El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-29
Tells Of z2 Hours Spent In Paris
EIPasoan Recites The Things He Saw

GNEttGL- JOHN TEMPLE RICE. Whi
y has been with the medical corps,
141st field hospital in France for
10 months. has received his dis
charge. and viii sail for home soon,
according to a cablegram received by
Z his mother. Mrs. J. T. Rice. OF 500
West Missouri street, Monday.
The following is an extract taken
from a letter received recently from
Sergt Rice. telling OF his visit in
Paris:
'Seventy-two hours IN Paris.
France may seem 10 many. a short
time Tor visit where there are so
many things OF interest and his
rorlcal value, but short as the time
may seem by being on the move all
day and goodly portion OF the night
one may see many places and parts
Of Paris
Ctaching the Paris. Lyons & Msdi-
tarranee train for Paris, at the station
az Lonnerre- az ?. ms Friday eb-
ruary Z, 1913, we reached the gay
capital city about 1880 the same even
ing
On Avenue de POpera.
After a short stay al the hotel
we went for a walk up the Avenue
de IOpera, then TO the Boulevard des
ltallenss where the crowds were gath
ering for the evening promenade on
this great Lhoroughfare- After lunch
at cafe on Boulevard des Italiens,
we Joined in the crowd thronging the
streets and stayed until a late hour.
agreeing among the othe-s in the
party that We would start the morn
Ing bright and early for the shops
OF Paris.
Early the next morning. after a
breakfast al the Hotel pavilion. re-
Gently #-l~nHr Nv "a
Tor the enlisted men OF the A. E F.,
We started for a trip TO the shops OF
Paris.
Paris IS a veritable city OF shops.
and as one American has expressed il,
is great fair or exposition IN real
ity. Rue des Italens. Avenue de
lOpera. Rue de Ia Paix. Place Ven
dome, Rue ROyale, and the Place de
Madeleine are filled with shops where
the most beautiful articles OF every
line may be found Elaborate displays
Of JeWelry are TO be seen in the win
dows on all the boulevaEds OF the
shopping district OF Paris as well as
fashions and styles in great pro-
fusion.
American Manufacturer. in Paris
In Paris, many Of the leading
American manufacturers have shops. ]
among the most prominent and best
known being a shop by Tiffany, Col I
gates, Hannah Shoes. Walk-Overf
SnoeSs Gillette RaZorS and others
too numerous to mention !
-On the Rue de Ia PaiE are located I
the beautiful perfume shops Of many i
Of the celebrated French manufac-
turers, those who have supplied the 1
eXactng demands Of not only France /
and the rest OF Europe, but Ameri- /
can for almost a century. From an
artistic standpoint these shops can
well be considered as the last word j
in Sheir respective lines each with /
its distinctive taste and appointment
IN addition TO the general lines
carried IN the various shops Of Paris,
the art stores must not be overlooked, 4
Tor in Paris there are many, and the I.
works which are exhibited there in Z
bronze. marble and plaster, are very +
IN the evening we had the very {
good fortune to visit perhaps the most 2
celebrated theater in the world The
Paris Grand opera house from an
artistic and architectural standpoint
Is one OF the most beautiful buildings
that one could desire.
Pleasing Combination.
The great quantity Of marble, the
artistic arrangement Of the mural
decora TONS are SO elegantly selected
and placed throughout the entire
structure as to make a most pleasing
combination The interior OF the