The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-30

Nodes - Journey FRO. switseriaaa Threush
Paris 60 Lsndon.

dipping down to the glittcring nKe. mohtreuN.
Clarens. vevay wore bnsking In the radiance OF
its unreasonable sp!endor. Tho broad. yellow
leaves wore dropping from the vine plants nag.
cling and weary after their abundant and
gathered harvests. exposing the interminablo
serried bGttalions Of their barred md knotted
stems. Everything spoke Of peace. honlth.
plenty. and success. immunity from danger.
and prosperity In the past and future. At
Lausanne. however. one discordant note was
struck. The stranger. as no descended tho
old, ugly, unpicturesQue street. the dark houses
OF which frown on the north side upon the un-
even pavement and smile on the other ut tho
sunshine over Lake Lcman. was startled by
the poster OF an English newspaper with the
advertisement.
ALARMING NEWS FROM PARIS. I:
In conspicuous typo. Visions OF dynamite. re-
volution change OF Presidency. perhaps even
the Commune. crossed his mind but noticing
no universal perturbation In the dcmeanor OF
the placid Swiss. no extraordinary commotion
In tho general attitude OF nntive or foreigner.
no quietly pursued his way to tho station and
booked himself for Geneva.
The train was pretty nenry full. Swiss car
rlages allow as much intercourse between tho
passengers. il they are 80 wlled rs the Amcri-
can. Conversation. II not general. is mt least
not private. md 1t Is difficult not to overhear
any subject under discussion. On that particular
afternoon the beauty OF the weather. tho album
dance OF tho crops. the c!capness Of the pen
sion at tho lake hotels during tho wintor sea-
son werc the only topics. Later on, ms tho
shore passed Coppet II hushed silence greeted
tho gradual nnveiling OF Sl9nt Blanc as II
In its cradle OF mountains. and no miscivlnCs
or doubts marred the enjoyment OF that superb
4 n md IlsIi ~
contingent Of ,raveilers. Al Hellerardffi tho
oici"is were rs usual triae impatl snt o!ther
and seemed to consider tho advent Of tho pms.
senGors AS Il matter ot course. eilcitinG neither
mornss aSe t train Steamed into Paris and WINS
received with tho quiet. uncxctins manner al
tending an everyday performance Numerous
little omn!busos drawn up In a long fiie. even
at this early hour. horo witness that no falling
on in the figures q arrivals was ANTICIPATED by
the "rs So S%s 70 on fa&sSas ths
programmes OF last nights theatrical perfor-
manccs wero still lit up, while the kiosks for
nS H # h9 ss,ny rSsoy Of the
four seasons" lAnglist. costermongers were
busy plying thoiS trads Hna taking up thS cir
NS,rS pa% s''' SHOWN E faIsss IN the roeod;
n n.o on dawn fSs MasHd Fens was n
folding its wealth of plnnts. flowers. and sweet
Worm u a cand.e bringing into relief the red
bloom Of rose s or ths White petals OF ,b late
on:hiaras wcrs having heir morSins toiIet
performed with much sp.ashng OF water ana
rasping Of hard brushes. Hcre and there; TIE
shutters Of many shops taken down in the dark
ness. while the cheaper restaurants and creme
rios showed through the lit-ur window panes
their little IRON tlDlOS occupied by artisans ana
workrcoplc. Even on that Saturday morning
not T Been n secnred bsforohand Paris Was iii.
Ing fast. and tho morry winter season had al
Win tho morning papers camo tho an
nounccmont that tho choera had unmistak-
ably broken out-hrokrn out where any foul
unwholesome nvocntion.. io2tnred by intem
pcrate HABITS and bad diet. is forever lurling
ami feed on those unhappy dre.s Of Immunity:
the inevitable sediment drorred into oil largo
cites by la crimes nnn eXeessss OF their nopn-
tangible eyidrnce Of tho taet As the sun roso
ia ;, busy fashion !be streets streets OF ihe RE DO
Royal. the choer.ul. active. careless Partisan
Mo seemed to be carried on without the slight
s dls,n.srSsisd cry OF Slarm ,anl imrEss-
true, yet caused no percop,ib!o change in their
Intentions. tho tono OF their surroundings.
Thor common sense. and their observation
easiness. Tho matintes Tor sunday. the sud- nd
Iandt. less unchartabiy Commented upon than
has since been alleged. were. or seemed to be.
tho day kilograms from London and abroad.
bescechins English and American visitors to
~ th aG to- ss Hg s,ep hr Ss
general IMPRESSION was to wait for further
news and con trmation. not of the facts them
probabio bearings That evening Of the s ahV OF
November the theatres were crowded. It was
Gals. and Jane lIarling and Dama!a had as
contact an audiences as If the Maitre do
At Midnight the long ilne OF Of " tho bouieVapds
from the Porte St. Martin to the Madeleine pre-
scented that wonderful and unique, aspect, Of
Enropean capital can offer at that hour.
On, On Sunday morning. tho French press was
Gated reports the number Of deaths had in.
oreased although they had not vet exceeded
prevention had been taken buildings set apart
for tho reception re-, OF patients, and a staff Of
panic no alarm, no preparations for Hight In
the native p9pulation. AT g:i5 A. NJ: the
empty. on most Of, the trunks ,regIstered Tor
plainly told that the tourists holiday was over
nothing more. There was no hurry. no sign
OF nasty fitting. no accumulation of luggage,
no dogs. children. or babies. hardly ono French
man or woman. Engaging q follow. traveller
In conversation he was generally found indifrer-
ont to the subject Of the outbreak incredulous
Of its severity. doubtful OF its duration. At
Amcns the buffet was beset by diners who
seemed more anxious to secure n succuient
repast than to observe sanitary restrictions.
and at Boulogne, the news, sproal that there
had baen eight deaths OF cholera in London
At Dover tho Custom House officials were more
punctlious in their quest for dynamite than
concerned about the .microbe. and ingenuousIy
confessed TO dreading the certain EXPLOSIVE
more thnn tho possible infection.
1t therefore came to pass that the first roal
manifestation OF terror. the expression OF fear
and warning, met the traveller through and
from Paris when he found himself face TO face
with the snmbre apprehensions OF the English
press on English soil. He turned pale at the
memory Of those risks no had unwitiingy un-
knowingly run. in company with two millions
OF Inhabitants who disrogarded them and lie
became inoculated with the prudential British
unwilllngness to face any kind Of epidemic
Not little. perhaps. Of the philanthropi
ana IMPRESSIVE warning so freely administarad