Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-06-14
Paris letter.

now THE FRENCH SPEND SUNDAY AT TIN. EXPO
sIrIoS-Tm DAY THAT THE PRESIDENT OF
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC ATTENDS HORSE
RAcE-THE EXPOSITION NOT YET READY FOR
VISITORS OR ExoRBITANr
CHARGES AND HYPERBoLICAL EXPECTATIONS
OF THE PARIsIANs-THE BAcKwARDNEss oF
THE UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT
THE AMERICAN EXHIBIT THAT ATTRACTS THE
MOST ATTENTION.
Especial Correspondence Of The PnGSiE.I
Americans will remember the agitation of
the Sunday Exhibition question during our
Centennial in Philadelphia Here the ques-
ton has never been discussed. 1t is not like
ly, when President Mcmahon and govern
ment officials attend horse race, as they did
last Sunday at the Bots de Boulogne, that the
municipal authorities will attempt to inter
fere with the more innocent recreatons Of the
populace 1t is doubtful if any class of Wis
itors or exhibitors here, those from England
and the United States. perhaps excepted are
ut all surprised or shocked at this Sabbath
breaking But though the shopkeeper keeps
open his shop, and masons and carpenters are
has to look at the almanac to reassure him
self that it is the first day of the week, there
seems still to remain tradition in the French
heart that this day not quite like the others of
the seven If is the favorite day for holiday.
| On Sunday, at a very early hour, thousands Of
holiday-makcrs flock towards the Exhibition
from all parts of Paris. Every railway.
omnibus, steamboat every "tumway" (the
name given to street cars here is taken by
storm and at all the stations - dense crowd
is constantly forming. Hundreds of cabs,
loaded with whole families may be seen, all
| going in the same direction. At the gates
long files gather and slowly pass through,
those behind waiting for their turn with the
| philosophic patience Of a French mob, except
when it is charged with revolution. The Sun
| day visitors make the most of their time as
soon Us they are past the barrier they spread
in all directions, not nook being left unex-
| plored. They examine every detail of the
show with searching interest, enter every
building, and station themselves before every
exhibit They have evidently come TO see all
that can be seen in eight or nine hours, and
they do not "fritter" away their time after
the manner Of the idle, languid, JidSt week
day visitor. Towards twelve a general need
of refreshments is felt, for Frenchmen have
had nothing but "A roll and cup of coffee
since the day before. The cheap restaurants
| (most Of the restaurants inside the grounds
are very exorbtant in their charges are soon
filled to OVERLOOKING but the majority of the
visitors seem to be of the opinion that even
the cheapest restaurants are too high in their
charges, for they have brought luncheon
with them, which they eat standing. Sitting
room is certainly one of the great necessities
of this Exhibition, and shade is another alb
sent desideratum; so the extemporc break
fasters have to make their meal as best they
may. without the benches and sylvan surround
ings which made the improvised pcncs in
Paramount park such an agreeable feature of
the Centennial Exhibition.
Every week the details Of the Exposition
furnish greater interest and though at iiGst
glance the improvements of the grounds and
buildings arc almost imperceptible, on
closer examination one sees an approach
towards completion at hundred different
points. Certain parts of the grounds which
were last week, in very disagreeable condi-
ton, have since been rolled parterres and
lawns which were being laid out are now COM
pleted, and it is probable that by the middle
of June the entire Exhibition will be in con-
dition to receive its guests. But, before the
guests come in very large numbers, prices
will have to be very much reduced. The
houses in Paris that have upon them the sign,
"Caam6re dluey," (rooms to lett are almost
innumerable, but when one inquiries the price
he will find that, for a very small room on
the fourth or fifth story, dollar per day is
rs k ID, and, with charges for service and other
extras, bill of seven or eight francs is run
up for a room with single bed. Where there
are are two beds the room may perhaps be
had for ten or twelve francs. This does not
of course, include board, which will cost, ac-
cording to mans taste and appetite, from
ten to twenty francs per day. Living may
doubtless be had for less before the Exhibi-
ton is over. The high prices asked now rep
resent the hyperbolicNl expectations of the
Partisan housekeepcr They look for all the
world this summer, but all the world will not
come England and America, which furnish
a large proportion of the battalions of tour
|
they have gumption enough to shun Paris, or
to remain but few days before they visit
other parts OF the continent. After having
kept their rooms empty for few weeks, the
landlords will be taught, by the only school in
which fools will learn that TO rent room for
long time, at reasonable price, is more
profitable than to have it vacant, with an eX-
orbitant price pasted on the door.
must defer description of those special
ties of the Exposition, in which Americans
are particularly interested, until they have
been arranged in better shape for eXamina-
ton. The American agricultural exhibit is
much behindhand the gentleman who has
charge of this department has had much to
contend with, many specimens arriving late,
and some without a label or other means of
identification.
The American exhibit that attracts most at
tention, and perhaps more attention than any
display of its size in the Exposition, is the
type writer of f. Remington ~ Sons, lion,
n. Y. Two young women are writing with
the miniature piano-like machines, constant
ly surrounded by dense crowd of French
men, trying to look over one another's shoul.
ders which the average small stature of a
Frenchman makes it difficult for him TO do,
One Of the young women speaks only French,
the other only American. c. A. S.
~
Mr.. Edward S, Sears, for the past eight
years on the Boston press, year and n hall
of which was in the office of the Post, has
purchased the Advertiser establishment at st
Adams, and becomes editor of that paper anC