The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02
THE SOCIAL SIDE
mn. EDw1s HOWELL
y.ESV1s rN rAR1s, U. f4ke Inn IA

ft4' is < EUWH8 IN &Af&t&. 7 Paris. June 1s rSes, past the Egyptian obelisk usu- aIIv called ciaopatra's Needle. down thence, and up again past the Arc de Trlomphb and to the famous Bols de pouioant. Thfs ia one Of fnths beauti- fnl1 niavl grounds oE PariA. Here one { sees etiss birds fthey come to your very feet. Here one takes his seat at one of tho xhoasand and one little tables and calls for his wishes: they are nu- Deer. of this last they drink pnre than Thought; 1t Is good. too. and ln the city you can get all kinds Ger man. Axnericaf. etc.
 We were very fortunate on this day though mt the time did not know It. # proved to be the day for the arrival. of the King of Denmark whose nnnj-. esty is now. visiting Paris, his partfc-, uiar object being to see the Grand All Europe visits Paris then; Indeed. it 10 crowded now. Some cf my com panions Of the voyage over whom met in cafe told me that they had great trouble in finding lodgings. We had ko De content with rooms on the fourth floor. Now to an American shis sounds easy, bat not a. bit, of IT.. If thtre is an elevator in Paris have not deen 1t. consequently my visits to my room will be those of necessity.
 But back to our king. You must know that there is an especial station: reserved for royalty. This ends wfth-' in 500 feet of the Bois. On this oc-i cAsiou the station Was draped with red and gold. Two or three thousand troops lined the grand. broad drive~ ways: all of them about the Bois de E. CT than OUT Dexter Avenue. Just in front of us were stationed the heavy cavalry, the curaissiers. picked men, an Of them six feet tall beautifully equipped with helmets "a horseftail ate tached to the high brass crest of the helmet: and on breast and hack ' shine ing steel corseiet. They carry, not & saber. but a strong heavy straight sword. The infantry do not look SO well; they are mostly callow yonths. serving the time that the law pf. France preserlbed that every man Jnlisf serve: thfee tenrs, think I knpw of one or two who win not so homo for. fear they win be made to serve this term
 with tfel boom of the cannon the crash oE fah military band playing tho Marss5liafsSs his majektyss train drew into tho statlop He was driven to the
 
 Napolsonl preceded by . body Of troops and followed by another. His ma5e esty made Paris happy. There was au. entire lack of enthusiasms [ did not hear a single cheer, or as they say q s'vfvas z The Frenchnlan seems t0 take everything with asort of iankHid cmrlostty The phrisian ia Rfau@Nd bnt thar must be hls WAY
 The run from HGvre b Paris ie' through a country ulttvatsd h a way that fs absolutely astounding to a. Southerner. Tie very en4banksnent alenR the railroad was planted m veg etAhles Every station and there iss one every two or three miles has a. little garden both noral and herticul.s AturRl I aew a magnifleent bush Of La France roses not len feet nwax by square and rule; Tn clover fe1d they win tie a lot of cows and they will eat to the very around tho. clover or beet tops The cows are so tied that they eat out space the shape Of n pl4g Of tobacco i do not know how at lM managed. but it ih actuaiIs fhl straight lines. Then they are moved and this is allowed to grow again or is planted in something else. It ls common. sight to see q haif dozen dif- ferent growths on q hillsiue. Ths alsr prising beauty of t made mo lteAgtl sick whens remembered our Eod-fpr- saken looking country as 1t appears from ear Window
 We raced acress at at least fifty miles an hour. made only one stop at Rouen where Marc vincentelli jumped out, bought paper box of most ex- uuisite sandwiches, bottle of good claret and glass,s These ne courty' eous1g shared with the five other occu- pants of our compastment.
 At Roueh with my glasses I had q good View of the famous cathedral. one Of the architectural sights of Europe have been told that the new Baptist Church now being built in Montgomery is q copy of this cathedral. There is az much resemblance between them as fhere is between either of them and the Flat Iron building in New York when the reader of this sees the Rouen 'schoir of the Choir" he may make his own comparisons--fo prudential reas6ns Treserye mine.
 My antcipations built pn talk and readings have been in most instances fnihi1Bd There are one or two Dub- bles--one fbig one especially that I have stuck pin into. It is one dear to tho American heart and 1t is filled with Q lot of. gas
 dare not De 50 frank twice Ih one letter for I hope to get home again and I would love to live in peace and qulet. And another hope have is s to be just little bit more interesting to those know have seen noth- ing the use or purpose of which was Ignorant, that I have not asked about Every person of whom have asked infornation has willingly given ik. In deed 1t is huEnan-thie desire to teach. And notwithstanding my singular indinerences to traveI before (singular Indifference in Italics please). !. too.