Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-24
Of PARIS
OPTIMISTIC OVER
OUTCOME Of WAR
Boulevard Crowds Are Gay and
Air Of Real Cheer Prevails
Among All Glasses Of Citl-
zenS Of Capital,


Paris, Jan. l2.--"The Germans are
still at Noyon." as the SAYING goes.
but Paris Is undeniHhly more opti-
mlstic at the threshold of another
new year of war than ut any previous
stage Of the hostilitics. The boule-
ward crowds during the holidays were
bigger and there was more real cheer
In the air than year ago, notwith-
standing that since last New Years
day the allies have achieved few and
only local successes.
Peace on our conditions aud in
our own good time" That is the
principle cnunciated in strong ar
tiele BY former Premier Louis Bar
thou, to which the French people
have subscribed with practical unan-
unity. III II takes only one more
year Of war. SO much the better for
US, but II II takes two, SO much the
worse for the Germans That is
how the Parsians look at II and
their holiday attitude proved that It
costs them little TO adhere TO that
philosophy
The German lines are only about
fifty miles from the boulevards at
the nearest point. yet Friday after
noon the confectionery shops were
crowded as never before. Never
were the traditional New Years bon
hons so high and never were the
sales bigger. The boxes were deli
cate specimens of French art and in
genuity and they also were never so
dear. A pound of chocolates cost
from so cents TO $40 according TO
brand From 90 cents, boxes could
be had all along the scale up to SIS
The most popular were aluminium
boxes in tho form OF an explosive
shell with the dates l9l4-lSl6-l9l6
In black on copper pand or collar.
Some houses had metal boxes with
thu busts of Joffre and other gener-
ais stamped in has relief. Others
used reproductions of famous statues
OF the Rheims cathedral to decorate
their boxes and all of them sold tree
~ at all kinds OF prices.
Soldiers swell Crowds.
Soldiers on leave swelled the
Christmas week crowds. and II the
restaurants suffered from the MAIN
tenance of the restrictions as TO
hours. the theatcrs rcaped rich har-
vests There was not a vacant scat
at matinee or evening performances
in any thcater music hall or moving
picture show in Paris either Christ
mas or New Years day, In front
of all the cinematographs giving con-
tinuous representations on the houle-
yards long lines Of people were seen
al all hours of the afternoon and
evening, waiting for seats TO be va
Gated
a conspicuous feature OF the holt
days of 1918 was the revival of
Christmas literature. Christmas
books constituted larger proper
ton OF holiday gifts than usual. most
of them were on military subjects and
many of them related TO the war in
progress. Many reprints of celebrat-
ed military romances, books on Wat
erloo. the Marseillaise. some works
ON the devastation of Belgium. in
Guiding one by an American author
collections Of anecdotes and heroic
words of comhatants in the great war
Rings and other objects manufactur-
ed by the soldiers during their leisure
hours al the front were the most
popular of all presents regarded as
perfect treasures when the gift came
direct and bought readily by those
having No one in the war zone TO
think 81 them. Products OF Ger
man exportatlon''-b bullets and the
aluminium fuses of shells-were most
" used IN the making of an infinite
variety OF objects
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