Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-25
Ne MRXIC0ATPARIS
Professor ]. G. Carrera Writes an
Entertaining Letter About the
Great Paris Exposition.
FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVAL
Enthusiasm Created in the French Capital
by the Americans The Triumph Of
American Women-New Mexico's
Mineral Exhibit.

Paris, July 4,-Yesterday Paris was
more beautiful than usual; thousands
of American flags waved from windows
and masts of t~1agstaffs Of private and
public buildings; on the streets, on the
cars. on the boats, in the exposition, on
the breasts of men, women and chill
dren, American, French, everywhere,
everybody, wore flaglets, and the Amer
lean flag carried the day. Hurrah for
the Fourth Of July!' was no louder
than "Evive lie 4 Juliet"
In the morning l went to the dedica-
present of the American school chill
dren to the French republic. The in
closure was too small, and the court of
the Louvre was packed to suffocation.
Commissioner Peck delivered the open
ing address, to which President Loubet
responded. Hon. Joseph H. Choate.
General Porter and others spoke, but
the main and best address of the occa-
sion was made by Archbishop Ireland,
who was heard inside of the tribune at
the closing of the ceremony. Scusa's
band charmed the immense crowd. Ver-
lily, the Frenchman is very much of a
good and loyal friend to the American.
Between this dedication and the great
4 o'clock banquet l went to the spot
where the head of Marie Antoinette fell
under the sacrilegious knife of Robes
pierre. Who can see and think and not
shed a tear?
At 10 o'clock at night I went to the
California commission blowout, the
SWEETEST affair in Paris for many years.
of dollars worth of diamonds
sparkled on those American ladies'.
that sight, that music, that Cali
champagne, I went to my looms
for sleep. The American woman has
and conquered Paris, over
which the Parisienne is sad and very
much surprised.
THE GREAT EXPOSITION.
July THE Paris exposition Is mag
nificence; is away beyond the possibil-
Ity of the most fantastic dreams. l am
I shall see it in my mind after my
eyes are closed in death. The unkind
of some of the American
correspondents are unjust and untrue.
doubt, this exposition is the grand
,st achievement of mankind in this line.
The Columbian exposition of 1893 was
in size; this is greater in in
~ellectuality. Not all things should be
measured by the yard or by the acre.
nd yet 1t is only a square foot in size.
The buildings, while some of them
re not as vast as some of those of
We're, are most beautiful, and
hey represent new architectural fea-
that the Chicago buildings did
OF possess. Many do not like this new
eparture, sc different from the old,
lethodic school, but recollect that 1t
always somebody liked "~Lohengrin"
1irty years ago, but now Wagner's
lusic ranks with the highest.
This exposition is more cosmopolitan
the Chicago exposition, every cor
er of the globe being represented; and
hen n considers the tremendous
made in the last seven years in
branches Of human ingenuity, it Is
but natural that the worlds
lir of 1900 be a step farther in the
orld's march Of progress that man Is
king into the great kingdom OF the
lknown than the worlds fair Of 1893.
Don't call these sincere sentiments of
Inc unpatriOtic; they are true to my
st creed; and IN this theory let the :
nerican people go to work to have an
position in st. Louis in 1903 greater
that of Paris as this Is greater
an that of Chicago in 1893. 1t is
rough this march that mankind Is
aching out for the highest point of 4
rfection. :
One of these days, when 1t rains, I
IL write. telling o about the most
points and objects at this expo
ion. I say when it rains because
ere Is no night at Paris; for that
liter, night here Is, IL anything, T.
ghter than day, and no time to write.
who said Might gives counsel" was
a Partisan.
NEW MEXICO AT PARIS,
uly $40 my knowledge, New Mex
does not appear al this exposition
'ept in the palace Of mining. 1t is
bad. New Mexico needs more adj
tisement than any other part 1T the
tied States. California, that needs
'ertising least, appears everywhere
h the lavishness and p~rofusion Of
at queen. +,
he palais of mines Is a revelation;
pen picture can do 1t justice. Some
have spent colossal sums on
r mine exhibits. The m~etallurgical
artment is something magnificent.