoy
able. has caused many ardent chauffeurs
hours of labor. and the expenditure Of much
energy and strong language.
| Scores Of machines left standing for half
| an hour or SO without fires going, were
4 found to be en- paEne when the drivers en-
] deavored to start again. because of frozen
pipes.
The Bois skaters are enjoying beautiful
ice on the different lakes. The smaller bod
les Of water were frozen on Friday sufii-
ciently to permit skating. but the sport be-
| gan in Cercle du Bois de Boulogne only to-
day. when a large and fashionable attend
once enjoyed tfe nne Ice.
| The skating at Versailles. Villebon and
Enghein also Is excellent
The cold snap is very hard upon the
| poorer classes. who. without money to buy
fuel, and living in old buildings. suffer fear
! fully. as is shown by the long list OF deaths
| from the cold published In the Paris papers.
! STRIKING LADIES' TAILORS
CAUSE DISTRESS TO FASHIONABLES.
| During the last week the Rue de la Paix.
| that home Of world-renowned dressmakers
| and rendezvous OF the beauty. wealth and
fashion OF all countries. has presented an
| unusual appearance.
| In place Of prancing horses smart We
| hicles and lovely women dressed in costly
! furs and exquisite costumes. and escorted
[ by Immediately attired men, the street
! las been filed with groups of agents de
/ police and pushing and shouting mobs of
striking ladies' tailors' employees and their
| sympathizng friends. the students.
| Smart carriages were scarce. and the
| fashionably dressed patrons OF the various
! dressmaking establishments. who generally
\ hold undisputed sway. either fed or stayed
away.
Fully a thousand coutudieres are out and
have arranged with the aid of the jour-
neyInen tailors to keep things lively.
"Circulezi Circuiez,' the monotonous cry
I rang out from the Place Vendome to the
Place de lOpera-
| NO one coulO stop at q JeWeitf NiliuoW
or a milliners show case without being
promptly moved on.
POLICE AND HUCKSTERS
ARE HAVING A DIFFERENCE.
There IL quite campaign going on. In
which the police and the sellers of vege-
, tables and fruit are the combatants.
A few days ago the Prefect of Police is
sued a circular respecting the dangers OF
eating soak haricot beans. The police have
now laid their hands on stale and dam
aged figs.
stale figs and even damaged figs may be
used for the manufacture of a beverage
which is not considered injurious to health,
but stale figs cannot be eaten without
grocer or fruit seller is compelled by
French law to intimate TO customers
whether the figs are fit for food or not-that
Is, he must label them right.
The Correctional Chamber fined grocer
"a for not having informed his customers
that he sold damaged figs.
New laid eggs" but the eye has not yet
become accustomed to stale figs"
WANT DESCHANEL TO
| REVIVE THE OPERA HAT.
NJ Paul DeschaneL who was married to
best-dressed man in Paris. and for this rea.
son he was asked to wear an opera hat at
tho ceremony.
ing women employed in the manufacture
OF that useful and convenient article OF
headGear Deut1OUeu the QappeI ffeSiucue
of the Chamber OF Deputies to don one OF
the hats of which Gibus was the inventor:
and which are going more and more out OF
ashton. giving as a reason that the ex-
ample set by SO prominent a parsonage
would restore life to their trade.
TUNNEL RAILWAY HAS
A MAXIMUM OF DIFFICULTIES.
The Metropolitan continues to drive half
of Paris wild by its vagarfes. =
Every time one wants to go anywhere In
a hurry something happens to the electric
current and the Metropolitan is at stand
still
In nearly every case trains stop between
stations. and the passengers have to trudSe
through the tunnel in semiobScurity, STUN
bling over the ties and lodging about to
avoid the live rail.
TRIED HARD BEFORE HE
COULD HAVE HI1lSELF ARRESTED.
The annual reviews OF the Paris theaters
are wrong to boast Of the comforts OF the
prison of .Fresnes. Alfred Capus has con-
tributed to this by his charming comedy
now being played at the Gymnase-
This has given certain people the idea that
the only place to go to when II is cold and
they are down on their luck Ii a prison.
The other day Charles MOntoussy spent
twenty-four hours in trying to get arrested
and almost failed to succeed He had just
a leg cut off. He had no i'll feeling against
a society which places its surgeons and its
gendarmes at the disposal of the socially
disinherited-
Encouraged by his reception In the hos
pital he decided to continue his inspection
Of social institutions by going to prison.