The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-07

that vacant stare is positively calling
to me-Tammy. who had the fortune
to be born good looking.
Paris is full of cafes, and to own one
is better than being a Salvation Army
captain.
.The French are a happy, careN race
of people and do everything back ~ aTus.
They talk with their hands and shoulders,
fight with their feet and embrace and
kiss one another on the street q mean
the mem, all of which gives me a good
laugh.
ITO tell you of all of the scenes in this
burg would fill book, so I will give you a.
few that are not In the pages of Rid
paths.
'rMaxims has a wonderful reputation
as the finest cafe in Europe To be bru-
tally frank with you 1t has never made
me holler or scream with joy. On the
outside 1t reminds me of any other res
taurant, but on the inside 1t is Q. K. L
paid So francs Gu. s. 50 for a bottle of
the Joy fluid just to be able to say L
had been in the place. I was out with
some friends doing the town and after
carefully searching we managed to scrape
together the amount for the aforesaid
quart and we went in. Gaily dressed
girls walk around In here, laughing and
talking. That was about all saw Any
way, all there Is to Maxinl's Is, If you
want to be q wine-opener you have got
to go to Maxim's. They just charge you
double for what you buy. Me for the
Peoples No. q after this.
1.-THE Cafe American Is the SWEETEST In
town. It is also run on the Cassie Chad
wick plan. 1t really made me open my
eyes, for 1t is a swell Joint.
1.-THE Cafe Monaco Is where the gay old
scouts hang out. If you could only see
1t 1t would give you an insight as to the
regular Paris, for in here you Jose all
thoughts of family, home and friends. 1t
is real treat and all the globe trotters
from Birmingham who visit here and are
single should take this kids tip and
don't miss the Monaco.
Paris is the home of art, so I paid q
visit to the Louvre, the finest art gallery
in the world. While I don't know much
about art I had sense enough to know
that the paintings were beautiful Can
didly speaking it took three gendarmes
and two street car conductors to drag
me away from one called The Morning
Bath or something like that.
THE Eifel tower is what consider the
main feature here. I made trip to the
top which cost only francs, where a
splendid view of Paris Is obtafnable. The
tower is considerably higher than the
Washington monument in my estimation.
7 also had the pleasure Of seeing the
Comte de Lambert fly around the tower
on October Is in Wright biplane. a sight
1 wouldn't have missed for anything. 1t
was the first fight 1 ever saw and I con-
sidered myself lucky that chose that day
for my visit.
Il went to see Napoleon's tomb yes
terday and spent very little time there as
things Of that kind don't interest me. But
/ think the Father of Our Country has
got 1t all over Nap when it comes to
writing about who got the best place to
sleep.
II took a ride down the Champs
Elysee, the SWEETEST boulevard in Paris,
and 1t certainly has some class to It, At
the end there is an arch, erected to Ma
poleon, which is very pretty 1t has in
scribed on 1t the names Of Napoleon s
generals and the list is called the roll of
honor.
II might mention here that cab fares
are very reasonable. A ride of two hours
only cost me francs (U g. s1.60).
- Some of the sights here have been ex-
aggerated slightly. The Latin quarter,
where all the students who study art live,
is one big frost. 1 expected to see artists
models hanging on students necks, posing
on the streets and all that dope. What |
saw, however, was few houses and
streets such as would be found in any
town. SOMEBODY had simply taken advan-
tage Of my youth and innocence and. to
use my pet phrase, 'kidded me, that's
all.
1.-THE Dead Rats which Harry Thaw
gave lot of free advertising to, was an
other knockout to my youthful expecta-
lions. Here Is where / expected to see
fancy dancers performing on tables, but
all Handsome Tammy saw was a few
chemical blondes. This experience drove
ell thoughts as to Thaw's sanity out of
my head.
1.-The Moulin-Rougs is another place
which has a worldwide reputation. 1t is
nothing but a theatre with cafe and
dance hall and Dutch windmill in front.
It closed up Just before ! got there. The
management, presume. thought WASH I
coming.
II paid . visit to tho oldest cathedral
IN the world. the Notre Dame. have no
reason to doubt anybodxs word that Il