| Show A LETTER PROM FROM PARIS properly waking speaking marseilles marseille as a center of commerce with its board of at tj trade rede its institutions of every kind such as conservatories conserva tories of music and painting would be called a great city large in size and the third one of importance in prance france but there axe are two d distinct parts to this city and their characteristics are strangely pronounced noun ced so go differ different edt indeed are the aspects of the fhe two portions that the eye of the traveler cannot help being impressed by the contrast the new city is a finely built town upon the hill and its it Is kept very clean just as the other towns of europe therefore I 1 shall not try to describe that portion of MaTse marseilles illes which resembles any other city of the union having residences and stores or shops of diverse dimensions af although though aco according to european custom the streets are not straight but set at random intermingling as they please or rather as people shave have pleased to intermingle them malang it very difficult for a stranger to find his way in or out the only part of marseilles that is reamy really of importance and interesting to be visited by the tourist to is the old city the old the remains of the part founded long before christ by the phoenicians Phoenicia ns those proud and daring sailors who extended their trade tirade to the whole of the known world the old mansilla Mas silla sIlta from the point of view of archeology archaeology arche looks like a mixed style city the gothic the byzantine and even the style all in a general mix up and if it were possible to have a birdseye birds eye view of that portion of marseilles it would metaphor leally speaking resemble a bric a brac vity city something like a long une ot curiosities laying upon a shelf for the pleasure of the amateur vt of old re relics licis the houses are all of unequal size eize built at random without method some are elevated above thie the street with crooked flights of steps to reach the apartments others almost under the ground those houses have no shape and no contradictor contra contrat ictor tur of modern abill abilities ties could think of planning their erection they ate are neither round nor ovial ovel neither square nor rectangular and they cannot be said ald to be etther octagonal act or hexagonal they have all shapes all heights all colors and it could be said with verla veracity elty that they contain all shapes within their structures for instance you often see a square house with wf th arched doors a cupola on the top of its roof roaf with windo windows carlati es ea under its balc onys and every other style of olden a mixed I 1 suppose that these hous houses must be very unhealthy especially as the streets are so narrow that the sunlight cannot cannat enter the interior and that is the reason why when cholera breaks out in marseilles it finds so many vic 1 tims during the last epidemic about diled died dally and it is a wonder to me that mortality should not be greater in such a filthy district santiago rules are enforced with the greatest difficulty by the local govern ment merra the most of the population la that old quarter is composed of itil itaum and spanish refugees of lowdown e ch acter and italians alone number a aka in marseilles you can see by 1 that it is not only the united statsy who have to bear with italian but that france also has its conting contina eat hardly a day posses passes here without crime being committed by the forel ns ers who are the outcasts of their ivr nation here they are 0 employed fak the dirtiest work and receive very isget wages the french workingman wib not do all kinds of labor therefore italians do it marseilles I 1 refer to tn 2 old city is very old and as I 1 staurt above I 1 will not endeavor t to 0 riva e description of its new quarters but may try to depict some of the lecun aties of those people who live in the city and who by life called honest hones rf knows why bring up families tasi most surely become some day the tu of society and who flood our states se B america with their hearts full of awu gence against these classes by w they have been held down dur ming centuries the many people or of essl world have a tendency towards and all these anarchists of prance france crue churi os JW A many prussia and spain wa counting england that also brea bleess great number come to Ame american liisi that vengeance uppermost in minds and so stern indeed that innocent citizens during revola revo even lutuS are not spared the french re voina has proved it louis XVI was nahl powerful and great the europe were yet bowing to the hew hs louis XIV the queen maria aton atosa was wag young beautiful scornful around her forhead she wore f preal precious tous stones that had shone in a austrian empire upon her m forehead the celebrated maxia maria S who had asked the help of the ms magyars magyari Magy ars while riding through thra iuri streets holding her young baby boy her arms and begging protection him their future king 0 oh ra talisman that a woman can wave A the trembling crowd of her au auh when she is a queen that t word afi from the mouth of the t melved and rewarded by a a hando the word help by a S queen finds an echo in mil Honna breasts ther Is no man as aa low may be who would not give div his elal his fortune and sacrifice his chiah ch spoken and property when the qubell queens among the many professions in sone of the most profitable sac 1 the poor Is the gathering of J stumps in the gutters after bild aidt I 1 have been assured that these I 1 in arious people can make from a A two dollars per day and the wor quite easy inasmuch as it aws re from those who follow the mccu occula only a couple of hours each night nigh cigar stumps are quite valuable can be sold by the pound the old of cigarettes are also quite desan de but only according to their size la Is EL a regular market for this ki id alna l tobacco upon a square near bit de la Yo toilette liette and of course only H poorest people avail rhems themselves IV such merchandise which is so sold toch