Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-13
CABS DRAWN BY
HORSES sUPPLANT
TAX|S IN PARIS
Chauffeurs Nearly All at Front
and Are Doing Good Work;
Itinerant Musicians Sing
National Anthems.

(Aseoeiated Press Correspontlence)
Paris Nov s.--Horse-drawn cabs
have returned to the streets with the
nrorress of the war. but the outfits
and their drivers are not as pictur-
esoue as they were in their hey-day
before the motor car came. The driv-
err arc quietar now. they no longer
crack their whips loudly. and they ac-
cent fivo-cent gatuiiies with humble
thanks.
All the younger taxicab drivers have
disappeared. having been called to
lake their places In the army Many
ef them have been put into the supply
columns, which perform much excel
lent and sometimes dangerous service
in bringing MP munitions and food to
The men III the trenches. Those taxi
cabs still in the city are driven by
The older mon and by amateur chauf-
feurs, who through the dislocation OF
bnsIness in some professions. have
been thrown mii Of employment. Ono
may learn from his chauffeur That in
normal times he Is q baritone of some
rcnoWn az a leading opera house, or
maybe teacher OF languages. or per-
hans a professor of fencing
The Russian. Brifish HelGlan aud
French national anthems form almost
The sole items Ia The repertory of the
itlnefant singers who wander from
courtyard TO courtyard Of the Partisan
apartment houses. Every window
opens when the group. generally COM
posed Of Il quartet, sometimes Of quite
passable voices. starts It's music. and
sometimes the occupants Of the apart
ments. especially in the wnrldng-class
ii. a ~.
parfies of musicians take their stand
on the corners of streets where they
sing topical songs Of the heroism of
the allied soldiers. The interest of the
populace In these ballads is enormous,
for nearly every one of the bystanders
has a brother. son. father or other
relative at the front, and all buy at
the price of two cents, copies of the
words aad often Join in the refrain.
The flower girls, with their sweet
Yolcts" direct from the Riviera,
which have never looked frcsher nor
more dainty, appear to have increased
In number. because they ARE more no.
ticeable owing to the smaller crowds
of pedestrians on the streets.
4 shine" always difficult to obtain
In France. is next to impossible at
this period. The ancient bootblacks.
sometimes women, feisureiy wipe off
some of the mud and then lay on q
covering of the poorest kind Of black
ing. after which the polishing brush
and cloth are applied without energy,
leaving the footwear In state of mis-
cradle dullness, at Il charge in excess
of that paid in any city of the United
States.
iliarelquins' are sought for at the
central markets by ever-increasing
numbers of the outeasts of Paris every
morning at an early hour. The "haf-
leduins' are composed Of what is left
from the meals in the leading restaur-
ants, and the name Is derived from the
variagated assortment of small pieces
of meat. poultry and delicacies set out
on plates and sold 1t prices ranging
from two to five cents.
The adoption by the French of the
fashion of pipe-smobing and the en-
roilment of most of the male popula-
ton in the army have dealt hard
blow at the gatherer of cigarette ends
and cigar stumps. who for years was
such a well-known figure about the
terraces of the boulevard cafes. The
amount of discarded mites of tobacco
he picks up has generally decreased,
and the newspaper boys who look to
him to sell them for two cents pack
age of the dried and rolled-up refuse,
of which they were the chief purehas~
efs now obtain smaller quantity Tor
their money