ey dine? It is Love that moves Paris--it
is the motive power of this big, beautiful, polished city--the love of
adventure, the love of intrigue, the love of being a bohemian if you
will--but it is Love all the same!

"I work for love," hums the little couturiere.

"I work for love," cries the miller of Marcel Legay.

"I live for love," sings the poet.

"For the love of art I am a painter," sighs Edmond, in his atelier--"and
for her!"

"For the love of it I mold and model and create," chants the
sculptor--"and for her!"

It is the Woman who dominates Paris--"Les petites femmes!" who have
inspired its art through the skill of these artisans.

"Monsieur! monsieur! Please buy this fisherman doll!" cries a poor old
woman outside of your train compartment, as you are leaving Havre for
Paris.

"Monsieur!" screams a girl, running near the open window with a little
fishergirl doll uplifted.

"What, you don't want it? You have bought one? Ah! I see," cries the
pretty vendor; "but it is a boy doll--he will be sad if he goes to
Paris without a companion!"

Take all the little fishergirls away from Paris--from the Quartier
Latin--and you would find chaos and a morgue!

L'amour! that is it--L'amour!--L'amour!--L'amour!

[Illustration: (burning candle)]

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