The Newtown bee., 1905-01-06

which were scudding around between the old red weather-beaten lighthouses that stand here and there where rocks jut out of the water. But it is the land which holds the attention, for rising steep from the water are the fields which show from their very ap- pearance that they have been titled for centuries. The fields are rich in their
 solid green, and yet smooth and even, of the old English gardner on how to
 make lawn such as they have in Eng
 land. His reply to this question was,
 Stock it with grass and then roll it
 for couple of hundred years" The
 fields, too, look as if they had been SO treated. The forests are not scraggly
 and uneven like ours, but are solid
 mass of rich green, showing plainly the advantage of having expert foreSterS.
 From Plymouth we went directly
 across the channel to Cherbourg, which
 is the most western point of France.
 This crossing was most uneventful, for
 though we were again entirely out of
 sight of land-it took us five hours
 yet it was smooth and pleasant. We
 reached Cherbourg about one o'clock,
 where we were met again by another
 boat and taken to the dock, while the
 Deutschland went on to her own dock
 at Hamburg, which she was to reach
 the next day. The harbor at Cher tOurg is entirely artificial having a
 magnificent semi circular breakwater reaching out into tine ocean mile or
 more. At the custom house at Cher l~ consideration, as all of the employees
 were polite and gentlemanly and did
 not wish to cause any more trouble or
 confusion than need be. A great con- traSt to the men in our own custom | house. The special train was waiting for US on the pier to take us direct to Paris, and about three we started on our last seven hours ride of the jour- ney. The French trains are all divid- ed into sections, or compartments, each section seating six people-thOugh they never put in but tive-and being | fitted up much like our parlor cars. In l ing than in America, though of course
 not so many people can be put into a | Car. The French trains make much l slower time than our trains and do not l run so smoothly, but it should be said | for them that they are mortified that l America, will allow it to be possible
 that there should be so many train ac- cidents as we have. From Cherbourg
 we went through the very heart of old l Normandy, that famous section for
 agriculture. It is low and level, with
 many salt marshes, but with abundant
 grass and heavy foliage. Cattle were
 lures, and cattle so sleek and fat and
 apparently so good that they would
 make New England COWS hang their
 heads in shame. Also the fruit trees
 were all heavily laden with immense
 peaches, pears and apples, such fruit
 as l had never seen. Normandy, too,
 was very beautiful with it's old stone
 houses and tall poplars and lindens and
 heavy foliage. However it did not
 seem to be rich community for the
 women, old and young, were out work ing in the fields, and they looked old
 and worn and poor. Soon it grew dark
 and we saw nothing more save as we
 would sometimes pass through a town
 or perhaps stop in some city, where we
 would wait for what seemed an endless time, till finally the guards horn
 would be heard giving the signal for
 starting and we would move on. So
 we neared Paris, until passing through
 tunnels, or between high brick walls,
 or among low freight buildings, we 1 stopped in the midst of noisy crowd
 ials and anxious friends and we're in
 Paris. As for Paris itself there are 1 any amount of things that might be
 written of it but will touch on but a
 few. It the first place it is a very quiet city for there are no trolleys and most of the streets have asphalt pave
 ment. There are five common methods l of transportation here: First, an under | ground railway that runs long trains
 to all parts of the city. Second. the various omnibus lines which are run ! tracks. Third, the trans which run 1 in the streets on tracks and which 1 have two decks for passengers. These l are run by kind of rough automobile
 noiseless engine under each car. l Fourth, the electric cars, of which there are very few, run by under ground cables. Fifth. the ordinary 1 cab which is much used in Paris and | which can be found anywhere at any
 time, The charge is 45c an hour or 30 | cents for one trip anywhere in the
 ,city. Paris is also a very clean city as
 the streets are all laid out on very slight incline and twice each day a | stream of water is turned into the
 gutters to wash away all refuse. So 1 the city is kept remarkably clean. An
 other fact that will impress anyone is
 the apparent solidity of all the build 1 ingS. They are not tall but firm and | heavy, nearly all being built of grey
 stone, even to the houses. The reason 1 for that is that here the architect is
 held responsible for his own building
 for ten years after it's completion, so if
 during that time it sags or cracks he
 has to pay all damages and heavy fine
 as we'll. Another attraction of Paris
 is it's beauty. All the streets are
 broad and open with many trees, to
 say nothing of the fountains and parks,
 or gardens, that are all over the
 city. It's park system in the very
 heart of the city is one of the finest in
 the world, and people are not required
 to "Keep Of The Grass" And lastly, l as time is getting short, I want to