The Washington herald., 1912-08-11

Ito Newhaven, thence proceeding 10
Calais by boat, and to Paris by train.
En- route to Newhaven We overlook
four trampish-looking individuals on
wheels. and were delighted to recognize
our friends, the yirginians we had met
in London on the Fourth. They had. 1t
appeared, changed their minds about
travel by rail. and had decided to take the
trip much like our own. We forthwith
formed with them an offensive and de-
fensive alliance and descended on Paris
en- masse.
| Leaving our bikes at the Care St. La
zare, we all took taxis to the same hotel,
a cheap but pleasant little place in
the Quarter Latin II seems to be a
favorite hangout with the students from
the Sorbonne, whose unique appearance
and antics have furnished us with much
amusement. Either because they wish
| to appear mature, or, as George sur
| misses, because they are too lazy to shave
or too poor to be shaved. they one and
all sport boards in various stages OF
growth. ranging from half an inch to
twelve inched luxuriance. .....-
They tear about like bunch of six
year-olds; no kind of horseplay Is be-
meath the dignity of these bearded, eld-
erly-looking youngsters. As Jack re-
marked, an American college freshman
is grave old senior when compared
with the oldest of the lot. Their fayorite
pastimes are squirting seltzer water at
one another at the table and playing
tennis on a shaded avenue in the Lux
embourg Gardens. The nets cross the
avenue at regular intervals, and the
courts are bounded entirely by imagi-
nary lines, which are. settled before the
game begins.
What is the back line?". asks one stu
dent.
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other; and the game is on.
On our first night In Paris Jack and
starated out on a tour of the boule-
wards, with Woody, one OF the Virgin
ians, in tow Woody who was decked
out In q high collar and straw hat, at
tracted most of the smiles from pass
ing loneliness. but being of very
modest disposition, did not notice them
at all. and presently invited us to par
take Of drinks In somewhat sheltered
cafe.
While we were pickering girl breex-
ed in and sat down in Woody's lap, and
by the time he was wide awake was
chucking him under the chin. Never will
forget the expression on that vir-
ginian's face. Jack and I were half
dead laughing by the time Woody had
extricated himself, bought the girl a
beer. and made hurried exit with a
shout. at us to follow him. We caught
him at the next corner, and, still gur-
Cling weakly. accompanied him back to
the hotel.
Our send-off from Paris after a three
day stay was a grand one. Mine host
at the Hotel de Bretagne would now
be a grand duke II any OF us had the
power to make him one. He Is the jol-
liest and most light-hearted Of all the
gay Frenchmen We have seen. and has
taken the greatest interest in us from
the time OF our arrival But when we
were all garbed In our khakis and soft
hats ready for the departure his feel
ings completely oyercame him. CALI
ing on us to wait, he vanished into
the cellar and presently returned with
two bottles Of champagne in each hand
With this lavish supply on tap he pro-
ceeded to offer. first our health. then
bon voyage. and then our health again,
and as soon as we got a chance we. re-
ciprocated with q glass to himself, an
other to his wife, and third to the
Hotel de Bretagne. BY this time the
champagne was pretty well depleted,
and mine host, in whom the spirit of
good-fellowship had been expanding
with each successive glass. made am
other hurried visit to his reserve. When
the time for parting did at last arrive
every one was fully convinced that wei
were making the mistake of our lives.
Mine host kissed us all on both cheeks,
his wife curtesied and smiled and both
waved fareweIss until the eeowding traf. |
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