El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15
HAS No TOURIST
CROWDS, PARIS IS
PROVINCIAL TOWN
For the First Time in Cen.
turtles It is Now a Really
French City.
HAS NO PRIVATELY
OWNED AUTOMOBILES

Paris, France. July 15.-"Paris has
become quite French declared a late
" arrived American 4 never heard
50 much French spoken in Paris be
fore
In fact, as result OF the eontinu-
ance of war. Paris 10 the foreigner
seems. if it is not so in reality. for
the first time since 1870 to be truly
and obviously Gallo TO have put off
| its harlequinade costume Of cosmo-
politanism. its glittering tinseI and
garish nightlight; and to have put on
the more simple and sober dress Of an
earlier and less luxury loving age.
Now is Provincial.
Paris has become. in a word. pro-
cincial. chiefly owing to two causes
the absence of the tourist and the de-
cline in traffic The city is far less
crowded and busting than usual The
diapasOn Of all the notes in the hum
OF a great citys population busy about
its daily occupations is lowered 10
what is almost q murmur: the boot OF
the taxi horn IS heard Jess frequently.
and the "barkers" at the shows along
the bOuleVards have ceased TO bark
Want a guide. sir2" is now never. or
bardly ever heard. The newsboys yell
is sternly repressed by the police
The tourist element OF Paris is all
but entirely wanting Before the war.
especially at this season. tourists We're
to be met with III all quarters Of the
city very considerable portion of
them Germans; now the comparatively
small number of strangers here are
with war contracts, and, Of course.
mostly men.
No Private Automobiles.
The almost total disappearance %
that cannot fail TO strike the visitor
OF today Dublin was described by Lady
Mary Montag que as the car driVingest
city in the world" Paris, for some
propriety be described as the automO-
bile drivingest, city in Europe.
Besides the vast variety Of cars
owned by Paris residents there was al
powered and luxurious tourist automo-
biles passing through on their way TO
Brittany with its well known seaside
summer resorts. to Normandy and 10
Touraine with their historic castles.
or still further afield, right through
the middle Of France. down to Biar-
ritz and the Riviera This traffic has
completely ceased In its stead one
sees hardly anything but slate col
Ored motor wagons. red cross autOmO-
biles, or the ordinary taXicab. Taxi
cabs are now hardly numerous enough
to meet the inha bitants' ordinary wants
This dearrh of taXica5s is Intensified
by the stoppage- ever since the war
began Of the convenient and rapid
system Of motor busses 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
Boats Remnin.
one means Of transport. however |
ne
=. Iat eau mOuchesT (bOats-as- bie-as-a-
fly) which ply along the Seine from
Clarendon by the Louvre. the Place !
De Ia Concorde. Passy and Auteuil. as /
Tar as Bellevue. St Cloud and I
Suresnes. With the summer weather
they are more crowded than in time
Of peace nor is it surprising to find l
II so as the voyage of some seven or l
eight miles, much of il through pretty |
scenery, costs little more than five /
cents