Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-20
SEEN BY A TRAVELLER.
Return Of Superintendent Of Schools
George ]. Luckey, With
POINTERS ON EUROPEAN LIFE.
Frenehmsn Clamoring for the Days Of the
Empire, While
TIE WORLDS FAIR is NOT In 1T

tendent of Schools Luckey was among his
Pittsburg friends again last evening, all
smiles, and, If possible, a better American
than ever Mr.. r. J. Wilson, who &C
companied Mr. Luckey on the European
tour, also returned yesterday morning.
Both gentlemen accompanied the excursion
of school teachers to Europe.
One of Mr.. Luckey's acquisitions was an
Irish blackthorn 'shillalhh," which he pre-
scented to Secretary Reisfar. Another
addition is one which the Superintendent
does not propose to give to any one, and
upon which he depends strongly to carry
indelible surprise to his friends. 1t is
luxuriant black mustache, grown in ireland,
also, and is what Secretary Reisfar, who
has seen it, calls a beauty.
''Our excursion party" said Superinten-
dent Luckey, kept together until we
reached Paris, when we separated, one part
starting off for a trip through Bel
gum, Germany and other places, while the
rest Of the teachers turned their attention to
Italy and Southern Europe. The two sec
tions had most enjoyable trips. They have
left for home, and will arrive here next
Thursday.
THE FIRST IN FIFTEEN YEARS.
cit was Is years since was across the
pond last, but no striking changes had oc-
CURED in that time, save France. There we
met Parisians without number who were
deploring the present Republican mode of
government, and clamoring for the Empire.
Euglish-speaking hotel clerks and cabnen
told us of the great complaints made by many
of the people of Paris against the Republic.
They longed for the days Of Napoleon, and
expressed the vain wish that he should have
lived 20 years longer. The cry of hard
times was on the lips of the shopkeepers and
others. In the time of the Empire all kings
and queens, with their great number of fol-
lowers, made it point to visit Paris, and
while there they lived in luxury. This,
naturally, was boon to the hotel
keepers, shop merchants, csbmen
and host of tradesmen who
thrived on the lavish expenditures of roy
atty. All this is now changed since the
Republic has been instituted. Royalty no
longer showers gold upon the heads of the
Parisians. As q consequence they oppose
the new form Of government, and clamor
for the Empire.
"outside Of the city of Paris we
found just the opposite state of
affairs. Frenchmen residing in the rural
districts asserted that they were enjoying
unparalleled prosperity, and appeared
greatly satisfied with Republican rule. The
discontented spirits were confined to the
metropolis.
"As usual, the Parisians were as utterly
regardless of the meaning of the word rest
on the Sabbath as in the days of yore.
Business never stopped a moment on Sum-
day, and you couldn't tell it from any other
day. At one place I saw workmen build
ing church on Sunday. In England it
was just the contrary. Sabbath breakers
were few.
COULDN'T ACCOMMODATE THEM.
Elevators at the Eifel tower could
hardly accommodate the vast number of
tourists from all parts who continue to visit
it day after day. did not see anything of
the names of the workmen who, it is re-
ported, were promised by Mr.. Eifel to have
their names carved on the tower if they
brought the work to successful completion.
81 spent much of my time on the British
Isles. The contrast between the English
soldiery and the French militia is very
marked. The Britishers are stalwart while
the picayune Frenchmen seem mere boys.
It is proverbial to rain in Ireland and Scot
land at this season of the year, but singu-
larly enough, we found rather dry days while
doing those countries, though 1 assure
you that the attractions were not dry.
SOubHCIu 4IC4oHu etAl1 1bfOTcu uOLu6
rule, while their northern neighbors, who
received loans from the Government to pay
for their land, naturally were friendly to
the London rule. The spirit of independ-
ence that is rapidly growing in the hearts
of Irishmen is augmented by their liberty.
breathing countrymen, who spend part of
their lives in America and return to Ire
land with deep-rooted sentiments in the
direction of local government.
90 l. Al Al r
burn 1 asked native how large the place
was, but he hadn't the slightest idea of the
population, so 1 thought Of arriving at the
figures by asking him how many churches
the town had. One Catholic, he said two
Protestants, and lot of DUN little meeting
houses That was all the satisfaction got
We stopped at a small two-story school
house, decorated with a sign In front
reading, National School The build
ing was made of stone, as are the great ma
jority of Irish houses.
ONE OF THE SCHOOLS.
''School was out but we found the teacher
upstairs in the schoolroom. The lower
apartment was used for housekeeping bv the
teachers family. 1t was not private insti-
tuition, but public school. About all the
schools in Europe were closed for vacation,
and we had no opportunities for examining
the foreign educational systems.
Everything over there in the line Of food
and so on is dearer than in the United
States, with the solitary exception of cloth
ing. English wooden suits cost less than
one-half the price of the same kind of
goods in this country. We found all the
workingmen struggling along on a diet of
potatoes, with change to meat about once
a week. If we had told them that the
American workingman sees meat every day
they would have doubted the statement
1.-The subjects Of paramount Importance
that occupy the minds of Europeans at pres
ent are difficult to ascertain if one does not
understand the native languages, but from
the contents of the newspapers it is evident
that the coming Worlds Fair in Chicago is
little thought Of, owing to the fact that
there are no hustling American newspapers
over there to stir them up.
THINK WE'RE TERRoRs.
"Foreign journals seem to find very little |
virtue in the United States, and they take
every opportunity to say bad word for our
country. For instance, their highly col
ored accounts Of the cyclones and tornsdoes
In this country impress the mind of the for
eigner with the idea that this is land of
terrors
On coming home was surprised to see
tne profound suggestion to change the school
shlldren's holiday on Saturday to Monday.
1hat may possess a certain novelty, but 1t is
decidedly out of place. Saturday il the &C
eePted DAY all over the country, and it GER
talnly has proven satisfactory to Pittsburg.
Asto the injuries to children arising from low
oesks In the schoolrooms, agree that every
Preeaunon should be taken to care for the