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Show CO0D FRIDAY IN PARIS. I Whan Meat I Difficult to Gat In th French Capital. Thu son of a French friend ot mine, a hoy nine years of age, when asked by his tutor how Hood Friday (Holy Friday thn French roll It) differed from other days, distinguished himself him-self by the eplgrnmtnatlc answer, "On (IikmI Friday there Is less butcher" menl In Paris and many more Kn-gllshnien." Kn-gllshnien." The boy described the difference dif-ference exactly from a Paris point ot view. Today Is Ihe one day In all the SCifi on which thn Paris butcher close hla ahop and lakes a holiday, and menl Is exttemely difficult to get In Parts, Pkccpt In restaurants, where, uf course, a small supply has been laid In for customers who are not Koman Cst holies, or who do not practice prac-tice ahr.tlnenen from mwst, even upon thla one day. In Paris, where extremes ex-tremes of opinion of all kinds have alwaya met, the freethinker appnara In hla most aelf assertive lorm today. There are a number of free-thinking clubs In Psrls. all of which meet In great solemnity I hi evening, to "protest "pro-test against the tenets of all churches," tn eat sausage, ham, pork, and every form of pig's flesh they can think of. and tn drink nt Intervals toasts lo "the downfall of religion " These Cooft Friday festivals of Paris freethinkers are very hsi.'i ess Paris Correspondence of I-on.lon Pall Mall j Onzclle. 1 1 , |