New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-26
FRENCH ECHOES OF THE FAIR
,xrEREsTING REPORTS OF THE GOVERN
MENT EXPERTS.
ovr,r PUBLICATION CONTAINING MANY AP-
PREcIATIvE AND FLATTERING OPIN-
ions OF AMERICA


Paris. July 3.
:, may be remembered that when. during the
cs,caro Exposition. the unfortunate dispute arose
..,reen the American Committee on Awards and
40. forcign Commissioned General. France with
,.,u. all her exhibits from competition. In the
Ian time most OF the experts sent on: by the
,rsnch Government TO At members OF the
,,srnatonal iures had arrived in the United
c,a,es or were their way ihiiher. and II looked
a. a moment as =; they had made in vain the
,,vare 10 Chicago. But Il then decided by
49,. French authorities that this body OF specialists
soun prcparc reports the exhibits in their re-
..c,jve departments During the last few months
40 French Minister OF Commerce has been en-
ssd IN issuing. through tho National Printing
omoe this series Of official documents A score
~ them have already appeared. and a few more
90 I believe, still TO come. But those now al,
sard give good idea OF what the collection will
he when completed
The authors Of these reports DO not always cor
ana themselves Glossy to the subject before them
So, sometimes take up for consideration and eN-
.u,naton the lie ard customs OF America. the
i..,eral appearance Of Chicago and the Exposition
"a large number Of other topics Of similar
,ure As these French would-be jurors We're
ocked body, several OF them men Of distinction
end many OF them alread? acquainted with the
,.r,,ea S.,tes and other foreign countries. these
.ounts o. what they saw and thought possess
vslue much superior to that Of the notes made
- the ordinary traveller from this side OF the
,,an,ic hurryng from point TO point throughout
Tho Union ard bent on producing book
The magnitude and natural wealth or the coun-
~ the intense activity of its business life the
ammunition Of imports in proportion to the increase
Al exports with all that this portends to European
m.nuf,cturers and producers: the new political and
.,c,al developments encountered on every hand the
sccesses and failures of American institutions
nth The lessons 10 he drawn thercfrom; educational
s,periments even including the present athletic
Srmenace-,hese and dozens Of other topics are
considered In this collection Of quartos.
JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL.
Ono ~ the most fullest and in many respects the
most interesting Of these reports is that OF Dr
pardor,n whom | had the pleasure OF conducting
over the Cornell campus in the summer OF lS'S
IN Medicine and Surgery in the United States
Ne writes in very cosmopolitan spirit, and so
sr6s much 10 admire and praise. Thus he pro-
c,urces the collection In the Surgeon-Generals
of1c. at Washington lone of the most remarkable
medical libraries OF the whole world while OF
Or Pillings's Index Catalogue he says: These
ef,aar big ouartos will form a publication which
NJ rnndical library can do without. What mag
niacent example which nobody in Europe has fo!-
,ouad,, The end OF the following sentence, penned
os II is by Frenchman. IS even more noieWor-
,hv than the beginning In Europe ! know OF but
one hospital which be placed side by side with
the Johns Hopkins-the Urban Spital. Of Berlin
He cannot too highly praise the first OF these. ~
&c a unique hospital" he SAYS In another place. "a
model 10 be seen and studied. He goes into costa
sizes over American hospital nurses. Not only
have we in France nothing comparable TO them
be declares "but there does not exist in our
country an institution which can really be SAID 10
be an autonomous and complete school OF iaic nos
initial nurses What has been done in Paris In
this direction cannot be compared with similar
Institutions in the United States.
Though broad minded already before his visit. as
IS evidenced on every page Of his report. Dr.
paudouin must have gone home with still more
liberal views on more than one subject The
nresence at Ann Arbor side by side. OF the new
and old schools Of medicine calls forth this re-
Election: ITO see with my own eyes the two rival
establishments on the same campus. and TO study
their reciprocal relations. was certainly one OF the
most striking experiences OF my medical voyage 10
the United States" Speaking OF the dental school
IN the same university he says: Let US hope that
thanks to the new law on the practice OF medicine
We will soon have something like this in France
and even a still perfect establishment In
the capital OF our country" Noting the fact that
the professors of the American medical colleges
and he might have extended his statement so as
10 embrace American faculties In eeneral-are
chosen not by means OF competitive examna-
marks This system, which is exactly contrary 10
that which prevails with us has insured the tri-
umph OF Specialize ton. and has been found 10
work well in America that all other countries
have followed in the department OF specialization
the example set by the United States.
INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION.
But DR. Baudouin is not the only member OF the
party who finds things 10 admire. Commandant
pefforges. OF the Geographical Service Of the
French Army. In his report on Instruments or
Precision" begins his description OF the American
erhht at Chicago in this department with these
sords 1--WE first struck by the variety and
Number OF the measuring instruments OF all kinds
Formerly tributary TO Europe In this branch OF
Industry the United States can now get on with
Out u.s. and IS becoming Itself exporter.
From the simplest instruments 10 the gigantic re-
nectors OF the many American observaories and
the delicate instruments OF meteorology every
tnlrg Is constructed, on the other side OF the At
hntc With all the perfection and exactness that
could be desired" He then devotes two quarto
pages o! fine print 10 description OF the Yerkes
teiescope for Chicago University. highly praises
Inc practical character peculiar 10 American
genius" and pronounces the apparatus OF the
Coast and Geodetic Survey "the most original that
mas been executed up the present time
~ Nascart. the well-known member of the In
s.i'ols and director Of the Central Bureau or
VIA surpris- the growth Of the electric light in
'~ United States. a country where electricity
noT compete with lighting materials which are
exceedingly cheap. No other country lends
sen 80 readily and SO largely TO industrial cleo
'Tty But I must be admitted that the In
..aoFs and constructors equal TO the occasion:
"At the machines and apparatus OF every Kind
az nmple II form and easily managed. and that
s'ey sort ~ scientific progress is utilized and
's4'heo TO practical account. Fears concerning the
@ecnanical employment OF electricity ana doubts
!" 70 It's efficacy have disappeared nowhere else
~o'mpletely as in the United States
BOOKS AND PRINTING.
Inc report OF ". Henri lie Soudier. one OF the
%ae'ns Paris publishers, on Books ana frihths'
= thoughtful and remarkably free from p'as None
his colleagues among these Jurors has discovered
~ the United States more remarkable things IMAM
se For Instance:
PRINTING has been developed 10 such oeeree
- america really 10 astonsh US. Whetner IL
.~&s 70 Qr with he of newspapers VI