Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-07-19
EXPOSITION LETTER
Paris. Frascs, J.ly .. 1900.

Every thoughtful traveller has doubtless
felt how much more interesting are the peo-
pie ofs country than are their monuments.
cathsdrsls. mussnms. VI even their lnter-
national Expeditions. Buth cana writer
tell about Me people OF = country or portray
them, or catch the million svanescent fash
20 by which they show sll the littlsness and
greatness Of their character The French
are said to be = shallow aud volatile race,
but 10 n. Taius shallow? Can any one after
isadinx sIourdes,'' .'issme.' Paris and
his stern heroic defens OF Dreyfns call Zola
volatile? There are hundreds VI Frsnohmsn
less serious aud. scarcely less distingnished.
Aad from every great writer Of the other
sex in our language it will not be difficult
to mention DE Steal Or . sand. These are
exceptions. Of course, but the great French
mon have not written without readers. and
their great scientists and phiIsntiropists are
not without homer in thsir own county.
Nsserthslsss. .ou utsids:their books, or paipt-
ings or siatuAry, W ~ not like the French.
nor do they like ur. This mutual aniipathy,
However. dues not perhaps prove more than
mutual Ignorance aud prejudice. We do
not like a,vihipg unlike ourselves. ThinL
u onr vanity in this! The best WAY to un
dsrstand the people Of a couniry.sis to lei
them talk AID reveal ,hem,elves. and
sbsli. with your permlssiss give your read
ers some literal specimens 0f French jonfn-
alisu. fpr week. King Oscar Of Sweden
has cen in Paris. las, sunday he went
with the President TO The Grand rrix, or
big est borss race OF ihs season, and during
the week he has been doing" the Exposition
and the following is = literal report from
Paris psrsr of his last day in Paris.
''The King VI sweden and Norway con
cenIistsd the last day of his soiourn in
PARA to visiting the Pasii ous in the street
of Nations Of this Exposition. The Spanish
pavilion was inverted with a ? eaiiar grace
and solsmuity by the presence OF the In
fsnta Eulalis who insisted upon doing the
honors of the occasion 10 Oscar the second
ia the Pslaoe OF her country on the seine
fhst one respectfully kissed the hand OF the
princess who salated him with . gracions
bow. The princess had around her n Dc
Lsony CAtiiio. Ambass .dor u Spsin;
the AArchioness Are. Arsmoso. her dams
Of honor; the duke de Sesto. Commissary
General Of the spsnish Exposition, 10 de
Cumie de Belioncis. don Juan, le marqni.
de viilaiobsr' 80 wonder the country is
ia deeadeacs when 40 much tine is lost in
rsmem bsring ard giving such titles" The
King particularly. tsdmirsd The msgnfeshi
tapestries Of the 18th century which covel
the walls Of the different salons" tHe
missed the best thing il lie failed 10
Boabdil's sword aud tunic IN the second
story trent
In the German tsises. the King Of swed-
en- was more than once surprised 1t i,
10 magnificent. he said. trsnsnIed by the riel
production Of the famous salon Of Sans
5onei, aud ls sdd.d with su exseiitude thai
was pomewhat cruel France has not ss
beautiful . collection Of the. French school
Of thai period"
In Finland ihs,kingswas ignifieantly cord
isl aud Que Of the Swedish Com N ission-
ers WAS overheard TO say, "0ur lost province
is To day . Grand Dachy of Rnssia.'
As his lime was. limited his Majesty passed
hastily through the. pssilions OF Belgium.
England Hungary, Russia. Bosnia. Austria.
The United States iand Italy. not. however,
without = friendly word with the csmmis-
sionsr General Of each country.
portrait Of = woman bs Gainsborough
10 the English Palace arrested his admir-
alton aud he sal down for a moment in
front of it.
In one Of the halls of the Hungarian Palace.
King Oscar remarked the entire side of tine
room decorated with headings Of all the
newspapers Of Hungary "Zu viel! za viel!
trop, irop, too man, 100 mah,D exclaimed
tile king. What would the monarch have
said il he had seen displayed the titles of sll
the French papers? The United States has
ten jnss ~ many - France.
But there is something slss that the King
wishes to see. smother attraction he wishes
10 snjoy. it il the rolling pavement. Aud
now behold all the suite of the monarch on
the platform. Oscar. the second. stepped
on in the most natural way in the world.
and laughed much TO see himself thus car.
risd along, aud TO see all his aides de camp
step from one platform TO the other. There
are two parallel platforms moving in the
same direction ., different vsloeitiss.
Meanwhile the hopr had arrived and the
King proatins by the lessons Of his aide lie
camp stepped ofiiike real Parisisn.
Naturally wished to approach the King
aud TO receive from his own mouth the good
words which he has expressed to the per-
sonsses Of his sntourags pending his sojonrn
here. would have liked to have heard him
repeat that he loves France aud adoreS
Paris, but alas! the protocol lifts itself as an
impassable barrier between the sovereign and
! simple Journalistic. Nevertheless ! have,
all the aAms, a compensation and consola-
lion. II had rot seen the King have been
received by N. lie a. Aksrhislm, his chisi
secretary and this is what he said TO me
"His IN sjesty qnits Paris absolutely rAsished
and not without regret. The King wnnld
have liked to stay longer in Pa ia. he loves
France and frenchmen from the depth OF
his heart. and he 10 deeply affected by the
warm friendly reception. So truly sincere
which has been accorded him in the ofiieial
world. aud also bs the Parisian people. As
for our Exposition. the King considers II n
veritsble marvel He has visited 1t every
day of his stsy and eouid scarcely quit II to