| Show HER TWENTY FOUR HOURS OF GLORY parisian lady of the tub queen for a day in the gay nineties says a bui bulletin ot of the national geographic so BO city the washerwomen washerwoman washer women or blanches senses in cacti quarter of 0 the city 0 of paris elected a queen from among themselves and the queens in their turn elected a queen of queens this lio honored nored lady of the tub was borne on a throne to the president of the republic who bestowed up upon on her a golden bracelet among other presents she received in gold a dress which might serve for her wedding gown and a crown which might later be pawned or used as a parlor decoration depending upon the vicissitudes of the queens later years recent celebrations have been merely processions professions process ions of floats float S grotesque or lovely according to the llie moods of their designers the queens of queens have been beaucl ful and with no background of suds the president now presents them with wrist watches ail queen for the day Is selected from the 20 queens who represent the 20 of parts paris in addition to these queens there are many more including queens of students hucksters dress makers and typists the number of queens has grown so great that it Is now impossible for each to have a separate automobile for herself and others for her attendants so each queen has her car filled with her ladies in waiting the automobiles of the queens are followed by floats which often caricature current events there may be for example the ogre ot of lugh high prices tile the housing problem and the vulture faced landlord the route of the procession is equivalent to a sightseeing sight seeing tour of paris it passes through the most intereSt interesting IlIg sections of the city the latin quarter the place de dc la ill concorde the madeleine the opera and port saint denis the procession stops at two places the palace where the president kisses the hand of the queen of queens and be stows a wrist watch upon her and the hotel de ville villa where the cita fathers place her on a dils dais which Is occasionally used for hie the entertainment tain ment of a visiting sovereign alad lent thursday Is the only day except the french national holiday on july 14 when tile the paris boulevards are closed to vehicular traffic and turned over to tile the crowds of pedestrians struggling to get close to the he festival cars celebrations for ill careme are now held in corsica italy and spain nice and cannes on tile french riviera stand out however as tile the cities where the holiday spirit of the occasion Is enjoyed with prewar zest and where the populace is not just a crowd of observers but active participants in the fun |
