A n o t h e r N E W S e n d e e ' : I '


We Have now installed'the latest | “ no ■nieriHanent Permanent Waving Machine.


Kngene and. all other methods |of Wavmg. Sole licensee for C H R IS T Y


w A v i . , , j A l l Beauty Requisites ^ S|tock,


ALSH’S, resign new


BLACKBURN, — SllRESOG N &


, F p r C o r r e c t a n d C b i h f o i i r t a b l e G o ^ s b t r y


Corsetrv Comfort can be achieyid in only J


y "mea^ni^iif®' is hopeless, to ip


te biiy a corset “ b y l th e ya::d,” , “ for fciedium figures.1’ “ for sUght f ig i^ s ,’^ “ for full figures,” of any o f thtj other ready­ made categories.


me way-^by h a v in g , ypdr nenf designed and' made to- ?our ;oup;


f|)tmdation PARLEZ VOUS INGHAJU


A FIRST outing to Paris i^iair^l thrill.' I Getting one’s passportj belore going


I having one’s photograph taken injorder to I obtain a" passport gives one’s Titends an opportunity of saying whSt a good* bad, or indifferent ] likeness it. Is. Ai passport costs 15/-, plus i 2/6 agency fee—if you let an agency get It for you. Then one usually pays, about 2/6 for half-a^pzen small first photo­ graphs,- two of which are requirel-by Foreign Office, and the remaining four


somehow creates toe • right atmosphere,. and


j periods of time. ' At first the Rhineland atteacted me,


possibly be utilised and handed jtfi such the fair ladies who may temporarily dg to tolerate!one’s company for greBl^er of


! and I w®” * ‘be extent; of paying an extra 2/rTto have my passpor^ fisaed for


j | .


! Gennahy. ' But ;the restlessneis.of IHerr ! Hitler OTggested that , France wDifld be a |!safer'pBcc-,fop,, hblidayi/


may of,


toe


,gree less


periodically sitting! at a cafe to'watch; tog world aiid his wife stroll fiy. Later it be­ came ireat fun .seeing, how. late 'one could be sonle d stance from the pension not )onA before a ipeal and trying to arrive home in


time. The


'big 'stores to’ -it:


Paris


more stories. But during our stay in Paris was hoi I and rather ptu©r, and so I kept


shoes ‘and big departmental stores a t ^ t most 'visitqire,. some of;toe werlhg ]aloft perhaps eight or


on the striet level can keep for another visit.; terical associations. What ]a we 1 there is In France


^ . "r . . % . . ' jssajs^U/s*. tT4(.4f •! occ-/snloHrtne T^TVltsf. In THE PARISIAN CAFES.


Having ^6''leave' Vic'tortd' Stari in;- London, writers,.afid the copk^g of foqd .ls a-rae.art- at.8-30 on, Saturday morning suggested! that


Leaving; the science find art to, those skilled itters


Statipn. i One is .always Atelrin.gj'bP useful informatlom'. 'Itoere Is'a staUpn-to-Station 'bus 1 service in|Lon'don, which does thp iround of


li\pjn., inimediately 'crossing |the city to spend the! night not] too: far, irpffi Victoria


r-au a.m. ana amv«u;ttU|jLU£»ty^


J a friend whilst in Paris, and epn vouch for the convenience of this interpStatlon bus


the principal termini, and one can gojfrom Euston to'Victoria, and vice versa, [with suit case and bags, for a shilllng. It Is as good as taking a taxi, and a lot'less expensive. As a matter of fact, I only discoverpd ,this! from


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IrHiSjI^lTMjRIGHT TIM^l'OR THE YEAR TO HAVE ^ p l a c e d w i t h a


OBSOLETE


MART MODERN FIREPLACE COMPET!


DAWSON. CLITHEROE dignified and- efficiU ibanner which


and Sobs. undertaken I by j the .old-established


firm ,


serice, as ion toe outward joum^r!! crossed ■ ■ ■ ■ ....And,).and the roiite


London by .the tube,Or undergropi change ,of' lines en .route invowes a inarch lii' toe subterranean passages,


i a few cofipers. - . “ME AND MV GIR]j.’f


I A FTER a wash and a tneafi 1 fiad h^pedjo 1 ' jA . 'see f‘ Me and My Girl” at


toe Victoria;


Palace, but the braided brigadier at , toe entrance;], announced ; that theie werp omy


Come along! a id : i see o u r EX TENSIVE! SELECTION ! PRICES ARB


PiUso^ LANE, ■ ipleteiFuneral Arrangmejits i i. , Veevers


iTheir ditecHonIbf funerals'is doted for being caniied out m a ensures entire atisfaction.


Embaiiding carried lolit by fiilly qualified Member of 4he of Emhalmers. —i Esteblished 100 Yeais.;


__ . . British Institute Tdlephbnie: (tlitheroe 75.


, Tel. 382.


trimmings, and reflecting that French francs were 175; to toe, English £1, I |thought toe io/-'worth of fraritis might be more suitably, spent- in 'France,, -As it was a warm evening I had a Ifiok rbund'iLondbh fro)ln the top of fbuses, finding myself ,at;one period on West­ minster Bridge, whto I had a , ;hat with an elderly gentlemaii oh things iri general and


10/6 seats left. This seemed a filt steep for “The Lambeth TValk,” even With all toe


London in particulari.


