The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-08-02
From our Regular Correspondent
HOTEL DU LOUVRE, }
PARIS Julv 13 1873

From our Regular Correspondentl -f
-sf.1l HOTEL DU LOUVRE,
.'- -.. PARIS, July 13, 1873.
The grand national fete of last week
was the most successful event of the kind
perhaps in the annals of France. If, the
object of the half million francs readily
granted by the Chamber, and somewhat
reluctantly By the Senate, was to show
an austere Republic, which through a
variety circumstances has pushed even
to an extreme the avoidance ofanything
theatrical, could for once surpass the
splendors of the old Monarchy and the
pomp of the Empire, the end has been
fully attained, The 30th of June was
selected because it recalled no event
which could hurt the susceptibilities of
any French party or any foreign nation;
but the success of the fete inevitably
swelIs the prestige of the Republic, and
from their own point ofview Legitimists
and Bonepartists can scarcely be blamed
for the anger they have illconcealed at
seeing the Republic borrow their most
cherished engine of popularity. Still it
must be allowed that the Government
has done its utmost to avoid treading on
their corns. The initials ar F" (Repub-
lique Francaise) hgured, indeed on
every public building; but the unYeiling
of Clesingeris statue of the Republic at
the Exhibition was studiously inserted
in the least CONSPICUOUS part ofthe official
programme, and though the Tricolour
appeared everywhere, the straitest Le-
gitimist. would thankfully accept it to-
morrow as the national emblem if the
Comte de Chambord could be induced
to waive his scruples. In short, the fes-
tival was so ostensibly non-political, an
entertainment given in honor Of the
Exhibition, and with special view to
the qualification of foreign guests, that
the old Parties could not with any grace
hold aloof altogether from the celebra-
ton, though they reduced their share in
it to a minimum. The Bois de Boulogne
portion of the fetc was universally
proclaimed the great hit of the day. The
islets on the lakes, with their fringe of
footlights and their pro.usion of lamps
arranged in the most finciful devices,
we're surprisingly grand; and though 1
have seen more elaborate fireworks,
have seen none so effective by reason Of
the felicity of the site. The rockets lit
up the lakes and fell in spray of colored
stars upon the trees, while the waters
were skinned by boats richly decked
with colored lamps. The trees, more
over, not only on the islets but over a
considerable area of the Bois, were Law
ishiy hung with red paper globes con-
taihing lamps, which had very striking
effect Coming back to the city from
this scene of enchantment one was
scarcely prepared TO dojustice to- the
private illuminations, brilliant as they
were; bat the Place de la Concorde en-.
forced admiration so lavishly was it lit
up. The Place Vendome was also very
brilliant, and the Opera and other public
buildings were most effectively illumi-
mated.
In an age when most prestges scarcely
hold water it is remarkable that the
pristige of the dancing gardens does not
diminish 1t must rain in torrents in
order to make Mabille empty, and even
when the gardens are inhabitable the
covered saloons are full. Mabille is the
first word that strangers announce when
they arrive in Paris. There or at the
cafes chantants in the Champs Elysees
you are sure to find your Canadian,
American, and Russian friends. Similar
gardens exist in their respective eoun-
tries, but in their imagination the mar
vels of Mabille are unaqualled. tits the
Paradise Of the Prophet transported to
the banks of the Seine. It is quite a
sight for philosopher on life TO see them
press open eyed and open mOuthed
around the quadrilles that are sheltered
by the famous zinc palm trees of Mabille
behind their fan. With the hereditary
curiosity Of the daughters of Eve they
take the liveliest pleasure in finding it
abominable. Now one may find num-
bers of foreign ladies. some Of them of
high station in the world, visiting this
abode of - lightness on the arm OF
their husbands or brothers. It's strange,
but if you go yourself you will find it to
be true.
A curiously built locomotive attached
to the Pullman Palace Car and placed
outside the Champ de Mars building in
the western avenue is the object Of a
good deal Of attention on the part of the
public. This engine belongs to the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company, and forms part of the exhibit
made by that company, with view to
opening up European market for Amer
ican anthracite coal and by relieving the
oyerstocked home supplies, alleviate the
long continued depression and suffering
in the coal trade and its kindred inter
ests. This endeavor to find trade with
Europe is watched with the greatest in
terest throughout the whole coal region
and Eastern Pennsylvania. Not only
the destinies of the Reading Railroad
Company promise to be affected by it
but every operator, miner, laborer, man,
ufActurer and general trader in the
region, if the enterprise succeeds, will
see his way out of the presentstagnation
which causes so much suffering in this
part Of the country. Some idea may be
formed of the far reaching extent tc
which the prosperity of Eastern Penn
sylyania may be effected by this under
taking when it is known that the Read
ing Railroad and the Coal and Iron
Company together have $1,000 employees
thus making, at a fair estimate 10000
people dependent upon them. The ex
hibi; which has been brought over in
the Pottsville, one Of the newest collier,
OF the Company, comprises samples o.
coal OF all sizes and kinds taken from the
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