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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-05-29
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y" <3t9 3>jfEtl1 S2S5. A}EH 40 :" 80
4 En- cpanto al germen, fructffero..
Ia inspiration, sdonde ncontrarla
mejor que en- la ostentaci6n extra :
vagante y desmora1izadora del di :,
rector Rathbone? ? HON bre de, oscar
sos medios, luchador polftico de
puesto secundario, J. crando mas,
empleado insignifcante det correos,
vue1vese por arte de magia' de Ia no,
che q la maf1ana, en- 81 xIeader. de
la sociedad <l1abanera Celebr6 fies:
.tas.aftsuntuosas,s.t rSuss :cuentas pa
saron por muchas manos Sus su:
borGinados supieron quesu casa, sus
mueblessy adm su ropa, y hasta los
farolitos yenecian osfque alumbraban
su morada las noches de los bales
esplendidos, todo sproced1a del 1teso
70 de Gnbas ~ La noticia circul6 err
cuchicheos de e1vidia, lIevando con
sligo ell fruto natural, aunque vicioso,
sde laimitaci6n. Estos innu merables
! sate elites " espias llegaron a, con:
I @vencerse de que el robo-es resultadO
de la imprudencia y del syalor, y. Sc
preguntaban 81 debfan ser virtuosos
mientras slos5demasz que les rodea-
ban en- este pequeno mundO Sc refo-
? cilaban en- festas y banquetes. ia
mas Sc ha visto, salg1n, case en- que
la tcausa y el efecto vayan mejor H.
gados que en- :el presente.
Siga la Investigation. El pals
auiere@y debe conocera todos las la !
drones, y todas sus picard1 as. - :
Ell CoRREsPoNsAL.
Washington, Il de Nj ayo. ...,,.
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numental, es decir, en- uno de los
bancos de las cercanfas, a respeta-
BILE distancia de la tai Puerta, por
que tengo idea de que la nina, esa,
que esta arriba del ~<monumento>,
Sc viene abajo ell mejor dia, y 10 que
es en- mi no Sc monta a caballo esa
nina, que es de libras y de cal y
canto. g. -l..s<.-,.. ..,..
Es Gu uesti6n de habito. ;. Siempre
que me EMBARGO observe que los pa.
sajeros Sc maravillan del barco al
entrar en- 81, y cantan alabanzas en-
honor del captain, que de golpe y,
porrazo les parece simpatico, inte-
ligente ilustradfsimo, aunque no
haya tenido tempo de abrir la boca,
mientras 20 registro el barco, me
ensayo un saliva vidas. anoto ell me-
jor sitio por donde podre escapar en-
case de naufragio, y luego subo a
cubierta a hablar NAL del barco y
del capitan, sin conocerlo. Al dia
siguiente todo el pasaje dice que. ST,
que Bonafoux tiene raz6n, y al final
del viaje solo SO oye exclamar de
popa 6 proa: .....
Este barco es una porqueria! !!
y ell captain sd6nde me le de
ia usted? iEs un sinvergtlenza!
-Dicen que ha cometido un ase.
sinato en- Haiti
Y al fin tengo que intervenir
para defender al captain.
mo tanto, no tanto, seno
resi-. -
L, BONAFOUX. .
Paris, 8 Mayo, 1900
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.Ay|luntaI1lieIlto .sz.. IL.
!: ! : de. d .dle. / San 5 ! Juan
zoesA} sol a1tsJ u rfre9rr -osl lfoa | 6ait:
Session de 'an0Che,

En- la session ordinaria celebrada
anoche por nuessro Concejo NUM-.
cipals Sc tomaron los .siguientes
acuerdoSt: i !7%<t!. s=sa-Ft'>i.>H 'fs HnHA,
4o' To- Que no continue la :obra| de
un edifcio que construy la Ma
rina Ia Conapanfa Puerto Rico To !
