Show last of thi the seine 9 bath the great floating baths which froni from their large number form so conspicuous a feature of the seine in paris paria will before very long cease to exist under an order of the prefect dated somo some yem years ago they are gradually disappearing no new ones are allo allowed ed to be built and the old ones must not have any substantial repairs done to them but must be ba broken up when no longer it if the term may be permitted seaworthy the largest of all is called la samar etaine and as this does not seriously impede river traffic and it is owned by a number of small shareholders whose interest in it is being gradually extinguished gui shed the new rule about repairs is less rigidly enforced than ta in some other cases la Samari taine is moreover considered as in some sort a public establishment lish ment inasmuch as it grants tickets at greatly reduced rates to children childre n in public schools and to the poor of paris london news |