Show H HER R TWENTY FOUR j I BOURS HOURS OF GLORY Parisian Lady of the tie T Queen for tor a Day In the gay nineties says Ban 4 bo i of ot the National Geographic i b city the washerwomen or blanch blanchE so t i f to In i each ach quarter of at the fit of Paris elected a queen from among themselves and the queens In 1 turn elected a Queen Quern of ot Queen Quem i This honored lady of ot the tub in borne born on ona ona a throne ne to 9 th the of at the republic who beslow bestowed d 1 her a I golden r o olden en bracelet Amon Among othir presents she received In gow n a dress which might serve sene for tor h her her wedding gown and a crown crO which I might Ight lat later r be pawned or used u s parlor decoration depending the vicissitudes of at the queens queen's lat inter t J years Recent celebrations have beet bees merely processions of at floats p gro tesque or lovely according to the moods of or their designers designer TB The queens of queens have ha beet b I ful and tul-and and with no background of 01 f suds Buds The president now nOI presents present them with wrist watches Careme's Ml queen for tor the day dy J JIs Is selected from time the 20 queens qUIns who represent the the 20 O e N Paris In addition to these queens there are ninny many more morl Including il queens of stud students hucksters dress dress- r t makers and typists ts number of ot The queens has grown grove I Iso so great grent th that t tIt It is now no Impossible for tor each ench to have bave a separate automobile auto auto- mobile for tor herself and others fur lur furher furher her attendants so each queen has hai hasher hasher her car filled with her ladles ladies In I. waiting The automobiles of th the j queens are followed by floats which often caricature current events event I There may be for tor example the ogre j of high prices the housing 1 problems problem and the vulture faced landlord The Ite route of ot the time procession Is U i i equivalent to to toI n I sl sight seeing tour tout of 01 I Paris It passes passes through h the most meet Interesting sections of or time the city the Latin quarter quart r the Place Ilace de la Concorde Con Concorde Con Con- oo- oo corde the Madeleine the Opera and Port fort Saint Denis The procession stops stops at It two places th the I- I Elysee palace palace pal pal- ac ace where the president kisses the hand of the queen of or queens and bestows be be- stows a n wrist watch upon her and end the Hotel notel de Ville where the city fathers fathers' place her on a dais dale which h hIs Is occasionally used for tor the entertainment enter eater of ot a 11 visiting sovereign sO Mid lent Thursday Is the only day except the French national holiday boll holi day on July 14 when the Carla I boulevards are closed close to vehicular traffic and turned over to the crowds of ot pedestrians struggling to get close to the festival cars Celebrations for tor Careme Ml-Careme are arenow arenow arenow now held In Corsica Italy and anil i j. j Spain Nice and Cannes on the the French Riviera stand out however howem i as IS the cities alLIes where the holiday spirit of at the occasion Is enjoyed with prewar prewar prewar pre pre- war zest and whore the populace II U not Just a crowd of at observers lot bit active participants In the fun I |