The neat farm houses, the well trimmed
hedges, the fine growing crops, the thrlv
mug villages, all give evidence of a thrifty, I
prosperous and bappy people. 1
"Paris is France, " says the proverb, I
but although this may be true to a certain I
extent, it is also true that the Frenchman
of the provinces possesses the national
virtues in a far greater degree than does
the Parisian, while th national vices crop l
out far more prominently in the dwellers
in the national metropolis. The contrast
between the cities of London and Paris is
very great, and in not one point, not even I
on the score of visible wickedness, is the
comparison unfavorable to the continental
city.
