Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-21
e. Q. young,

Q. S. The first authentic history we have of Paris is 35 B. C., and 1t was to the ancient Romans Gssui, and it is from an invasion the same year hy r.....;,ss
 Caesar that Paris and this part of
 France in linked with real history.
 Many traditions of the country, some of them in a measure true and others
 mythical extend even further back but of them shall not attempt to write.
 Where Paris now stands Julius Caesar
 found small village which he cap
 tured and named 1t after the Roman style. "Lutetia Parisiorum," from
 which we get the modern contracted
 word Paris. In after years the Roman
 Emperor Julian built for himself a palace here on the river Seine, the
 walls of which are visible today, and
 he also left a pleasing historical rec ord of Paris and the surrounding eoun-
 try. He said that the river Seine ''ney-
 CT varied in depth with the seasons
 and was as nayagable in winter as in
 summer."-a fact which is true to
 day-"and the climate was soft ana sunny and delightful place to live. '. Even in these late years 1t is a matter of surprise how many bright, sunny days one can see in Paris, and at the same season of the year, see so few of them in London which is about two
 hundred miles away There is no doubt in any mind that this soft, even climate has had much to do with the character, the differential and polite manner of the French people. Others are just as kind, at least they mean to be so, but the French people make the
 best impression of the same fact by their manner of speech and action. One illustration will suffice for an ex- ample. During 8 visit one day in Lon don to the House of Parliament, most of us American tourists, two girls by a mistake sat down for 8 moment in the seats in the House of Lords and a police guard yelled, Don't sit down in here" so loud and snort that the girls jumped of the seats as if dyna- mite had exploded under them. It Is a rule that no visitor is permitted to sit down in either of the Houses of Parliament, even though there are no sessions at the time, and this is what the police guard intended to impress and he surely did not fail. But a Frenehman would never have given an order to visitor in that style, though in reality he is not more kind than an Englishman, but would have said, Ma dam, if you please do not sit down here it is not permitted" and his order would have been obeyed without all the jumping as if from an explosion. have seen American tourists make even worse innocent mistakes in France but neved did anyone seem oth- erwist than very deferential and polite. For about three hundred years the Romans held their rule firmly in Gaul but soon that was to end when the united free tribes beyond the Rhine came south and conquering the Ro- mans took possession of the country and Chilbert, one of their kings, took possession of Paris in 300 A. D. These people were called by their neighbors Franks, or Freemen, becuase they had never been subject to Rome nor to the armies of the Caesars.
 They changed the name of the coun- try from Gaul to Frank or France and shortened the name 'Lutetia Parisior- um" and called it Paris. This the Frankish nation got hold in this coun- try and at once spread all over what is now called France, Belgium, Hol- land and Germany, the latter being the Franks. and so called from the Roman prince Germancus.
 The money of France today Is rec koned today as "francs", so is that Of Switzerland and Belguim. A franc" is equal to twenty cents and their silver five franc piece is the same val ue and about the size of our American