The daily gazette., 1878-05-28
DEAR PARIS.
THE BELOVED CITY LOOKED AT
ON THE SIDE OF PRICES.
HOTEL EXTORTIONS.
GROWLS AND WRATH-A STRIKE
OF HOTEL GUESTS.
CHANCES OVER THE EXHIBITION DE-
PARTMENTS.
ROUNDS OF FEsTIvITY-BALLs, PARTIES
AND RECEPTIONS EVERY WHERE.

'ioii iiiciodSS stoduily' lile EnBllSH hro
here in thousands. The heavy swells
run over for a day or two and then run
back to enjoy the London season, forti-
fled with gossiping material that will
stand them in good stead at the social re-
unions of the West when the war fever
and the peace party are exhausted astop-
les. The great English rush will come in
July and August, when the perfect Cock
ney will be seen abroad in all his glory.
THE HIGH PRICES.
The French provncials are moving on
the capital in wondering masses, but
they are economic folk, unlike the Eng
lish and American visitors, who spoil
walters and hotel keepers by their ill
guided extravaganza. Prices, however,
have gone up, and many are the tales told
Of the wrath of grim-visaged Bretons and
blazing-eyed Marseillas at the bills which
have been presented them after few
days stay at second or third class hotel
At the leading hotels, where the foreign
eis mostly 90, the same cry is heard.
A STRIKE OF GUESTS.
The extortions in some cases have
| reached the evaporation point, and the
always harbors in his heart an intention
| of "writing to the Times, sir" is seer
| daily in the hotel bureaus. Indeed, the
feeling became SO general among the
guests of one of the leading hotels here
| that they organized veritable "strike,
| and eighty of them left the building in q
single day, to the disgust of the proprie.
tor, who thinks that the world is nearing
| its end when Englishmen and Americans
object to being robbed.
WHERE THE TROUBLE LIES.
The fact is that number of very pre-
tentious hotels have laid themselves out
as mantraps for the Exposition, and the
managers expect to realize fortune ou
of single season. They have determin
ed that no one shall economize, and the!
run up their prices on every one who at
tempts to save little by eating, for in
stance away from their hotel. To sight
seers who 90 out in the morning and onl.
return to 90 to bed, this eating at one
hotel is positive loss of time as well a
of money. The proprietors, on the othe
hand, have made up their scale of profits
and insist that if they do not get then
through your meals they make them ou
of the extras.
People who propose making length
ened stay can soon rectify this, for hotel
where furnished rooms are let by til
week or month at prices TO suit everybod.
and where there is no table dhOte, ca
easily be found.
The prices of meals at the Pari
| ian restaurants, are not Proportional
dear. One can lunch and dine at mode
ate expense, even at the Exhibition, bl
where to 90. That is the secret. Or
friend, who is a resident of Paris, ca
save visitors world of worry and exto
ton by few words on these subjec
which a column could not as satisfactori
}. explain.
i The average daily attendance at d
i great buildings in the Champ de Ma
continues steadily to increase.
TIE AMERICAN EXHIBIT.
The American department will
complete by the 1st of June in all
branches. The general effect is ia
: but not remarkable. Its highest me
is its eminently practical character.
The Prince of Wales paid the Tiila
collection special visit and bestowed
= it high compliment, saying that it eXl
} bited extraordinary progress in decorati
art. In proof that he meant this he ma
several purchases.
OF the other departments those
Uruguay and Guatemala are the mt
I. backward Much still remains to be do
~ ~ there.
O- THE BELGIAN BEEHIVE.
v The Belgian annex is completed. 1t
Lh | astonishing what figure this little XII
L. | dom makes in the Exhibition, but the
n who have travelled through that beehi
Of country know what excellent ina
60 trial and artistic material it has to dr.
upon tor au occasion like the prese
Its facade is the coStliest, most arts
and imposing in the 'Street of Nation
-. in the centre of the main buildings.
educational exhibit in the annex reve
the secret of the general progress of Il
, gium. 1t will, indeed, vie with II
7, surprass our exhibit in the same class.
Among the many interesting thin
>, opened to the public within the T.
week is the Algerian Pavilion. 1
IS products of this French colony are
RS mirably classified and arranged. 1t
.c' highly interesting, as demonstrating
'S varied character of the wealth and at
cultural resources of this interesting p
ton of Afrita. The French governmt
have naturally done their best here,
it is their specimen colony, and the
- again, it was for SO many years under
rule of Marshal MaeMahon as Cover
General that the efforts made by the
ticials will not be lost upon their supe
ors any more than upon the world
ay large. Happy the official who can I
!, ter his country's pride and help hi
er- self.
W. The aquarium in the Trocadero groul
IA. is at last finished. 1t is remarkable
~ the taste aud ingenuity which presto
IL over it's construction, but is still IN
dh remarkable for the fact that the fish G.
not live in Its beautiful basins. As !
NAV imagine there is much fun over
addition to the attractions, but the
ct thyologists have put their heads toget
to remedy the trouble, and it is hoI
fort he sake of the finny tribe.they may
successful. These denizens OF the wa
&c, may not exactly be boiled in the aqui
um, but it is nevertheless unkindly
ferred to by Americans "as pretty