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"C >U'tll vous otry 10 s>nu(' rla lese rtes arc iwt the çcen tecturai and historicai museunms î'which tostrist bu!lletins so of te»nm scerii, but are really living cities f ull of active peo pie zhose ifd nîuch like ostr own. I have itot tried to give a complete picture, bj a fezzsinmple conicnits." Air. Wlhecler's ne.rt letter zeilI aPPear ini 1i ssUe of WII,-,11,'TTL WEl;. ?e 5Hlein is very miereiy Il early PARIS figuired. out that thisý was for sleepers 14 Rue'.Stanisias Who would presumably be awakeniedby Paris, France the first sounding of the hour s0 as* May 22) 1934ito bce conscious to count the strokes T1hisý city of Paris is probably better the second finie. I asked. a clock- known te, maniy of your readers than niiaker wh-at ,N;as- back of this old prac- ou onciy fChcgo, so that 1 tice anddlhe said the custom originated: f eel as though we. were becoming.ac- as a means uf distinguishing the hour. quainted withi landmarks and monu- of. 1I o'clock from 12:30 and I :30 or mients juite close to home.' It. is ,aý any other haif hour, but that dcock- heautiful city to meet and knowv. In makers of the tinie of Napoleon grew mly limited 'knowledge of its history .to -like the sound of their dlock chimes, atid literature there was a recollection so.welil that they extended the double that mnany sections of Paris were old. striking to include, ail hours. 1 sup- aI i( indeveloped, with narrow winding pose they also. feit the need of an strects and. ancient buildings, but this elaborate method ()f strikiig to accomn- 1 have~ found to be less true of Paris pany the elaborate designs they 1 wcrù thanl almost 'any city we have. séenr using for the cases. 'Today dlocks' are th at compared with it in age. Certainly stili made,. though rarely. ýw ith thic, miany parts of Rome answer that de- double striking. for al ho(urs. ~vipio ~Hamburg bas large sections Shops .MoveOuQtd00rs ,-o oId though serviceable buildings, and lEven in this sophisticated city tht! in aples. the modern city of \vide; mietropolitan life' is mucli less confined, .trects is pretty largely a thini covering both physically and convention ally', ,f the ancient. But Paris lias had the than the city life we know. Many of goo d fortune to have had a cityplan the large department stores inove out for many* years and the results oôf its great quantities of their wares eaclh day 41rganiized. development show pro- for display and saeo sidewalk w îunitcedlyý in the open feeling of the stands, effectively hidîing their.window cit v as a w hole, in its numerous parks displays but bringing the trading out -awd greens, in its broad boulevards and into thie open without question. it. is il) the monumental treatment of its easy to see ini this a modification of, important buildings. Ail these 1 had the street miarkets we have seen ili e\xpected to see but I hadn't thouglit every country, thougli to a lesser ex- of the initermnediate sections as open tent in Coher large chies. The book anid modern also. I think we have stalîs along the Seine are another ex-1 liothing at home to compare with the pression of this custom,. The samne riîedconditions that exist in some informality that accompanies these side.. f)i these <>id world cities, and I1 vas. walk markets is seen in the occasional1 l)e-ginnnliig to think that such conditions practice of wearing bedroom slippers wceinevitable in these cities, atleast, in* public. This we have noticed al t(> sonlje extent. but- Paris la hw over France and were not surprised to that it is possible to eliniinate an n bev i ntesutentwsbut desirable héritage by plainned action. it was a.novelty here to sce woineil Berlin «also is f ree from, the type, of othervise conventionally dressed going cerowinitg that I refer to, but Berlin about the cîty *streets in light f et is a nîch younger city anîd as not slippers. iaced with the saine problern. So it 15. French Bread-A CustoM realyv quite remarkable that Paris The French bread is fanious, and shotild be free . from the burdeti of j ustly so, for its flavor and crisp crust a1tiiqlated sections. It is' a mnumlent It coines in long, baves about ail ich' to a plan. 1 to an. inch and a haif ,in dciametet and siciewalk Cfe from a foot to four f cet long. To be Onie of the things the paln prô'.dded relished most it. should be eaten f resli sce for was the world-fanious side- because in a f ew hours the crust ,be- t__. _~4.. ko Arn<~çfcones pretty tough. As a restaIt of of r renchnen some inenes so that, the11 design is serviceable and effective in to handling the crowds of commuters. But ai, for the war 1 presumne that the tunnels mi and viaduéts ail along the right-of-way p& would bave to be raised.to accommo-. tr date. higlier cars. But these people take their comimuting quite easily and with Iess ru.shîing about than we are accustômed to see. Access to the sub- way piatformns- is through *steel. gates which are auft>matically closed the mo- ment -a train, enters the station, so. its does littie good to start running when C you hear one comi ng.. To us, it seems rather ýannoying to be f orced to wait. behiid 'a closed gate while the train stops,, loads and starts up, again, but I: have seen many1 people tget cauight at the Jast moment and IVve neyer seen anyone show annoyance. This may. be hecause the trains, run at about four- minute intervals, -or it may bhe the* in- dication ýof a basic differenice in tempe erainent. Probablv the time of four ' miinuteswneanis nclless to thern than il do0es to us. L irtie ranct urn visitors may participate, and es assemble inside -the north eni- ýe. .~a cm Tmrogh Our factoyos say kindlof duplcll book$ or, pada (egay purposo-at Iow niai g is the best word w. conu se, in describing Chicagos Owu MONARC BEE- This OId bas been Bel.rRgulty-ayat times, and, was given h with the Here as elsewhere people depend onj usual scanty wrapping. iakdt churcli beils for much of their daily have a larger piece around it so0 that regulation. Sombe places we have lieasid I could put it in my coat pocket while docs tat oun th hor tice atan I sneaked into our pension (hotel- interval of about a minute. 'We 'had it boarding house) unobserved. The cl.r Homeward Bouad Cor'U Certainily the tiimne Mrs. Xheelrar I have spent over here has mleantmiuch *@ Coo,, càti to us fromi the veiy, firat and it seenis __________________ something of a pity to have to bring-i .it to a close, but of course it is better Lx V . T so. for there is a limit to one's ab- Ll~oyd L*oJllsLer Lflc. sorpt ion eveni at a slow rate, and WCe 1232 Central Avenue, Wilm.tte shal l)e happy to see Wilmette againi. Froni here we return to England for Tel, p lwe anotlier teii ays and theri sail for W'ILMET à40 WN1TK O