The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-13

admission to the ballroom. and, IN al
probability, policeman would arrest
her on charge of undue economy in
the matter OF clothing
They have a very peculiar dance in
the city, bat candor forces me 10 say
that ID is not performed in many
places The popularity about il Is
that the dancers must keep their ties
as near 70 the ceiling IS they can.
Wit flashes through Paris with the
vivldness and rapldisy of lightning.
Everybody Is witty. Let fne give you
one fash OF Partisan wiz that 1 heard /:
What's the difference between six
and three times twogn asked one fop
of another. Fop No. gave up the
connndrum. aud fop No. / said there
was .sno difference. Both laughed
boisserously and retefd the Joke to a
third party, who was thrown into gig
Cling convulsively thereby.
The versatility OF the Partisan il
wonderful. As swearer he can out
swear Texas cowboy While in q
cafe | saw a waiter uniDtentionaily
dump plate of hot soup down Gus
TONER'S neck. The gentleman roared
and cursed the waiter until the pic
lures dropped from the wall. An hour
later heard this same man discussing
theology with friend.
Nearly eve.y weii-regulated citizen
in Paris runs paper. A man may
have failed as lawyer, a cleric, teach
er, carpenter or coachman, or any Do
stion Tor which he was specially
trained. bat he knows how to run .
newspaper. | visited the different
newspaper offices. An hour was spent
in the Office OF leading paper with
the managing editor.
The telegraph editor said to him
sour Marseilies correspondent wires
me that half the city is burning
Tell him. replied the manager, Ito
send Us paragraph.
The police court editor came in an
nouncing that triple murder had
just been committed IN Faubourg ST.
Gormain by Male Count de Flip, who
had also killed himself
Give it about an eighth of col
umn,r said the managing editor.
The financial editor came up and
told the manager that 10 failures had
been announced on the Bourse.
Very well, was the cool reply, 'let
us have about Is lines.
With broad, genial smile" on his
fsce. the assistant editor entered the
chiefs sanctum, announcing that he
had Just received column letter,
signed "Liberte, Egalite and Frater-
mite" in reply 10 "Citoyen's" attack
on policeman who forgot to report
the presence OF dead dog in lot.
Good !" exclaimed the managing
editor. Print every word"
The theatrical critic strutted in with
his fur-coilsred coat. Everybody
saiuted him. Finally he announced
that he had three column criticism
on Sarah Bernhardt's ..LaTosta."
"Gloriousln shouted the chief.
Please send up your copy. must
tell the foreman of the printers 10
| kill the story of to-days attack on
the Bastile. :"
Here left for my hotel. The chief
of an opposition newspaper has sent
one of his staff to see me. The young
man met me. After bowling and apol-
ogizing proiusely, he said:
Pardon me, NJ. McHell, no speak
the English with great perfection.
have been informed with much pre-
cision that you come from place
called America You will my aducity
excuse. but solicit from you few
items about your country"
Being agreeable, TOLD him 10 pro-
coed. He said To me:
From which village do you come
Texas, Boston or Canada z"
New York" | replied.
"Ah, yes, said he, that is suburb
of a place which is called Kalamazoo,
Just outside of San Francisco"
His startling knowledge of Ameri-
can geography, considering his years,
surprised me, but / let him go ahead,
and he said.
You have much trouble with the
Indians in New York suppose?"
NY answer was that New York was
not annoyed by Indians, since the
cigar dealers had them completely
under control.
lis Chicago, the capital of Boston, a
larger state than Coney Island?n was
his next question.
Before 1 could answer this geograph-
ical bric-a-brac two counts on the OPP
posite side of the thoroughfare began
10 shoot at each other with pistols.
The enterprising journalist did not
even turn around, much to my sur
prise. | said to him that was case
that was worth at least page of his
paper. Struggling his shoulders, he
replied unconcernedly:
No, shall make a brief paragraph
OF it. We have not much space Tor
such trifles. We publish in our next
issue several communications on ven
tilation In the new opera house"
J purchased copy OF my interview
er's paper when it appeared, and the
nrSt thing | saw IN il was the annexed
paragraph about myself:
Nm. lie Colonel McHell, u distiag-
uished American from New York. a
growing village of the United States, is
IN Paris. lie reports that many In
dams have been sabdued by the cigar
dealers. Before returning to his home
the colonel will visit London, a noted
resort for English sporting men,"
There are many churches in Paris,
but there are only two denominations
--church-goers and people who do not
20 to church; the predominating re-
ligion being that of the latter. The
national form OF worship is hero wor-
ship Idols built to order are not
guaranteed TO remain unshattered
more than a hours.
Boulanger Is an interesting citizen.
and he Is very heavy on eclat and
boom boom, tara. tara, tar-ra-ra.
He runs for office for a living. The
iaoment he receives the returns and
hnds he is elected he resigns and runs
again.
The devotion of the Partisan To his
spouse is remarkable, and domestic
brswls are almost unknown, although
the custom of eating is universal in
the city. However, since marriages
are scarce here divorces are very few.
There are times when your Partisan
despises ceremony.
dropped in at the French White
House and hsnored President Carnot
with a call His wife il q most charm
ing lady. worthy partner of her dis
tinguished husband. A lady who en-
JOYS her confidence tod me that NJ.
Carnot never tries TO tell her when he
reaches home at = a. IA that he was at
u lodge meeting, or down 10 the club.
or out OF town on business
IL Is hardly necessary To say that the
position OF president is not not pernsa-
nent. Sometimes Paris gets mp in bad
hnmor, and If the president Is wise
he gets out through the back door and
takes the next train. ParisianS r,ey er
believed in allowing cobwebs TO ,ceu-
aunA Let a