Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-08-22

methods of doing these things generally.
hope that America will adopt the Partisan
style of street and that Paris Will look Ia
vorably on our Yankee matrons.
l referred before to the fact that the
French girls are pretty, according to my
judgment. but the middle-aged, elderly
women do not equal those of America
Here the beauty of twenty is not followed
by the well-retained good looks and gentle
dignity of forty. it seems to me. The
American girl is equaled by none, but the
American matron, without doubt. holds
the age, as one might say. on the rest OF
the universe, and gets good-looking as the
| frosts come, like u maple tree In the au-
| tumn.
AS write this my feet are sore from tho
weary march over the great exhibition, and
! yet l have not seen a fraction of it.
bright young American correspondent told
mo on my arrival to visit as n peculiar feat
ure the concert and dance of the Alserians
! and did so. 1t is one of the most unique
! things Of the show. 1t costs u franc, but il
is worth more than that Alter drinking
two cups OF powerful coffee OF the Tunis
variety, costing 15 confines, l paid my
money and visited the concert and stomach
dance of Algeria. The hurdy gurdy of the
trau smisson country and the can-can oil
the continent are not knee high to this
great exhibit. is barbaic. 1t is heathen-
lsh 1t is unique. Ii New York mar
with money will take the troupe over to
| America, he will make more money than
anybody. There are about twenty people
on the programme. including the orchestra
They are all shades Of color, from the char.
coal TO the olive tinted dancers, and the
figures they cut would attract attention and
Startle the eye of the entire Union. With
good advertising and Autographs. they
would make much money and Offset the
continued success Of Buffalo Eli.
The orchestra does not play SO we'll az
Mr.. Seidl or Patsey Gilmore. for the range
is small and the instruments are exceed
ingly tough. The middle man Is an old po-
lygamous Algerian. who also plays a green
corn stalk fiddle. On his lett is a corpulent
woman. of say forty-fve. with black mane.
. who MARBLES like q woodpecker. A colored
man plays the bass drum, and some moro
colored people play on anything they can
, get hold OF that will make "a noise.
, small girl in her stocking feet. then pro-
ceeds to dance. She Is followed by girl
OF thirteen or fourteen, who dances sword
dance interspersed with barbaric yells by
the company. Then very pretty girl. with
small hands and feet. in Turkish trousers.
dances a collie dance. which meets with
much applause. 1t is different from any
thing have ever seen at the Patrlarchs
balls in New York. She is attired in cool
white costume OF mosquito netting and q
Marseilles quilt. which she lays aside wher
she begins. She also wears gold anklet:
when the weather is cool. and u silk scar
in each hand as she proceeds with the
dance. allowing JOY to be entirely uncon-
fined. She Is OF full habit. and her corset
Dill Is very small. one wears WnaC WOult
be called a health costume. and when sh,
dances she does so with great vgor. Sew
oral people from America went away whilt
she danced but Frenchman and l re.
manned. l stayed because as newspa
per reporter | have become accustomed tt
sights which would shock other people. ant
the Frenchman remained because he was
R Frenchman.
y hardly know how to describe the dane,
in such n way as to get the account printed
but it had certain element OF voluptuous
cucumber regret about 1t which l shal
never expect to see again. | never have
seen the human form iosted about SC
+ heartlessly. The girl was as pretty as
poem by Lord Byron or the heroine o
"Lalla Rookh." but the style of the dance
itself mado me blush more than / have fol
years. In the midst of antics she looked al
me askance. There ought TO be some way
to put stop to this. An International ex-
hibition ought to be something to point to
with pride in after years. | imme diately
walked out of the room and strolled to the
top oil the Eiffel tower to cool my brow.
This tower has been reierred to by the
papers. Everywhere one goes he finds
miniature Eiifel towers for sale They are
worked on hankerchiefS, printed on purses
and engraved on everything.
NJ. Eilfel. who designed this great work
looks some as General Grant did at forty