September 1998 - Volume 5, Number 9, Copyright (c) 1998

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Letter From Paris - Harriet Welty-Rochefort - The summer, the rentré, and an informal poll of the Frenchman in the street about current happenings in the US.

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The Jardin d'Acclimatation - Richard Erickson - The Jardin d'Acclimatation is a park just for kids. Napoléon III sold or gave the Bois de Boulogne to Paris, but nobody wants to mention the Jardin d'Acclimatation. Ric shows us something of what it looks like today.

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La Salpêtrière - Thirza Vallois - When Princess Diana died on 31st of August 1998, her final journey from the Ritz to La Salpêtrière had a further symbolic dimension, for La Salpêtrière is not just any Parisian hospital. It was built to shelter, and to shelter only, the most wretched outcasts and rejects of society. That Princess Diana should have died there was particulary poignant, as in recent years she had decided to devote her time precisely to some of the less privileged members of society. (This piece is excerpted from Thirza Vallois' book Around and About Paris.)

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French History - September - Events: First republic declared (1792); Lascaux Caves discovered in southern France (1940); First balloon flight with live creatures (1783); Births: Jean-Léon Jaurès (1859); Antonin Artuad (1896); Louis XIV, the Sun King (1638).

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