At a guess there] seemed to! be nearly 30 baUoons glistening in thcj evening sun­ shine, and I thought of a day in France during the last i war when a German raider' ’plane did?havoc amongst several British balloons, bringing down some in flames ' Mund tlie 1bend o* 'a salient- in broadjdaylight,


Jj Scotland* Yard -''(Tel, 1212)1 was little


fiwhilst Big Ben bciomed out the half-hour |: from toe tower-of toe Houses ;Of Parliament


NEWHAVEN to DIEPPE.


continent, toe mountaineers arid Alpinteto carrying their impedimenta with .them. Off we sped to Newhaven, and boarded toe boat for Dieppe, which was reachM-iafter about four hours pleasant, warm' ana calm safiing. Our-first sight of French pfipple was.froin


'Next morning Vietoria Station was alive, with people all off-to


vaiioufi parts of the Printing isi oUR


Samples and prices And our prtailiig ean_help


' Ao ! i H By


■PASTEll ! Pastel ----------- - ..


doliiirs fob the Isitellen' andpathrora^


are bedomifig increasingly popular, p » e . delicatel greens and turquoise blue


sive and anTexcellent waU covering is a high gloss paint |>r even a wa^able , water paint 'to toe chosdb coldiir.' The|woodwork should be painted (n the same colour. Enamelled


'n u ^ r te l f c a t e colours. ; i^n Mcaslonal X dolm Sito-aldamp cloth wlUkeep them innvimr


tablcs^d dteirs; ook cleaii and: gay. C m f f i


e ^ o n f f i mteblal for kitchen and and! dainty.'


be used kitchen tabli


bathrooin beakers^ jars ani otheij


'^*u'th°i*kit(hen pots and, Enameliware, Md u UK.


'I'f- Anther accessories


tonphi with toe colour sche le , to ,e effect will lv“n more pleasing and aarmqnlous. .,


:-«CAFE-AtJfAlT’f ,ICE.; ! Ice (reaths are becoming quite 1 a normal


posses made a 1 fo


V tin of " Cdfi-au-lait” .(1-pint size); J.pint cornflour sauce; J-pmt whipped ere im;. Grated nuts. '


ows | .


e nT u S , and mte to the-tin, of' cafe-au- lait Allow to get quite celd. l^ lp up_toe


beat|i, biU s&botli "akeiqut ntil the fFrequiiht


Make half a pint of coinflout sauce, sweet-


creU :md 'I'old Into the c6Ice mixture Pour cream A compdrment and. freeze. f lirozenj take oUt the mixture and


(Sontihued e mixture and beat twice more


ce-cream is H '■ !


atliig keeps the .tojture, smooth oot of next column).


frozen completely.! , 4:


Item or toe' taenu now that so m^ny kitehens Item jiggj^tor or Ice box. i A delicious


coffee ite fob special occasWns can be quickly 3 folluno|. I i . ,, ,


n l Vf


look cool and in v it in g .I !) Ckildubed' biles are ideal,' but rather expen­


VeRTIS® & TIM 107/8


etteFstlU, dropia postcard or 'phope for our rep|resei|tatlve caU.


, before ypu _—. — , , (Two lines j Qualify aid.Service. | CLITHEROE. ES joiFlCE, Maffeit Place, w ea th er READINGS.


DOLINE; WALES!: B.Sc., | s^goj (322-ft. abdVe .SCa)! for August, 1939. Rea


Total rainfall=2.i;


Average dally raiiitall= 07 ins. Highest maximum temperature = 108 R


Ins.


Lowest mteimum: t.empbrature'=44’ on Aug. Ba:


Batometer ilowest Rain fell oh U;da!ys.' )7ind wai : W. IS days, N.E. 7, E 7, S.'iV. 1,


•ometer Ihighest and 16.]


are obtainable in an,v AUiievten more


r a S m idl American cloth. This can also batoToop,^^! covMtag;: shelves,:and ledges,


dressers .and kitchen and In Jai nes Jeatos, will ( Isousfi the age of toe woyld.


jit a congress to December, fame


ahil


witjh grated nuts ctfiam.


S'lrAlNS.


frocks for toe chil stubborn' If neglected, tre itcd as soon ai pos! toe clotb.or napkifi, until the article car (ibstinate stall


ued table limn, [ae Iren.


foHi do wh


20


«*4xch has [been d teaspoonfuls to' a to 30 minutes.


ows. ■ Bimch u] bland dip it ibto]a


;e summer fn it- season invariably means. d . frequently stained


and they should bfi ible. If toe stain


Pruit'Stfiins aVe -very 3uld be treated as


toe ordinary way, Ttoslrig well. pint


(Continued frpm, piecedirig coluirin.) creamy) S


:rve arid


W he d in tfie Vatican City us: scientists, including 'Sir'


N. 1. ^ young London bank clerk who was rfe-


ceiitly left £50,000 jol.


(Sun) on Augusti26;h. ?7th. , , , ,


=30,20 ins. on August 15 29,62 ins. on August 10.


■Weather,’' readings taken at Chatbum] leadings .taken ht 9 a.m. dally :


!l stood, and If I niissed ‘!toe Limbeto Walk’ 'at toe Victoria Palace. I saw Ldmbeth Palace I in the distance on the Thame^ embankment,


over a stone's throw;in distance from where


in such totters, I found the net result result dp-] asa


- Dt ciu-c


implies something to eat.., ,ln,'France., it usually ir iplles sbriletoing to drink, though one can get something to eat there. -The subject of beverages in France has evoked endless .discussion iand attracted;-mqny


I think toe word'eafb in England usually


] ;At' FonteinpbIeii and.yMsaillps there are numerous Teinindeis of Na;ioIeon, and s0me of hik auarlments fire fiept as they| were in his I day. ' ;


'1 ■


'"Le-petit caporalj” Created 1 fin: stir in his' 'day, and d popular French cigarette would Seem to be;orie:fif[toeiinnimer8ble ways of


cldedly 'pleasant from strPraotical'point BLDraolical 'point ol|j a little man that he had t/o,st:ps to ctob view,' and great diversify :cail be sampled :||on to his bed. The steps ar: stil. by his bed-]


c - ____________’commemorating biS'name.} Beds were rather ]high,Tip In those days and Napoleon was such


twithoutiito big inroads!on one’s purse.';The,:||side,


ree-lined boulevards and; avenues of: pans ; , , artlstio appearance-to: The-main.: 1: and 1 can well imagine hoW


ironi Manchester


rjiHERE is a vast wealth of places both iri-.k they!; were half-starving ? toreiting and historical to see In Paris


