Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-11
From our Regular Correspondent
Paris Letter.
PARIS. August, ]


All arrangements are now made for the
Of distribution of prizes to take
place at the Palais de / Induslrie on Sep.
temher the 18th. Seats have been placed
fer about %. 900 persons. 1t has been de-
cided that the official procession will be
formed at the Palais du Corps Legslatif,
from which it will proceed to the Champs
Elysees.
Great discomfort is expressed in the for
eign sections at the small number of medals
hat are to be awarded them. The French
are to have the lions share of the prizes
and decorations. If this often repeated
unfairness were to altogether do away
with the prize giving system it would do
we'll. 1t is false from beginning TO end
When merit is well backed by money it |
succeeds, and then only. A we'll known
mechanical engineer speaking to me OIL
his subject said: Unless one goes into
IN exhibition with spirit there is nothing
be done" | asked him what he meant
by " spirit" His reply was " Why to de-
things in handsome way and altogether
regardless of cost. Apart from the ex-
penses of my stand, have spent nearly
$4,000 in bringing my machines before
the public" - suppose" observed,
this was in advertisements. Not a cent
of it," he answered. 1t was in lunches
md dinners to jurors. to commissioners,
to ministers, and to people connected with
the press. Nobody has been coarsely brib-
ed; but every one thinks kindly of me, and
if there is prize going, | shall be the
man to pick it up. At Vienna l spent
nearly as much. and am afraid l spent
:. good deal more at Philadelphia. Were
older l should think exhibitions and th,
cost they entail a bore. But so far have
enjoyed them. feel all the excitement
of man engaged in race for a prizr,
and know that if l mind myself, and max,
no blunders, am sure to win" To what
nation this enterprising exhibitor belongs,
| will not say. believe he told me th'
ruth and nothing but the truth, though he
may not have told the whole truth. A
French juror, in the class of artistic
bronzes, said to me this morning.: There
should be no such thing as prizes. All W.
should be asked for is reports. We dc
great mischief in awarding medals. TIL
house in the habit of carrying off the lau
rels is injured if it leaves the exhibition
except as victor. A house doing just Il.
we'll will not have an opportunity to ris,
if we do not grant it prize Customers
will fall off and the notion will get GU
hat this. firm is no longer able to do a,
we'll rs it used. Often our awards are
guided by personal taste for which there i
no accounting. This artistically designer
candlestick is just as perfect as that. but
ike that better than this. So, l say
crown the maker. 1t is not question O
merit, but of my liking, and the prefer
ence may come from something in 1t
associate with my childhood. When we
find six manufacturers of equal excellence
md I have found as many-what is a ma,
| to do? My advice to my colleagues has
been to draw lots and let the world know
,ur mode of procedure But this was re-
ected rs eccentric. Mankind must have
beaten paths and good lot of humbug il
| lis general life. Since they would moi
! take my advice l have formed my plan
Do YOU know what it Is will decide m,
vote? A young woman came to my hou>s
few days ago. She was shown into tn
room in which | was breakfasting. an,
was accompanied by two small children
\ servant followed carrying bundle o
account books. The lady when she wen
TO state her case burst into tears. 1t wa
= embarrassing TO me. but encouraged he
! to proceed. She said Il am doing We,
, extraordinary thing, but cannot help il
I My necessity must be my excuse. Sh,
t then told me that she was the wife O
- ---whose bronzes | mus
S have seen and admired in the exhibition
1 confessed to having thought them al
z mirable. Well, she went on, 'please lool
7 1t those account books and see what tr,
mendous sacrifices we have made to ~
t pear well at the exhibition. Nothing bu
! medal can save us She gained he,
, point, confess, and | promised to Civ,
. her husband the preference. Why SHOULD
| notP He is abreast with the creates
Z houses in Paris, and it is better to preserve
r drowning man than to hand another
from good boat into luxurious barge
There are cases in which votes of the VII.
t itors to the exhibition should be taken
If female suffrage were appealed to in thu
L needle embroidery section it would not q
: far aslray. Why not ask every woman
I, going there to state on piece of papr
!, what most pleased her, and drop it in
!, tox near the door? Of course the publ,
+ could not pronounce i'll cases where tech
. nical knowledge is required, but in ever,
t other they should be judge and jury; ant
$ when there are jurors they should onl,
! make reports, not award medals"
j 1t has been resolved by the authorize
e to preserve the buildings after the exhibi
8 ton has closed. All the substantial por
d tions of the erections, together with tn
Y gardens facing the river. will be maintain
|, ed for the benefit of the city, and the Pa
e ace of the TT &c ldero will be converte,
S into permanent museum.
4 =
!, Congressman Frank WEIGH died at Nor
a folk, Nebraska, September 9th.
The Grand Central Hotel at Omaha
It Nebraska. last Thursday. after burnin,
over six hours, was completely destroyed
1t cost 100000, and had just been refitted
ID oss m fnrniiure S25 600 Six firemel