Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-09
REX THOMPSON
DOING PARIS
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oldest of it's seventy-four bridges,
the Pont Neuve Cor Pont Neuf)
bridge. We visited Eiffel tower
(9S7 feet high and saw the huge
ferris wheel of Worlds Exposition
day fame, which is near the tower.
! The wheel was not running then, so
we did not get a chance to go up on
it. During our stay in the city we
also saw many of the various victory
arches erected by Napoleon the
statue which stands on the site Of
the old Bastile and the one which
marks the place where the guilotine
of the revolution clipped so many
heads, and visited the Quai D'Orsay,
where the present peace conference
is now being held.
| One of the most remarkable things
| saw during my stay in Paris was
the Pantheon. de la Guerre," which
means Panorama of the War" The
panorama has been specially con-
memorative of the various allied
nations that have taken part in the
great conflict. Each allied nation
has section of the panel to itself,
and this section is devoted to the
soldiers, sailors, nurses, civilian
types and prominent military and
diplomatic men Of that particular
nation. President Wilson, Secretary
Baker, General Pershing and many
other prominent Americans were on
the panel representing the United
States. The background of the piano.
rama was a contour map of France
in dark grey, showing the location
of all important towns and cities,
and points on the battle lines. The
whole panorama has been worked
out with a marvellous wealth of de-
tail and makes a wonderful display.
l also attended performances at the
Follies Bergiere and the Ell Dorado,
and got some idea of the Parisienne
l.
one of the most we'll known theatres
of Paris and is very modern indeed. !
1t looks much like a modern Ameri-
can theatre with it's large main floor
it's tier upon tier of boxes and it's
galleries, one upon the other clear
back to the roof of the building. But
it has this one big difference. In the
back Of the theatre and in connect |
ion with it, is big wine room or
cafe, with little tables scattered
about. Here the audience may retire |
when they see fit and smoke and
drink and entertain themselves
1 found Paris to be just as lively !
and, just as Cosmopolitan as I had J
imagined. The main streets of Paris
at night are great, restless mixture !
of color and movement, where one !
may see any one of half a dozen
uniforms or hear any one of half a
dozen tongues, English, Australian,
French, american, Canadian and !
colonial uniforms, with occasionally
a Russian or Italian weave in and |
out among dandified French civilians |
and gaily dressed women. The !
streets are filled with traffic, street !
cars, trucks, horse drawn vehicles
and automobiles, while the ever
present little Partisan taxicabs scurry
and hurry along through it all, and
the groups of people slipping their
wine at the little tables in front %
the cafes sit back and idly watch
the passing parade. ] was very rtnch
impressed by the underground rail
way systems of Paris. Their subway
system, in addition to being very
cheap, has even New York's subway
system beat for speed and efficiency.
/ travelled through Paris a great
deal, and nearly always used the
subway. ! was way out in the sub
urbs of Paris early one morning and
stood at the Pont Maillot Metro
station watching the tube handle the
Paris bound stream of workers. In
few short minutes hundreds and
hupdreds of people passed through,
and without the slightest Gelay or