!


a suit case it I s a Po°®fiP ” crossing; London by tube, e.veri'if toe,charge Is only,


With, ,


and I suppose most visitors see the usual sights.' '[ The cathedral of Notre pame 1 is situated on A small island in toe River Seine; efiued Be de ls Cite, almost' In; the centre of Paris. Notre Dame started gs ;a dark Roinanesque structure and hlossome^ forth to a magnificent Gothic. It has three sptodld stained glass windows, one superb rose window dating from the ,13to century, a time when, the experts tell us, they knew how to nake glass] It is possible to pUmb toe cathe^rrtowers of jNotre Dame and wandeir among the I grifiins *-and basilisks of Violletrlf -Duo and gaze down on a most in­ teresting part of Paris I and over toe'roof tops of ;he city. It is possible to do It, bilt there are 376 stepsito climb and there U no lift, and the'lhird week In August, 1939,' -was hot. So![ preferted to wait until we ascended toe Eloel Tower, much'higher than Notre Danie, ^uchi higher than- Blackpooldloweri arid let' the lift 'doHhe “donkey work.’" '■!


-------------- — ^


cool 'day, on; a hot, a ho lday.


, ' . ■ ,L' ' wonder as paris


wonder at Itl amidst all]tjhls'l|uxury, when ’-starvirig?]’|


remarked: “Do " o t


_iateau -where|again.there! treasures by-tod tfiain' load, toe square mile, all lovely ai lunoi


p ” chati


iNE sunny day . sallies to j! visit the .


whose very immeiisity a! On another day, also hot we moto!


to the ground floor.! .(boUbtless there were;! motored, to, top .Forest and lifts,' and' hiaybe esadaters; . tout; enough'is,' ifetaebleu,


on a hot- day.! At Versailles!we-passed through toe big rectangular Hall: of Mirrors |[ ■where toe Treaty of 'Versa lies .was-signed | after toe War.! I . 4


Id beautiful,-but t supmqyge one


tS4j.il'-ki.jsV.uk kc/xftsTrtvcv ! hitf.-'AnmiirVi Is I: niinfibieu. liot'sotcieantlc a.4 - . .y « ^ W ad good'as a feast dhd what I'dld not see' like it, chock full) of art treasiujes Md 1 ^


and sunny, we Palace of .Fon-


01 flrt] f


ieml to be' art 1) id pictures by


lense historic I out to Ver-


1 ttie|, cqmbktants, whalj was being! handed atx endedihappily;


[ tod typp-of eafe one ' i-tfi'e amount. .: it) one 'cares '.l^or.


,whfi re ]we called a had mounted a regular sing-song present.


It


The] week previoui whole battalion of a '^articular cafe 5'1'H


! In ^arip the same drinks (ary according to j


I catholic' choice In cafdp, an^ kinds.!


arinkl J


much furi as anywhefifi eisq dririk| 6r two.' You just a 'cafejj'able In. one of watch wfiat goes on »s yi^ All Paris seems to


"""!been well, said


(ableamo: i« t the'; cor ipany Thtt


torn;___ visit to P irls, a Enfil&ii tourists 1 isifed in jriontmartre one one of the party and conducted a


and


for the [price! ot a ; with frieids at


by or, saving' a drinE ! lest this frequent ; ■'U I t t .


referorce' to beveragjes shells Siy^’^S’.*. Ii-.r__!_T.k/Tji ‘of h fH o t- In ;


i - '___ --1,'k nixm. o .


arid fictive week kiitjckini whole I time I did not s: eitheri | drunk '. or. Is i|. [peculiar ''. ->aris Sunday when regard the' day as Lfivlng mod God to enjoy and' ‘


.COFFEE


I'got [used .to' coffefi l ifrist, though one visri , _ iciish iris,] longed for b icon I'fast.i'What a grand appeti


W( all enjoyed . t icasldi the you I'langfidgp.


'which are iridiefited;;on toe,pi:torlal maw which are on sale everywhere ffir about;4J4. On ' the Feast’ of the l^umrition .1 hearfi


a_________ In churches, the chief of a , IVING been bomnritsioned bounds


■ 1 !


Mass at a cburcH close to on toe Sundby ij attended St. 'Germaln jdefii PreS, hal: suppose everyope 'goes to —, —, modem church ;bf Sacre Cieur in toe Mont­ martre district,! jWith !its domes looking 'lifie an Eastern moMe, and'ako 1,he Madeline church, a.replita'of :the!'|>artIjenon on toe Acropolis at Atriens.


■ Not far frbr Theatre where of France best ipuslc and'


tlons at nominfi;i prices. | see; toe best artistic produt


our pension, and the old church bf- a tjiUe away. I the; .ultra


Paris,’ llwantfid to be quite] sure, toot to, bw a bcttlb; which woiill lam 'toe Inidificultids witb [toe customs [officials ,.fit.Newhafir® on


tiieiretilni journey.] So I asked an assistant at toe [Bott Marcfie depEmriiental .s ;ores if


___________in kina of scent, from' toj: bring


.nd’rel ?INH


taftl;?


be either pacing mrAncf


one can get aS


busy streets and sit, and; siri'your


wrong


mprdssion, may I kdAat trice that;in i-busy about'[Paris' the


.ppiifiss,', '.about ] > toe ,e; irlrabltants seem, to been sent py to;


y rit. rolls!


