Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-01 | Page 41 | ''Gingerbread Fair" is Given in Paris

! "GINGERBREAD FAIR" IS GIVEN IN PARIS : First Big Affair of tho Kind Held I , Since the Great War Broke Out. : PARIS. ' Ma; S3 1 Ry ihe Associated Press, i 'J he coming of tho armistice has allowed : Paris to have Its pleasure fairs again after tliey Z had b??n supprrssotf during the hostilities. The celebrated "Giugovbreud Fair" wis the first to Z be held and attracted thousands an it has done aince its institution nearly a thousand years ago. An unpleasant surprise ivnh in store for (lie Z lovers of merry-go-roin.ds, which used to' enst z 2 rents a ride before the war aud -i on Saturday nU'hts and Sunday. rl The humblest most , O'li-nf-iiatp- affair which' offered mere wooden horses on pigs to ride ou , daio nded a frane, 20 cihn. a turn , while the j - up-to-da te ma chines offering o suspended air- J - piane required a franc and a half, or ",0 rents. - Thrpe eitravngaiu price? (to the frugal French : - nilnJi did not prevunt brisk business, for ev-n I th" French seem to have lost tiicic keen seuec I z of ihe value of aiony. '