The daily gazette., 1878-10-22
OUR PARIS LETTER.
CURIOSITY ANXIETY AND GOSSIP IN RR.
GARD TO THE COMING AwARDs-PARIs
IN ocToBER-sTILL THEY GOMEZ FRENCH
AID TO THE SUFFERING SOUTH 60
&C.,


AID TO THE SUFFERING SOUTH 20 I
&C.,
Nrrom our regular correspondent.)
PARIS, OcT. 10, 1873.
Now that NJ. Krantz, the Grand chief
Oh the Exhibition has hung up In the Yes.
'rioaie dHonneur, at the Exhibition. al
ooun.erieit presentment Of the diploma
winch will in due course, be conferred
upon fortunate exhibitors, there begin To
MAKE themselves heard the usual outcries
OF dissatisfaction. From an artistic q point
Oh view the picture In sepia is all that
could be wished, and there is not. Mt anv
rate as yet, any ground Of complaints
with regard to the fairness and the ability
with which the coveted originals of the
oesigh are allotted. For the official list
OF the prize-takers is not, at present
made public, even II it be completed. nor
VII any one have authority to announce
the fu results of the scrutinv unti, tho
list of Octobe the date now fixed for
the distribution of the awards. But IN is
said that many amongst the exhibitors
are iiipleased with the delay, inasmuch
as IL VIII prevent the possible use to
them, during the present Exhibition. Of
such awards as they may have won. In.
tending Customers, who desire TO buy
Oh, or TO give their orders to, prize win
hers onl y, will have but ten days during
Mhicn 10 exercise their patronage. In
eHe neahwhiie they must play the part
or Jurymen themselves, and must e,tber
guess as best they can the probable dis
triDution of the medals, or must leave
tneir good Intentions unfulfilled. So ex-
hlbitor5 who, with sufficient or Insnffi.
Gent reason, believe that they are dssti A.
eu Tor place amongst the laureals of
1878 are, am to d, aggr eyed that they
caunot make use NJ once OF their coming
advertisement; and l hear an amusin9
anecdote Of one enterprising tradesma1
VINO places ON his case placard bearing
In small letters the words "Erpectation a
o6fenir," and in large ones the premature
announcement ia Dleddile dor" Then,
again, grievance is made out of the fact
that, AZ iS only natural, the secret of the
Ten or twelve Thousand awards leaks out.
IN many INSTANCES, from amongst the
TWO or three thousand jurymen, officials.
&C, necessarily acquainted with the de-
Il ions which have been cached. |
There is but one Paris In the world.
and now Is the time to see its best The
ting, and at no time since the opening of
the Exposition has the city been so full i
of strangers. Americans and other
Foreigners came here early in the sum- |
med by thousands but before "doinp" M,
Exposition preferred to take a little run l
on the continent on elsewhere, intending |
to return to Paris to finish up their sight
seeing under more favorable circum- /
stances cooler weather and reduced |
prices; That they were disappointed az
regards the latter 1t Is needless 10 saw.
They couldn't go home without seeing
the Exposition of course, so herr they
are. The city il crowded. That is the
only word that expresses 1t. In addition,
the people from the provinces are literally
pouring in. They wouldn't come in the
spring, because the Exposition was un-
and they didn't want the heat of
A walk through the city
or the Exposition will give one an op-
portunity OF seeing.
1t seems almost q mystery where so
many people find accommodations. A |
prominent American arriving In the city
lhe other morning went to nineteen
hotels before he could get accommoda-
ions. Everything is in full blast, and the
Parisians are doubtless doing good
ousi iness in every way. The theatres are
packed nightly, while 1t is impossi BILE to
got admission to the Grand Opera House
without securing ticket at least q week
n advance, unless by chance one can be
procured from ticket sharper at about
i've times the regular p'ice. Cafes are
and are more than we'll
They are generally very
inside, but always have a
arge number of little round tables ex-
ending in some instances more than halfj
way across the sidewalks. Here the poo
de -it and sip their coffee and cognac or
lrink their beer and watch the passers l
,y. AS has been stated before, the "pour-
)aire" system has become as lucrative
nat "garcons" are compelled to pay The :
,roprletors for the privilege OF being
walters at the cafe of the Grand Hotel.
)ne sa d he generally cleared two dollars
day, exclusive of his board which was
him there. Of course the
mounts required Of the "garcoDs" de- !
,ends upon the prominence and custom
# the cafe or restaurantin which they are
mployed. The "pourbaire" system has J
'ue advantage at least the extra two or ;
Iree sous are an incentive to the waite
o attend to his business rs rapidly as {
sssi BILE.
There has been sent from Geneva to
, 'aris for the Exhi bition, the model of a
ection of metropolis, arranged upon the J
perfected system Of NJ. Schock-J aquet. I
Three rows, each containing three cells,
With their two upper and lower Jsolating =
paces, are here shown These should be
oyered with q layer of vegetable earth.
The cells on tho left are open; one con-
aims coffin; the middle cells are closed !.
" the simple plate, which must be sealed !,
n the presence of the relatives; but one y
# them is replacrd by windo ", through y
which the interior may be seen and which
.lso permits the passage of an electric =
,ell wire, a double guarantee to those :
Who lear too precipltate interment in
lses OF catalepsy or lethargy, The cells c
N the right are definitely sealed, and
heir marble tabiets ornamenGed with in
c,iIt ons meC Calions, and receptacles for =
'lants and flowers. This last specimen
J intended to show that tho idea of the ,
thus interpreted Is not too {
but, on the contrary offers
q :ilities for various kinds of decoration.
The French authorities have manifest U
d their sympathy with the distressed II
eople of the Snth by giving up one of .
he days at the rrocaIero for tleir bene-
l.. A grand concert will be held on the =
9TH Of October, and it will undoubtedly IL
u a great success, and the financial re- a.
ults will be considerable. Americans in 1
'aris have been subscribing quite hber ?
lly to the yellow fever funds.
The French authorities have unfurled IL
new American flag from the top Of the G
'rocadero Palace this morning, but un- v