Here we see the Parisian housewife getting rid of her refuse just as our housewives do here in our own country, by collecting all the scraps, etc., together and placing them into a large can provided for that purpose which is left outside of each dwelling to await the arrival of the garbage man. Before the latter makes his rounds, however, the dogs and ragpickers are seen peering into each can on the lookout for dainty tidbits, or in the case of the latter, for something valuable to be converted into money. The huge garbage wagons soon loom up and the man quickly empties each can and replaces it as he goes on his way. The wagons containing the refuse, when they are filled to their utmost capacity, go on to the factories, where the refuse is sorted, the garbage going in one pile, the paper in another, and the pieces of metal in a third. The garbage proper is reduced to ashes; the paper, after going through a cleansing process, is taken to paper factories and goes to make other paper. The refuse which can be used for fertilizing purposes is shipped to the farmers. Sometimes articles of value are found among the refuse, pocketbooks, ornaments, silverware, etc., but not often, for the French housewife is a careful, economical little body who knows how to look after her property.