The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-17

against the evening horizon. the huge
toy looks more like a gigantic cob
web than the round OF TenerifFe lace
that It used to resemble
Speaking generally, the West ::ud
of Paris, as in London, is the aristo-
cratic residential quarter: but the dis
tinction is not so marked as in the
English capital The magnificent
avenues in Paris are not like those OF
Hyde Park, London. England. closed
against the democratic omnibus. but
are open to the enjoyment OF all ranks
and classes. The beautiful and world
famed avenue des Chsmpes Elyees
with its continuation. the Avenue du
Bots de Boulogne forms the approach
to the Bots de Boulogne. the exclusive
residential district.
1t has been said that good Amer
cans when they die. go to Paris. and
If so be that this event falls in spring
with the Worlds capital emerging
from its winter drabness into that sea
son the charm OF which has made
Paris the Mecca of pleasure and beauty
lovers for generations. these fortunate
spirits will be sure TO rise early. wan
der in the Avenue OF the Elysian
Fields Champs )lyseesl and on past
the Corican's arch for canter along
the redolent bride paths of the Bots
de Boulogne.
With the passing OF Easter. the
Bois comes into its own. The trees
and bushes bud out. and the hoSre-
chestnut trees give their first intima-
ton of snowy blossoms. and the grass
, is hidden beneath a coverlet OF mag
} nolia petals
Along the marges of the lakes and
= ponds cat-tails nod lazily in the gentle
= puffs that ripple the CLASSY surfaces;
thickets of pussy-willows and bull
= rushes hide myriads of busting chirp-
: ing insects. There is that indehneable
smell OF the earth awakening mingled
5 with the perfume OF new flowers; and
! the grass. newly vardant half hides
I half reveals the purple OF violets.
2 For the Bots de Boulogne is nature
pure nature in the heart OF civilization
/. There is nothing artificial about it
Unlike Hyde Park in London. Central
Park in New York. and LakeshorC
; Drive in Chicago. it was never "laid
I out" As it is in its natural aspects SC
is always has been since the beginning
J. Of time.
n With the expansion OF the city o.
a Paris from a small fortified town
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c is now the lie de Ia Cite. to its presen
2 metropolitan extent. the municipal au
y thorities have ever been careful tC
c leave the Bots untounched. whatevei
c other Improvements they eeffcted.
c True. there are delightful restaurant
d and cafes, dancing" even, splendic
n tennis courts where the Rocest of tn
e poloi may play for an insignificant fee
y and since the war. the prohibition
G against playing football on the lawr
e has been lifted. The crowning glor!
- of the Bots is its bride paths, crossing
criss-crossing and interlacing through
[ out the entire 1900 acre domain. care
/ fully reserved to the equestrian only
Il and so arranged as to be far removed
e from the maddening foot OF the motto
e horn.
: But, ali these signs OF mans activi
?. ties have been so fitted into their sur
h roundings that they serve TO accent
n uate by contrast. rather than mar. tn
y natural beauties.
o The Bots de Boulogne was origi
o nally part of the vast forest Of ROW
e ay. extending down to what is now tn
place de rEtocile. ard taking II
} Auteuil, Sevres, and St. Cloud. TIL
e first authentic mention of the Bots II
S history was at the end of the fiftl
s century. II became a haunt OF per
5. sons OF rank and wealth, and the in
e evitable followed. II became also tn
Il haunt. the refuge, and the scene o
operations of bands OF outlaws ant
: brigands of the type which. in tn,
II Middle Ages. made travel so hazard
g Gus.
II In 1852. the Bots was taken over b!
IS the municipality of Paris. and sine
/ then il has been the playground ant
e pleasure haunt of Partisan denocrac.
: and aristocracy alike.
a A ride through the Bots offers in
q finite variety. There is the famou
st Chateu de Madrid which is well wortI
a visit. and beside which are the fines
y tennis courts in France.
Over at one edge of the Bots. Their
is TIE removed race track OF Long
champs. where Paris fashions max
q their debut: and beside the ancien
windmill which is all that remains O
the Abbey of Longchamps. founded i
- 1880 by Saint Elizabeth. sister OF Kin
= Louis TX. At still another corner
- the race course of Autenil. whic
|. specializes in hurdle racing and steeple
chasing.
An the way across the Bots. nes
, the porte de Maillot. one OF the w
big Geological gardens Of Paris On