ir. st lunch to his island id eggs'for break-


Erich-cobkirg and rolls., lor ? break-,


!ter.a,fireaklfiai 0:'[coffee iuit| rolls 1 dame' arid hfir-'ma ds- in our pel 'here was an addeid'i


one hsis ai lunch


isual cinversatiDn ■ in ib l : . own


nsion inter-


:p! a single' rersbn drunk. 'There


and ever^ihanglng, an:, one :lght thbre tiin?


free fight on the pavement piiceipen' arrived ano mad


it to


. voluble Fj'dnch Md froj B it all


ear by, until .two :! peace I ammgst


fiatronses, and- accord- " " 'spectabillty f: (or, pme of ius had a


sampldd various


Engin^ WHEN' AND


GHanging^ i‘Ybice" k


most familiar of everyday'sound^to engme .On


■whistle. [■ - I


used are'^ving way; to a new: standard, <^p- ; siren pr hboter, which gives fully


sharp toned offensi


the L.M.S, Railwfiy at finy ratlie,; .the arid ratoer btrident riotes rirevlbusly


1 1 .


effective] warning without being'ihjlany 'way ye to the ear.


Aborit!l',200 LAI.S. locomotives,


Eiderable reSemblancej to that used on the *V.j» *Ttlx4pflA «L4nef f/vi» fnn'*^k—


former!Caledonian Railway, :in Scotland.- T


cellentiiidea .to.toe! average'sriraU iractice [which rio gbbd engineriran


Ig the whistle,‘‘ Just for fun ’


ih general use'are “short,” “long," and ‘‘ toe crow,” the last named being'a specially ,dls- tinotlve wrilstle taking Its name from Its re­ semblance to. a cock-crow. ] ; il ■ ’ i Mesrages of- varying significance can be giiren by the engine-driver by -a cbmblnatlbn


The-three distinct types of whistle signals [ ' ’' ■ i ! 1 , . '■ ! ,


of ' ■ different types of whistle., i Those | are fis whistlei,“.cofies,”:,of:.‘.fiihlch toefe


known are-hundreds.


toe


cbmbii! is not' bwnito


If a;


.I'dredS- of ibcal, ■variations. I AU these atlons lafe' laid down find the driver allowed to fiivent “tofissages” of; fils tell his wife, for instance, U his home


_____ driver; nottcbs'a.flre.on.Ojr.near'.toe line, hte'-aniibUnce's'toe ffidf by a orow, a-Ipng,. md a brow. Before gbtog up a, steep Ihfiltae Hito'ah auxiliary engine pushing] behind, toe Iriver 'of toe rear! engine signifies his re'adl- lesS tb''start'■ by two’'crows.'' Tfils'- sighal'ls fepeated by the drlvfir of the frbnt engine. If either driver wants to stop bn toe- way, toe'signalTs.three'short'whistles.


Ti : I !':' ^i! m %


tot ■;ala rit 7,600 are riOw - fitted with typb ofifiooter, the sound:bf which bears con- put of h


ithls new


boy-i-is a condbries.


017'an'ex-


:;pr the' whistle is never blown witoput reason )'r meaning. ;


U__ L they whistle.


. A LMjoST un-riotlced, a gradual but iinport- ant'change/is taking; placejln ofie of : toe railway


1 ^


gives one short wfiistle, If a( frfiight train Is going dowiihlll two short whistles Indicate when the driver Is satisfied thatl an-adequate number [of brakes have been appSifid. Itotering; leaving and when pafistag torbugh


they had anyone about tt e ’place| whb spoke


goodv'Ihiglish.;; ‘The Rtenchi stjandqrd ,pf mefisiire is toe litVe, | an 1 toosej of us who


generally, can hear]; the J' fan' fVio Txo’f


Sacre;Coeur is a People s the people of Paris, j apd


I do! not mind ciimbing Perinyghentjonja ]


but scaling interminable stefis sultry day is hardly my Idea qf j


eerie esperierice, especially toe last 100 feet ^ a few of th'erii; Notre Daifie de Lbrette, or so. I One feels literally, suspended In told | ' xrinite, Madelfiie, Palais Royal, Concorfie, air, and you wonder when' toe lift .is going I, cjjajnbi-e '.desi | Deputes, Sevres Babylone, to stori -Yo 1 Teel ''nillek high. But what a ! Louvre, Chatelet, Hotel-, de 'iille,-Bastille, magnffi:ent -view from, (he top.


Ascend!tig , the, Eiffel Tower'hi a'lift is an ]


names can' get thrill cut 0:' some'of toe names of toe Metro (tube) ststions. 'Listen


fortunfitd.fio be .ffioft on !a,files and'one'catii vibw toe]surrbut.—„


from alisldk as there Is a circular proto- ; Mairle D'Issy.Thilleries aiid Guny. Thfire enade! with glass .windows- many of the, ig plenty Of, French- history, summarised [in


1'We | wefie || Nation, Pre ^ t., Gervaist-Po^t-de Heullly, __,


windows being wide open. ;The lift going up | those namfis, contained silch.a .variety..of .people that the lift attend8nt:sald:to;oflr:lady;guide that we


looked like tie League of Nations. Guy lady- gulde V'as a sculptress Hying uii Paris and] a membej- of tfie Beaux Arjs .Club. She was ai|


EngUsb girl |and spoke Ffiehch Hike a natiye} or so 1; seemed to me.| I profited from her habit of speyktog to anyone and everyone to .. she was: showing us Wund


French


Paris, find Tri'S*'‘ add [here that no One In Paris Seems the least surprised if you stop


