The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

furniture sold IS Office chairs and raH-top
desks.
There are zoo shops here which make
watches. turning out.a yearly product worth
about $4,000. AMI there IRE manv thal-
SIND people engaged i'm making articles "a
] FariP. which peans notions and fancy
goods Of all sorts. including jeWtiry. ari-
fetal flowers. buttons. and other tlincs r1
leather. ivory, horn and bore ina'-i. tnt
French make almost cvorytsing you can
imagine ard they make everything well
IKE these cImusn people OF flu- tnty
are more civilized than the lower Glasses ~
the English cities. They wear better
clothes. are better fei, AMI seem 20 %
happy and prosperous There b. drinking
everywhere, but 10 intuNicaIiun.
FRENCHMEN PATRpNIZE THE
CITYS SAVINGS BANKS.
Every one has vine with his meals. but
have We; to see n lrunksu man In Paris. IN
LONDON you meet drunken men on almost
every block Ia the poorer parts of the city.
and a common sight g. n iruukCu woman
dancing With her fellows while sine ho.ls =
baby NJ her breast.
The average London llb5rer lives from
hand 10 mouth The aNtriE- trcacf1lIr
patrunizcs tho savings banks I- lv's
within his meaFS AMI there j. uH s1el
thing as the regular Spending Of thr ssr-
plus on drink. rs in England. II our trsa-
ties can he modified 50 that American
goods can he brought in on an cTflgl foot
ing with others. the French VIII lrrume
good customers. FOR they appreciate wiut
Is cheap and goOi. and they have She
money TO buy.
Indeed. there ere many things that The
French o. "a well MS -he United states.
Their postal service s. Better than ours. 70
includes a system Of pneumatic tubes. by
which, FOR 6 cents. YOU can send a postal
card living 20 any part of the city VOC
! can send a reply card for ;he same amount.
and thus get m answer as qui-kiv as. or
even mere quickly than. boy Telegraph. The
teierraphS are Ucdrr the Government an
charges are less than haif those o. Amer
ca The rate Is 70 cents for 90. first ten
words. and ! cent for ,ac1 additional wry.
90 every part Of France. You can sud a
telegram to- Great Britain Tor 2 c-a;s q
word, and a cable TO the United states for
- cents per word.
The Post One Department has a parcel
system by which small package weighing
up To twenty pounds can &c GENT. SIX
pounds will bc taken 20 any railroad s-l-
ton in France fer y cents. or Tor L. cents
IL viii Re delivered at yo7r houte.
STORES TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THESE RATES.
A ~ten-ppund package costs . cents. and q
twenty-pouud one only - cents. Tho store.
take advantage Of these rates. aud msny
thousands II packages are sent out by th.m
daily 10 their customers in ali parts Of the
Republic.
The Telephones aye also connected 70 some
extent with the Post Office. Th,y are 90 BE-
found at eve-y station. and also in stands
on the streets. The Zee Tor all urrtr o.
Paris is . cents Tor 4 talk Of five minutes
and . cents for three minutes UP tn nft-en
miles outside OF Paris. and 10 cents adiI-
tionRl for the same time Tor every sixty
miles beyond.
IN buying stamps outside the Post Office
in the French cities YOU go 10 the cigar
shops. for the Government here sells all the
tobacco. and the tobacco agents handle
stamps as we'll The shops are called debts
De IN reEie; they have red lamps over them.
and you can tell them as far as you can
see. The prices are the same everywhere
and TIE tobacco Is universally bdd. The
most popular brands OF the native cigars
are the Londres, which you can buy n {
cents apiece. or the deml-Londres al g