The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-05
COMMUNICATION.
From Paris.


letter from Hon. p. z. Donovan, Neclle,
now sojourning in Europe, dated ut Paris,
to Mr.. Joseph LaPorte, which will be of
interest to our readers:
l,ave had Il very interesting and pleas.
ant trip 80 far. My ocean voyage was
very pleasant, and my stay in Berlin was
pleasant ms well MS very useful. found
the Germans to be different people to
what had pictured them. They are ex.
tremely clean, neat and polite as well as
neatly and finely dressed, considerable to-
wards tile feeling Of each other to a re.
markable degree. AS an evidence of
their neatness and cleanliness, you may
30 into one of their beer halls after two
or three hundred have sat for hours. you
would not find one spit on the floor, nor
yet in coach OH railway train after
longjourney, and there are no cuspidores
any where. have not seen one of the
ever present spittoons of America in Eu.
rope yet. 1t seems to be universal.
throughout Germany this strict regard for
cleanliness. Their dress, boil, male and
female, is neat and well fitted; the oua-
nlpresent soldier adds very much to the
beauty fthe surroundings for their dress
is truly fine, in many instances gorgeous,
always fitting him rs if he grew into it.
and scrupulously neat. Always quiet,
unassuming, scarcely ever speaking un-
less first spoken to, yet with all the dig
nitied bearing of king, and this is motto.
able all through, even in boys of four
teen and fifteen years ofagc, for there are
regiments Of this age. and younger. An
officer Of the army would not think of
leaving railway coach in which he was
riding without lifting his hat to those re.
manning. The German community al
ways lifts their hats to each other with
as much Difference as we would to dis
tinguished clergyman or lady. The en-
peror is the same, courteous and conde.
|scending towards all, and his people wor-
ship him. He has no reason to fear dy.
Mantle, aud he fears nothing; going
where lie pleases and lie is every inch a
king, one who will certainly yet make
his influence felt in Europe. because a
king Of such people and such an army,
having such correct and rigid discipline,
while at the same time the respect OF his
people, is a power not swayed by every
wind. was forcibly struck with the con-
trast between the German and French
people as well as army. The army of
France is i'll no respect to be compared
with that of Germany except it be in
number. They have not the same sol.
diers' bearing, not the same dignified un.
daunted appearance, not the same dis.
cipline nor order, nor the courtesy to-
wards each other, and do not seem 80
much to enjoy the respect of the general
public, and their dress is simply horrid
when contrasted with that of Germans.
The material is poor, colofs badly blend.
ed and untidily made, in fact it seems as
if they took the measure of the largest
man in the army aud made all clothes
from this, 80 wretchedly do they fit.
This may be one of tile frugal acts fol-
which of these peoale are surely fam.
GUS. They seem to be remarkably saw.
ing people. Of the two nations believe
the French to he much the most wealthy
Their farmers seems to be in better cir.
cumstances, and there is much more
work of all kinds going OH throughout
France than Germany. Ill was running
the French government. would disband
the entire army and turn the labor of the
people 10 more useful pursuits. For IN
Imy estimation, they have no more need