.moved. 1 But it was too well organised to last. The, train slowed .[down again,] and for about twenty ‘minutes 'we'settled dom forb Vest m the. dockland,streets pf Dieppe .whilst the siin beat down upon the ti^in and ^subjected hs 'to aiiriild grilling.' Still, this caine to m end and ■ off we went this time to- Paris, whilst we sized up the count yside and en-: joyed'the breeze from toe open: windows. : 'Steria whUe-I salintered diong the corri­


toe .boat as weiwaited for it to be made fMt to the landing stage, and ori disembarlolig we passed through » quite npmlnal custom examinatlori. Climbing into the express for Paris immeEliately! followed, arid off the tram


dor train, found several empty compartments and recUned to one of them uitil we reached the ! environs ■ of Paris, toe Eiffel 'Tower assuredly indicating that we .were not .far.


mearis station to French) we filtered a motor; coach, and various parties 0; tourists were deposlte'd ’ at their' different h itels en, route. Some of us stayed at a pens! n, or fioardmg house, and those of us who put up at the Villa St. Roainiri; Rue St. Rjomato, pot far from the Boulevard Montparnfisse, seemed to have settled right-^ongst .toe ctoyer. A


French! dinner awaited us, and we did justice to it. iRegardtog this pensifirii or hoai'dtog house, :a big' door find a smaller door led


' adjoining room, she having a confiriva (so I gathered) for unlalfihing pie small ; steeft door .without getting "f '


through a high ;archway off Into a private'.courtyard of — At night a concierge was I in duty in an


but of] bed,


Luc'k Was my way,' for at thi a hig)bedroom 'on the gi? french 'Windows' looking ,out


stll. carrying on with his ' hiingklow kind pf [life, for toe dining-room and lounge were on: toe sam(


yard, thus making my week


into thfi. court- n France into


pension I had md floor with


floor. NlGtt'TBIRbsl


have beeri a party;of ;iilghtblr'ds,]as one luom-: tag,the! concierge informed scteifeone that she had unlatche.d' the street dofir t no less than


Ahlidipatihg' the story a -little,- we must


n portions spririkled topped with whipped


back door, so to speak, and 'hree Metro or underground'stations (tube stations) .withm


a few toinutes from toe pe'sion, we were ideally .situated,, and, I persofikUy now know toe Paris tubes better tofin tooke to London.


prlnkle with ordinaii^ fun-there was in .the-experk heel |Once , X ^ .T I _x j.Uj«’


1D16. AI Wie blttiu «i I O be washed.


ssolvfid a little borax (two then


jtalned portion of the lasto of hot water to


of water). Soak for remove and wash in


I uridergrouhd system of railways, off I went bn my own, .either on thfi 'bus :s or top tubes,


had'got the' hang of going about Paris with toe party, and a[ rough idea pow to use toe


S'-* *>u jeoio — ---- - •, T-- nf ffnmcr nnniit. Pflrifi wi


eriiergtog or disriiotinttog he anywhere in the! interesting and strolling along the lovely avenues and; boulevards, seeing, what was


re, there, and 'city of Paris,


going on, and] L


JT takes tiirifi to] refresh'anq bring into use some of toe french.,one learned [so long ago as'30 years whilst at sctpol. But what


sixteen; times-the' previous riight. With all] toe gay caffis of Montparnasse! almost at our


Arriving at toe Gare-St. I.szare (“gare 1


for a chat about places of interest. ; They take [iriflnltd pains 'rind'apparent pleasure to gratify one’s'request for taformatlon of any kind] The,Nrerich are' a courteous race' and to it was a constant source of pleasure to cotoe


was ai' vays [at one’s dispoi al; " Paris is such] a cosn opoUtan' and iriuch visited city that by now prfiotically''every,[resldent must re-j as arr unofficial" information


con act fidto .Parisians .whose, helpfulness


gard bureau[


the.Bois de Boiilogne-ra big wooded park on toe outsklrt 3 of Paris, and had occasion to ask tofi wajl from a passer bS?.; . He replied that'he [did ■hote'speqk! I^nch. -. '■.!!: ['


afternoon. I was strolling in ------- . ,


The situutionjstruck me as far toolpricc- less! to sfiy “Put it there, |oia chap,” 01}


wbrds to that effect, Aincline) upo:, tofoniied. !


There is a magnificent view! looking! alond the cjhamps ■ Elysees,' with : .the Arc : dfi;


Triumph sukTnounttog:,toe top of toe gradua.j ---- ' 'which it; stands, and under thfi;


known toldler.'j'le soldat toconnu,’’ where u lamp burnsifrom the pavement at toe head; of the. tomb, ! It is: lit by gas. so I wafi


mine II have! done the customary round oi night clubs, etc., for which one may b: charged 15(< francs or more;; but as alread;i recoidfid; there are, 175 francs to the £1, and I was [not nitoded to; Invest 150 francs' In a- racket virtu!all^ got 'up for tourists.. Another time/'perhaps.; There'is'always plenty of ]fun' at nlght'-boto [at MontmartreJ and Mphtpai- nassel'-and one need [not, join an organise I motor j’excureidn 'to ge.t i t


many; [cafCs open tb the streets (as most ra the ofifCs are; In Paifis), a./party of-us: a.t Montifiartre had.the jazz band playing'popu­


lar tilries for our benefit, and had a stog-sonf, 'duriiifi parfl'of toe evening,-with a crowd of onlookers enjoying' the fun. [But it was fi Hot i^ight, find singing is a thirsty job..


? ‘"the:' Lambeth Walk” is- as popular p |; tune as finy to Paris at toe moment.


jone 'oE buri pirty'who had beeji to -the Btl Tabarfii an^ toe Moulin Rouge ,wore_a badgle of thfi latter to his coat all week. Paris-bj- nig 'L‘----^ ----- -


Momma wito the whole bunch of kids sam^i ling tbe eitsi and drinks, toe whole outfit ,'crviotriiicr 100 n A r AAnt. " AmUITifiah.’ ' Naturally we visited toe Louvre, toe giga [tic museum and art'gallery where one ei .spend [days or. weeks looktag at works of aijt, [and where we saw the Mona Lisa, ;and tt e Venus] de Milb. To dismiss toe LouVre wit h a aurgory remark might brand-one as fi le.


