The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-09-28
AMERICANS IN PARIS.

AMERICANS IN PARIS.
Familiar Faces Secn on the Boulevard.
some Cosmopolitan scenes in ths
Cafes-Notable Counsrymen In the
French Capital.
Especial Correspondence of The iimes-
Dsmocrat.l
PARIS, Sept. Z, 1Ss9.-Atler al,
there is really no cosmopolitan city 10
the world except Paris. London is
flied with people of many nationals
ties. but they are mainly OF one class,
and that far from the best. Berlin. ts
IN NO sense cosmopolitap; 1t is Ger
man-thoroughly, heavily and some>
times oppressiyely German. vienna
nresents few varied characteristics.
Ia Rome you will meet people from
evssywhere, but majority OF Inc
atranpers In the Eternal City are IN
some way connected officially or In
.ympathy with the Vatican, SO they
have something. in common.
II is only In Paris that you meet
men and women of all nations, OF all
creeds. Of all occupations and OF nones
lnll going about in the pursuit of busl-
ness or pleasure in the most matter-oi-
fact sort of way and attracting no at
tentiop. A Russian Grand Duke may
come to Paris, paint the town red 10
his own peculiar way-may enjoy
himself in any way that he chooses II
Paris pays any attention TO MIN at a.',
lit is merely to shrug Its shoulders ~
an expressive sort of way, intimatine
that it is all right, and NOBODY
business. ,. ..,,.,
a very little to stir up Paris OF anotnel
order it takes a good deal. One car
Thoroughly appreciate Dauoet'.
luKipps in Exile" after a sojourn II
Paris. Princes, dukes, counts and th'
like are as plentiful here as paste
hoard kings aud queens used to be on
mississippi river steamboat, but the:
are much less sought after and OF muc'
less use after they are found. nav
seen number of them, some OF tnen
not bad fellows, aud none OF then
very striking. Chauncey Depew, wh
! is merely q prince of good fellows
: seems to draw more water ana carr
more sail over here than any other Q
i. the princes that have seen.
saw in Que cafe near the Expos
ton grounds the other day represent
itives of at least dozen different d
tious. They slipped their coffee, the
chocolate, their absinthe, their brand
or whatever It might be, and PAID d
the slightest attention to each othe
but simply watched the panorama
Ithe boulevard outside with lazy Sc
of interest, A bearded Russian
MT far from serene and stolid iookil
Dutchman, who for once was wtno
his beloved pipe and beer. A sol
IIookiup Briton occupied another en-,
near a swarthy Roumanian. Besit
= there were Austrians, Americans
what not. It may be, as the regu
to. correspondents say, that the natit
that these loungors represent-Amer
excepted-are getting ready to ny
N the others throat. AS matter
-. fact, however, the men loung'Dg
this particular cafe did not seem 10
longing for fight. :.
Sometimes you will meet mere II
who bring up scenes that are OF
mast and are almost forgotten. III
bring up old memories-old ghosts
the past, as it were. 1t is but q 81
time ago that I saw Oakley Hall
London, and what recoilections OF \
York under the reign of Tweed
brought up! Those were great q
for Hall, and for men who were g
deal worse than he. What a fellow
infiuite Just he was, and what a br'
SPOT he made in the mayors Office
New York some twenty years
- The. older newspaper men, polite
= and men about town will long
member its attractiveness. He W.
have been rash man in those {
who would have attempted to prop|
rs the height in the temple OF FAM
which this brilliant and witty
might not climb.
,, What prophet could foresee
y S' this gifted and once popular man
to pass the evening Of his life pr
caIly an exile in foreign lanu,
-. ing behind him on the field oi
YER early triumphs nothing but shat
ambitions. Yet this was to be.
In small cafe in q somewhat
, freauented part of Paris the other
i saw another man who reca'
M case the fame-if the word "fame
IN not incongruous-of which was
/ " wide. He was sitting at
seemingly buried in thought OF
pleasant character and obiivious
y r. lH