Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-15
PARIS A DIFFERENT
CITY since The WAR
Horse Drawn Cabs Return, Shoe
Shines Hard to Get Other
Changes.
Changes.

Paris, Dec. 14.-Horse drawn cabs
have returned to the streets with the
progress of the war, but the outfits
and their drivers are NOT as pictur-
esque as they were in their heyday
before the motor-car came. The driv-
ers are quieter now, they no longer
crack the whips loudly, and they at.
cept f%ive.cent g~ratuities with humble
thanks.
All the younger taxi cab drivers
have disappeared, having been call
ed to take their places in the army.
Many of them have been put into the
supply columns, which perform much
excellent and somewhat dangerous
service in bringing up munitions and
food to The men in the trenches.
Those taxi cabs still in the city are
driven by the older e and by anna.
teur chauffeurs, who through the dis
location Of business in some profess
sions, have been thrown out Of en-
ployment. One may learn from his
chauffeur that in normal times he is
ing opera house, or maybe a teacher
Of languages, or perhaps a professor
of fencing.
The ussian, British, Belgian and
French national anthems, form al
most the sole items in the repertory
Of the intinerant singers who wand
err from courtyard to courtyard OF
the Partisan apartment houses. Ev-
cry window opens when the group,
generally composed Of a quartet,
sometimes Of quite passable voices,
starts it's music and sometimes the
occupants of the apartments, espe-
c'"lly in the Working-c.ass quarters,
jc,n in The singing. Other parties OF
MT. icians take their stand on the cor
ners at streets where they sing topi-
cal songs of the heroism of the al
lied soldiers. The interest of the pop
lace in these ballads is enormous, for
nearly every one of the by-standers
has a brother, son, father or other re-
lative at the front, and all buy, at
the price of two cents, copies Of the
words and often join in the refrain.
The flower girls, with their "sWeet
violets" direct from the Riviera,
which have never looked fresher nor
more dainty, appear to have increased
in number, perhaps because they are
more noticeable owing to the smaller
crowds of pedestrians, on the streets.
A ."shine," always difficult to OBJ
tain in France, is next to impossible
at this period The ancient boot
blacks, sometimes women, %leisurely
wipe off ONE of the mud and then
lay on a covering Of the poorest kind
of backing, after which the polishing
brush and cloth are applied without
energy, LEAVING the footwear in a
state Of miserable d%ullness, at a
charge in excess of that paid in any
city of the United States.
"Harlequins' are sought for at the
central markets by sever-increasing
numbers of the outcasts of Paris ev-
cry morning at an early hour. The
"~harlequins" are composed of what
is left from the meals in the leading
restaurants, and the name is derived
from the v~arigated assortment Of
small pieces of meat, poultry and de-
licacies set out IN plates and sold at
prices ranging from two to five cents.
The adoption by the French of the
fashion of pipe-smoking and the en-
rollment Of most of the male popula-
ton in the army have dealt a 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 to-
bacco he picks up has generally de-
creased, and the newspaper boys who
look to him to sell them for two cents
a package of the dried and rolled-up
refuse, of which they were the chief
purchasers, now obtain a smaller
quantity for their money.
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