'speak hg () per cen “ urriean ' i ,tod[efatlgabl6 j Baedeker devotes nearly ItO But what;Is one! to do? The


pages to this [enormous palace of art where there seemS’to be acres of'celebrated pato ;- m ings by Italian, Spanish, Flemish and Frenci


astete. ' Aiid the’paintings; constitute on^ one branch of the Louvre’s treasures.


sedulbusly ireserved 'for ages by those WhO; profit by' It, but It Is a “ racket" all .toe samfi.l Feeling a bfi hungry late one night, i;' ehtere 1 [ a ihllk bar oil Montparnasse [and toere wfis. ___


.ht has s. naughty [glamour that has beeh -T , ----- ----- ' ‘ackets. Friends' and'- relatives 0 fj •DARK is one of toe world’ i rc or'just by fit is the tomb of FranceJs .un,.


I seenand comprehended to twenty years [of determined e:fort,.but that;


(in to : tourist sense) can


days if yo'i have an iron donstitution and an icked to eight


on holldi.’y, and The thiifi w:ek in August; leeway for, a


unflagging [ It may-b; so. :-But we'were.


'getting! this] ihforinatlon, one of them her marked :[“Now| let’s go ar.d see the gardens,'!


1939; was trjitog ■ to make: up poor simmer since; WlitsUiitide. American tourists , had'.deme so much sigfit-- seeing on The continent tha;, by the time they reached .yersaUles,; ;hey said to toefi guide outside the Palace: ‘ Who built;it, who.paidjfor it, and who enjfiyed i t? ” Oh


Some and'off -toey] went.- ’[


Pohtainbjeu j teld'' us this' sto ry,[. which was perfectlyjtrue, as he had. been their guide] as well. ' Havihg been .a master' for several years'atlan I English piib 16: sfihool he spoke perfect Englfin,, and one had to listen very closely irdeed for a'ny trfice of toe foreigner


■ our Prench guide to both Versailles and , to hls.spiecfi, ■ ■ j; , ' ' |


Talkta ; about Aniericans femtads me the Schwartz Bisters who hefided the bill! toe FoUes Bergere, a popular}] show in Paris, being a combtaation of


■ j : ■


Possilly iie| spoke iritre or less what! is termel “[B.B.C. English,” and,,if that has an ac:ent, (he reader can a r ^ the pros and cons with his, frinhds. ■ I ,]■-


show, wnerfi the scenefj anfi scenic effects’ are ever[ changing and! tire' splendidly done. Beyond the] t e t


revue and variety-


'murmur “ Oh, la, ]la ” when they enter, there ■liSaited ten minutes for fi ‘bus to the Gare is'hotolng to have any qualhis'about. The Schwart s Sisters were good mmucs


the Fblles do not wear yards of material] to their d« ssefi, whilst othe:s may tenipt one tb


that sone of'toe ladies at


splehdld pianists, and such of toe Yanks] as got '[fin entertalntog


clbse-up of jthfilr country men(! which-we cer­ tainly eijbyedr,,'.' A pari.y c(f sixteen of vs wi


were prfiseilt-must have 'In one! pf ith 3 ---------


Bergere, and as toe-pionEi which was latfir organistji and a n a n from .Dubllr, note th£,t the evening w'fis pfirhaps the most enjoyable;one to Paris.


■pEOPLE -I)'I'thi Ik­


'•thete first [risi especial y as [he tourfi things very! -well. A .city Is a big place, and for one fi ( lad to': be towed Into the! art and craft,ol knobking about (he Opbd!, you'get the.


the Frfincfi ndn-exfitant v


anguage ould be V to Paris


city.


constan;. and [ever-widening 'field of adven- One cap cross at, tae msy places tore open-to


what to do! and how the the vfiitobv


.


to' toe Bastille district about and' had a - drink


'One fiftebnoon I had in(


Apache district of Paris it must be; at [night, rbndez-i ous oh one or tv close bj)i the Lion' Belfo ten


outline and Idea of land lies, there Is a


..w,----- ~ r .


IHE OLD I'AStlLLE. long ■


I f ' ■ ' '


on my return to heac- thfit] that Was the enboprage speed, _ .or they wave on vitojtheir If they get busy,


oil Paris, . stroUed and .was surprised


’bus ride out


Montpajhasse.| Here tt good id]' cheap, toe'company was diverse


walk from


ije gay caffs,of nks were both


I’l


Some of us found a 0 . evenings at a bafej. T monument, about


vive .would seem: to be that friends-iorj rela( (Ivbs -wodld'atteid the identify the bodyl{ Even


is : hot; “ stepping oq lt,’.’i prior to toiTfoot: passengers To cross over.


i . - ' [ filahdirefuges, and ^t to tJ t foun^ any


et of toe movement, d by jour lady guide ,.I tVas gratified; to


it to toe Polies


dujNord and dulfi wbnt '.here. 'But 1 really, wanted to go to toe [Gare St. Lazare. 'When' jloii.are in rather alhurfy; and do this sort, ‘•‘^•liilg, and arrive, after: ten mihutes [bus


4_1 ? Of


ridb ihiit


rather profound. [ Out comes one’p'.map of-


rein familiar,. yq..ciu naturally I murfiiur ‘[this the [ resultant sepsation fi'


■ ■ it,” and :


Paris, you-Ibok wheie you have landed to,- and say ,“Now| I’r i’-IiEre, and' I jwant to: get' there,” and set' iboutiways and means-


have ^one to. It but one does pot


differ. , Speaking personally, one . whose acquaintance, wltp nfity,, slender,] or


of reaching toe place ycu should ■| acds.'toj the spice of life,i do it twice.


