Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-09-01
MY TRIP TO EUROPE
GEORGE H. FREW,

By GEORGE H. FREW, Jr.
PAR T XIII.


ticket-seller that we wished to go to
the end of the route. Accordingly we
received tickets for which we paid
twenty centimes each, or four cents.
1t is surprising how fast these boats
run, for at the end of an hour we had
passed outside the limits of the city
Sevres, place that is famous for the
china ware of that name, we noticed
some women was washing , clothes at the
on a board and dipped the clothes into
the river, then laid them on a flat
stone and pounded them with a paddle
After repeating this operation several
times the clothes were cons SID
turning boat AS we again came into
the vicinity of Paris, we noticed a
small island in the middle of the river,
having rather familiar looking statue
at one end. AS we came closer it
turned out to be a small reproduction
of the Statue of Liberty in New York
Harbor. We left the boat at the Eiffel
On the EiffeI Tower.
To reach each the top of vt the tower re-
a few minutes for car as a party
of Cooks tourists was ahead of us
dnd n 6fd aHe e af oe M fas as
did, we did not mind waiting. The
first elevator took us to the first, floor,
taurant on it. Here we changed to a
second elevator, which took us up to
another platform where we changed to
a third, and a little further on to a
fourth elevator that took us to the
top. AS the weather was rather hazy
the view was not as clear as it might
have been, but nevertheless were
able to get a good idea of the extent
of the city.
The Pantheon.
Leaving the Eiffel Tower, a short
walk brought us to the Pantheon,
erected to the memory of those men
who deserve recognition by their coun-
w
returned to our hotel, passing the Sor-
bonnie and the Musee de Cluny
Catching Taxi-cab Driver.
At last our day of departure arrived.
We were up early for the train that
was to take us to Cherbourg was to
leave at eight. thirty. The hotel por-
to the Care st. LaZare where we were
to take the train. We were soon in
the carriage and on our way. All pub
lie conveyances in Paris, including
horse-drawn vehicles have taXi-meters
on them, same as the taxi-cabss, We
m naf bac of open he drIeg With b bmf
within reach of his hand AS I watched
the machine clicking up the, fare,
by friend who had ridden in one of
these open carriages. He had hired
the conveyance to drive about the city
and had told the driver to show him
everything of interest. Every time
they came to such place, the driver
would turn around and rest one hand
and then point with the other hand
At last my friend noticed that every
time they passed some interesting place
the meter had jumped ahead, quite
few cents. The next time the driver
pointed, instead of looking in that di-
rection. my friend watched the hand
that rested on the meter. and noticed it
move the figures. He didn't say any
thing. but waited for the next object
of interest, with his cane in his hand.
They were approaching the Opera
House and the driver pointed it out:
simultaneously the meter moved ahead
ten cents. My friend took careful aim
at the hand on the meter and brought
his cane down upon it with a good
crack. The driver gave a yell of pain.
drew back the injured member and
during the rest of the drive kept as
far away from the meter as possible.
HOmevard Bound.
The train that we took was char
tered by the. White Star Company to
convey its Paris passengers to the
vessel at Cherbourg and when we
boarded the train we found that each
compartment bore the names of the
people who were to occupy it.
At nine o'clock the train pulled out
of the station and we were now on our
way homeward. All went we'll until
about twelve o'clock, when one of the
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