The Savoy . THE GINGERBREAD FAIR ATVINCENNES A COLOUR-STUDY . I MM HE tram rolls heavily through the sunshine, on the way toVincennes. The sun beats on ones head like the glow ofa furnace ; we are in the second week of May, and the houris between one and two in the afternoon. From the PlaceVoltaire, all along the dingy boulevard, there are signs of thefair : first, little stalls, with the refuse of ironmonger andpastry-cook, then little booths, then a few roundabouts, the wooden horsesstanding motionless. At the Place de la Nation we have reached the fairitself. Already the roundabouts swarm i

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The Savoy . THE GINGERBREAD FAIR ATVINCENNES A COLOUR-STUDY . I MM HE tram rolls heavily through the sunshine, on the way toVincennes. The sun beats on ones head like the glow ofa furnace ; we are in the second week of May, and the houris between one and two in the afternoon. From the PlaceVoltaire, all along the dingy boulevard, there are signs of thefair : first, little stalls, with the refuse of ironmonger andpastry-cook, then little booths, then a few roundabouts, the wooden horsesstanding motionless. At the Place de la Nation we have reached the fairitself. Already the roundabouts swarm in gorgeous inactivity ; shooting-galleries with lofty names—Tir Metropolitan!, Tir de Lutece—lead on to theestablishments of cochonnerie, the gingerbread pigs, which have given its nameto the Foire an pain (fcpice. From between the two pillars, each with its airystatue, we can look right on, through lanes of stalls and alleys of dusty trees,to the railway bridge which crosses the other end of the Cours d

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