Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-10-09

first weeks in Paris would BE-
robbed Of linguistic comfort
These men-the drivers of taxis
all young and with eyes sharp and
excited. and the drivers of carriages,
all old and with eyes dull and heavy
are trained to catch . direction ON the
wing. and never ask to have II ~.
peated.
The wan consciousness Of TALKING
French badly II not always the por-
ton Of those who talk II worst. A
certain selfassured type Of American
women employs It with . confidence
unaffected BY originality and pecan
cy Of accent. American men and
sweet mothers Of ambitious daughters
"A domestic combination with which
Paris 10 1lled-are least prone to make
use Of French: yet when they do, II
II invariably with . charming II linn
tied perfection.
Fortunately out-of-door Paris speaks
. language that 10 beyond the tongues
Of man. that voices itself In efIable
civic beauty. In long vistas. In ssner-
Gus skies. IN wide avenues that lead
into fountain-spraying squares. which
widen fke the transspt Of cathedrals.
and through which course in and out.
round and round. like flne skaters, the
autos and the peoples of the world.
To zee the Arch Of Triumph from the
Caroussl, the softening sun still high
over the how built city and pale
enough to BE- looked ct. to zee the
long avenue across the thin mists Of
evening that fan Ike . protecting
veil. II to feel Z troubled, Unreasonable
presence: the sense Of beauty, .
sense that was given NJ unfinished, af.
rested In the making. and With fades
unattained into mystery.
Strange White Beauty.
The green Of Paris grass and the
blue Of Italian skies surely are the
most vivid colors In the world, and
from this green Of grass and nom
beds Of flowers. Paris builds itself In
vivid white.
The newest building glaring IN
cleanliness. and the Oldest grown gray
and darkened. invariably conform to
this colorlessness in this most colorful
Of cities. Building material hulked
on the river shore like the backs Of
waiting elephants. b al white. white
stones are wheeled through the
streets. white bags Of mortar .r the
Weighted boats. while sand lee piled
on the white embankments, and along
the white streets, anonymc = and
similar and blanched. stables and
stores and dwellings wall themselves
against the sidewalks. Adding the
note OF artistry that unconsciously
prevails everywhere. workmen IN
these new white buildings wear long,
white coats, white shoes, and form
groups Of Whitehead figures ct little
sidewalk inns.
Paris 10 handmade. Every embroid-
cred linen flower and every stone Of
every wall has the look Of q minute
and detailed attention. There 10 no
big machinery. The small steam der.
ricks that unload the deep sunken
barges hoist but one barrel at time.
And results grow huge under this in
ton.
In Walt Whitman's Leaves Of
Grass" be sings praise 10 the strong
curb Of city streets. Did he know
Paris. too, and the high. white walls
Of its river banks. the masonry Of long
flights Of stairs descending to the
shore, the profusion Of stone bridges.
many arched. everywhere masonry
and uninterrupted securing curbs?
How prodigal Paris 10 Of architec-
tural decoration. Of unending elsbora-
ton. II II it, soul. the expression Of
it, ardent quest for variety. its nm
to continue uninterrupted
} line or . curve. They place bronse