Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-10-02 | Page 14 | Bathtubs Gain but Trees Dying

BATHTUBS GAIN GAIU BUT TREES DYING PARIS Oct 1 By By The The The Frenchman who remark remark- remarked ed that he preferred Paris to New NewYork NewYork NewYork York because he loved lo trees better than tubs bath in now now witnessing the slow death of many of the trees that are so much a n part of the charm of ot the French capital tubs Bath-tubs meanwhile are here as else else- where Factory smoke Is partly re responsible re- re responsible st for killing kUling the trees of Paris but the blight is blamed more upon the automobile exhaust than anything else The Bois remains Its green and glorious Ious self but the boulevards are areno areno areno no longer so shaded as 33 they were horse tu trees once c so com com- common common mon have died by the hundreds i n ds since taxis too i the place of cabs ca 3 Most of the new trees planted to re replace re- re replace replace place them are acacias but they seem none too hearty hear hean sy Plane trees are hardier than any others In Infighting infighting fighting the th Internal combustion era On the left side of the Seine are many maples but to one who has hasse seen se n New England Ingland they have ha a lean and gry look