. The real Latin quarter . that come in glass jars. They are cheapand cover a lot of surface, so that the gen-tleman in question looked like a human pic-ture-gallery. After the ceremony, he wasput in a hamper and deposited, in the morn-ing, in the middle of the Pont des Artz,where he was subsequently found by thepolice, who carted him off in a cab. But you must see more of this vast gar-den of the Luxembourg to appreciate trulyits beauty and its charm. Filled with beau-tiful sculpture in bronze and marble, withits musee of famous modern pictures boughtby the Government, with flower-beds bril-l
. The real Latin quarter . that come in glass jars. They are cheapand cover a lot of surface, so that the gen-tleman in question looked like a human pic-ture-gallery. After the ceremony, he wasput in a hamper and deposited, in the morn-ing, in the middle of the Pont des Artz,where he was subsequently found by thepolice, who carted him off in a cab. But you must see more of this vast gar-den of the Luxembourg to appreciate trulyits beauty and its charm. Filled with beau-tiful sculpture in bronze and marble, withits musee of famous modern pictures boughtby the Government, with flower-beds bril-liant in geraniums and fragrant in roses,with the big basin spouting a jet of waterin its center, where the children sail theirboats, and with that superb Fontaine deMedicis at the end of a long, rectangularbasin of water—dark as some pool in a forestbrook, the green vines trailing about itssides, shaded by the rich foliage of the treesoverhead. On the other side of the Luxembourgyou will find a garden of roses, with a161. THE FONTAINE DE MEDICIS rich bronze group of Greek runners in thecenter, and near it, back of the long marblebalustrade, a croquet ground — a favoritespot for several veteran enthusiasts whoplay here regularly, surrounded for hoursby an interested crowd who applaud andcheer the participants in this passe sport. This is another way of spending an after-noon at the sole cost of ones leisure. Ittakes but little to amuse these people! Often at the Punch and Judy show near-by, you will see two old gentlemen,—whomay have watched this same Punch andJudy show when they were youngsters,—and who have been sitting for half an hour,waiting for the curtain of the miniaturetheater to rise. It is popular—this smallTheatre Guignol, and the benches infront are filled with the children of rich andpoor, who scream with delight and kicktheir little, fat bare legs at the first shrillsqueak of Mr. Punch. The three who com-pose the staff of this tiny attraction havebeen lo
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