ell advised to make with a party, niorje


; agencies- do tofese of ,4i miUion people he first day or twb about and initiate^


and traffic moves a (vayi there is, np tijafflc


ET us end problem. T)


could gatheri


Pedestrians get out of the wayijand do their best to keep out pf toe way pf piotoii traffic, the lattci’ having- appai]en|ly prior right of way on the streets,


' ..u u i i.


irWelb 'toU suchjof 'thb French jpeople as whichiwent “ I like London, I like toWn,” anti so do: I.


vlA the] t fidvis-


vere' themselves firqssin^ the rofids. The alternative to be ng very much pu'ithfe qui


mortuarj the poHciiseem to


later to


signalling Dcldglng


about the'Btteetsl becomes quite fisctanting, No one stbps to


friend—he has Just passed through iParfi oh his way to the south of Prance—meiins wheb he writes


I think It was a-sohg to “the Arcadians But I


and the guide , who showed us the| sights of Paris one day remarked , Paris 1” ' I


batons Slid, ol thO;oncoining traffic as Bridge, with Big Ben- booming - the] quarter hours:and toe Mother of ParUamehts clofie by, gives the Infrequent visitor to! Londoi that'll feeling


after Pans.” One can agree i with |ilm anl still like London.


association which capnot be repla6ed even by lovely, gay and debonair i Paris. | i Eaep city benefits by contrast with toe oto


of !' * I ;! stability ^Bhd historical hier.


fifith] a word on ,e's;reet3 bf Paris fast—very fast indeed. In problem, as far as


;he fcrafflo are ibusy;


at, a-, railway I Staton which] does not:, "' ■


ine day, to a phase of Ebsent-inridedness,^ xxt/-xxf "3xox*a ' Tlixf -T .x»A


ollxr j M


IFhas been' said that’ tie sights of Paris; they - may. bBiCOvered 01 -chi


be fairly well eighteen or!


i turesque a Succession [of Iheyc bridges can look from afijove;


■ ■ 'There e®®*, tb, be bridges fit every turn over the Hiller Seine;] there are 34,in all in :Paris,! the]'city having been built; and extended: on both 'baiils. Ifrom top tpp of' the Eiffel Tower one can see hoW pic-


Anyone , silfflcieritly interested in': place


SO' well, why bother abcqit lEnglish 9 ; ' I had hoped to irijoy '.. Sunday boat trip on toejSelne'as far as St :C3bud, but fiomeone said'that the coir.bany runniig tfie boats


smhlnfily replied triat


had gfine bankniptl so Any way we!visitec[the.!.ouvre oh Si'today,, a


mat was rollIpd out.


“ fiiee “i day to. maiiy of Monday ' being tofi[closri nuihber of public buUdl


pe public! b g 'day. .for, ;s ;to Paris.


;|riieysay tliat P:riSii -


da: Takirigithlngs In my st:, -ide on a! sh


lildings, quite a


shopping, but to it Lon Ion is toe place for ents clotoes.


9nm -


he Mecca f)fi ladles »- it-_


serivfition. I did not s:e anyi Wbolworto stores ito Paris,- blit I sti oiled throrigh the 'floor of, oiije stete which'appears to


■peh ionl 'where.'ll jEulfllled a commisbipn by. Laboratory at Derby, of a 'Wind. Tunnel; four feet, square and i'30-ft.


tetops, paleries L i . Fayetye,^ ins.du Louvre, and being only ' five


J.CUO .


to[b'e Kuit


I


purohariiig'an, article .yfficse lining jjaims it “le vrarbakue' ri'cMgine;'


.UX,


land! five nice peathes icoilld,be|haq for six­ pence,


big tomatoes beinfi abo[ut 2IC


seemed tb be very cheap fin Pans, ,ce i pound,


1 , .


twopeiii Iri be!)


fof 15 francs, written n by Frefierlc Mayer. ' Thb at he had also [com pilfid


._rls, (vito maps,find 1" Itj !wafi publishej at


pfirfi


Ward £ocke pfibiifih al Guide to-Patfi, but it' cists 5/r. i Since rctunfitai to Englmd I hear that there is a gobd gmd'i caUed [‘Everyman hi 'Paris” which can'-be i|Urchased:for2/6, There [fi a tourist agenby to toe


- fraripo '! and called'“i’Ihe id Environs,”


e Invaluable


it;-,Sel xpress '-j ok - of [ Englis


make enquiries : j)f ] any j fitod. . another similar tourist dgency ifi'


A I friend 'ofijmtoje, ,a fortnight iearjier,:


j hfid bought a good g 'fide jto 'VersaUles iglisfi, aiid edited


numerous attempts , to ;et hold of a nb one appeared to', imcs,


fill stirations, francs.


'opy, but :g. at 20 tuide iis kind tourist.


I madte


Au Bon Marche,.toe latter mimitts’ walk from our


book ajdvertised wdrker,i'ls .equallfi ;useful and almost equally a good guide Tb -toterestihg.’'■ ■ d that


spbctaclilar results sp far Achieved .byre; search'I on the railways. , But i though; less dramatic, much of-the'task'of the' research


er [the. other find toe results recorded. Girihg'the ? British Tbcomqtlve I its modoi feaihltoed silhouette 1s' one of the [ mo


ts


instance, for testing practically eveiytotaE used by toe ' railways, from one apparatui which calcul^s-'the resistance I of seat [cover!


