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Show TAXIS THAT SAVED PARIS ARE RETIRED PARIS. Feb. 23. (By the Assoclat-' ed 1 'i - . The . lerans of the Marne. thOSS ramshackle, broken-down taxi-cabs taxi-cabs which every American visitor to Paris has had to dodge on the Paris boub-v.. rds. have, been permanently r--tlred and replaced by 3,200 modern oomforfllble taxlcabs. The forbidding appearance of tho old "cruisers" seemed to have an ill effect on the drivers, and hope Is ex-i pressed by many Parisians' that the' new machines would a SO mark tho passing of the disreputable chauffeurs who are considered as 11 1 - ma n uercil asl their miichlncs are old. The taxlcabs were placed in service In 1 0 5 . In 191-1. they were mobilised h General Qalllenl, then military! gOVernnr Of Paris, who crowded his 1 army Into them and rushed them to I tho battle of the Marne, where they aided in the success of the famous fianklng movement that saved Paris I and defeated the Germans. These hardy pioneers of the streets have been dashing about Purls for 17 years. |