Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-30

homelike. There is a meeting OF the
mind at least.
French an Interesting People
But all in all, I think if one lived
in France long enough to learn the
language he would like the country
and it's people very much. The French
at their best are kind-hearted and
rather naive, full of wit and fun and
have the most delicious drollery. For
instance, the air man, j. F. Reuter-,
who booked me on the plane al the
hotel and then went Is miles to the
field to carry my valise and see me
off, is zone grand fellow" He seized
an enormous company umbrella and
gravely asked each of us who it be-
longed to. He assured us not to be i'm
patient over starting as it would be
only a few minutes and French min
utes, you know, are really hours. He
laughed and smiled at the angry in
science of an American who became
scared and demanded his flying money
back. He put all his passengers in
their places and bid us goodby with
laugh and a flash of white teeth.
afraid or not it makes no difference,
you are there anyhow he said. This
is represen tative of the merry, kind
hearted French people.
The Night Life of Paris
An interesting side of Paris is the
night life. Along the Boulevard des
Italiens (the main street" of Paris)
thousands of people promenade ION
fine summer night until we'll toward
dawn. The restaurants are many and
glare of light. Scores of people sit
at the little tables placed under avn
ings on the sidewalk. There is much
drinking and eating, much laughter
and visiting but no disturbance or
drunkenness. The prOmenadeS are full
of strollers. Boulevardiers, women of
fashion, business men, soldiers, tour
lists and even "street walkers" The
last are attractively gotten up and So
licit quietly but indefatigably. No one
pays the slightest attention to them.
In nearly a week in Paris l never
saw an accident, fight or heard an
angry word except from stranger.
Some people, quite a few, take in
the might resorts" at Montmartre and
other places. Some of the biggest re-
sorts are in the heart of Paris and
within a stones throw of the Opera,
the city's famous music center Most
of the visiting is mere stunning. !"
The visitors buy bottle of wine, see
the dancing and move on under the
care of a guide. At one underground
cafe in the Montmartere you see the
women at the tables and the men,
mostly working lads in caps and with
kerchiefs around their neck, typical
Partisan costume otherwise, ranged
along the big bar. The principal en-
| tertainment is songs by volunteers and
dancing. Perhaps it is well the strang-
| ers don't understand the words in
the French songs. Then there are the
tony" resorts like the Cafe de Paris,
J the Cafe la PaiX, and others, where
| the demi-monde gather at night And
still other resorts where the more sor-
did side appears, just as it does in
| London, Edinburgh, Chicago or Lam
caster. But like many other things
they do the Parisians in their under
world do the sordid more completely
than the others. And yet the denizens
of the night life do not seem like hu-
mans with an understanding of moral
values as we know people, but more
like frolicking animals, gay, XII dly
and good natured. A paradox surely.
Paris a Clean City
Paris is clean, Immediately so. The
city, like London, is full of parks,
squares and breathing places. 1t
abounds in museums of fine arts and
gorgeous flower gardens. AS in Lon
don, the flowers are changed as they
bloom, new plants ready to bloom be-
ing placed according to the season.
Many Beautiful Things i'm the Stores
The stores are not the biggest but
the worlds finest when it comes to
beautiful things. The average woman
would want to charter a ship to bring
home all the things she sees and
would like to buy One big store, the
PrintempS, has a pure white interior
with a large court. High above the
dome closes in opalescent glass, cast
ing a soft glow through the interior.
The French instinct for the artistic
and beautiful is evident in even the
smallest articles. The prices are fair.
Not as low as some people expect, but
lower than London, and low enough.
A 70, percent luxury tax is affixed on
all articles of a not strictly utilitarian
nature
''Nary" an Apache
1t is not safe to do the Montmartre
or other fast parts of Paris without a.
guide. According to all reliable au-
thorities, including the best movie pro-
ducers and scenario writer's, the
Montmartre is full of bad eggs called
'Apaches." These "Apaches" are sup
posed to "hop up" on coke and alb
sinthe and to strut around in cap,
jacket and baggy trousers, garroting
the festive tourist or other visitors.
I looked all around for even one
apache" but was much disappointed.
Nary one. My faith in the reliability
of the movie producers and writer's
of Partisan underworld fiction is bad
ly shattered.
The last day was put in at the Sacre
Couer church on Montmartere, an i'm
mense structure which has been build
ing for so years and is still under con-
struction. 1t tops the high hill, a clas-
sic stone buildings both inside and
out.