baccos hasta stanto no presten con-
fornidad q Has condieipnes puestas
por ell Arquiteeto Municipal y apro
badas por' Ell AYnfltatniento. '''.;5i17''|
]4inA}2odD(lue se tpidan infornaes a los
Inspeetores Atfunicipsles <respecto q
varios1 deudores por contribution fur
Ibana, para 'venir en- con nocimientoi si
procede e no exifnirles del .pago. o pom
I'D So ntSe} }nego la cond otaci6n de
eontribuciones solicitada por las pro
pietarias Sal vadora Cofrea y NADIA
ma Celina!!' $s1+;f&<at'. 7i' f'%@is #a
40 Fueron aprobadas variass
cuentas de gastos relatives a escne4
las, bom6eros y otras satenciones$
mas a.5fgT1-. flT51ITlA III
- sd Q1ad6 Seo mis- ionado ell Con
cejal Sr. Diaz Navarro para. que
avistandose con los sef1ores Ezquia
ga, propfetafios de la casa donde
existe 1a escuela gradual dc nif1os,
les indique que deben instalar en- la
misma varios 'inodoros que reclama
aauel edifcio. 3i7i1r:9 2. rs f5,a4.E.st
.II So Que eI tren de lavado de la
calle de San tJusto flevante mas la;
chinenea, asf como la de etros esta g:
blecimientos, para evita ar que ell hui
mo moleste y perjudiqu ef&slos veci
nos 'cercanOs. s5af f9aG H. sF&r!
i 10 Sc di6 1scuenta de una rela-
cion de efganado benefciado y -vendi.
osen los puestos7 reguladoress esta,.
blecidos en- elSMercadoi por ell NUM-
.cipio.}hz++ sss-- d. 5s,595t III
So F'ue aprobada la: contrata
del Teatro hecha por ell senior Mo-.
reno Santf.. -
I'a3@9o Iea fu9S1 negada la ipetici6n
hecha por ell Sr Moreno Santf r de
cobrar en- dollars la oeupaci6n del
. aTeatro para cualquier acto.;
~ 100 Que el referido senor Mo
reno Sant1 presto Ia tfanza .deffnitiva
del Teatro en- cedulas hipotecarias
del Acueducto 7'5f's 's''' ''0 =
flo Sc ,nombro Inspector Mu-
nicipal interino de Santurce a don
Fernando del Vale.
12o Que Sc requiera q don Ro
que. Paniagua repare. los tanques del
.Aeueductn ~1~ 80
de es+
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enCa:gul as?

S.. Llegan >hasta nosotros algunos
rumores. de iacontecimientos desa
gradables socurridos frecientemente
en- Caguas, con motive de la inaugu'
raci6n del Club de- la Colonia Espa
.nola de aquella ciudad, s '*'1'''
L AAunquelnos han comunicado al
gunos detalles de Los referidos aeon
tecimientos, esperamos tener Ia con
irmaci6n de ellos por .conducto de
nuestros sCorresp ponsaI, para impo'
ner D nuestros alectores, y no caer
en- exageraciones e
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La escuadra delJap6n Sc ocu-
pa actualmente en- hacer maniobras
militares. Ell simulacro 10 han eje-
cutado so barcos de guerra, y ell
|Empera dor los reviso en- la bahia
de Kobe. = = = - :
go. Ell Doctor Don Venanclo Abe
pIa Blaneo ha sido nombrado m6di
co titular de Fajardo.
Ha sido transferida para otro
dia Ia eelebracidn. del juicio oral
que, debioy tener; efecte eyer en- ell
Tribunal de, Distrito de San Juan,
contra Manuel Sanchez Cruz, por
eel supuesto delito de estafa.
E El Presidente de la Republica
chilena ha dictado una orden prohi
biendo la Importation su pals del
ganado proce dente de Argentina.
