Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-10-31

n France. You go to a barber shop.
There is a neat glass counter there,
with a keen looking young maiden Of
ficlating behind it. You approach,
and remembering always the never
failing %poiiteness Of the French, you
touch your cap, and wish her "bcn
jour She returns the greeting
very sweetty, and inquiries your wish.
"Avez YOUR du pate pour les dents'::"
you ask, very proud to display your
french, but vaguely wondering IL she
understands your particular brand
oil the language. Your fears are set at
rest, however, for she smiles (you
cant help wondering WHY and
names oyer several brands-French
ones But you are critical today. so
you take a long chance and ask fer
C0lgate's. To your amazement she
smiles again and hands over the old
familiar box,--the kind that "cemes
out a ribbon and lies fla on the brush"
as per advertisement. It's like o breath
from home, and you take two boxes
Tor old times sake. Then, at your re-
quest, she shows you some powder in
a pretty glass bottle. The stuff smells
like a compressed wedding, 1.-THE
French are master makers Of toilet
articlesl and you can't resist. But
we must leave before we are tempted
to buy out the store. We go a little
farther down the street and u on to
a little candy and cake shop. You fall
again. The smell inside is wonderful,
and the things you see are wonder
full, too. First you get some English
chestnuts. They are funny things, but
oh, how good! When fresh they are
great big things-perhaps IL inches
in diameter. They are hulled, and the
meats boiled in a rich caramel syrup
until they are completely candied. You
ought to taste them. Then we get
some little cakes-for use later.
Away we go again, and this time
stop at a little lace store. | could
write a book on this French lace, but
you're going to have an opportunity 10
see some of it some day. We "kidn
with the little lady who keeps shop,
and speend a most delightful half
hour there.
But the biggest sight remains to be
seen-the cathedral. / can't tell Won
about It, any more than | could lei.
you about the ocean. CathsdraIs arc
too big; they represent too great a
conception, a plan, a vision, a mental
ity, if you please, to be described by
my poor pen. But oh, me, how | wisa
! could take you through one. You
don't merely SEE a cathedral any
moro than you HEAR a wonderful
bit Of music. You FEEL it. II over
whelms you with a sort Of majesty
that belongs TO lofty mountains and
rioting storms and wonderful sun.
sets. ! have had the very great privi-
lege Of visiting two Of them, one Of
the most famous in England, and this
one here, and ] hope to see others. 1t
is really n Of the great emotional
experiences Of a lifetime. Nothing
brings the Middle Ages so close OF
makes them seem 50 real. When You
have stood in one Of these gigantic
churches, you appreciate for the first
time just what part religion played
IN the Middle Ages-the most ro-
mantle period, in many respects, in the
worlds history. Religion and chivalty
the two controlling factors of the
period in many ways antagonistic, bu,
after all peculiarly blended here. With
our modern completely Of civiliza-
ton, we have so many things to
squander u feelings and emotions
on--so many vital interests. Think Of
them-selence, business, professions
galore literature, music, philanthro-
phy ana scores Of others. Our art and
our architecture reflect nj many-sid-