HOW THE PARISIANS TAKE THEIR PLEASURE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 12, 21 March 1901, Page 15

HOW THE PARISIANS TAKE THEIR PLEASURE.

In the notes secular and religious of a non-Catholic religiouH weekly the following lines are quoted from a recent letter of the Rev. Dr. C. A. Stoddard, telling 'how the people of Paris enjoy themselves' :—: —

I saw 200,000 people the other day gaily dressed and happy aa children, looking at a parade of agriculture and flowers. All was elegant and orderly ; there were no quarrels or ugly words, but the people were like children in their excitement, exclamations and delight. The day was fine and I never saw a gayer sight. It was in the immense grounds of the Trocadero and the Champs de Mars. The Eiffel Tower was crowded with people, and a dozen balloons were full of people, and the gardens and lawns and grounds were full of beauty in color and arrangement, and at night there was a scene of bewildering enchantment and Arabian Nights' entertainment. Pleasure, laughter, merriment, childish glee, were everywhere, but there was no roughness, no ugly noisea, nothing but amusement of the senses. Not a drunkard was seen, nor a riotous or gluttonous person, though thousands were eating and drinking. All the specially artistic exhibits in the agricultural processions, and in the flames and illuminations of the evening, were singled out for applause. Whole families were present from morning to night, eating their meals on the grounds, and the fete was a great success.