European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. Sep Lumbar 9, Geo the stars and stripes Poge 19 stuffed animals busily refurbishing their miniature make believe Altstadt. Embroidered smiles Story and photos by Nell Fields Scalf writer life Liko Baboon with ear tag trademark. Its a Busy Day for inc residents of a make  in Gin gun Germany where Only stuffed animals  monkeys Wash windows and paint building sin what seems like some sort of miniaturized Urban renewal project Mollier bears look out he windows to make sure their cubs catch the bus to Bear school. Papa bears do the muscle work carrying ladders sawing Wood and cleaning the City s statue. Not far from the City Are lie Moun ins. A popular walking plan Tor the stuffed animals. The Foothills abound with wild animals which unlike real wild animals Are very Friendly. There is also the troll who lives alone in the Hill tending to the animals needs. On weekend and free Days the monkeys enjoy hang ing around in a nearby Forest. The Long armed Gibbons swing gracefully from the branches. Chimpanzees opt for a life of Leisure feeding squirrels and relaxing in the Shade. The world of lift like an inns was created i them or a rec Leiff company. Known for its Quality and Tow Tig in Chmir trademark stiff is celebrating 100 h ars of making Button eyes and embroidered a Jubilee display of stuffed animals from Teddy bears to leopards penguins to kangaroos can be seen at inc factory museum. The stuffed animal City is also in the museum created especially for stuffed animal lovers. A film about the Leiff Success Story is shown every half hour. Admission is free and open to the Nul Ilic 9a.m. To noon and from 1 30 to 4 p.m., monday through Friday. Out Side the factory grounds is a shop where the stuffed animals Are on Sale. To reach the Leiff factory Lake German Highway g toward Munich and exit Al Ulm Osl. Fallow it. 19 North to Gingen. The yellow and red Steiff signs Are easy to find in this Small town. The Paris of another Era by Aline Mosby United press International new underground parking Lois being carved out around Paris to accommodate the invading automobile have Given the world an unexpected dividend a museum. The newest museum o open in Paris houses 3rd to 17lh Century ruins underneath the Square in front of notre Dame Cathedral on the lie do cite in the Seine River. The ruins were discovered in 1965 when workers digging on underground garage Felt their shovels Clank against huge stones of an ancient Rampart. Michel Fleury. Director of historic antiquities of Paris sped to the scene and concluded ruins of building thai once lined a Street leading up to the Cathedra probably existed beneath the Square he of turf Long kith City Riffle officials who were building toe underground glut or uld differ Button Art Hii Tsiun who worked do the museum. You know How traffic officials Are the want to keep Ira tic moving and provide parking. Fortuna cry inc City was building the garage to would have been very difficult to Deal with a private  Fleury and culture promoters emerged victorious. The parking garage was shifted to another spot on the Island. Excavation of the ruins under notre Dame Square drugged along until Queen Sofia of Spain visited Paris in 1977 and asked to see them. Realizing the widespread interest the ruins could bring the City seeded up the excavation and built Glass enclosed Wall ways around the illuminated ruins. The museum is called crypt became the ruins arc encased by a roof underground like a Tomb the largest crypt in the world 387 feel Long 32 feet wide said architect Jacques Valentin. He noted it was unusual that ruins would be museum izod on the spot instead of being transported to a museum elsewhere. On opening Day the Squire in front of notre dime is clogged Vita visitors sitting in inc Sunshine or taking Polo graphs of the Kyo year old Cathedral of our  some descended staircase Al the West cod of tic m in top a Mien francs si.75 to enter be Kwh museum in the Cool quiet dimness the visitors were transported Back centuries. They saw foundations of the 3rd Century ramparts easement rooms Buill after Paris then called Lutetia was conquered by romans included a Furnace from which hot air circulated among Pillin to heat the Loon above. The Rains of houses of the Middle Ages lined the Rue mauve Noire Dame Street of new notre Dame thai once led to the Cathedral staircases a part of a column Wells for garbage and the cellar of a shop How the Paris of another Era. Signs in English and French and Little models of the ruins explain i if Paris was born 2,000 Yean ago on the is land a site the founders chose for easy transportation and Protection. The archaeologists also found 21 skeletons of nuns who worked in an 18th Century Hospital for foundling later demolished. One Skeleton is displayed on a Rampart. Also on display is a Bronze figurine from the roman period. Unearthed coins later Wal be housed in a Glass Case. We my find Many More things in future ions said Bussooa gesturing to in crypt exc to Walls be Hind which probably lie More tre surn this h like presence which archaeologists can use in the Vahtre. You can t save All the ruins Busson added. Other underground garages Are demolishing other Ruiru but we find the new parking places a help  they finance the digging and then we can see if there arc any archaeological Sites Worth  the crypt is the second new museum to make the news in Paris recently. The 66lh. To open in 1983, will be the care d orsay a 1900 railway station closed in 1961. It is being turned into a museum of the i9lh Century and will show paintings photography posters and applied arts of that Era. Not Only will the museum House Many paintings for which Paris museums now have no room bul it will mean the saving of the turn of the Century landmark. Pie huge domed station otherwise would have been Rand like inc old markets los Halls pulled Down in 1970