Clark The Pure-Bred Parisian In one of his lighter moods, a French statistician has amused himself by trying to find out how many bit ants of Paris (exclusive of foreigners) are really Parisian born and bred. He found that out of 2,408,000 French men, women and children living in the capital, only 837,000 first saw the light in it, while 226,000 come from other com: munes of the Seine—that is to say, the suburbs—and 1,845,000 from other departments of France, The largest contribution to this mass of immigrants is made by the contre of the country, and we can readily cheve this when we consider how many industrious natives of Auvergne heave coal, roast chestnuts and perform other useful functions in the city of their adoption. The Bretons come next, and the Corsicans are at the bottom the list with 7,669, During the past few years the influx from the provinces has slackened perceptibly, probably because many of the big provincial cities have modernised themselves and provide more opportunities for business enterprise and also for amusements, while the tendency of Paris is to become more and more cosmopolitan. The provinel Paris do not show undue qualify as "Parigots.' daughters of Auvergne, Languedoc, Brittany, Normandy, Berry and other provinces, which now' exist only in name, have their own thrift clubs and friendly societies and their annual festivals, at which they bring out their time-honoured songs, dances and costumes, and they even elect their "queens."' They cling to their own customs and traditions so steadfastly that it has never been found possible to induce them to act The Medium That Makes Advertising
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