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The real Latin quarter (1901)

Smith, Frank Berkeley, 1869- · New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co. · leaf 62

An illustration from The real Latin quarter, 1901, leaf 62
g 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.… … 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…

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