The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25


many of Them were little disappointed.
My individual expectations were great.
but they turned out very differently from
what1 anticipated. We were very agreeabIv
surprised, however, to find that so vouny n
country as America, compared to other
and older nations of the earth, should he
so far ahead of them in inventions and
conveniences Of every kind that helm tn
make work so easy and comfort so Access
sible to the people.
We, of course, know that Eurone ie
much more advanced in art. literature and
music than we are, but these three things
are the res alt Of years of culture and can
only be acquired by age. Paris is one of
the greatest art centres in the world the
city itself is work of art.
Perhaps there is no place where the gov
eminent does so much to ENCOURAGE what
Paris has always been famed for and where
everything speaks so much of art. The
modern artists exhibit during the month of
May at the Paris Salon, and if the ipdoes
pronounce picture good, it is purchased
by the government, placed in the I,uxem.
Dourg, the great modern gallery, and ten
years after the artists death is removed tn
the Louvre. will not attempt any expIa-
nation Of this magnificent gallery. When
you see the room Of the wonderful paint
ings you can at last begin to comprehend
what great men have lived.
But as far as modern conyeuieuces and
comforts are concerned, the Partisan does
not miss them, because he does not know
what they are. the houses are draupbtv-
lnconvenient places, impossible to warm
because of coal being SO expensive, SO thew
use wood. No gas or electric lights for do
nestle use, no bath rooms, etc. Homo
to them is not what it is to
US, it is merely what thew call
it-a hotel. There is no word in
the French language that means the same
as our word home. Paris is usually
considered warm place, but while there
we suffered greatly with the cold. They
suffer there every year from the weather
but seem to provide nothing to make them
more comfortable; in fact, it is impossible.
as they have not the facilities that wa
possess. In pleasant weather they spend
most of their time out of doors: in bad
weather at some place of amusement that
you would think was for children, rather
than for men and women.
The libraries in London impressed ma
most. In the British Museum there vera
millions of books, and where the smallest
poem or line of some great author is treas
ured more than the finest painting or piece
of sculpture. This library Is, no doubt.
the finest in the world. The amusements
of London are more intellectual and of a
graver character than those of Paris.
Wealth and poverty do not mean to us
what they do to the inhabitants of London.
America has a goodly supply of
both. When one sees the beautiful couu-
try and city homes with their extensive
parks and interiors furnished with the Ut
most simplicity and magnifcence COM
bined, one realizes Tor the first time that
he knows what wealth means
Poverty, comparatively speaking, in
merely word to US, but to the thousands
there it is all the grizzly terrors of want
and distress.
France has her art, England her itera-
ture, hut Germany is the land of music
1t is truly delightful to hear in every place
you go the best Of music and the beat az