The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

- S before the breaking of the great war
a brochure calling attention to its dan
y gers to European civilization was on the
Ez-- point Of appearing simultaneously in all
y the capitals.
C2l A wealthy peace society, which has the
work in charge, counts on making its
general publication Immediately if still possible.
1t is entitled Guide to the Ruins of Europe" and
Is supposed to be complied in America a hundred
years from now for the use Of American, Austria
lian and Oriental explorers in the style of Macau-
ley's New Zealander, DESTROYS Ito visit the piles of
ruins that were once proud capitals and cities
blessed with art, industry and commerce before the
great war destroyed alike the populations and their
centers and left Europe a waste, sparsely inhabited
by scattered communities of survivors without
strength or ambition to restore civilization"
We give herewith selections from the chapter
entitled Paris"
PARIS (ruins of, ancient capital Of France.
Under no pretext should the explorer neglect these
ruins. They are more accessible than the ruins
of Berlin or Vienna, and better preserved than
those of London. The natives still hold pathetic
pretensions to constitute a city of light for the
vast and desolate territory, dotted by the lairs of
savage shepherds and the strongholds of primitive
cultivators, that stretches from the ruins of st.
Petersburg to the ruins of Rome and Madrid and
called the wastes of Europe. (See willie Luz
miere" in the historical ~chapter.)
A printing press even exists in the Chaillot
Catacombs connected with the ancient subway,
which is the winter habitation of the better por-
ton OF the Partisan natives. 'ParlS-ApreS-hidi
two pfenigs-cuir, sold in the Bosquets of the
Opera and the Pantheon cockpit (see Pantheon,
ruins of") by the slaves of Monsieur Balao, an
thropopithecus of Java and ross Of Chaillot, is
not a newspaper, but a mere weekly program of
the so-called pleasure of Paris. C"Pfenigcur,'
see leather money and barter system. Slaves"
see hungry mouths. The slavery is Voluntary
The fact that four books nave been published
in Paris in the past decade discloses an intellec-
tual effort u~nequaled elsewhere on the Dark Con-
tinent. They are Our Fathers Culture words
of one or two s~yllables), 100 reproductions of pen
drawings processed in New York and gratuitous-
ly distributed in all the resorts of pleasure, by
Monsieur Isaac Blumchen, President of the Re
public; Hair Growing as Good as Clothing
brochure Al pp.), by Monsieur Samuel Rice
hendatate of Bucharest, Minister Of Football;
THE Paris Song Book and New Dances" by VI
Comte Raoul de Sancy NEW edition preparing);
and my Pets" by Miss Annie Bloomfontain, the
beautiful young South African dancer, who has
had the concession Of the Opera since the year
:2OO1. explorers regularly purchase these unique
works in quantity, to encourage the natives. See
Pfenig-cuir and Barter System. Any useful OBJ
tect, such as a fnetooth comb or cake of soap,
DR. article Of adornment, like a single ~eyeglass,
string of beads or pair Of eight-ounce boxing
gloves, will provide the visitor with abundant sup
plies of Leather Money!
Great Hunts.-Monsieur Won Hundspfote, Min
lister of War. Marquis de Montmorrency, Trap
per and Pelter: guides, porters, dog trains. The
Casoar-Blanc, BOSS OF the Northern ohepneIus, ID
a useful person to fee.
Places Of Interest. The Opera-This grandiose
monument of the past, destroyed along with the
Church of the Madeleine and the entire Opera
Quarter (see Avenue de rOperaJ in the second
bombardment by the Germans in 1914-15, is under
the control of Miss Annie Bloomfontain and her
Troupe of Blondes. Variety show on the Grand
Stairway every afternoon, from June to October.
The crumbling interior, overgrown with wild vege-
tation, is unsafe. THE Wild Dogs of the Opera,
which formerly made it their lair, were extermt
mated by Roosevelt Exposition of 1899
Market of the Madeleine.-Chief place of barter
of the natives, among the broken columns. (See
Bombardment of Paris in the Historical Chapter)
Twice a week this picturesque spot is the scene
of the greatest animation of the Dark Continent,
the native women here exchanging fnery which
sets the fashion among the simple populations in
far distant Berlin, Antwerp. Marseilles and Blu
charest. The great Fur Mart is held In August,
traders by dog-team carrying back with them the
Partisan products. (See Articles-de-Paris and
Recrudescence of Big Game in Europe)
Avenue de Topera (The Jungle of Paris .-Un-
safe for any but armed parties Of explorers, but
visitors can buy protection from Boss Balao, Mon
sieur Solomon Bobownikon, Syndic of the Bour-
geois Tribes, or Miss Annie Bloomfontain. (See
Trout Fishing) Inhabited by the Bourgeois
Tribes and Hungry Mouths. (See Photographed
Motel The Avenue de rOpera is considered the
most g~randiose example Of Twentieth Century