Research has 'evolved J machines, j ). foi .1; - -| ■ [ Ij; ' !■-!-H


to toted class passengers tb ahbther [ whicl registers 'the, :hursttag strength ofhrowi paper, !;So that there will be ho! hint bf dfi crimination] the [same ihaohlne' also; tefitsjthf coveis of seats for flrst'jclass passengers 1;,


Elysees where one cafi get all klni^ Ibrmation and where [ffiCy] supply a certata afaibunt of free literature, and wherfi'one can noticed


inastee.; TWOPENCE ANY 1 DISTAN ! I found ah A.AJ mapj of the


efflees pf the tubejstatloifi, pays'. .a. flat; rafe df-'l


fhf


rope issued to; rfiUwaymen. | Tha rope Is dest troyed [in toe] p'rocess.'but [toe inachine trl umphahtly,.'registers . toe, |poln]t..,.atii!,fihicli


Montpar- CE.


Baris, ve.ry .usefvdj along With a; Me ivbiiich ' 'they'supthev'suppplylly ftree' at:;aU--,tofi On toe ranc -30


aU '-tob booking tubes one centimes


streets of etro: map


(fibbutfod; of'English] mbhey), arid you can go wiy distance, long or short, on ijnderground with thi i llcltet., But emergeito the.strleet, youfi' ficket Is


toe Paris ■once you no use.


■ Another machine Is used' forj; testirlg.[ thi i


'.of ils kind, samples are subjected to;a -varlet;' ' of Tests.' Speciihan jpanels 'are [rfiade [and .to


[is always someffltogi to, paint oh |the; rallwayi and in order tha); toe pfilht.shbuld be] the bes;


breaking' strength’; was c^veredme. [ Then there fi the question of .patot; ]iTher6 [


'■!:-!!!■':'.hid


'paint applied by! apfaytor' hfush|i[,The,'paneli;; are tofen e.Xposed to a|icouri5e','of.'.douches ol]


qualities. A 'machines enabibs Ispecl rub :iround against; jorte' anbthei} fbp long ppribtfi, and thej amount of wbar is then di- termlned by wefehtag; : :


.'.■Stpei! used for jralls Is tested!fbrTts 'yiearinii ..


. . . . ---- - I — “ -ens t) ;


operation-with the' ehgtaeers ahd dtliers, to tfie,field as weUj as, in The laboratory, ,


Railway Reseafc|i-ttorkers act In close c<|-


lilsh themselves]'i [Tests Ih toe] wlhd; tunnijl suggested that toe lanps were, not, p mlgl(t have: been expected, blown oiit, but; ratofir shaken! out; So nOwl experiments;are being made fiilth variolis types of lamp ani| brackets to 'find one That (wlH reduce or .absorb vibratifin.


On'e 'company Was •ebenlly facedl'vilto the ritfitihg tendency .if tail'Ughts tplexttog-


'astonished his parent^ by his ability: to mul­ tiply; s|x figure, numbers' In his head.' ;


A ; slx-year-old schoolboy in Lisbon has


-astronomer, there are no animals on Mar^ but there is an abundance* of plant life.


(Continued from (precedlnp; column.) “I LIKE LONDON.” ;


fully see w'Hat an. Excise


“ London looks a bit provtacli 1 Standing oil Westminster


' , the ed lRl thdl Mr. Dij


the seif tb! ret] tlons 1 recelVE*


' According to Dr. 'v[ M. Sllpher, Americah ' I . ! !'!]


aiijl cti pdrenti


ivak du


though undue'


sdliOol.* >


!M i ' I Yi!;:! ’‘Hfill. :]; ■


!:i',:d(^e: .


!j I TBBE U .jEirWee^


[ who [fo: th^


Edi ‘You


i : . mernbej I Robinsi; all [val


iH .demise, rebpect


' mjiiee


' cai) hot ,!|fi^;|ass( - stMlln^


I ^ Ih 'slleq rfihould confllm tilfi-from'igeiieral ,bb- )rt holl-'


beithe Rails equivtoent. I had a look!through toe ! bigger depaitmei.tal stores Au' Prin-


havbjbeen left.schc^l sonjri time find are, not in toe teachirig professior can hardly ;be ex- pecto jto rememberl just low toe litre is re­ lated] to the, Englitoipilfit.; The fisBlstant . e were 'l get ting on !.


To attract the guard’s attentlbfi the driver,


;


3 tunnel are al60j.occasions;’Viheh'wlijstltog a necessary- ^ ■ '■ 'i'


m


ever, is tovariablyl an occasion (op whistling, bearing to hitod George Stephenson’s classic reply-when asked what would [hfippen to a


:■ In .emergencies'thei driver, gives a series of short whistles rapidly ifipebted ^^1 railway:


i . i i- . .


tnen khbw that'thfi mbani'spmetotog oiit of the ordinary has ficcordtaigly.


}atestjijLI.S. strfiamUned; 1


>• tiifie'efi Railway' departm.en(--the - research laboratory; ■ '


____ . . . _______ iaiit [jocombtives if! toe ; “ City’-’ ' 'class'jUes;’a fioinance of an


TEEAliaiNING Behind' the liitroduotloh' 1


[


vTw.enty of these named after a prto..


system. 'ere now In course of construction at Crewe 'Wbrks, and several of fflem! are already in service. These,locomotives-weigh about


new ' locomotives, each 4 l ctly|on] the L.M.S.


,


.heaviest,. main .line duties, being generally similar -to the " (Coronation ” locomotlvei now ott-exhifiltlon with the I Coronation Scot-train at'the [World’s Fate, Hew'Ybrki j , , ,l The construction of fengtoes of this -design taVolved'the bufidtog it.the LL1.3. [Research


165, tons each, [and are forj service on the


enfitaeSf were used! with: detachable i fronts so that different shapes pbuld be tried out one aftter


lonfi'. , Scale model AicoW or other livestock bn, toe line, how­ ..['-’'ll' i ;


train .If a.cow.raii lnto;lt, ;tfiatj“|lt would be' bad for toe cool",


occu(red,' and take action LOCpMOTtVBS


ito* seirvice of to'e


(i) W)


I


i./hiUcr,’]! -tihe


meet lal


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