SCENES FROM FRANCE 



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Photograph by Crete, Ltd. 



A WOMAN OF AUVERGNF 



Below Paris, in the direction of the Pyrenees, lies the old French province of Auvergne, 

 which is now divided into several departments, as the states of the French Republic are 

 called. This is an old volcanic district, but no eruptions have occurred in historic times. 

 The people resemble the Bretons of the north in their mode of living, but their costumes 

 are quite different. 



