The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1900, Page 10

10 THE SUNDAY CALL “Qld Paris™ s One of Tonevie e rig gned to the minutest detall. The Lenevieve Yreen, : t of the right bank of the Seine et Bk A \y other one thing to "014 Par t the Great Paris Exposition. of ancient Parisian headquarters the register ! “the astonishing rate. The de Rivoli, seems to this investigation State’s people, last we There were twenty-five Californi visit and I AV Wil e latter bearing the names a Rstablishments, such as the “Spinning Sow. Playing Goat,” “the Roosting Cock. It is mot without its tomic side, into the life and manners of old ’:“;n very few visitors the morning © and I A W. W enjoyed an unusual privilege that will not by ars iy been added t tmeans be universally accorded. I was alloweq to 100% 1. Graves of Los through some of the r: ol books which are on Palace Hotel are $2v. snd exhibition, well protected from finger marks by glass cases and guards, Perhaps the most amusing wes the “Manuel de C of the time of Louls \H(.{ i The precepts contai therein for the P\fm‘dli 0 § 3 those gallant courtiers and graceful ladles were sim- tne ; : ! 4 ek : ply startling: many of them I do not dare to trA7ZC real hing. : Tate.” Here are a few samples, however, of the Ic shocking; 'hen you wish td clean your hands table wipe them on the table cloth and not on ¥ jacket.” “When it becomes necessary to att one’s nose while at table it is not proper t right hand, that which hoids the meat.” 103 the moucholr, » and fork, ‘h"u yet appea aordinary admonitio as follows: ‘“‘Before go o Gine with persons of quality it is well to co hair, and while there to refrain from scratch the inse crawl on one's neighbor. vther one: ‘A gen- tleman of q his is every day and his face almos The people clothed In si! ingly dainty maculate r In going is exactly ¢ 2 [ ng more than 11 ness of the expositio! S b; hurried vist all the great show which per. The person miles f “Old Paris,” may e who sees executed in instead of to be n pleture; 1 to breat oks apprec! mince and smile in when surrounded by and sallor hats! = ago ¢ They ladies, thes I met Rabida. He . Tall and thin ost gaunt, with short, stubby kers, and is not at all French in appearance. At first glance he i3 not the ideal artist, but after- ara the dream in his eves be- comes discernible. omething about him suggested ‘‘the greeable man” in “Ships Pass in the Night.” I have ered a few scraps concerning b which may be of interest, consid ering him as one of the lfons the exposition. Like so many others of his fra- he was born an arfist, the son of a workman. nnot remember when he rot drawing pictures on the wall. on the of paper that father’s like % his- place of a 3 5 : LR Ay § at all t presented h from his came to P DESISNER ORITINATORAND , OLD PARIS” Wl |l 9 » valuable his- Althoug hun- om his a province of outfit with fo- veerr Distorical TR erected at random. 3 Ameong thes assoclatiof have beer L described in col the Tle France. the house of Nicholas. Flamel, the philanthropic aichemist, who gave away so much money in alms that Dore. There is a character in his work whic no oni the est. doubt of - his end. ang e to s he has no imitators. A ery oxX- Bat be had diboov- one learns to recognize his work without looking for of making gold was gen- and one fine day he nar- ped being massacred for sor- rd of his charity. The where Moliere Was » mMmost gen- ¥s climb up posts and the inte- rior is hung with old tapestries such as naturally adorned the house of Poquelin, the tapestry maker, who had the honor of becoming the father of Moliere. The streets are narrow and twisted and the shops guaint and interastina. all of part of the expo; Tt is unique in be tertainments ilh valking in the Boulevard des my progress was arrested by a huge crowd on the sidewalk staring at something in the doorway. I do not profess to be different from the rest of human kind. When I see a crowd staring | must stare, too, 1 cannot help it. Well, T stared, and was gratified to find that California was the center of at- Californlans are arriving thick and fast. At the Stata