Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16
PARIS IS MORE GALLO |
SINCE THE WAR BEGAN

Correspondence Of the Associated PresA
PARIS. July 5-Paris now. Paris
has become quite French" declared =
lately arrived American. Il never
heard SO much French spoken in Paris
before" s,annAx
In fact. as result Of the continuance
of war. Paris to the foreigner seems. IL
it is not SO in reality, for the first time
since 1870 to be truly and obviously
Gallo. to have put or its harlequinade
costume of cosmopolitanism. its gilt
tering tinsel and garish nightlight, and
to have put on the more simple and
sober dress of an earlier and less lux
ury-loving age.
Paris has become, in a word, provin-
cial. chiefly owing to two causes-the
absence of the tourist and the decline
in traffic. The city is far less crowded
and bustling than usual The diapason
Of all the notes in the hum of q great
city's population busy about its daily
occupations Is lowered to what 10 al
most a murmur; the boot of the taxi
horn is heard less frequently. and the
"barkers" at the shows along the boule-
wards have ceased to bark. Want q
guide, sir?" is now never. or hardly
ever, heard The newsboy's veil fs
sternly depressed by the police.
The tourist element of Paris IL an but
entirely wanting. Before the war. es-
tpecially at this season. tourists were
to be met with in all quarters Of the
city. very considerable portion Of
them Germans: now the comparatively
small number of strangers here are
chiefly those on business in connection
with war contracts, and, Of couroa,
mostly men.
Private Autos Disappear.
The almost total disappearance ofNhs
private automobile is another thing
that cannot fail to strike the viGitor
of today. Dublin was described by
Lady Mary Montague as the "car-driv-
INCEST city in the world" Paris, for
some years before the war. could with
propriety be described as the autono-
bile-drivingest city in Europe. Besfdes
the vast variety of cars owned by
Paris residents, there was always q
stream of more less high-powered and
luxurious tourist automobiles passing
through on their way to Brittany, With
it's well known seaside summer re-
with their historic castles, or still fur
Their afield. right through the middle
of France, down to Biarritz and the
Riviera. This traffic has completely
ceased. In It's stead one sees h2rdly
anything but slate-colored motor wag-
ons, Red Cross automobiles or the. or
binary taxicab. The taxicabs are now
hardly numerous enough to meet the
inha bitants' ordinary wants. This
dearth of taxicabs is intensified by the
stoppage, ever since the war began, OF
the convenient and rapid spstem of
motor buses plying to and from all
parts of Paris.
They were requisitioned Immediately
war began. and are reported to have
done yeoman's service in transferring
men and stores at and just behind the
front. u
One means of transport. however.
seems to be as popular as ever, the
"bateau -mouches" tboats-as-big -es-a-
fy), which ply along the Seine from
Clarendon. by the Louvre, the Flace d
la Concorde. Passy and AuteuiY az f4r
as Bellevue, st. Cloud and Suresne4.
with the summer weather they ale
more crowded than in time Of peaep.
nor is it surprising to find 1t 30. q
the voyage of some seven or eight
miles, much Of it through pretty seed
cry. costs little more than 8 cents -