Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-06-28
Exposition Letter.


The Exposition is gradually pullin
its self into shape and in about fou
weeks majority Of the exhibits will b,
fully installed,an by the middle of Jul
it will he complete in all its details
Last Sunday was fine day and nearl.
half million OF people passed through
the gates and crowded the grounds.
say crowded for it was an actual crash
making it difficult 10 move about
1t is interesting to be in crowd like
this, 10 hear the observations Of The
sight ssers and especially to note how
many speak English 1t is said there j,
a permanent population OF 1900 Ameri
cans in Paris and floating population
Of 10000. There are doubtless more
| than twice as many English here, | have
been trying to find a hotel where no
English Is spoken. because am anxiens
to improve my French. hnt have found
only one, that IL the Latin Quarter on
Rue Bonaparte aud too far from the Ex-
position At the hotel where | am stop
plug all three of the clerks, the porters
and the walters at the table speak Eng
lish and English Is heard in the dining
room more than any other language.
Ia all the better shops English can be
heard and very many have the sign
English Spoken" on the window. These
facts are significant. They were not
nearly 40 striking at the two previous
Expositions in 1879 and 1899. They in
dictate the certain and accelerated pro-
gress OF our mother tongue and the
ultimate subjection OF all other languages
to it. Educated Germans speak English
frequently without an accent having
learned il with grammatical accuracy
from English professors in the German
schools We knew from observation
that some Of our German citizens in the
United States do not speak English cor
rectly after a residence OF twenty years
or more. 1t 10 the difference between
studying language and picking it up;
mixing it with foreign idioms, using it
before il Is learned, and thus forming
and confirming almost ineradieable
errors OF speach.
met an untamed immutable Ameri-
can Girl from New Jersey, employed by
the Hygienic Optical Company, of New
York As passed this Exhibit she ex-
tended paper and said IN English
Will you look at our circular"
why do You speak to me IN Engllshs'
Because | thought You knew the
language
But you know French do you nots'
No, don't know it and | don't want
to know it. ! hate the language, and
hate the French. Oh, | hate them
They have no politeness beyond n too
frequent taking off their hat, and saying
.'pardong madame, merci madame"
II suspect you are little homesick.
"Yes. | am. I've been here since Jan
nary and all want is to get home and
forget the sight and sound of every thing
that has French in it"
The Hygienic Optical Co. has spec
tiacled borse with prismatic lenses that
make the ground appear about fifteen
inches nearer his nose than it actually IS.
He therefore lifts his feet high to reach
it and is thought to he high stopper
with knee action quality very much
desired by the swagger set. This Optical
Co. makes specially of glass SO slight
" tinted that the tint cannot he observed
unless the glass is laid on white sur
face. but il is said to lie restful and help
ful to the eve. Specialists say that the
anxious wrinkled characteristic OF the
American face is due In part to the
greater glare OF the American sun
which has in recent years been inten-
sified by reflection from smooth asphalt
streets. We have certainly larger aver
age Of dazzling days in America than in
Europe.
The United States Publishing Build
ing at the Paris Exposition under the
management of Mr.. Carpehart was in
augurated today with ceremony. The
American Ambassador was present and
an appropriate speech, The Edition OF
the New York Times issned its first
number. 1t has model newspaper plant
with Linotype machines and the very
latest improvements in press and folders.
The lightning rapidity with which a
paper can he set mp and printed and
folded will he surprise to many foreign
publishers. but perhaps not more of .
surprise than the clearness. rleanness md
beauty of the press work. Materially,
Continental papers are smutiy things.
After reading them you need to wash
the cheap ink off your hands. They are.
however. free from the viler smuttiness
which disgraces some American papers.
The New York Times has an office in
the Place de FOpera. the most central
locality in Paris. Here. American visit
ors register their names and here in n
reading room for the convenience of the
travelling American public can he found
latest editions of American papers
These are evidences OF Enterprise and
prosperity in paper that has for its
motto "All the news that is fit to print
To see that motto lifted and sustained