Show U ut hot t water for the public the hot water fountains which the municipal council of paris determined last year to establish are in operation aaion on the boulevard st germain on the south side of the seine the foun fountain iain is ia rn an elegant circular column provided with a button which being pressed after placing a sou son in the slot causes about eight quarts of water to be almost instantaneously heated by gas to 65 begs reaumur and passed through a tap into the recipients pail or can when this operation is completed an inner weight risea and the gas is automatically mati cally turned off the small email householders and shopkeepers of the neighborhood are stated to be availing themselves eagerly of this privilege which is eventually to be extended to every quarter of the city and suburbs suburb paris letter |