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81 81 II -Asfg II y
~~-o~.- r4u.AtdS. y
18o-, Sc acordo que 81 despues
de la IHqudaei ION que Sc sesta practi
icando de- las propiedades de Ia Pro
vincia, quedase algdn sobrante, Sc
gestioae 4lo squeI seas necesario per
este fmun'~ pioa para conseguir que
este producto quede para obras que
reporter q tilidad 4 este territorio,l ae
- !. .5.ia. - IL -. - = Il liz
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.,75.. Sabemos. r. que don Enrique
Huyke. So ocupa en- redactar unas
bases para Ia nueva legislation esco
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Circula la noticia de que entire
Ell Almirante~ de la escuadra inglese
del. extreme Oriente, y el Minstro
de Ia Gran Bretana zen Pekfn Sc ha
celebrado un a, in portante conferen.
scia:S Creese9 que : los Gobiernos de
Londres y Berlin obran de acuerdo
en- dos asuntos de China Il @,5....e.,-
Hoy Sc despachara para = los
Estados, Unidosg ele ,transporte anne
riceno Crook > tiG'
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"A s.:41pIee no spnp plicamas as eomunieades
fm que e., saan Ss pagados por adelan
eT3aaI Il g,e5 .4Es asfrs efsFt af4ss-
oaua se1s palabras. Sc cuentan por
Tnnas Aneaf Ssy &afa sf1DeAfVal diez cen.
tavos. -
les eartas q he vengan con comu-
n,eados sinsu imports no Sc contes-
tan. IL
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rf10T[I;CIAS,;:::: / / S: !:

s>..st<tEl consul Esp pafol ha enviado'
a la, ,Secretaria de Estado varios do.
cumentos del s1bdito deusu nacion
joaquin Alarc6n yimenezpt p Idle ndo
indulto, estando ,preso porI6 m9ses,
por disparo de armas de fuego. - ~.
81 orr Ell Ayunta1niento de Camuy
7pide al g obierno que Sc ordene te
ner abiertas las 'e$cuelas 5durante el
verano, 81 bien linitando las horas
de clase a las della mafana. ,Azt ,
~. Nos dicen de ICatano que Sc file
ell Ayuntamiento de Bayamon sobre
Ia reclamation que, ehace .un vecino
de aquel poblado, Ide IN. solar en- la
icalle de las Flores que, ha prescrito
va ,el termino que senala Ia ley para
fabrication. n f:.,r.,,....,,. - = r,
n5t... sEl ioyen Don Rafael. Molina
Jris ha. estado, en- .esta ,redaccion a des
pedirse para M6xico y nos suplica le
despidamos de sus amigos.
Dfcese4 que los beers en- estos
1ltimos dias han hecho una terrible
carniceria en- ePekfn entire los chinos
pasadps Ealacristianisno, por euyo
? nnotivoel Gobier4no Adel Imperio ha
enviado fuerzas suficientes para re
primir los desmanesir I'll i
III Frank Dams Diaz, ,desde San
Juan Bautista, Estado de ITabasco,>
Repdb1ica de Mex co, Sc ha djrigido
al Seeretario de Estado, de esta Is.
la, manifestandole que fue senten.
ciado a21 'meses. de prisi6n, por bo
rrachera y desordenes, y no siendo
possible obtener justicia y creyendo-
Sc ciudadano americana, pide pro
teccion.i Dice que era marine o de
Ia goleta <Rita Cues'y que es 'natu
ral de Puerto Rico. Ell Secretario de
Estado Eha pasado este escrito al
Attorney General para su decision. :
str.,5,s; El consul, de Portugal en- San
francisco. de California, r senior De
Sousa Canavano, esta siendo objeto
en-, dicha ciudaa de- amenazas cons;
tantes,. habiendose icolocado en- la
puerta de su morada un cartucho de
dinamita.. Al pueblo le es repulsivo
1dichlo l1iell representantte 4,fa{ "tH 4.4
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Francis 60 Vale clio
4
ABOGAIoO
p. ::>s. r;s' II t}5>1: otHUNACAO
e ..s...5s IS
La correspondence s Yabucoa.
-. ','''''' 1910 Pm. a
V;':ISO.

Pongo en- conocimiento del
pdblico que, nc reconocere ninguna
cuenta que no haya ;sido contraida
por eI que suscribe 8 mi apoderado
general mi hijo' don jose G Coma,
lez Machdo,: tl@ 3t5952 E
..: Camuy Mayo, Il de 1900.
Juan A. .Gonzalez
-:'E3}Sir "a S-S.
