The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-30
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home. The shops were open Just as ii
il we're weekday. and were DONG au
unusually brisk business. Inc cVe'
and saloons were yet better patronized'
The streets were fhronged with people,
side.shows aud merry go-arounds were
in full swing, and the notices Oh the
"b,Isr that evening we're on every
corner. Calais does not get fresident
every day, and whether she approved
Of him or not, she was determined 10
make the most OF 1t.
BUILT FOR P0STERITY.
The new works are really very fine.
and are sufficient for all the commerce
which the town will have in the next
fifty or seyenty-five years. Indeed
Calias is built for posterity. never
saw such extensive quays and piers ex-
cept in Liverpool. They stretch for over
half-mile and are all Of stone. They
have cost $4,000 900, OF which the town
gave two-thirds and the government
perhaps with view more to popularity
than TO commerce -One-third. In the
march Of progress much of the old town
which was so long the key TO England
porte Il enfree in France has gone
down. and where a few years ago
old walls stretched aud the mosAstood.
with the sea turned in at night, the
great new quays now extend; but. al
though the picturesque has suffered,
the practical has prospered. Until this
new movement Calais and 81. Pierre,
lust across the narrow little stream,
D ". r.f ~
was carried from one 20 the other had
to pay a duty, to enforce which there
were two custOmhOuses. one at each
end Of the bridge. not forty yards
apart. If fish was carried from Calais
to 81. Pierre. it was taxed; if a pair Of
socks or lace collar came from St
/ Pierre they paid toll az the bridge.
/ Now all .his IS done away with. The
two towns are one and boast a pOpula-
ton OF 10000. There is still left, how
ever. enough of the picturesque. for
portions OF the old walls and long
stretches Of the mOat still remain. Sew
eIal OF tho gates yet stand. and por-
ton II the town is sufficiently ancient
looking to have teen there ~hes the
* citlzsns marched out with ropes
around then necks and the keys IN their
bands 60 surrender themselves and the
city 10 the English king. After
supper we went forth to see the
town and it was alive. We would
up at the garden. a very pretty park
where grand concert and ball was in
progress. The concert was by band
which had come from Holland. and the
bal consisted Of dancing on the peb-
bed terrace around tho band-siand.
e chairs If the spectators all being
aushed back To- give the dancers TO m.
young fellow would come up 90 a
girl. give a jerk at his hat. and ask her
Cd dance: II she said no. he would ask
the elll next 20 her and so on till he
cured q partner. No iutrOductiOu-
emcd tO be- necessary. but everything
ras conducted in the most proper and
orderly manner. Indeed. IN all my
life / never saw so orderly, decent
and civil crowd. Later on
at night beer and yin ordi-
na ir had produced their usual effect
ard there was good deal Of noise
but IL WAS the noise of hiiariiy. and
during our fJIty-ei,ht hours stay Odd
rot see e sUrly look or hear an ill-tem
fered tone. Il VS. a fete and all WI,
f.stivty. That night. after 10, went
l0 bed. and the rest of my party woni
i0 meet the Dover boat. where they
qere captured and carried OF 20 q
Masonic supper, where they inform mo
hey made French speeches. from which
infer that Masonic suppers I'M CALAIS
.do not differ from those in Richmond
even 100 the matter of the French that
Is spoken.
'vIvE CARNOr.'
The next morning we took another
look AT the town. The major portion OF
Iihe population had not been TO bed al
IalI. and the streets were swarmlDg
Flags streamed everywhere. arches
srauned { he principal Streets. Wherever
lone turned one saw Honour au Presi-
dent de Ia Republique Franchise. But
when the President arrived amid all this
pomp there was not the honor we are
accustomed 20 seeing paid the Presi.
dent in our own republic. This may
be- due to the fact that the North OF
France is the reactiOnary district and
Calais is the stronghold, but still one
would have expected some enthusiasm
some cheers. but there were few of the
latter ard none of the former. The
band played, the soldiers presented. the
President s suite cried "NIye clrnot.
..Vive ia Republique. 80 The President
bowed, but there was no response. The
crowd looked on. always looked on, but
kept quiet They said 10 us that 1t d.
moi the habit of the French TO be de-
moustrative. but their faces lacked the
look which in our country gives cheers
and waves handkerchiefs. The feeling
was not there. There were presenia-
lions II flowers by little girls in white
with tight red shoes on; there were sal.
woes Of artillery; there were addresses
but 10 was oil mechanical, all made t.
order. Calais would be glad to day.
fear, 90 exchange the trl-color for the
white lilies.
We were in the hotel when the Presi.
dent arrived from ST. Pierri on the
other side, and there being only a few
ucfsOus present. We not only could
study his reception but could observe
nis face. lie is a spare, medium sized
man. with black hair and beard, show
t luz Il LiIHt VI -iAf iAflI anu NAt'A's AAN
reminded me very much Of Judge Car
nee. OF Norfolk. but the expression on
his face was one Of greatanTiety. lie re-
ceiges asatalory, 100000 francs month
or about S2l0,O 900 per annum. bat hls lot
is. Judging from his expression, not q
wholly happy one. There Is no fear of a
scandal M his regium, for Carnot D.
like another President We have known
iof. a man Of absolute honesty; but the
French are not an easy people TO govern
they require 10 be amused, and the
shadow # revolution may ever hover
over the horizon.
HEARTY LOOKING DANES.
Jus. before the President arrived al
the hotel "a dsputaiion of fish women
numbering about twenty, wasadmltled
and took places ia the corner If the
court. They were a set Of hale, hearty
looking DANES. ranging from thirty-fy'
d. hity years. aud dressed in short
lork irocks, with silk kerchicts, which
looked like the d4mask We see on fur
.uiture. over their shoulders. and laig,
rhite caps on. the stiff frills Of which