Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-01
ON THE RIVIERA.
Democracy of Distinguished People as It
 Appears to 8 Plain American.

Oclnocracy or distinguished People as 1t
 Appears to 8 Plain American.
 Ballard Smith writes to the New York World from Beaulieu: This mar row little strip of France-40 miles or so from Cannes to Mentone and not above four or five miles wide anywhere between the blue sea and the practically impossible mountain chain beyond might be called during any winter sea son tho Republic of the Great From All Lands.
 The democratic fashion of it is a lit- tic startling to the newcomer. You may sit at the next table in restaurant to an ex.president of the republic. You may come suddenly in apublie pathway upon an emperor and empress walking arm in arm together; you sit in the next chair in hotel meeting room to the great OK premier of England. Politicians from all countries. serene highnesses from every monarchy in the world, great artists-their faces become as fa- miliar to ys7 as those of the convention al people whom most of us have tho for tune only to be brought in daily contact with.
 It has happened to me, very plain American citizen, to have had the three experiences mentioned above within the space of 24 hours, together with some others as interesting, and the fortune of it all, the reader being the judge of what measure of fortune it is, may come to any other plain citizen of any land who forms part of this little republic with in Q republic.
 In former letter I described how ab- solutely democratic is the daily walk here of Casimir- Perier, until only the other day president of France.
 In the rotunda of the Hotel Cape Mar tin we are to sec greater man than any hereditary king or emperor or po- tentate of today, of yesterday, of the century. Luncheon is just over when Mir. and Mrs. Gladstone come down from their rooms and take seats among the other guests before tho fire, await ing their carriage. The venerable states man looks much older and moro worn 
 started for the Riviera.
 The arduous journey in the bitter cold weather which met him in France and it's extraordinary continuance here in the Riviera have evidently been most prejudicial to him. He walked very feebly to his carriage, escorted on the one side by his faithful wife and on the other by the hardly less faithful MT George Armistead-many times mil lionaire, who seems to have no object in life beyond this friendship and almost constant attendanee-and now for the first time i'll his adult life looks all his age.
 had come to the hotel hoping that Mr. Gladstone might wish to say some- thing moro to the American public on the prospects of home rule in Ireland, but MT. Armistead pleads that the statesman is in too feeble condition to talk upon politics, and that his restora- tion to health demands absolute rest from all political concerns for the pres ent.
 The ex-Empress Eugenie is another guest at the hotel, except that she oc- cupies cottage i'll the grounds, and she, too, takes her daily walk abroad with a single attendant, or more often alone. She also seems very feeble and looks very old, supporting herself with strong crutch stick She has lost every trace of her former beauty and graceful carriage.