Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
THE GOSSIP OF PARIS.
Nina Van Zandt and the Worlds Fair
People at the Capital.
THE FRENCH HAVE RUSS0MANIA.
Smokeless Powder May Rob the Soldiers Of
Their Red Breeches
TOTTERING OF THE MFFEL TOWER
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DrsrAron.I

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DrsPAroH.I
| PARIS, Aug. 2s.-Good Pennsylvanisps
| in Paris have their hearts warmed daily by
the sight of The DISPATCH at the rooms Of
the Anglo-American Bank. 1t matters little
that the news is ten days old. The papers
generous pages, liberal spirit, and honsss
expressions, after the stingy columns of the
continental journals, with their strange
languages and often inspired utterances are
as reylvtng as sight Of the Stars and
Stripes.
ought not to complain, however, Of the
papers here. The oldest friend have met
was in the columns of a Parfsian paper. 1
had stumbled through long and thrilling
description of suffering, done in the best
French reportorial when I met him-a uni
verSal panacea, "The American Shakers
T1sane"-an out and-out patent medicine
advertisement. Surely internationalism
need not be agitated among charlatans.
Nina Van Zandt Malato has registered
hero. Notice that Nina is particular to write
in full the name under which she won fame
in Chicago. Her visit will be more piuunnt
for the precaution. Few reporters would go
on tho search for plain Madame Malato.
But Nina Van ZandtI The fraternity in q
body are after her.
Another interesting American doing Paris
is Frank Vincent, the traveller This inde-
fatigable fellow, after trotting around the
globe II times, is setting out for Africa,
which he expects to circuit completely,
varying the line with little excursions in:
land, such as down the Nile, up the kongo
etc. He will add Madagascar to his intin.
efary and browse around its coast for time
we may be sure Mr.. Vincent will give Us
some spicy writing of adventure and OBJ
nnn f0r,r fS1-{
cessant gadding when he turns it to so good
an account as Mr.. Vincent has his previous
journeys.
The Americans most closely followed over
here at present are Worlds Fair people.
They are feted everywhere. 1 ran across q
body of lesser lights on Worlds Fair busi-
ness the other night at small Parisian
hotel and watched them dispose of long
drawn out table dhote dinner. The pro-
prietor had secured music for the occasion
woman with an ACCORDION. She PLAYED
American airs with enough skill to wiring
showers OF copperS from the representa-
tives. The hardest American heart melts
in this land at the sound of "Suwanee
River" and Hail Columbia foil wed by
America" are sure to leave the pocket dry
and the eyes wet
Paris Is threatened with a severe attack Of
Russomania. 1t is all on account OF the
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course. The Russian hymn draws the Wild
est cheers from a crowd anywhere, and in
the gardens, especially among the students,
it is demanded repeatedly and greeted with
frantic uproar. The Provinces are in no
way behind the capital in their enthusiasm.
The funny man has begun to announce
Russian novelties for the winter: Puddines
q II Tolstoi; turkey de Ia Cheronese: saIade
Russo; Neva gowns; boots Ia LouranonJ
hats q Ia retour de Moscow.
France, in fact, is noisy with delight over
the fetes at Cronstandt and.Portsmouth. She
is gratified, too, that Austria and Germany
take generous view of her glory. Italy
scowls? To be sure. But Italy is not Gin it"
and is in debt. All these politenesses can
not conceal the fact that the powers show
ugly teeth in these smiling festivities. War
seems to be n foregone conclusion. Even
the learned bodies take it so; for instance,
the Hygiene Congress at London recon-
mends in the present session, to the govern
ments that arrangements be made to cre-
mate ON the battlefield those killed in war.
or all developments on the subject, how
ever, none seem to me so ingenious as the
declaration of the Socialists OF Brussels
War against war. An international strike
on declaration of war would certainly. do
something to cool the most bellicose.
The Socialist Congress has been watched
narrowly by the French and until the last
days it was thought there would not be
much done. The loud call for International
ism and the enthusiasm with which the
French delegates adopted it, has given q
more serious aspect to the session. Conser-
vative French thought breads ideas which
will attract attention from the conception
OF nationality which the Republic has been
struggling SO hard for. Tho Journal dss
Debdts thus laments the attitude Of ths
French Socialists:
as it not SAD to think that the idea Of
iNfa hon h.
idea of the nineteenth century, which has
caused SO many heroic struggles, with which
the French Revolution was 50 inwrought,
should to-day be set aside by representa-
tives of new ideas, and that in place Of lib
erty with which our fathers greeted the
dawning of the age great body of people
from all nations should think Of imposing
upon humanity the brutal despotisms Of an
allpowerful Slater
It is a common enough thing in the on
region for women to burn themselves to
death by carelessness in using oil in build
ing fires, but one scarcely expects such
things to happen in land where fires are
luxuries slowly built and carefully used;
yet a woman has Just died here from burns
caused by lSindling q fire with spirits Of
wine in true oil region style. To quicken
the blaze she dashed on the alcohol, the
liquid in the bottle caught fire, spread tothe
her clothing and the horrible scene we are
was repeated in Paris.
There are signs now and then even In
Paris that the hours of service are to be
shortened. The hatJers of the city in ami
,alte conclave, employers and employees,
lave just signed an agreement that after
The 1st of October shops will close at $50 Pm.
IN weekdays and at noon on Sundays. The
socialists Congress will not rub its hands
7ery heartily over the announcement. But
20 people who believe that reforms are not
made, but grow, the concession will seem
worth something. 1t would be a pity of
1ities however, if when the hatters -and
hose who initiate them close their stores
evenings, they should put out the lights in
heir windows. The brilliancy and fascina-
ion OF the boulevards would be materially
Effected and nobody who has wandered
through them would see them lessened
without regret.
There has been considerable nervousness
" late concerning the stability of the Eiffel
Tower. The feeling was quickened no doubs
" the fate of Monsieur Eiffers bridge by
which so many people lost their lives. The
'reat engineer has made satisfactory assur-
noes, however. that it cannot fall and has
hownhis confidence in them by taking the
-oung King of Servia to the top