highest bidder generally from 20 cents a pound the rag pickers are organized vast corporation and are mostly R and italians they go gli streets from house to house b bullai the rags they can find no rn matte P they are clean or dirty and atte after sell them to the paper who pay a good price for then principal paper manufactories manu factories n limoges and tome some of the abisai ter writing paper is man there those rags that are of jl afi I 1 sold very high and those wh cotton are used only tor for wrapping paper and are very ver shops in mar 14 brokers the he pawn do throughout all france and pe private parties as in the it belong to tilted states suites but are altogether under supervision of the government be broker offices which are aase se pawnbroker pawn de piete are instituted sled led monts mont in need folks who being the poor arthe or pledge some of their ber f at money the rate of interest is two ings and they give to the year cent per thirds of the value of ld rower er two if within the they pledge flie jobje object ct IPSa aice e of one year the party has not it is almed what he has pawned arld tee TOd riold at auction except if he calls at the the contract tor for an to renew having paid the two after other etli jer year nevertheless if ano spa cent interest due party is financially un contracting tu party is financially un contracting isa I 1 have stated as auction IC afia 19 sold at administration when the above and F ahe mont de piete has kept back oe ae has been le lent nt and the two per what interest the rema remainder inde r called cant t the owner of the to is ia given V united states will the article acle pawned some day this fine cus adopt r hooe I 1 classes can be the poor filby which by benefited without t falling tiling in the hands of shylock pawn edacious who prey upon the poor lookers sw willing to acce accept at any detches Set ches who are ions from the vultures of hu shape the disgrace d bgrace of hu oa the salvation army aery powerful here they occupy Z aitt w at esy a d do am vo very rv much good si large lafae lia 1 and 0 people eople the same the drinking p matix promenade they america la rf aih the streets si in uniform with a drum and an d OR cc great occasions tm trumpet pet and they sing songs a rell religious glaus sect ts is this J all B ka kinds n ds ll 11 when dinner is served based upon the most moot potent are of every evary jda day clife life they have eries to aftem attempt pt to explain no t cadences to fro divulge no bucha throne must after death pull ma i a p in a problematic heaven no and its prophetic words that on one e erp retas a he pleases not even a 9 expurgated e that they explain standpoint but the salva army amly is very beneficial to huty because they reach the lowest ee which the other churches fall fail 4 alwert and they see that those join dibi them do right not in mere hut but altea Sl tea tire are no mormon preachers here mast dont know why in such cities effi firs ellees where the population is mid wre belied the word of god spoken would surely make ats monument of the old att lis IS clity city wall iyall and it ts is aag ane that it anoum be so ugly and fite batt more inore like a barn of dirty ap 66 than a culty hall at the soot of at the city hall which abic h I 1 hala aall howe y there are many tramps trampe boa looks waiting baere for young lewno wiio came to be marbled marr idar led ried the of these men consists in sign name at bhe bottom of mar and their conversa pa 1 what you please ase mister ather ar very important impo point olf erf the he Is ia the fish market where arayo ut en behind sell their flah fish rag ng each other and insulting s customers who are not willing e price they ask these f iafe atre will call you my darling ou about 40 or 50 cents for a ich lomg but the next minute thunder at you bad words ra lay ay part I 1 cannot understand r greaten to slap your face F U h but they hey t dont mean it at mere fun tor for them I 1 have and as no one here pays leato 6 to them and lets As them in to beso bego nevertheless I 1 prefer the american custom which allows you to buy what you please without any unpleasant words said on either side marseilles is a great greal city and very picturesque the surroundings are very beautiful and there are many fine bathing resorts all around amund the principal one being at the end of the celebrated avenue of prado where the battle of flowers to is given each year during the carnival the magnificent imperial palace overlooking the sea is a square construction of t the h e corinthian style and is now used as a museum and also at times for a hospital when an epidemic of cholera happens to rage in the city this palace was presented to empress eugenie eugenic by the city council of marseilles at the time when napoleon III after his marriage traveled through the provinces and visited marseilles the gift was accepted by the empress but when the downfall of the empire came in 1870 the council of the above city wishing to annul the act of donation stated that it had been given to the crown as public prope proper rit tai and not personally to the empress A long and tedious lawsuit began during which eugene upheld het hei right and it was finally decided by the court that the city had duly presented the property to the empress and that she was the sole possessor of the castle As soon as the news reached eugene that she had won the lawsuit she wrote to the city authorities that she did not care for the castle that she gave it back that it was worth worthless lets to her she wished thus to show that as long as her right was at tt stakes she had confided to law to uphold it for her and to prove that the castle was waa hers but as soon as she had been declared c the lawful proprietor she wanted no longer a gift that had bad been made to her by dishonest subjects who had broken their word but I 1 must now stop my long letter the whistle of the steamer isaac pe delre is warning me that I 1 must go oh board I 1 now leave this sunny france for the city of algiers where everything is going to be new to me cording to what I 1 read JULES CAMBON |
