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The real Latin quarter (1901)

Smith, Frank Berkeley, 1869- · New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co. · leaf 68

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ght up with a quickfinish. Bis! Bis! Bis! Encore! comes fromevery quarter of the big room, and the con-ductor, with his traditional good-nature,begins again. He knows it is wiser tohumor them, and off they go again, stillfaster, until all are out of breath and rushinto the garden for a breath of… … and a grotto and an artificialcascade all in one, with afigure of Venus in the cen-ter, over which the watersplashes and trickles. Thereis a green lattice proscenium,too, surrounding the foun-tain, illuminated with coloredlights and outlined in tiny flames of gas,and grotto-like alcoves circling…

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