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= La profesora de Lares, senori-
ia Isabel French, Sc propone en-.
barcar en- breve para los Estados
Unfdos. f4i:..!ss
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Londres y Berlin obran de acuerdo
enlosEg assuntos de ChinaCi >,g.,s.1... 49,, =
Hoy Sc despachara para = los
Estados, Unidosg els transporte anne
riceno Crook , +lG
PARIS BAZAAR pePepRO
G1uSTI. Sc ACADIA de recibir un
espllendido surtido de. polvetas de
cristal Bohemia, desde Ia mas peque
ma, propia para avfos de bautismo,
hasta la de mayor .tamaf1o. Sc reali
zan a precios nunca vistos
En- figuras de biscuit para ador
nos de salas y tocadOres hay tam
bien un bonito surtido.
.,.f ..z Se esta. esperanto. una gran
r:emnesa de <Abanicos Japoneses.,
t,t,7i Ell domingo pasado ha desapa-
recido de la casa donde estaba aco-
gida la nina Santos Fuentesf de!
doce amos de edad que vivia en- Pta'
de TERRA en- casa de Aurelio Llano
y. habiendo venido q la, !ciudad un
mandado no retcrn6 g. la casa. Els
blanca de pelo rubio yviste traje-
negro, Sc suplica al que 'tenga
notlclas de ella informe'' Aurelio
-LlanO>' ..+.-.Git &f.s ,:}. ''i'' -.
Algunos ing1eses y odciales Sc
dirigieron q una fnca cerca de
K ] krocnstadt, en- dolde 'fotaba una
bandera de paz y al 1legar su
cercan1a, aigunos <ooers> ALI escon-
didos hicieron fuego los visitantes,-
nnatan9o dos soldados, hiriendo dos
ofciales y hacienda prisioneros al
resto de los excursionistas
Sigue: ell :. hambre. causando in
nnmerables victinias,, en- Ia India.
eCentenares de personas cruzan el
pals en- todas direcciones en- busca
de alimentos. Temese, con este mott
vo graves confitos > a.s
' La profesora de Lares, senori-
ia Isabel French, Sc propone em-
barcar en- breve para los Estados
Unfdos. t1t:a!es
A "A, 1y,oo W. ho o,,a1
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~ .Actualmante' Sc hayan 'parai
zados los trabajos de la carretera
de elJuana Diaz. ~; = ,atc,s.s
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oEL HuEyOsBAZAR SD N Francisco 40 -:
Pomada vaselina frasco 50. 10
Jab6n Heliotropo MA uno 20. O8,
Jab6n Violeta y Rosa uno go. 10 :,
Jab6n Vioris ryasr'' 49, uno 20. 40
Jab6n Turco uno 20. .O5:
Jabon de Borax uno 80. Is +
Jab6n dentrffico uno 20. 80 T.
Polvos para limpi ar Ia
plata Nh ill., / GAIA 80. 25 j
MENDEZ & Co 20 San Francisco,
90 90
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:.1... Fl joyen Don Rafael. Molina
ris haf yestado, en-. .esta redacci6n a des
pedirse para Mexico ynos suplica le'
despidamos de sus amigos,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27
BAD FOR THE HAIR.
Experts Say Tobacco Smoke Causes
the Tresses to Grow Thin.
New York Times.)


1t seems that all the nice, comfortable
and good comradeship things that
women like to do-that is. some women
are Just the things they can't do
Without bad results. That nice, pretty
young wife who sits by her husbands
side while he smokes and holds the
matches or his cigars and pipes and
tells him how she loves the smell of
smoke in her Darlor curtains, and that
the OdOr IS much more attractive than
that of viOlets when it fingers in her
hair, as Il is sure to do, if she stays
long in the room in the smoke, has got
TO give up this amiable habit of hers
if she wishes to keep her hair and not
become entirely bald.
There was one young woman, model
Of wifely devotion and with all the
good traits a nice, comfortable wife
should have, who was obliged to go to
the hair dresser's the other day to con-
suit an expert upon what could be the
matter with her beautiful tresses. She
had an unusually beautiful head of
hair, long and thick and curly. and
beside which the hair of the seven sis
ters who use a certain hair restorer or
Dreserver and adorn windows to show
its results was a candle to an electric
light. All this beautiful hair was COM
the trouble. But the hair expert could.
