Omaha daily bee., 1892-01-31

France have witnessed. The original build
ing of the Pantheon was church erected in
the third century, think, in honor of the
patron saint of Paris, st. Genevieve,
nearly destroyed once, then again restored
by Catherine de Medicis. 1t has been
temple OF reason in the revolutions, desc
Grated by mobs, again church, and now
temple of fame. All the old buildings of
Paris are a history in themselves.
New Years day in Paris is a fete. We saw
the senators and deputies on their way TO
pay their respects to President Carnot, rid
Ing In carriages, with guard OF mounted
policemen, but there was nothing very bril-
liant about it. The condition Of two of the
writer's of France seems to cause more emo
tion-M. Ernest Renan, who is i'll, and Guy
dc Maupassant, who has gone insane per-
the reception Of the president of the repu blio.
Our minister, Mr.. Reid, and his wife had
brilliant reception on New Years.
The Duo de Rochefoucauld on the l1th of
February received with Mrs. Reid. Sne was
never more beautiful and charming. The
whole of the American colony were out in
force. Apropos OF Miss Mitchell l heard
very bright man on the steamer coming over
propose that the American people should give
Miss Mitchell dot, since she was the first
American girl who any foreigner was ever
known to be willing to marry without ono.
Little Florence Andenseix was not at the
Reid reception. She has just had little
countess only three DAYS old.
General King Of Baltimore our consul
general, also had very brilliant reception
on the jour de Fan. He is the prince of en-
tertainers and comes from the state where
they know how TO give grand dinners. 1
heard ono OF the American colony congratu
lating another because he had q minis
ter who could afford to entertain,
not like Poor Mr.. Washburn" or Mr.. Noyes
who wore not rich, "only great" Mr.. Reid's
keen intellect, good Judgment, and talent,
went for naught.
"Why," she said, seven the count OF Paris
called at the Morgans," suppose the Nor
gans fed well too. Cannot soma bright
American genius write book on "Snobs,"
n la Thackeryi
We saw a good deal of the French people
on New Years day and we did not discover
they were any more joyous, or lively than a
crowd would be in our own country on a hol-
idsy.
The hotels are no better than ours, not as
good. You do not get SO much for your
money. The shops, certainly, are not so
handsome and very little cheaper On the
beautiful display Of jewels, in the window,
but when you enter the doors there is moth
ing but counter with man behind, and a
space as big as closet. But though
we have humid skies, mud
and neither the good hotels or shops we have
at home, we have city filed with grand old
palaces, churches, monuments, museums
libraries, rich In history, romance, and at
tractiVe 10 al VINO wish 10 study. ~ is Tue
old Paris that one wants TO see-the Place de
la Republique (once the Bastile), the Louvre
not le grand Magazin du Louvre), the Lux
embourg. the Cluny palace, once the abode Of
kings aud queens, now with "Egalite, liberte
OF fraternlte' over all.
We find Paris so cold aud damp that we
nave concluded to seek more congenial
climes, and start tonight tor the south OF
France.
From Paris, passing through Dijon, Lyons
and other French towns, we did not stop
unul we reached Avignoa, at o'clock In the
evening, nearly starved. We had neglected
TO take tickets in Paris for our meals
in the, Restaurant du Wagon, and the
train being an express did not stop
In fact we had not Travelled
enough in this country to know we had TO
buy meal tickets twenty -four hours ahead in
order to get anything 70 eat.
L. SAID: Wouldn't you like to see a darky
poke his head into this voiture and shout
Dinner is now ready in the dining carpn
YES l said; II don't believe / would
wait for Last call for din-n-er.'n
However, all bad things have an end, as
also all good things, too, aud about o. CLOCK
we had dinner with bottle Of very bad
wine thrown In for sl.5Q each, tor which "