St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-12

together with more than creditable as
sOrtment of art objects. Tiffany & Co.
have sent case of jewels which, 1t is
confidently predicted, will create gem
.,uine sensation in the French capital.
"A great many American artists have
also contributed to the exhibition, and
5 their display of pictures and statuary
will convince even the most preJudlced
foreigner that art has found a perma-
nent home Oh the American side of the
water. The Edison company have
also arranged for an extremely in
tereStjng exhibition of their marvellous
electrical inventions and appliances. In
order to make Paris attractive during
the summer, the go 1ernment has appro-
priated 100000 to be employed in pub
lie fetes, the first of which took place
last Sunday at Versailles and attracted
an enormous throng of people. On
Monday, the exhibition was officially in
augurated and the public buildings illu-
minated. On July IA, the anniversary
of the fall of the Bastilie. S120, 900 will be
spent in glorious celebration OF that
popular holiday. From that day until
the Sd of August there will be
daily and nightly fetes at the
PalaiS de fInduStrie, monster concerts
for ali nations and four splendid balls
given to the different workmen of the
exposition. In September there will be
the unvelling of the statue of 1.-The
Triumph of the Revolution," and on
Oct. 6 the exhibition awards will be
given with as much ceremony as for
the opening of the show. There will
be 500 decorations of Chevalier Of the
Legion of Honor, crosses of
grand officer. 16 of commander and 11O
of officer. This will afford mites for
the hungry. and there will be the usual
weeping and Wailing and gnashing of
teeth on the part of those who fancy
themselves sighted.
The artist has cleverly shown the
difference between Paris of 100 years
ago and Paris of to-day i'll the pictures
of the cafes of those periods. There is
a Hogarthian touch to the drawing of
the group of revelers in the costumes
of the first republic. But. notwith-
standing their air of reckless abandon
ment, the fops of that time indulged in
very harmless orgies compared with
those which characterize the jeunesse
doree of the present day. Tea and
coffee were the ordinary drinks at that
time, and occasionally little sugar and
water was indulged in: But the
modern cafe, which has become
world, originated in France, and has al
ways been an important element in the
social and political life of that country.
1t takes the place of that peculiarly
British institution. the club, which, al
though well-known factor in Partisan
life. fourishes merely as an exotic, and
has never fairly extended its roots into
the soil. The true Frenchman loves
the cafe, because of it's freedom and the
opportunity it gives him to see every
thing that is passing, and from con-
slant association in cafes many of the
most important political clubs in France
have sprung up. Almost ever call
ing or shade of political belief has
it's own cafes where its votaries
assemble daily. The journalists have
there own cafe, and here Sarcey, the
great modern critic may be seen every
day, busily engaged with his pen, for he
has no office of his own and prefers to
do his work amid the chatter and hustle
of the ffaneurs and feuIlletenists of the
boulevard. The students have cafe
OF their own in the Latin quarter. and
it was there that Boulangism first saw
the light, short time ago. The artists
have numerous cafes, and in this way