Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-17
Customs OF FRANCE.
PROFESSOR hAsssLsFF TELLS OF
WHAT he OBSERVED ABROAD.
,r,.o Rows More Dependent and People Less
Attentive Than onrs-Amci'e Rtves-
Chanicr Studying Art.

LAS IUe| fftNlAfA AARiA ~ va
,,pfo France and Switzerland.
Most Of this time was spent in Pans,
,r,,b which city the Professor is quite Ia
...rsr. lie speaks the French language
,.,ptlv. and therefore enjoys being with
r.s natives. No man in this city, perhaps.
D. better posted upon European affairs
l eS he has perfect command ot bve
.-I,.age- hc Is c0nvcrsant with all the
.f-uts of Europe. aud his descriptions
II fIe various countries on the Continent
.-. r,rilg interesting and instructive.
mis- hoii!eWArd journey WAS made on the
,,...iap,. one of the NethcTland Line OF
e..qra.rs and the voyage was exceedingly
...ant and devoid Of the horror OF sea
rr.lessor Hassolch was visited by re-
.....rf...ve II the Disp0'ch yesterday and
,...a 10 give an account OF his trip.
Boys HIRE AND THERE.
,Wfet strikes me the most" D" SAID he, us
...I.q,reuco between the American boys
.,I .le bows IN Europe. over here they
...rn Co take care of themselves 10y the
..r they are fourteen, and al twenty tuey
.r. perfect men. In Europe most oI the
,..r.r men are sent 90 school untii they are
,e.tt.- five. and although they come BACK
1.1 with degrees and learning they can
rere Of themselves I'm the least. Atter
I.,.., fbeir educafl0us they are totally
..r.n3,ut uuon their fathers, who COM
'arc looking around ia order 10 marry
t..m fo some rich girl with "a large DOVER
srIwhen the cirl is found then she SUI
r..-i. tbcm. 1heAmrrIcan boysare somuch
'rr.ttr and more euergcuc: anu '"'h
t...r manners are So superior.
AsrmcAN POIrENEss.
eel +bourht Paris was the greatest place
4 {. ....if
,I. r.tDrtrr. and that Europeans ioohcd
..,.u his as utterly destitute OF good breed
IIckcfs certainly wrote that wav.
Mos rephel the Professor, that Is
....,f fte case. and what Dickens said oniy
.,u.trateS how unfair n Is Tor one people
e., tUdce another when theV ohiN sIHN iI
..ar country "a short while. But II you
-.-. .or,toa railway station there YOU
would soon see how much more pohtS tho
t-..rcsrs are. irenchpcople never thlhh
assisting lady or Of offering her seat
ma car. or anything 81 thal sort
TN rAEIs EXPOSITION.
EDO YOU think the Paris Exposition had
s-..d eject upon the trade of Paris -
Indeed II did" replied the Professor
eft has increased their trade about SfV'-
.uUu. believe. and since that iilLe tneIe
l4ve been more American and EnBlish
people there than anywhere else
ColoEED PEOPLE IL FRANCE.
did YOU see any colored people IN
Vqr.s,' was asked, "aud how DO Euro
r.an- regard themt ,..,
tf. Profess. p. "that was surpr sed al the
--rb4- that are there. and the way IN
which they are treated. Ihey are on more
..ualtv there with the people than any
where else 100 the world. went 20 near
f..tur. at one ~ the universities anu
r,-rf Lchfud me three Of them were slt-
t.rr. and their skins were much H"I htI
tEau tio-e We see IN TINS country. IN
ever, en- YOU fud them eating and drink,
.,, .rl thev go ID the best society ana
rr. fr4,te1 with the greatest respect
TLry -peak French beautifully Hrd some
Oftlem have excellent educatlous.
HANp Is HAND.
..T visited one of the Protestant churches
there and sawa school Of grl- coming lh'
aud Was very much surprised 10 see seVy-
ral cOlor.d girls walking arln-in-uTh Win
the whiic scholars. ,a.,
Professor. have been very mnch lnHu,
,ue.d tr The novel tncle Toms CABIN
and m reality they have no idea what the
calu-.i people u America are.
Wasn't Alexander Dumas, the senior,
muhttl:" asked the reporter.
" ICES, he was a mulatto ana creole
bat that did not affect hls social standing
~ his fame. To-day his SOP Is one 9l ,n'
most famous and dpopular writers M rance
and itls thought TO be great honor ID De
acquainted with him.
ToLsIoI. PAsTEUR. AND zoLA.
"I .av or rather caught glimpse Of
pq-feur while IN Paris. lie - small,
.crm,v' looking man, very pale ana
rather .ickly-looking and lmps little
when be walks. but he has "a beautifully
intellectual face. The French people al
most .iYIle lim and be has obtained great
r.uovu among them.
Are the writings OF Iolstol popular
with the French people?' asked the re-
.Ys.. heis considered TO be the greatest
novelist nowadays. and every one reads
l,. works The people DO not like lola SO
much. tie belongs to the realistic s5hool'
and thlre i- movement against TINS IN
French literature aud art.
cal8UrI uIsrH LITERATURE.
Professor" said tire Bspq'ch man, L
Laypa'Way. heard that the French hteIa-
turc b., noted for it- immortality; does
popular taste admire th.st'
ESQ. the trouble with the Americans IL
that they read the worst ot The french
works. which are against every sense OF
morality. Such books a. these are not
read ln France. and there is a great move
u,ut against them. II the American peo-
pIe Wer. o. read the real French literature
tley would s,o the difference, and even a
Puritan could read them without fear OF
corruption
AMERICAN DIALECT.
"What amused me-" said the Professor,
"ls tlat some of the people over there
don't think We speak English. They think
ol5 language l. dlstiuctIvely American "A
-.lt of dialect If the English. One gentle
man who spoke English was very muceh
surprised when he found that he could
understand the American | spoke"
How do the French regard the pollti-
cal situation ia America:
they ure an very much Interested IN
tLe tarI and the Mckinley bill, and over
t.t latter they are exceedingly indignant.
They are Mortified az It and can't under
stand why America don't rise up as unit
against H. 1t Will ruin US, they say.
CLEVELAND vEEY POPULAR.
Everybody in France speaks in the
M-lp.t terms Of Cleveland. and they place
l.mu.xt % Washington. ] was surprised
b .w Sell posted they were with regard u
I.n and when ono of my friends asked
mellow he stood IN tins country andl told
i- / thought there was very good
chance for him at the next election, he
..UIs hope YOU VIII eitct MN Ao -
l.1le true patriot"
DOWN on "BFNJYN
Does President Harrison excite their adj
ruatlon tooF" asked tho reporter.
NO." replied the Professor, they say
b., the greatest rascal, and # he and Me
h.rIey were 10 20 there they would have d
hard time. My idea is that the Republican
party has been ruined abroad
AMsIE RIyEs STUDYING ART
Did YOU meet Mrs. Chanler while
you were abroad 2" asked the reporter.
The Professor smiled and said " no.
tced lu "A Boston paper the other day iha
some was advertising for information
about her. could have told him little
slels now studying art at Boniainehleau
uld as far / know II not writing at ali
Her entire attention seems 10 be deYote'
T. art. She u not making herself yerl
pubhc IN society, but the French Peopl
admire Der very much. Madame Carnot
the Presidents wife. has taken grea
fancy 10 her and thinks she Is the mos
charming woman she ever. met. Mrs
Chanler's father mother, and iittle siste
are with her al fOntainebleau."