New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-21
AMERICANS IN Paris.
Vienna, June %, 1919.

THEIR GREGARIoUs HABTs-THEIR PRoDIdMrTY-
TIE BIINDNG INFLUENCES OF A TITLE OF
NOBILITY.
lFROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUNE1
PARIS, June 10.-The American living III
the Grand Hotel IS almost his native heath. More
than half Of its inmates are OF his nationality some Of
whom live permanently in the hotel as il America, the
gregarous feature in their character as usual drawing
them together English papers are strewn over the
tables Of the sittngroOm and English Is as much
the language Of the house French Out on the bal
ustrade under the glass roof the cater OF the horses
feet on the asphalte and the sammng trunks furnish
him with that American hustle TO which he Is accus-
toned Under his hand, the left, the interior cafe
provides him with those beverages for which the Ameri
can throat is believed TO thirst continually The glass
covered space and spacious corridors and sitngIooms
form an exchange fer the discussion OF transatlantic
topics 1t is proverb in England that when You wish
to put your finger on Frenchman in London you go
10 LeicesersQuarc and it may be said with like truth
that the American in Paris must be sought for IN the
Grand Hotel or around the corner IN Rue Scribe In
this great conservatory with glass all sides Of him.
he talks of Tammany and Pacific Mail as if he had never
left Manhattan Island There are lounging youths HOh
the upner part of that island whose general circulation
outside OF the great hotel is restricted to something
within guushOt range. Around the corner are the three
prjncpa banking houses where these clients are taken
charge OF in manner almost pdItllldl iIoLNNJ '9
papers and writing paper, like the bread in a French
restaurant at discretion. If they wish 70 find friend
who is unknown in the American Exchange they seek
HIM in the pouderOus registers Of these establishments
II they have misgivDgs TO the dividends OF their Erie
or Slack Water Navigation, they get the bankers ear
and ask to be advised II their social
or financial status is brought into question.
the banker is their standing reference In the same short
row are the agencies of the steamers plying between
Europe and America. Across the way is the Office OF an
American newspaper, which contains long lists OF wan
derug every part of Europe There are also
American tailors, dress and glove makers in the neigh
borhood which are all ciyilzng agencies. But what
must be said Of the American bar whose front looks out
as boldly on Rue Scribe as any Of its negbOring esta0
shmens where che money goes into the strong box in
stead Of down the thrOatl Here, on the tai Of the
counter are the eternal crackers and cheese and stand
ing u front OF the bar the young Oungers from Co
umlms land living in the past, and tipping IN home
beverages The horse is staple and the ramihcation
concerning Belmonts stock and the ups and downs Of
old John Harper are endless. An occasional Gaul en-
ters 10 get glimpse OF Yankees and their customs he
swallows the c0keteH and the Sherrie go5bdire and
pronounces them good with q WY face he
even goes so far to say, with that polite
ness which is his religion, that It Is rather
pleasant TO stand before the counter and glp after the
manner Of the American citizen, aud when he one
Of them drunk he says-amable lar-that the maudlin
creature Is only gay. Across the boulevard from the
Grand Hotel up two flights Of stairs, Americas is still
on American soil in the Washington Club where he may
play poker with the same freedom as on Mississippi
steamboat and for heavy a wager. That familiar
household god the spttoOn, is within hitting distance,
and little circular bar furnishes that array Of mixtures
for which America is famous, and that dexterOus bar
keeper who grows only in the land OF Columbus Here
are the same handsome, frOlcsOme fellows whom left
a month or two ago, in DemOncos spinning yarns and
talking back and fro in their quick way with their
"too thin" and other bits of American yernacuar
which missed on my way through England.
Up on the Eysian fields and tributaries our country
men coonize in flats and In the English and American
boarding-houses, which furnish the mautnal flannel
steak and hot bread without which OF their con-
sumers would think life was vale Of tears. Within
convenient distance there three English aud Amer
can churches In the shady grounds Of the Tmleries
and the Elysan Fields the children play rOybolly or
sit before the fascinaons Of GagHO-the French Punch
and Judy. From the Nights about the Tuumphal Arch
our couutrywomen swoop down upon the shops-the
Pence store Of the Fourth Of SeptemDer-s- the Bon
March6 on the other side Of the river, and kindred
tablshments the jewelry, sham and genuine, OF the
Pala Royal and the ribbons and feathers Of Rue Cairo
To buy is the rage--for themselves, for friends aud
kindred for those who have not yet into the world
and those who are about leaving it, Mothers with
diagrams Of boudOirsJ drawng-rOoms, and bed-cham
bes and exact measurement in feet and inches and the
house is thus fitted like glove, to the last detail, and
what SURPRISES them is that much be done with
money. In effect all the paraphernala Of material life
is AT the command Of these but If they seek
anything besides, say that healthy social atmosphere
and recutude In domestic life 10 which they have been
accustomed at home, they are doomed to more
or less disappointment The Parisans not engaged IN
commerce hardly glad TO see the great number Of
travellers who annually come TO this city aud who aver
that their coming makes life dear andhat II they stayed
away the Parisians would be able to live more comfort
ably on limited incomes In the loved CITY, This is held
10 be the case especially with regard 70 Americans who
are more lavish in their expenditures than any other
people The Inconvenience to these moderate renters
s amply compensated for however in the general wei
fare buted 70 the nation through the increased
commerce and production created by travelling pur-
chascrs Indeed II any one has the right TO complain, it
seems that such right should be lodged with the United
States which suffers from gold premium in a measure,
through the heavy purchases Of her people IN the French
capal There another small class Of French people
who dislike 10 rich foreigners In Paris on patriotic
grounds alleging that their influence as pcasuresecl
ers is bad on the native populations that the former
away from the restraints OF home give themselves over
10 a liceptous mode OF life which they would never
think OF doing Ina their native land; thus according 10
these directors, the French capital Is made city OF
pleasure only. aud public and private virtue IS lowered
In is doubtless Iruc that the absence OF the foreign clo
mcut would make Of France a more Ylre though n
poorer nation In the United states tue stranger takes
with him simplicity 81 character WOIhlhB hhAu'5 ana
determination % make the country ms nome ~ France
lac brngs with hin money aud an idea OF a holiday
Qualification Of the senses.
In tbe Foreigners settled at Paris certain adapnby
is observable in the Americans when compared with the
Englishmen. The Bron, after long residence ls 1s
ne IMPOSES himself a- lI VIII lands ANA must Dc IAu
as Do h.. with hi, habits ana opinions or Doe left alone
An tle temptation or Ii u society does not take lho
average BrtOn out Of DIS groove Faithfully VITA wife
and numerous Icdhtadcd thllltu all WoNldtu wan