. The real Latin quarter . evolving sails,lurid in crimson lights, was constructedespecially for him. He remembers, too, hisfirst impressions of Paris that very morningas his train rolled into the Gare St. La-zare. His aunt could wait until to-morrowto see the tomb of Napoleon, but he wouldsee the Moulin Rouge first, and to be inample time ordered dinner early in hisexpensive, morgue-like hotel. I remember once, a few hours after myarrival in Paris, walking up the long hill tothe Place Blanche at 2 p. m., under a bla-zing July sun, to see if they did not give amatinee at the Moulin Rouge. The
. The real Latin quarter . evolving sails,lurid in crimson lights, was constructedespecially for him. He remembers, too, hisfirst impressions of Paris that very morningas his train rolled into the Gare St. La-zare. His aunt could wait until to-morrowto see the tomb of Napoleon, but he wouldsee the Moulin Rouge first, and to be inample time ordered dinner early in hisexpensive, morgue-like hotel. I remember once, a few hours after myarrival in Paris, walking up the long hill tothe Place Blanche at 2 p. m., under a bla-zing July sun, to see if they did not give amatinee at the Moulin Rouge. The placewas closed, it is needless to say, and thepoliceman I found pacing his beat outside,when I asked him what day they gave amatinee, put his thumbs in his sword belt,looked at me quizzically for a moment,and then roared. The Moulin Rouge isin full blast every night; in the day-time itis being aired. Farther up in Montmartre, up a steep,cobbly hill, past quaint little shops andcafes, the hill becoming so steep that your54. cab horse finally refuses to climb further,and you get out and walk up to the Moulin de la Galette. You find it a fardifferent type of ball from the MoulinRouge, for it is not made for the stranger,and its clientele is composed of the rougherelement of that quarter. A few years ago the Galette was notthe safest of places for a stranger to go toalone. Since then, however, this ancientgranary and mill, that has served as a ball-room for so many years, has undergone aradical change in management; but it isstill a cliquey place, full of a lot of habitueswho regard a stranger as an you by accident step on Marcellesdress or jostle her villainous-looking escort,you will be apt to get into a row, beginningwith a mode of attack you are possiblyignorant of, for these maquereaux fightwith their feet, having developed this manlyart of self-defense to a point of dexteritymore to be evaded than admired. And whileMarcelles escort, with a swinging kick,smash
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