Evening journal., 1908-04-15
What | Know About
Delaware Politics and
Other Things
sEvENTY-FIRsT ARTICLE.
By Washington Hastings


sEVENTY-FIRsT ARTICLE.
During the days that l spent in Paris after my
return there from other parts lived at the Hotel Dom
nic comfortable house the Rue Caselaine, in
the same square the Hotel Continental-which was
about close to that grand hostere and theatre OF
nagnihcence and display as l cared 10 venture a
place Of soiourn second time. / did, however fre-
quenty OF evenings look in the throng Of handsomely
and fashonaby attired and apparently happy people
who nightly assembled there; and after the rather
stunning enect felt just comfortable and mucn
at home If had been suitably dressed for the
surroundings any Of them. The French people are
polite nothing else; which is not 10 that they are
great Gea else for they have so far as my brief
observation Of them afforded opportunity judge many
excellent traits Of character; though Of them,
must be admitted peculiares and characteristics
which altogether admirable For Instance In the
smaller shops ana cafesand IN Of the larger ones
too that mattera egreenhorn" had better look care
fully his change else he may find among It pope
an italian coin worth eight cents in the place
franc" womh twenty cents; thew being about Of the
same size-I brought two three home as souvenirs.
The wayfarer would also do well be careful In maxi
ing his bargain with his hackman; for take H. that
the very FIRST lesson taught young apprentice that
branch OF ndury IN Paris is to make him thoroughly
proficient in the art of defraudng his fare IN every
conceivable way possible The price-hxed by law and
not excessye-is two francs hour, any fraction
an hour and If wishes to limit his ride hours
and orders his driver home with fifteen spare
In which TO reach his hotel, that unique and accom-
plished villain win drive all creation consume
ten minutes on the third hour and then demand six
francs and, in addition he Will ask for the customary
tip" Of cne franc had two three scraps" over
shorti
1t was European plan and the francs
one dolaI-a day for the room, "a Carte" with
the privilege Of taking them where you pleased One
VIZ PoiteS informed, however that as the house pro-
vded dinner in the evening for all the guests on the
register 1t desirable that they should dine table
note m the hotel-the price being FIVE francs did
this sometimes but more frequently didn't I soon
tired OF the numerous of French dishes
ana furthermore Just around the corner about half
block away, on Rue St Honore" was Campbell s
English Chop House." where this big Jolly Englshnan
ana ms buxom busting peasant-faced wife conducted
little restaurant with assistance except one boy
waiter and could get up a meal while you waited, in
after discovered It, always took breakfast ami
dinner in the evening often thought could do so
Wlthout getting on bad terms with Mine Host the pro-
prietor OF the Dominica.
put in ful days visiting public buildings cath
edras and churches palaces Of the rich the grand
noulevards end avenues and owly habitatons OF the
poor In the Latin Quarter the immense department
stores the Magazn du Louvre and the Bon Marche,
he site ofthe bid Baste destroyed and replaced
by a lofty monument commemorative Of some of the
hundreds Of notable and who had there been
imprisoned thus buried alive, Luxembourg Gar
don where Hugos poor hunted and bounded Jean Val
Jean passed 50 many unhappy hours with his unfortunate
little charge rosdtte the great picture gal
eries and many other places Of and interest which
Paris abounds and did one-fourth Of them.
In the Louvre alone could spend week and not
see It ALL spent five hours there wandering from place
10 place through the immense galleries and corridors
and many wonderful pictures works of art
but my comprehension of is necessarily very mper-
fect I did however see some old friends of whom
had read heard: including beautiful picture OF
Madame Recanmier the two little English princes
Charles and Ed ward whom that human nnonstrosit,-
the Duke OF Glostsr afterwards Richard III of England
buried In the Tower 70 them Of his bloody path
way 10 the throne and Mark Twains poor little Saint
Sebastian with his body stuck full OF arrows Of which
Mark says IN Tnnocents" he saw about sixteen thous
and an od In the various picture galleries that he visited
in Europe
Campbell. the English chop-house man, was Judge
thrifty fellow for I'm addition to knowing how to
keep hotei--and good one, too though it was
small-he the proprietor of four-in hand coach
line which ran from his chop house Versailles
every other day and carried but English-sp
ing iassengers--vhch bright idea; promoted
"
business
booked with him for the trip-hree days in advance
which was necessary-at fifteen francs. and Il was
good investments as he went along, and knowing every
loot OF the way he explained and described everything
we saw in most intelligent and interesting manner
through the whole OF the delightful ten mile ride
The route lay by Of the Champs Elysees past the
white marble palace Of DR. Evans the PHILADELPHIA dem
list who gained worldwide fame by rescuing the EN-
press Eugenie from the Tuileries I'm open boat
after the surrender at Sedan when Paris was i'm an up
roar and her life danger passing under the Arch
OF Triumph the Avenue du bois de Bouogne" into
ana along splendid driveway OF the great park the
hois de Boulogne," past magnificent grounds ami
into tie open country to the palace of St Cloud-or
what was left o. itfrom whence the German army in
esng Paris ater the surrender of the French Sedan
shot away the gided dome of THE in the cty
SIX or seven miles away and thence after half hours
halt to rest and water the horses look around on
through interesting section Of country 10 the on
trance ot the immense grounds and park of
Ihe Palace OF Versailles" built tV that pro-
nlgate and shly king OF France Louis XIV two hun-
dred and fifty ago. expense that bankrupted
the nation and alarmed him that DESTROYED every
record OF the cost OF Il for people when hev
round Il out. would turn him of ofce-which thew
doubtless would have done effectively had not death
ITO be continually