The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-11
SOL LDIERS' RETURN
 BRlGHTENS PARIS IN LATIN QUARTER
Artists At the Front Ce1e- brate With Old Friends
 Their Homecoming.

Paris, Aug 11-In the Latin Quart err of Paris the return of some thou-s sand of soldiers on leave of absence from the front has been like the day of judgment in a cemetary. From mournful desertions the streets the cafes, the restaurants have taken on new life Little "'1nidinettes" and ar tists' models have crept down from their attic rooms in their iInprovised finery of Sundays and holidays. and proudly leaning on the arm of their stud dent-soldiers sweethearts, parade the Luxerpbourg Gardens and the streets of A1ontparnasse in rtdiant joy for the first time in year
 For here in the heart of the Latin Quarter, a great part of the pepu1a,- ton consisted of students in the vari- ous arts schools. in the ancient uni- versity of the Soronne, in the school of medicine, law, and engineering and in the colleg of France. With the out break of war it was if & great plague had swept over over the Quarter. AL most no men were left.
 Now all is alive again in the Quarter Tables in front of the cafes stretch out to the very legal limit of the avn ing and beyond In front of the cafes in the parks, but especially on the trans and trains bound countryward gay party of artists in earth stained l
 est best celebrate the respite from fighting that the War Department has granted. There is som ething odd in the sight of young soldier, a girl on
 his arm and a, paint box instead of a. knapsack slapped on his back, off for a day at the joyous work creation,
 after so many months of the grim
 work of death
 On the opposite bank of the Seine. on the heights of Montrnartre, the
 scene created by the temporary home coming of so many of the caountry' s soldiers is very different, although no less animated. Here, many of the
 .'permissionaires' as the s~ldiers on leave are called, are seeing Paris for the first time. People of the country inhabitants of small provincial towns, whose means have never permitted
 them to visit Paris seize the opportu- nity on their way back from the front to pass a day or two in the city. Some times their wives and family meets them in the capital. and together they 1 make a pilgrimage to the points of fn- terest in the the ancient city It is the hour for many people to see France first.
 The churches seem to be the most l freouenhed of historic spots visited by l these soldiers on their vacations. sNotre Dame the Madeleine, the new building
 
 1 ton of Montmatre, overlooking not only Paris but the whole Seine valley. are crowded from early morning until darkness by long. shuffhng lines of | uniform sightseers. Especially Is this 1 true of the Church of the Sacred Heart
 so recently complete, that thousands 1 of Parisians have not visited it, the new cathederal is a point of interest not only because of it's rare, astherial | beauty, but also because of the com i manding position it occupies, whence
 a nagic-carpet view of the city may be obtained " ithin the darkened | basil.ca., is a flame of yellow stars of 1 candIe-light Here come wives, sweethearts and mothers of the men | in the trenches to burn waxen offer | ings for the safety of their loved ones To the right of the altar, behind the 1 chanceI rail hangs a banner upon which is embroidered the legend 1 ''Sacred Heart of Jesus, save F'ranee!" Before the fire of the candles, and the l silent altar and the chancel and back l in the shadows of the church's lofty l pillars, all day long there are soldiers kneeling in prayer.