The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-08-23
PARIS LETTER,
From our Regular Correspondent.

PARIS, FRANCE, Aug ust 6, 1000.
M. Loubet, the President of France,
makes frequent visits to the Exposi-
tion and is as far as possible impartial
in the distribution of his distinguished
presence. He has made two or three
visits to the American pavilion. OF
course it is always known when he is
to arrive, but, unfortunately, on one
occasion the United States Commis.
sioner failed to be present to receive
him, and arrived only after the Pres-
dent of France had departed. Presi-
dent Loubet is no taller than Presi-
dent Mckinley and will fall consider
ably below him in avoirdupolse. He
has genial, wrlnkled face, white hair
and beard. There is nothing distng-
ue in ms appearance or manner, but
he is doubtless good man and bids
to be as popular as his predecessors
Carnot and Faure. He is industrious
and scrupulous i'll performing his
duties, official and social, is ever ready
to sign his name, make a speech,
grace function, pin medal of the
Legion OF Honor on a soldiers breast
and embrace that soldier with the
same French fatherly cordiality,
whether he be private in the ranks
or an officer whose family is as old as
the history of France. He was not
popular when hrst elected, and the
storm of approbrium with which he
was received on entering Paris and
the cowardly assault upon MIN IN Bois
de Boulgne a few days thereafter
would have driven weaker man to
dependency or resignation. He has
held on, and his calmness, frmness,
simplicity and sincere devotion to duty
have won over the tickle, bosterous
element IN Paris that has too often in
huenced French history and policy.
Police statistics relating to the Paris
Exposition of 1899 show that in that
year, in May, June, July, August, Sep
tember and October, the people stop
ping at the Paris hotels numbered t.
525,57I. The largest numbers were
from the following nationalities: Eng
land, $50, 900; United States, $4,000
Belgians, 25,4oo; Germans, 100, 900;
Swiss, $4,000; Italians, $4,000. There
were only 1000 Russians. This year
it is expected that 100000 will come
from Germany alone, and if the United
States sent II5,ooo people here in
1880, is fair to estimate an attendance
of perhaps 100000 from America to
the 1900 Exposition. The number Of
exhibitors in 1880 was 10000, to
whom 5s,I59 prizes and awards were
distributed. In 1889 s5,S9S,6o0 per-
sons passed the turnstlles, of which
number 2,7a3,366 entered with ex-
hibitor's cards and free admittance.
The average daily attendance in 1889
was I5a,I5S. The average
daily attendance at the present
Exposition is running over 200, 700.
The greatest attendance in 1850 was
the closing day Oct 3rd, when 1885,
377 people passed in. The smallest
attendance was May Ith, 1850, with
36,922.
While in Paris, we get our Ameri-
can news as best we can. The French
papers have column of foreign news
NOmelleS de Fetranger and when there
is big fire in the United States or a
Presidential election, we find the in
cident stated in a few lines in the
Paris papers, but when times are dull
in theWestern Hemisphere, we look
in vain for mention of les EtakS Cnis,
as our country is called IN French.
The New York Herald publishes a
small daily in Paris, but it has not
much American news except OF a
sporting, automobile racing, yatchlng
character. The New York Times,
Paris Exposition edition, is a very
good paper and the American exile
will find more home, sweet home,
matter in it than in any other
paper, but the Times is | be-
lieve temporary enterprise and will
not be published after the close OF the
Fair. The London daily papers reach
Paris in about twelve hours after they
are published. They give the news OF
the world in general, and the British
Empire in particular, and are edited
In an admirably temperate and dlgnl-
fled spirit. When there is anything
important going on in the United
States, you will ind reliable account
of it, and a day-of-judgment editorial
about it in the London papers.
From an exhibit here, building
near the Eiffel tower, | get the I'M
preston that glass will play an import
ant part in the architecture OF the
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