1t was all tobacco smoke. He said that
it was very bad for the hair, and that
if the young wife persisted in assisting
her husband in his daily smokes she
would be very likely to lose it all.
Times are becoming very hard for
woman. She can't rock her baby now,
because the doctors say if she does she
will addle its poor little pate. She can't
cuddle It up to her or let it sleep with
her, because that it unhygienic. She
mustn't take it up when it cries, for il
she does it will lose character and self
control, and now she can't even help
her husband to smoke.
Doctors have been saying for a long
time that she was running her eyes, her
nerves and her temper with fine sew
ing, and what is a poor woman to do?
It is no wonder she goes into politics
and woman suffrage.
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ported from England, else a member
of the shopkeeper's firm or family, who
has made it a business TO acquire the
ever extending AnglO-SaXOn tongue,
and aside from the comfort of nego-
tiating her purchases in her own Ian
guage, the American woman likes the
fiattering attention and courteous
gratitude that attends her smallest
purchase.
In Paris the politest salutatiOns be-
tween purchaser and salesman or wo-
man are exchanged, and this is ex-
pected in the big as well as the little
shops and what at first shocks and
amazes while it eventually pleases the
traveller from the states is the posi-
bility of beating down prices on some
occasions and the temptation to buy
on Sunday. 1t is along the Rue de Riv-
oil and the Palais ROyale, where the
enticing imitation jewelTy, photo
graphs, etc, are sold, that the keen
thrill of getting a thing at less than its
ticketed price may be enjoyed and
haggling is reduced to a fine art. Lit
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The Old Mans Advice
CTft-Bits.)

My boy, said the old man. kindly, as
he poked his head through the back
parIOr doorway, about II p. m, where his
prospective son-in-law, Charles, sat court
ing Eliza, with the gas turned on full
force, are you aware that the moon IS
shining brightly this EVENING" Just see -
and the old man turned the gas out Just
observe, my boy, how the moons yellow
rays light up this room. Truly, it is a
glorious spectacle. But come with me a
moment; have something in the cellar
that / wish to show YOU.
Then the old man took a bulI s-eye Ian
tern and led the way down the cellar
stairs, closely followed by Charles.
My boy, said he, softly as they
reached the cellar, Il know you love
Eliza with all the strength of your noble
heart. and you love to meet her often.
and let me say that / have no objection
( whatever to you doing so. / simply re-
quest your presence in this cellar that I
I might give you a much-needed and useful
7 lesson In economy Observe young mau.
the little box over in the corner"
Here he turned the light of his bulls
eye full upon the aforesaid box.
Well that's a gas meter, and every
time that little pointer wbirls round the
] space of that dial il means three shillings
/ six nearer the work house for me- That s
all Charles. Now we will ascend. and
I hereafter when the moon is shining you
will not forget my lesson in economy.
viii you? Remembe-. my boy, to meet
ner by moonlight costs nothing but to
meter by gas light is quite another at
/ fair, Good night Charles; the moon is
/ still shining, | see
Then the old man skipped blitheiy up
the stairs 10 bed
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er at the back than in the front, and
fastened not by a buckle, but by q
length Of ribbon run through two rings
and tying in a small trig bow.
Neck Scarfs.
''In the afternoon 1 propose to wear,
in place Of the stiff collar, a long neck
scarf Of the softest white nainsooh or
liberty silk frilled at either end, wound
twice about the neck and tied under
the chin in a baw with ends that flut-
ter To the waist line. Ny afternoon
shirt waists are of figured white cham
bray with very short. full white frills
at the wrist, and then my skirt is of
sheer white lawn with plenty of lace
and ruffles at the foot.
When over all this I hold a parasol
of liberty satin having big black vel
vet bow at the ferrule end and a pink
crystal ball at the tip of its white
enamel stick, L am arrayed for any
event of the afternoon and the picture
Of cool comfort
For a Garden Party.
