New-York tribune., 1905-07-16

SAatn. WIN numerous Illustrations by the
author and other artists and water color
frontisPiece by +. Hopkinson smith Emo Do
30 Funk & WagnalLs Company.
With the kindly assistance of his friend the
baron and the baron's automobile. Mr. Smith
has been able TO take a number of interesting
trips IN and about Paris and to observe how
PaTlsians disport themselves when the season is
favorable LOT al fresco diversions. In getting at
some Of the less exclusive resorts. indeed. Mr.
Smith had recourse to the more humble facre
and the unpretentious excursion steamer. and
he has not disdained the COMMONPLACE railway
train when distant Nice and Monte Carlo have
been the goals of his Journeys, for at those COS
mopoltan places Parisians are largely repre-
sented. II although out of Paris nevertheless
are also lf-gely out Of doors Mr.. Smith has
already written entertainingly of The Real
Latin Quarter and told US pleasantly How
Paris Amuses ITSELF The present volume con-
clUdes the series devoted to the lighter side of
Partisan life The authors style is. appropri-
atey, as light as his subject The illustrations
are numerous, and where his own pencil gives
out the author has freely called the camera TO
his aid and supplemented both with sketches by
artist friends.
The Partisan loves TO be out of doors. Al
though he proverbaly sleeps with his windows
shut, summer and winter. he makes up for it
by taking his fresh air in large doses in the
daytime, or, more correctly, in those hours not
given TO repose. He dimes cheerfully at all sea-
sons at the little tables in front Of the restau-
rants, often during days and nights clustering
and chilly enough TO make us Anglo-Saxons
turn our collars UP and hurry home to a crack !
ling fire" Parisians love gayety excitement and
action. and these are found where there are the
most people, and that is, obviously, out Of
doors This characteristic Is common to all
by the baron and his automobile down through /
al the social grades. The baron and his COM |
peers are great sportsmen, devoted to the hunt |
70 racing. attracted by novelty, undismayed by |
danger. There IS an element Of recklessness in
their modes Of enjoyment. They have been
pioneers IN motoring-ah, those breathless dashes
with the baron IN his snorting, tipping carl
and they lead the world in aeronautical ad-
venture. Women so baIlooning Of a Sunday as
intrepidIy as men.
But these amusements are only for the elect
Simpler, less feverish, are the pleasures of the
great middle class, the shopkeepers and the
working people
Paris does more for the enjoyment Of the masses
PROVIDES them with superb playground, embel-
!1s1ed with the beauties Of nature and the best
mat the arts can produce, but the government
Keeps its people continually 'en fete," and with
the utmost patience and generosity supplies gas |
electricity, fireworks music and an intelligent
police. This Is not only excellent policy on the
Iaft Of The government OF d people such as the
french, whose nature IS somewhat like the fire
cracker, harmless until lighted but il has also
resulted In a universal spirit Of democracy and
good feeling.
You may go to the "fete des feurs' in a hired
trap or In your own elaborately decorated vic
ioIla-the fun is free to all. Those who cannot
crive view the scene from chairs set along the
curb or wander from place to place. Less pre-
.enu0us are the marches" Of various industries
from that Of the "midinettes," the little factory
| glr-s with their dances and cakewaIks en- route
10 mat OF the bards of the Montmartre ca .
Darets' a prize being awarded to the one who
sAould compose the best song in the shortest
ulhe It was thus that Fouchardiere, armed
WIN pencil and pad and enveloped in a sweater, /
"On lhls sportiye lyrical contest for he covered
lHe distance Of sixteen kilometres in one hour
tnu hity-hVe minutes and returned with the !
lest song But since three soldiers died from !