The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
IF. Lewis writes From Paris.

uR. Lewis writes From Faris.
 Paris. July 2O-There Is scarcely a oreyice of Paris I have not visited.
 even police headquarters. I am still at liberty, so there need be no alarm. I have eaten in French, Corsican and Italian restaurants and in the ma 1ority of cases have been the only An glo-Saxon present. I have seen only i.atins at the Italian and Corsican res taurants and from the covert atten- : tion I attract judge I am curiosity.
 The Italian place is in one of the hundreds of covered ways that lead from the streets, sometimes opening into . square In the tunnels, you might call them, are shops of every description where one can buy every thing from . tooth brush to an auto
 mobile. Prices are cheaper there. They rob you in the big roues and bou- levArds. In these tunnels rent is less and the members of the family are the clerks. The shops are small. but the better of them have tables and chairs. If a woman were to come to Paris to purchase her trousseau she could save enough to pay her passage and . months board by shopping in these tunnels"
 days when I visited Magazines de Louvre and Bon Marche, the two larg- est department stores of Paris. Sold" they term these days; not our past tense of sell but "sold'' meaning a bargain. The rush was frightful. Fifteen thousand people in Bon MArche at once. The store which cov- ers . block is three or four stories high. V. was shopping and was cha.s- ing after him. holding on to his coat skirts for fear of getting lost. He can beat most women shopping and strang- CT still loves to do it. For my part. would rather be in Hades for the same length of time. The floors are highly polished as dancing floors. and old dancer as I am, with thick soled shoes I came near falling a dozen times. was heartily glad to get out. How these women stand it 1 don't know.
 Nc woman in Paris wears what we cau commonsense heels; to a woman they wear the Louis XI. heel. The shoe, in vogue here would be q wonder in Montgomery: they are nearly twice as long as those of our women and have toe like a pickaxe with twelve or fifteen buttons. all shades. rarely or never black. I'll make the bold assertion that I have not seen an un- tastefully dressed woman in Paris It is the custom of the class we are thrown with to repair after dining to some nearby cafe. take coffee or liquor. on the sidewalk. and watch the endless stream go by. After a little one feels the sensation of nov ing just as when a train is passing your tran which is standing still l never knew the distinction before be- tween a cafe and a restaurant. That called cafe with us has not one dis tinguishing feature of g. Parisiai cafe. The nearest approach to one in New WE Ma ri In Snh hAx unlike the Parisian cafe, has no seats on the sidewalk This Is the charm of the Parisian cafe. No one goes in- side unless it is impossible to get & place outsi,
 The Italian women seen in the Ital- ian restaurants wear earrings and all diamonds. The cashier had on a pair that blaxed like electric lights The French women do not wear them. Their ears are not pierced for rings. They eat little more rapidly than I would have supposed and eat all that they order. My plate is the only one that Is ever taken away with any thing on it.
 There are three or four things T find scarce in Paris--children. ice, matches and hot bread. Children are kept off the streets; ice you never get unless you ask for 1t. I saw the ice man bring a piece into this hotel not as large as is brought into my home.
 The energetic smoker in Montgom- cry would be in despair. he would have to buy his own matches. Hot bread I have not seen since my last breakfast in Montgomery. The bread Is always exceedingly good, however. The most common shape is a slim loaf three feet long You have heard Of French bread: well it is all that has been said of 1t.
 For reading I buy the Paris edition of the New York Herald and am going to do another daring thing and say that 1t is the greatest fraud in Paris; 1t has no American news: it Is grow reiling, subservient and kisses the feet of a titled person. I shall bring home several copies. We T.d not register at their office, and am glad now that II did not. The register they use for advertising purposes. The paper is thing no American should be proud of. | I with a party was walking down Rue LOpera at II o'clock the other evening when we passed an American shoe store. On the iron blind that most of the stores let down at night to prevent breakage and burglary. was painted in rippling folds the Star Gpangled Banner. With a swelling heart barred my head. In spite Of differences 1t is our flag as much as theirs of the North. 1 sincerely hope that nothing will ever happen to take one star from the constellation that sparkles and glitters in the blue field of La Drapeau Americaine.'
 VAN. YOUNG WOMEN AND BASEBALL. | There are just two forms of amuse- ment that will induce young lady to forego her afternoon nap and take herself out these hot afternoons-a wedding and a baseball game. And the former is not in it with the latter. The wealth of information on the in tricacies of home runs, squeeze plays, three-baggers. strikes, balls. bunts, etc. that can be stored in the depths of the cranium of a glossy haired. dimple- faced debutante Is perfectly as tonishing. The whitening gaze she can