Show our visit to gay paree I 1 illis his is is another in in a series baries of articles by miss NJ iss josephine josephi ne dames daines on her unit to europe last summer monday evening to thursday three whole days in in the will well known city of paris pans we three dutchmen had been warned and also albo learned of the natives trying to outsmart outs mait the tourists and especially the americans whom they fell feel are all well supplied with dollars in the train station we refused porter service and carried our oui own bags to the taxi at the front of the station it a uniformed man came up saying taxi taxi and we nodded yes I 1 lo 10 and behold ML ave were outsmarted already ile he merly walked a little ways was away and came riding up on the juaning bond board of another mans mails cab we had to pay him a tip and they demand high ones being in in paris pans meant a reunion deunion of our oui group of at U international palm farm youth exchanges as we c were all to meet c before saili sailing ng at our oui hotel we c expected expect td some of our group to meet us but those who were already were taking in some so me of the night life of the ct city y i just as we were wae finally in in bed someone knock knocked ed on oil our oui door and we found ourselves talking over vents events of tile the past suimei suni nier for foi sev ual cral hours houis with others of our oui ging ave W e talked of food and sight seeing and of the people we had stayed with and then their ic te action to us liow how some had ti bated us like royalty loyalty and others had treated us as li ia borers in in then their kitchens wo we had it till all chalked up to expel excellence ignee now and wile were gla glad I 1 to talk it over with one another so we ave began our oui late houis in in this city ity where it seems so many people stay up until the failers start stait to get up bre alfast a few hours later was avas wonderful we e ate real icil american food at our oui embassy you dont know now how good bacon and eggs cereal and fruit flint taste for foi breakfast bieak fast until you have gone without it foil foi four months sight seeing in paris pans meint meant shopping chopping on the famous boulevards as the champs El lipec it meant going to the top tell of the eiffel elf foi tower which was built for foi the world exposition of issn and at that time was the tallest ture tuie in in the world though today the empire state and crysler buildings have surpassed it this steel ture tuie stands today as it a monument in in the nty city thousands ride nde the set ot of three elevators cleva tois to the top every day and look over the city or 01 eat dunk drink or 01 bup souvenirs on the then ir way w ay iy up the palace of Ver vermilles silles in in another must on oil the tourist list this beautiful palace built by louis XIV has had most of the furniture fuini tuie and such valuable things sold as it became necessary for foi the expensive upkeep of the building the gar gai dens were still colorful with flow ers though it was the end of october bea beautifully dutifully uti fully built bridges cross the seine river at many points A built by min miniature iture statue statu e of liberty the sime same Fren frenchman clit ian who built reminded us its of home the ours louvre museum and palace F lace is full sculpture relies relics and of paintings all kinds of museum items some som e might inight know of are mona you lisa isa the gleaners cleaners Glea ners the venus de milo and the winged tary the obtained glass windows of notre botre dame are still vivid in my memory the opera great cathedrals the lat latin in section see ti and the metro under ground r railway ail ytre atre are all part of paris the high class night club a and nd the follies berge shocked my modesty but paris as are arc the lovers on tile the street who pause among the traffic to fondly embrace each other three days day in pana paris is I 1 noti oti we soon found it be became cartle bough nough I 1 n sary to buy our per perfume furne and alla out ces shopping for it each a aftem aftel quit where they very generous generously IY spry cpr ed cd samples u up p our arms thi na would last us the entire 1 eveylin eve ilin and perhaps longer 8 we made ti a last trip up the col 0 rue de rivoli to spend ou last few hundred deflated french our francs and then were off baggage daepo and all to the boat trai train n and le I 1 havre |