Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
PARIS NOISY TOWN
Sleep Almost impossible in
Some Quarters of City.
ITALIAN ROYALTY UNLUCKY
Members of Reigning Family Ap-
pear to Look for Trouble.
ROMANCE OF A LANDLADY
Because She Was a Friend Of Sailors
Nobleman Asked Her to
Marry Him. So.
ROMANCE OF A LANDLADY

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PARIS MAY ITO become more IA
miiar than the average American tour
ist with The real parisians your corr
spondent rented last week an apartment
the bedroom window Of which looks ont
on Of the steep. narrow streets that
lead up from the foot OF Montmartic
toward the Cathedral of Sacre-Coeur bIt
lie has found that sleep is here an H.
complishment that needs long practice.
All night long the roar OF autos and the
rumble of cabs on their way 10 the might
cafe and the shouts OF rcyclers re-ccho
between the cIose-Set rows of houses
At Is O'Clock in the morning, how"Ner.
tho last OF the mrrry makers arc maxim
their way down the bill. some to bed,
others to take breath OF fresh ar la
the Bots after tile poisonous atrlosplere
they have breathed all night and to drink
in the Pre- Catalan a glass of milk fresh
from patient COW which stands before
their eyes for all the world as IL Mont
mart, with its artificial and taNdry eA-
elements, were a hundred miles away
Voices in Shrill Protest.
i Or a 1illls tlltff Is Sllf noe. WHICH IL
soon disturbed 10y the clane Of the refuse
cans as the concicrscs deposit them along
the pavement for the collection. An
army o. the most miserable specimens
of humanity, the ''chifoniers,' at once be
gins II rake among the refuse. Each
.chiffonier'' has his special beat. Wnich
by some indeiinabc right he can sell
when he retres. and each morning voices
are raised in shrill protest wnen enc or
another of the poor wrctcneS finding
nothing of the slishteset value in the
''poubeiles" that are his own property.
endeavors to raid tnoSA of ms nei lhuors.
Then perhaps YOU may fall asleep: sud
denly. blending with your dreams, comes
the music OF a pan-Pipe, PLAYING a
strange inexpensive tIil-. one OF tnoSe
tunes that tolls o. mountain pastures and
sunny sea. 1t has neither beg ming
nor end. but fills YOU with memories 81
Italy, or Sicily and TheocrituS. If Gu
riosIty Is strong enough To draw Won 10
the window, You will seq that pastoral
has indeed invaded the heart of PARIS.
Down the hill, driving before him a little
flock OF goats. comes goatherd OloWins
Justify through his pan-pipe like true
native OF ThecrituS. They say that he
is a goatherd from the tyrenees. but
have always preferred to believe that he
comes from the sunny hills above the
Riviera coast: for his tune tells OF q
softer climate than that of the Pyrenees
Each morning in the summer he drives
his flock down from the hill above to the
poorer quarters, where he milks his goats
before the purchasers door.
Cries of Paris Streets.
After he has passed all the street cries
Of the day break out. The little push
carts piled with vegetables are trundied
up from the markets by the ''marchandes
des quatre- saisons,'' who cry "Quatre
sous lie kuo de Hollande!" Potatoes =
cent the kilo''p in staccato tones, or emu
merate their vegetables. 'Salade choux.
chicoree, mache. berbe, chouX pommes.
with the traditional infieXion. The fish
seller has a special tune Of her own, and
there is a certain fascination In the cry:
Tout en- vie. la raise, tout 'en vie.
Limande a fire. a fire. Hareng Qui
glace, harenS mouveau," which announces
skate, stoles and behring's.
Behind comes an old man with sack
full OF plants that cage birds love: ''Du
mouron pour les petits oiseaux. Du
plantn mOuveau. Kegalez petits
oiseauX." BY this time the cries have be-
come almost a chorus; another fish
seller has arrived with whiting and soles:
VOLTA du medan, VOLTA des soles," and
her treble harmoniZes more or less me
lodiously with the bass of the basket
seller. Viola de pet.teS tables VOLTA deS
corbeilles a ieurs. Pas cher while a
flower seller laden with feathery, golden
mimosa from the Riviera borrows a touca
Of poetry from his sweet smelling burden.
VOLTA du mimoSa qu embaume.
Italian Royal Troubles.
Royalty seems to be unfortunate in
Italy. The king is always in some kind
of s.rrapc or another. mostly of his own
seeking Not long ago Queen t.lena's
automobile Knocked some people down in
the streets Of Rome and severely IN
iurcd them Severe accidents of a like
nature have happened before, and II
must ue sald ttat tle good queen size Is
really ii -Dod WON ans always tn mrs.
to spring out of the ear aud help the
IN juiec. convey them to the hospital.
visit them there and attend to ntaer mat
tiers a. ISOLATED with their homes
Now the queen mother. Margherita. fiS-
ures in "A catastrophe. Scarcely had the
royal special train passed a station close
10 the Eternal city the other day than
the express from i'urm was seen I" tao
dashing along at full speed in the opro-
site direction. \ sergeant in charge of "a
marty of soldiers guarding the line al this
or safety. and all succeeded except two,
who were struck by the train and killed.
One soldier was struck by the buffers on
the locomotive and his mangled body
hurled over the parapet OF bridge.
rolling into the roadway below with a
dull thud. The corpse of the other was
carried along the line by the engine.
which distributed portions of IL right
and left making the matter difficult
one to secure enough of the remains for
purposes Of Identification.
A Friend of Sailors.
There is material for romance in an
incident which has occurred at Mars"ilie
in Il little cafe kept by a young woman
noted for her beauty and goodness Of
heart.
The cafe is close TO the harbor and 10
freauented by sailors. who gave the name
Of Mother Marie to the landady. The
Dung woman had to deal with the rough
est Of sailor men, but her Kindness TO
her customers was her hest protection
When they had money she fed them
and kept them we'll supplied witt to-
ba Geo. The sailors never imposed on her
and always paid her when they
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