Still the Gay Capital of France--Its Environs--Walewska and De Morny--Thackeray in Paris--A _Pension_ Adventure I Each of the generations thinks itself commonplace.

Familiarity breeds equally indifference and contempt.

Yet no age of the world has witnessed so much of the drama of life--of the romantic and picturesque--as the age we live in.

The years betwixt Agincourt and Waterloo were not more delightfully tragic than the years between Serajevo and Senlis.
The gay capital of France remains the center of the stage and retains the interest of the onlooking universe.

All roads lead to Paris as all roads led to Rome.