Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-31

r. Paris tnat II ne possessed SuCu
a town he should be tempted
to burn it down, for fear it
would absorb the rest Of his
empire. Truly Paris is of interest to
all men. To the student 1t is a vast
university, from the SorbOnne to the
Bibliotheque, Ste. Genevieve. To the
pleasure seeker it is one wide world
of pleasure, from the Moulin Rouge
to Maxim's. To the Bohemian it Is
all Bohemia, from the Latin quarter
to the outer boulevards. To the
devotees of fashion, it Is an exquisite
exposition of finery from the Rue de
la Paix to Longchamps. To the
lover of the drama it Is one great
stage. And the lover of horses can
revel in Il splendid race-courses.
The administrative tendency in
Paris Is for municipal ownership of
all works supplying public wants
and directly affecting public health.
The cleaning, sewerage and water
supplies are under the charge of the
project, and the 615 miles Of under
ground sewers are so large, and Kept
so clean and well ventilated, that an
hours excursion through them 1s one
of the ordinary experiences of visitors,
the Journey being made partly in
boats and partly by electric trolleys.
There is wonderfully complete sur
face and underground system, fares
three cents second class, five cents
first class for any distance. The city
owns all the markets, catt1eyards and
slaughter houses, and there is spe-
cial sanitary police to enforce the
laws of the health department.
Mecca of Scholars.
It's museums and libraries make
Paris the mecca of scholars from
all over the world. The "Conserva-
toire des Arts ct Meters" contains a
great collection Of models Of ma
chinery. and class rooms for the in
st1uction of workmen in all depart
ments of applied science. Among the
numerous learned societies and insti-
buttons, the chief are the Academic de
Medicine and the Institut de France.
Among the many temples of kn0wl-
edge, however, the Ecoles des Beaux
Arts is the first of the art schools.
The Louvre, the greatest single art
gallery In the world, gives courses
of study specially designed to inter-
pref the collection; popular lectures,
and four years course for students
tors, librarians and travelling col
lectors for museums. The Luxem-
bourg Is a superb museum of contem-
porary painting and sculpture, and
there are numerous small galleries
and public buildings, like the Pan
theon, filed with some of the finest
creations of the French artistic mag
nation.
But above all, Paris is city of
pleasure There are 1876 places of en-
tertainment, including So general the
aters.
1t is after shutdown that Paris is
seen at it's best and worst. Then the
Parisians throng the cafes on both
sides of the river. You can pass by
slow degrees from the splendidly
served palaces on the big boulevards
to their degenerate descendants on the
Montmartre Heights, then turn night
into day,
The open air life and the never ceas-
ing interest of the panorama spread
before the people serve, however, to
keen drinking within moderate limits,
and consequently in a country where
everybody drinks, few people get
drunk. Should absinthe go out of fash
ion. Paris would become the most
sober city in the world. Even now it
must compare favorably with many.
On Champs Elysees.
Tn these hundreds of cafes and res
taurants the life of the city seems to
focus for time. Everyone's purse,
everyone's taste in cooking, is catered
for. One can find in Paris restaurants
like the Cafe Richie, on the smart Bou-
levard des Italiens, where dinner
costs $40 head, or one can obtain
an excellent student meal at 80 cents
il. a side street off the Boulevard ST.
German.
The tree.enshrouded Champs Ely
sees will be ablaze; the myriad op-
slepcent Glohas OF the Ambassadors.