Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23

The French Capital In the Midst Of
Summer Pastimes.
All Shades of Society Enjoying
Themselves to the Utmost.
ENTERTAINING THE ENGINEERS.
The American Members Receive q
Royal Welcome.
ENTERTAINING THE ENGINEERS
FeTED IN THE ElFFeL TOWER.
The Famous Designer of That Struc-
ture Banquets the Delegates
From the United States
Person al Points.
In Simmer Dress,

tCopWight 1889 bv James Gordon Bennett
PARIS, June 22.-[New York Herald Cable
Special to The BEE. The weather IN
Paris continues fine, warm wind comes
from the northeast and the thermometer va
ries from 20 degrees Fahrenheit at noon to
60 degrees Fahrenheit at midnight The
Bois de Boulogne is now in its brightest attire
from o'clock in the morning until breakfast
time. An English procession of fashion and
bchemanism from every capital in the world
may be seen on horseback and IN carriages,
fitting rapidly along the Avenue dis Acacias.
The lawn tennis clubs on the islands of the
Seine are now in full blast Swimming,
canoeing and boating have now
takeu firm hold upon Parisians, and the
Seine and Marne were yesterday afternoon
filled with noisy youths of exuberant vitality
in striped jerseys and boating costumes. The
arrivals day by day are only of short dura-
tion, although those of yesterday include
number Of prominent American tourists.
Three hundred American engineers, many
of them accompanied by their wives and
daughters, visited the exhibition yesterday,
where they were formally received
and banquetted by NJ Eiffel and the
Society of Civil Engineers of France.
The gallant 800 marched to the Eiffel tower
dlu dSCCuuSu ~ az uaia paoo ho' <hU iehi F'SS
IL they came down again and sat down to
hearty breakfast at the restaurant Brebant,
on the premier stage of the tower. General
Grant presided and on his right was MIR.
Whitelaw Reid, United States minister.
On his left sat General FRANKLIN, United
States commissioner. Effel Is a first rate
aftcr-dinner speaker He has an agreeable
voice, and what he says has pleasant,
convincing ring to it. Eiffel drank
to the health of the American
people, to President Harrison, and to Presi
dent Carnot, first as chief magistrate of the
French republic, secondly in his capacity as
civil engineer These toasts were received
with hurrahs and bravos Mr.. Henry Il.
| Towne, member of the Society of American.
Engineers, responded very appropriately in
French. M. Banderoli, engineer of the Che
! min de Fer du Nord, proposed the health of
| the women of America, whom; he said, were
| so well represented in the Eiffel tower.
a curious incident of the banquet was
| the fact that graphophone was
| placed near the speaker and recorded
! every word uttered 1t will be sent to New
| York, where it will repeat the speeches in
the rooms of the Society of Civil Engineers.
| This is said to be the first time that such a
| feat has been attempted, and the French
| exposition has thereby scored another sue
| cess. After breakfast the American en-
| gineers divided into seven sections and were
| conducted by their French colleagues over
| the exhibition There were immense throngs
| present, and the visitors attracted much at .
| tertinn. The American engineers intend re-
manning in Paris about ten days, during
| which time they will visit every
| thing from the Louvre down
to the sugar works at Gail They then dis
| perse or transform themselves into individual
| tourists, and penetrate as far as Russia
| Others will return directly to America.
| They are distributed among some forty diff
| ferent hotels, and seem to enjoy themselves
| immensely.
! At the American legation the minister of
| the United States and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid
| gave small dinner last evening in honor of
| Mrs. Morton, wife of the vice-president, the
| German ambassador, Comtesse Marie, the
| Comtesse de Hoyos, Comte and Comtesse
| Leuren Haupt, Mr.. Spuller, minister of for
| eign affairs and few others of the diplo-
matte corps being the principal guests. A
few of Mrs. Mortons and Mr. Whitelaw
| Reid's personal friends came in afterwards
| to hear Miss Eames and MIR. Vergent sing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry e. Abbey have taken
an apartment in Paris until the middle Of
July.
Mrs James Brown Potter arrived at Paris
| on the Gascogne, but went Immediately to
| Henneaueville, on the Normandy coast,
where Mr.. and Mrs. Urquehart have taken a
| cottage.
| Dr. George b. LorIng, United States min
| ister to Portugal, and Mrs. Loring are at the
| Hotel Meurice.
Mrs l. w Palmer wife of the United
States minister to Spain, accompanied by
Miss Bertha Brown, from Detroit, is at the
Hotel Binda, but leaves on Tuesday to JON
| Minister Palmer at Madrid
Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. Dud-
ley Ferguson, Mr.. ana Mrs Charles Upton,
Mr.. II. G. Munger and Miss l.. M. Eusts are
among the departures from Paris to-day for
America.