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Title: The Open court
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 Open Court Publishing company, Chicago
Subjects: Religion Religion and science
Publisher: Chicago : The Open Court Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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MmMtisiMiMS, just been adopted when I left. Other reforms had been plannedbut not yet carried out. The shops, though for the most part small,still displayed many tempting wares. Unlike Berlin, soap could bebought without police cards. Clothing and leather goods, thoughunrestricted, were very expensive. 472 THE OPEN COURT. At the restaurants one might have favorite dishes even pre-pared in the French fashion. The famous Cafe Ours kept fairlylate hours with every table taken, and the English restaurant toowas most popular. For those who could pay Warsaw offered manyattractions and did not seem at all uncomfortable as a place ofresidence. The private entertainments are numerous and the people mosthospitable. The Poles like to think of Warsaw as a little Parisand pride themselves on a knowledge of the French language andcustoms. Polish homes show an influence of French taste, butthey have an added charm that is Polish, possibly Russian. Smallopen fireplaces make the drawing-rooms seem mor

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