Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-21

to him to interrupt MS intended victim At
the same necessary performance Of mans
sole Indispensable duty on earth.
The Dogs ofo Paris.
The motto Of the republic-"Liberty,
Equality, Fraternity''-works out q rare
joke as applied to, the. majority of the
French people. butt certainly the dogs Of
Paris have nothing OF which to complain.
One soon becomes so used to the republican
rights and manners OF dogs iii Paris. one
they jostle one in sths Streets scramble
with one for place at bargain counters.
eat from the samest table with one in tea
rooms and cafes, ana everywhere vie with
one in a display of Fine clothes.
A well-to-do Paris dog has wardrobe
which startIes the inexperienced beholder.
During cold weather; monsieur or Madame
Bow-Wow promenades tn a tabernacle.
satin-lined coat, having a LAiglon collar
of fur turned up about his ears; a lace
handkerchief may be seen poking from
ridiculous pocket in the side Of his coat,
while on his feet are overshoes of felt fur
tipped and fieece-lined, or If the pavement
is damp and the cold not intense, he wears
rubberS.
Babies and Nurses.
All this would make one pessimistic con-
corning the French, did they not dress their
babies even more handsomely than their
Paris are famed is largely impaired by the
splendid spectacle nurses and babies pre-
sent The former wear fine 1ace-trimmed
aprons long flowing NANTES of some light
colored cloth and caps with broad stream
ers of bright ribbon reaching to the hein OF
their garments And, the babies are such
laborate creations of lace, satin and feath-
ers-more often pink or blue than WHITE
that 1 wonder If their mothers really ever
dare kiss them with their clothes on.
Pvt xrhi1 small things like QO2S
and babies have a gay appearance on the
streets of Paris, have been struck by the
absence of gaiety generally prevailing. II
is something Of an aesthetic disappointment
to find Parisians on the whole a serious
people One thinks of the world In Paris
as tripping brightly through universal
pleasure ground. Yet, for fact. 1t Is a
world in Paris Particularly the women on
the streets have this appearance.
Fashionable women are not In evidence
on the streets of Paris as they are In our
| American cities. Shopping is not the excuse
for women "gadding'' here that it Is with
u.s. The better class do their buying
through servants and by means OF cata-
logues issued for this purpose by all shops
of any Importance, which picture ana give
the price of an entire stock Of goods. But
the women one does see on the streets OF
Paris are a splendidly earnest lot. They
are workers all of them, and their appear
ance embodies a great hope of the french
ma tion-they have such strong, fine. rich
bIooded bodies. They go bareheaded In all
kinds Of weather, these mothers OF france
and from the top of their heads, beautifully
crowned with a vigorous growth OF hair.
down to the ground they are indisputable
evidence to the contrary of any notion that
the French are decadent people.
Absence of Music.
One seldom or never-hear note Of music
| TN the streets of Paris The omnipresent
| military band of London is altogether want
| ing. also the haunting hand organs and
street pianos to which we are accustomed
in America. and 1t goes without saying
| that devotion to the memory of Strasburg
would make short work~of any ''leetle' Ger
man band that sought to cheer up the
streets of Paris. Even the music u cn ~,
dren's voices in singularly wanting. French
children go to school at Z O'Clock IN the
morning and remain there till Z IN In the
evening and the law forbids children en-
paris are void of the newsboys, the mes
senger boys, the boy pin and match VENDORS
| the whole army of boy money-makers that
enliyen the streets Of American cities.
The absence of music accompanying the
movements of French soldiers in the streets
| of Paris detracts from the gay appearance
of. the army. Indeed. there IS sometnlng
about the French soldier 1ndescr1bably pa
thetic to me- Perhaps 1t is because his
boots and his trousers are so enormous they
give him the pitifulIy ridiculous aspect OF
a how In his fathers dress But more ike
ly 1t is his face-young, gooa. serious faces
career in life in which the odds OF success
are necessarily made exceedingly dffhcuit
nv reason of the inevitable three years or
early manhood devoted 6toj army service.
Funerals and Weddings.
IT is oddly to the point of the serious tone
dominating the streets of Paris that a con-
spicuous feature always. everywhere is
the funeral How true this is, story OF
a small American boy In Paris indicates.
He wanted to make a picture of fine
building and, knowing his Paris. he made
the picture of church. The church COM
pleted, he paused minute, pencil In mouth,
| to contemplate his work. Then, with q
sigh, resuming operations. he said: ana
now 1 will draw the funeral
Funerals may be as numerous IN Amer
lean great cities as they are IN Paris, Out
| difference in custom leaves one less aware
| of the fact that they are So for one
| thing, the established rellgloh OF France
| has decorative possibilities In Paris IN.
dreamed Of in America The whole 'front.'
| of the house of death here is hung WIN n
fearfully impressive black pail. Whlle eitnrr
| side of the entrance flowers are banked as
high as the top of the windows. Also tue
whole front of the church Is Tor any per
son of the least social consequence Gov
cred with a pail and beside lfe uoof .
placed a great black-draped table, mucn
resembling catafalque, where repose zap
lets on which men attending the funeral
inscribe their names. The mourners Wdih
tbrouph the streets after the hearse, which
is itself a magnificent and obstructive spec,
tacle of the glory of death. Open on ali
sides, the coffin is covered with a silver
wrought black cloth and decorated WIN
wreafhs of flowers that are often both
fearfully and wonderfully made, pelns
fashioned of beads, wax or cellulold
Wedding parties proceed to church Win
II Ga,
SO frequent that l saw the other day from
one entrance of the church a coffin emery
ing while the doors on the other side We're
thrown open to admit brldai party. IN
oS paris abound PAULINE PRY.
STYLES IN MEMS DRESS