The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-07-14

Sages Anatole France evokes q
heetiEg memory of the quays along
the Seine, where one diSturbs the
dust-covered books Of the Scent stall,
ana thousand shadows terrible and
charming" 1t isn't our purpose to
revive these memories; to do so would
pe 10 parade the whole past in review;
we snail simply state the magic which
draws and which holds to the quays
or the Seine. writes L. A. Des Garets
in La France
Ihe quays! Along both sides of our
river they run! But when we sneak
OF quays' we mean. of course, the quays
or the left bank. There is the heart
or Paris. Who would deny it?
The action Of those workers who
live in the neighborhood Of the uuays
artists. thinkers poets or simple
workmen-when they seek their river.
IS one OF happy Incidence. They do
not pause before the windows of the
antiquaries shops; they go toward the
rampant which courageous and deter
mined booksellers have raised, before
the river of forgetfulness, the dixie
which will protect their books. 1t is
there that in the summer sun, as we'll
&c ~ winter fcgs, ere the last resting
places OF the production of mans
thought. It is there that q book, af-
ter good or bad fortune, comes to take
Its last chance; it is there that they
are viewed by the savants, in search
OF information, or with sentimental
curiosity by Mimi Pinson yes,
the last refuge and the tranquil resting
place over which watch the high
profile. of the Louvre and the towers
of Notre Dame!
Where Point OF Interest Begins.
The quays start q little above the
Palais Bourbon, at the palace of the
Legion Of Honor, cnce the famous He
tel Salm. During the revolution, since
the prince Of Salm-Kriburg had been
given command of a battalion of the
Lafayette guard, his palace became the
meeting place Of the Reformist club.
Later the same building received the
members Of the Cercle Constitutions
mel, until the day when Napoleon made
it the seat Of the grand chancellor of
the Legion Of Honor. 1t Is a pitys
that this charming Greek temple
should be eclipsed by the surrounding
buildings.
Next there is the Quai voltaire,
where Nine. Cecile Sorel makes her
home, near the house in which Voltaire
died. Wien one enters this building
the ghost Of the mighty century ap-
pears; you are received with the gra-
ciousness Of Celimene. Everything In
this house bears the imprint of Louis
XIV, and nothing could be more part
Of 1t than the character Of the great
artist who lives there. Here died In
greS; there was the convent Of the
Theatins, brought to France from
Italy by Mazarin. Further along, at
tn corner of the Rue de Beaune, used
to stand the barracks of the gray
musketeers.
Thu Famous "Bridqe Of Tearo."
Let US stop at the institute. From |
here all the Paris Of yesterday Is seen
the towers of Notre Dame, the Louvre,
the Saint-Chapelle, st. Germain rAux- |
errOis, the conciergerie. the palais de |
justice and the Pont-Neuf, still look |
ing very solid. Since it was opened |
to traffic by Henry Ill, the same day
he lost his favorite, Quelus, the Parish |
ans called it "the bridge Of tears" |
That did not prevent it, however, from.
becoming the center of animation of |
the city where all Paris gathered to |
be amused by the news of the gaZet- |
tecrs and the sallies of Tabarin.
Next we see the palace of the prince |
of Cont, today one of the treasury |
buildings. To save ourselves both re- |
morse and regret let us put aside the |
sad memories of st. Germain rAuXer-
rOis and Of the cOnciergerie. Let us |
instead follow along the Quai Cont, In |
the footsteps Of Lamartine, Of Victor
Hugo, of Sainte Beauve, of Alfred de |
Musset and Of all those others who |
have been familiars Of the quays.
Alas! Where are the gIories of the
past? Under the dome of the insti-
tute?
Quays Are Charming.
Our quays are indeed charming. with |
the movement of tramways, wagons
and carriages, with the whistlng of |
the boats and those thousand small |
noises which are multiplied by the |
waters Of the river. | love to watch
the loungers who come to loaf there,
good fathers of families pulling their