Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08

fresh and the prices are SO moderate one
wonders where the profits are made. I'M
til some resident in the quarter explains
that much donkey and horse meat are sold
in French butcher shops.
The busiest of these thoroughfares is
the Rue Vanguard. By nine the roadway
Is so crowded with push carts it is hard
for a driver to move mis- horse faster than
a walk and to avoid running down pedes-
trians. The air Is loud with the cries OF
vendors offering their fruits, vegetables.
and fish
Others carry great baskets of roses and
vlOlets; some are taking them to the shops
and others are offering them for song.
The narrow pavements are all too small
for the old women In linen caps and heavy
sabots starting out to do the marketing.
Some brush by showing they have no time
to spare while more stop to gossip before
a butcher or baker shop with some neigh
bor. short way up the street is great
line of women. From distance II Is im-
possible to believe u can be anything else
hut q run or q bank. But 1t Is Monday
and th.. bargain hunters are busy buying
underwear. ribbons and shirtwaists from
the large counters on the street.
Great crowds Of students are gathered
before the Ecole de Medicine, they are
making demonstration In the court
yard. The cries and threats are 80 alarm
ing it would seem they intend to demol-
lsh the brildihg. The quarrel is about two
professors. The head professor has dis
charged one Of his assistants and tue
pupils wish to have him reipstated.
By five o'clock most of the students
have left the Sorbonne and are Fastening
toward the boulevard st. Michael. Here
they NEE Mime, Marie. and Margotte,
who have been working behind counters
or posing before artists all afternoon. But
happy Mime, Marie and Marqotte have no
time for serious thought, they have thrown
all care to tn. wind They are out for
lark, and are proud of their fine toys.
Relaxation. not work. is the keynote of
the hour. One art student Ia amusing
himself by making rapid sketch of two
lovers which he will call Their First
Attempt That beautiful girn who comes
sauntering along with an old man. old
enough to be her fhther, is high class
mode and her companion is we'll known
painter. At table Ia n group Of musi
clans, drinking absinthe and discussing
N, ssenet's new opera Aphrodite. Fakers.
beggars, and vagrante in greg numbers
give an added touch Of color to the pic
ture. Some are hawking mechanical toys,
others are vending postal cards. y
BY eight O'Clock the throng OF men and
women who fled the boulevard st. MI
chael are beginning to scatter. Many 90 to
the Tavern du Pantheon To see the crowds
gathering there nightly, and to enjoy the
college songs sung by half-dozen
American students. Some prefer French
songs. and hey go to one Of the stu
dents looms where there 10 lively music
and laughter until late hours.
The Moulin Rouge used to be the great
dancing place Of the Quarter. but IN the
last few years It has changed Its char
acter and is practically vaudeville hail.
The dancers who used to frequent the
Moulin Rouge now 20 to Ball Butler.
and though there is dancing every night.
Thursday Is the great night of the week.
TO gain admission on Thursday one must
90 early for there is always a crowd Of
pleasure seekers waiting to buy a ticket
for two francs. The doors are hardly