The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-29

one hundred Thousand recr,e " rsr. not strictly
Minister Of Ynsnes ana N ssn,ss u ,nis struggle
TO the bitter end. some d.ys az "a. wivss 81
selves 10 hunt No recreant recruits OF the
Commune and drive them oat publiclJ % service. In
Prom THIS ana thousand other evidenccs yca can
understand whai sa,ssins The red nss over every
household where Il l. pinch 70 get tas daily bread
In connection with the population I can mention Z
few facts which win Dring sorrow 70 many Amert
sxvKS MONTHS or TURMOIL
have iert des,iiu,e many poor but ~orsny Amer
cans, who have come % actual want IN the metropo
as 0ns fa a. III sos rns 20 ve,x Nm ever msmser
for want OF nourfsnment. Hn only one case IN many
and touching one, too. Coming here TO give her
BY happy economy IN obtaining the masters aud
bringing her children 10 tine very verge OF finished
The siege came on and with II high prices ana ali
means Of pecuniary assistance were remote. she
lions as followed the poorer u the population.
TENDER sronAcHs,
family trunk became ne AWE empty an hs commons
has finished the business, and new nothing but the
%o n Sn sss the
charity. mention this because believe that the
people Of America should take some measures 20
Intentions and especially FOR those who i've here Tor
purposes ofmental improvement But DO not By
and disspate their fortunes ia idle enJoymenis and
dissolute pleasures should receive any encourage
deserving; and It is notable tact that rcn Ameri.
cans abroad do not usually take those distress By
higher value on this side OF tle Atlantic than the
other. While on this subject might ~ well touch
other cases-those in the Latin quarter
THE YOUNG AMERICANS
WHO come to Paris as students-and they are many
s Money ana Sasn eS
scarce Everybody Is BORROWING and borrowing,
too. on an uncertainty, could tell many instances
nature, are either pledged as security or are now
exposed in some dingy pawnshop along the Quail
moment is Charming existence unless your funds
are ready and always available II does not do
has plenty OF money invested In the Lyons road Is
now grealy embarrassed, because she does not care
on
| Simply laughed at When
RoTHSCHILDS SIGNATURE
cannot be found in Paris money matters are some.
| what muddled. Through all this hazy and unwel.
ssss IN ark
the other day, reading the quotations and there
Frenchmani remarked, THAT Is the credit won BY
everything dearer and meaner at that those seeking
their cosmopolitan education across the Seine nave
truly hard times. know Americans who can rarely
be seen on the boulevards and who IN the secluson
OF their chambers have studied for years. preferr
Ing to avoid their own countrymen and live in the
French fashion, SO as to study the habits or the
people. Distress brings them out and hence you
often faces In the favorte American haunrs.
have often thought II the truth could only be
known about that tine young man, handsome In
you would ind that he lives on one meal day and
that at half franc. Sucn Is life here Yet do not
believe That he ls poor man or deserves much CON-
miseration VINO is here to-day. Asa
DISTINGUISHED AND RICH AMERICAN
90 % ask IN Of ns wny IS a Mo
100000 TO be able to live In any manner in PARISH
And SO the beggar did nor get his sou. Then, with
ar ron fba
dence. When Napoleon was giving his court balls
In his carriage to the carpeted entrance or the pal
ace passing, accidentally, French nobleman OF high
that he had precedence In aghting and ascending the
steps because = higher social rank. The American
denied this, anu claimed In courteous way, that
such etiquette could not oDrain in his case. II
finally agreed TO submit the dispute 10
THE EMPEROR
for his decision, and he said, ''The American has
precedence because he Is sovereign and you are
Is true. Every American who applies obtai.s
ldtsse pdsser TO visit any part OF the le of battle,
70 go In or out and when he does go he IS received
by the Communists with the happest marks OF ap-
probation. In visiting The battlefield during mo.
ments OF great excitement have been saluled with
.,ie journal d. Ia ii6ertsf' Even deserving as the
French people are OF the severest criticism for their
moral and political decadence no American can
complain that he ia not more welcome IN France than
In any other country in Europe. The unexampled
hoods Tor ~ ''''' 100 -
EIEvArrso AND rSsrRucrrSe TIE POOR.
the practical workings OF institutions and our
written constitution are all discussed by these men
with intelligence and zeal. They understand one
primary education. They say, and justly. that the
American Union Is based upon that fact, and upon
stood and then feebiy carried ou:. One man told
me that under the empire the appropriations were
500 600 900 Tor the army aud 4oooS for the the
Church. "Whal state c IN stand such superficial
france has fallen by her own ioy' The reunions
and public prints continue 10 agae the question OF
In different ways aud from various points OF view
1t does not seem 10 me that 1t is all understood here
not even the rudimentary principles. But there are
sympathlze with the Commune. They are men who
had no distinctions under the empire, no decora-
they thought they ought to have been. Tney CON-
prise an cratic school OF artists, electric journal
both dramatic and poetica. or course, such
neaags gives US scores OF ideals OF what popular
education might be, but what 1t never can be- In
fine, the French must either teach
TOO LITTLE OR TOO MUCH.
Every man must be musician before he knows
before he understands his own language. rrac-
teal progressive and tried system OF education Is
siili beyond the French Intellect to comprehend.
LOCAL GoyERNxENT OF PARIS.
40 not remember ever to have known the confl-
world than It mas been since the 18Th OF August
Three weeks ago came to Parts from Lyons, and on
the way was told, "You VIII be assasslnated at the
station, robbed when you get inside the walls and
your body tossed into the seine" | came in as
usual was SURPRISED TO find carriages awaiting the
call OF travellers. took one expecting, OF course.
that the cochel would the river after leaving
the gdr, and then murder me amid cries OF "Vfre Ia
Commune ~ Imagine my surprise. i found no
lurking assasslns endeavoriny TO track me through
the streets, and did not have 10 dodge from door
lrearns from inc bands oil children. In fine, Paris
pas, spQ u, as sale as has ever been as lar as
depfedaiions uD6n foreigners are concerned, nave
walked about these streets from midnight to sun.
rise alone threading barrlcades, passing the bridges
and have been at Montmartre at midnight. aud
consider that was then safer than / would be In
the streets OF New York after dusk In most any
quarter OF the city. In going through Belleylle one
need not lear much In going through the SIKH
ward.
THE coAMUNE-ITs PERSONNEL.
The Commune when full, consists OF eighty mem.
bers but % account OF the recent ravages OF the
sgnatiQp fever the number Is now much reduced.
The men composing this body, with the exception