"Oh. you young girls!" sighed the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27

French Doliteness is a tradition
warmed over from the last century,
or it is an accomplishment left out of
the education of the lower classes, re-
marked an American girl just back
from the other side. IF it were not
for the exposition and the necessity Of
making it pay out of the pockets Of
foreigners, l don't doubt that Paris
would soon become too warm to hold
many English speaking individuals
who have a natural objection to being
held u on the street and catechised
as 10 their nationality and sympathies
in the South African affair.
That is a common, everyday occur
renee in the city famous for good man
ners. whose ninety-nine out of every
hundred citizens detest England. Of
course there is a gOOdly number out
of any ninety-nine who are too busy
and too polite to stop and conquer
every limb of the Anglo-SaxOn race
they meet, but down among the little
shOpkeepers and in the humber quar-
ters Of Paris there is a degree Of ill
feeling toward the English displayed
too frankly and too frequently to be
overlooked.
Naturally enough, the American girl
10 OAbNlA A+AC NAAAAdPlig NaClAAll VI 5AAN7
and insults offered by pseudo BOer
symDathiZeTs who read the Partisan
yellow journals, who regard all English
speaking persons as British subjects or
who don't mind sassing an American
anyway, because of such bygOnes as
the Spanish war and the feeling in the
United States for DTeyfus.
"Then the American girl takes the
risk of these contretemps by her fond
ness for running about in couples or
sole alone, proving into Out-of-the-
way shops and restaurants and indUlg-
ing her appetite for the picturesque by
haunting the quaint and narrow streets
of ancient Paris. There is where she
is daily and sometimes hourly ehal-
lenged by lazy, hOt-headed lOafers,
whose favOrite diversion is to spring
suddenly in her way and insolently de-
mand
.Vous etes Anglaise?" or dramati-
cally hiss: A has les Anglaise.'
LAS a rule he repeats these phrases
for a few steps and then slouches off or
goes back to his glass of absinthe, but
sometimes he is not discouraged by
frigid contempt, and it is hardly com
Portable sensation to be logged a quar-
ter of a mile, through some street
where cabs rarely penetrate, and An
glO-SaxOn chivalry is unknown, by an
unshaVen, fery-eyCd creature. who
shakes his fist at you while he INDUCES
in language of which you happily don't
know the translation.
''It is useless to stop and explain that
you are not English, and euDhonisti-
calIy suggest that he mind his OWE
business because that is SO much oil on
the flame, and crowd gathers, and If
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27
FURIOUS PARTISAN MOB
SPAT UPON AMERICAN GIRL

woman came hurrying back along the
path, spat fairly and squarely IN the
pretty Americans face and WhiSked
away through the shrubbery.
For my own part, what annoyed me
most was the rarely failing query in
the big shops; rs madam English or
American? and What does madame
think about the cruel warp Such ques-
tons were certainly irrelevant to the
business and conversation about spring
hats and pink paraSols, but l could not
help noticing an increase of good will
in the salesman'S or wOman'S manner
so soon as / announced my nationality.
It IS off the beaten track of foreign
shoppers that these questions must be
answered d;screetlY.
When an old woman on little
street off the Avenue de Suffrin asked
which way my sympathies were given
and 1 reckIessly said / thought the
British were right, l was bundled out
of her dusty den in short order, and
told that there was nothing there for
me to buy.
"Of course, France could not and
would not go to war with England, but
for all that any visitor to Paris can
see sufficiently violent feeling displayed
by the lower classes to require all the
common sense of the upper to keep 1t
under cOntrOl. Just 1Of curiosity L
would occasionally buy a copy of La
Patrie, the little yellow evening sheet.
sold broadcast among 'the poorer and
working folk. ] bought it chiefly to
read Francois COppee's editorials. Mind
you. he is representative of all that is
best in modern French literature and
cultivation, and his powerful argument
runs that all who fail to sympathize
with the Beers are friends of England;
all friendly to England necessarily be-
lieve in Dreyfus and all supporters of
Dreyfus are arch enemies of France.
1T is arguments of this sort. coming
from so high source, that work like
madness in the brains of Parisians
who are so excitable and so pitifully
ignorant that one woman assured me
the United States lay right next the
Transvaal That is what renders it IN
pleasant for Americans and English in
Paris, while as for native Parisians it
is distinctly dangerous to profess but
one way of feeIine.