Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

White wine always goes to his head. So
at home they drink red. How they
laughed and joked upon the grass! Why
did he wander off? Because he quarreled
with his friends. Why did he quarrel? He
will tell you. weeping, all about it. He
is good and gentle. A kind word will
warm him. Duprat bet that he could
beat them jumping. He slipped and
rolled off Poor Duprat. He told the
others what he thought of them, and
came away.
Mamma looks across the edge, across
the precipice, beyond. there. where it is
not Paris. She sees clear air, open.
bright, and free winds, above a neglected,
unbuilt broad space. Dirt and weeds
spread, down there. All kinds of shan
ties. Squatters in shacks. ragpickers,
junk dealers, ramshackle factories strug-
Cling automobile carOsSiers in cheap
rents all-glaSS moving picture studios,
goat herders, vegetable growers, tennis
courts, all the phantasmagOria of the
military Zone-the broad strip, clrcing
round the wall of Paris. where no build
ing has right.
TO mamma it is the far country.
And beyond? 4 wall.
A wall of six-story houses.
Wall of city blocks, outside the city,
Circling round the low and grassy wall
Of Paris, otherwise high. otherwise suf-
locating. it is held back only by the zone.
1t is the encroaching suburbs, creeping
up to Paris
Paris would creep out to join them.
but for the restraining fortifs.' The
wall? 1t looks fiat ground, like a green.
neglected track, between built-up
Paris and the built-up suburbs
Stopl Unhappy woman! All. the babe
is falling! While she reads her fashion
supplement he crawls-da-da. goo-goo-
amid the weeds. up to the brink. Ma
dame, pull back your infant! All, poor
mother. will she hear us? VIII the babe
smash like an egg Gown in the bottom OF
the moat? Hundreds tumble yearly.
Thousands have fallen since the wall was
built in 1910 Boys from seven to twelve
break ribs and become cripples. Few get
line in the papers. The distracted par
ents blame themselves and hide it. /
cant bear the sight.
Infanticidal wall of Paris. how much
longer will YOU claim your tender vic
Tins?
Tutelary, nursing wall Of Paris, how
much longer will Your weeds be Mother
Natures lap. where sun and zephyrs tan
wan cheeks of childhood?
One year. two years.
Its destruction is decided. Municipality
and state have made their bargain.
A COLOSSAL real estate operation VIII put
millions into the Golfers of the great in
vesting corporations. Spectators. build
ers and contractors have gigantic work
before them OF its $2OOOO.OOO the state
will spend half on frontier forts. The
municipality spends-but you shall See.
it loses some S20.OOO.O0O In the end, but it
gains the jewel Of Paris.
1t gains the long-dreamed-of emerald
girdle.'
1t was a close shave The state owns
rlv~1na ,x.sfv I.
been S2O.000,OUD. Well. in 1905, 1t was al
most fixed up-the job almost went
through-to simply buy the wall. thus.
cheap. and sell it dear. in building lots.
The city would gain colossal money prof.
it's. Even the part they now sell will
bring Sf4.OOO.OOO. And the spectators
who had bought the zone cheap, be-
cause of its building disabilities, would
grow rich beyond the dreams Of avarice
on unearned increment. The wall no
longer existing. the state might easily
unfit the servitude non aedificandi.
They would run six-story apartment
houses right up to Paris. Paris would