New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-20
Paris Unique Among Capitals
Centre of France Appeals TO All the World by
Its Constant Search for Pleasure.

40 other city in the world is as completely
a religion unto itself as Paris The French
capital is unique. II is really worthy ~
that much abused word. for in al the world
there is nothing Ike g. and from the nat
ure n Things there cannot he Bernhard
Paris. starve Il into submission. as the Ge--
mans did IL is not conquered. It rises
like the Php-ix from its own ashes. more
beautiful. more say. more splendid in every
way than before. Let a cause celebre ar
rive. and Paris viii. for a few days. he torn
70 pieces by dissensions and violence that
would presage riot and revolution in an
other city. But something else arises and
81 a moment il IS all forgotten.
Paris is not a cosmopolitan city. Il has
e disregard ~ all The world that is sublime
! is French. and IL tries 20 make every
stranger within its gates French. II the
stranger fails 70 yield 10 the process Of as
Einnilation he is forgotten. wiped away. Yet
8 e. the capital Of Cosmopolis. because all
the world and his wife find their way 10
Paris sooner or later The appeal Of the
place is universal. irresistible, not 70 lie
denied
There is no one thing that makes Paris
What n Is. The atmosphere. the spirit. can
no he So down In words, for there are no
~orcs - express them. One must see Z,
gel T.. he Possessed 81 IT, before the Pari-
Ban spirit Is 70 be understood. r permestes
nVcry class from the highest TO the lowest.
The sluns Of Paris are as individual as
tu7szing, as the faubourgs. The Lowest cafe
% as typical. and rs likely 10 he as inonen-
Bive. as the greatest restaurant IN the citv.
Appeals 70 Every Taste.
The student has one thing N Paris 10 LEAD
him on. The artist finds his happy hunting
ground IN the schools. the studio the mar
Velious galleries % the Louvre and the Lux
enlbourg
The American woman fnds her heaven in
the shops. where she may buy the things her
heart has crave6, according 20 her owa
sucgment--thst IS. Il she has The strength
n viii and character 20 resist the wiles ~
The French sa leswon1an as most Americans
of the een5ler sex have proved they have
While she is shoppint her husband may
nrink IN the wonders Of a Efe that is wholly
rev 10 him. lie VIII meet his countryrnea
everywhere. IN American bars that have 10
eavor OF things American EXCEPT their name,
enc in others that might have been moved
bodily from Broadway.
Together the American and his wife may
drive IN TIE Bots de Boulogne, stroll along
The Champs Elysecs. watch the President of
The republic drive out with The honors 81
q monarch, see foreign potentate doing
The town much as they themselves are dosnS
:. and indulge IN a thousand uncharted tour
neys about the city.
Parts exerts herself in no way 10 enter
tain the foreigner. She Is too busy p~oSfd- !
Ing entertainment for her own people. who
must be amused. no matter what the cost
r. the foreigner r. pleased. so much tie be- (
Ter. II he IS not. no one worries much
about 81. ,
Al dat r. Paris in the mass, OF co,l-se
Tho hotels are among tho finest IN Euroye
md they have improved wonderfully under
constant American patronage. They look /
after foreign guests with avidi;y. roo, for
o. is 10 tbem that they must look for their 1
wealth. TIE Frenohman himself IS a frugal /
foUl, ara restaurants and hotels would not |
Hrive IN their present abundance We're they
10 rely upon his patronage alone.
LoveIiest Of Al Cities.
Paris Is probably the most beautiful city /
sn the world. Through years ana years Of
changing governments the che sim OF the /,