There is no doubt this is the gay city of the world but to live here
and see the sights would cost a fortune in no time.
This letter is only three days after my last and the reason I am sending
this so soon is because I have seen so much in the last few days I am
afraid of forgetting some of the things if I delay too long.
I think this last item of interest was the Casino de Paris in my last
letter where the lassies run around in their birthday suits so I will
carry on from there.
[The official Casino de Paris site
is in French but contains an interesting virtual tour of the main
theatre.]
On Friday morning I went to the bank and saw around the city per boot
and later wrote some letters and had a sleep. At night I again sent on
the ran tan and saw Mont Matre by night. It is a peculiar part of Paris
that is absolutely dead until midnight and then seethes with people all
going to
cabarets etc where they stay until daybreak it seems. We saw
it early first and went to Café du Neant where we drank beer off
coffins and later witnessed our burial and decay and later the 3rd day.
It is very skilfully done and quite amusing if you are not of the nervous
type. The illusions are marvellous and to see a chap from the audience
become a skeleton before your eyes is quite good.
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