The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-15
FIASCOS Of BIG FAIR ROMANCE OF A WRECK.
Absence of Royalty Causes Big
Disappointment and Loss.
MANY SIDE SHOWS FAIL
FAMOUS oUTRIDER GETS A NEW
POSITION.

Copyright, 1900. by the Associated Press. }
Paris, July 14-Parisians are beginning
TO realize that their calculation, based on
a series OF fetes attending the expected
visits, in close succession. of European
monarchs, is going t. prove stilIborn.
They believe the King of Sweden and the
Shah of Persia will come for a short stay
in months time, but that is all. The
car, whose absence is the greatest dis
appointment of all; Emperor William.
queen Victoria and the Prince of Naples
whose visits were spoken Of as certain,
VIII not visit the exposition. and after
the shah's departure, the mansion for
merly belonging to the late DR.. Evans
ihe famous American dentist. which is 50
1uXuFlOusly Noted up Tor receptions to
crowned heads, can close its shutters
The collapse of one Of the sides of the
exposition dearest TO their hearts is a bit
tef Pill Tor Parisians who throw the
Diane therefore mostly on the govern
ment, especially for the absence of the
car, who is popularity supposed TO be
Staying away on account of MS dislike for
President LOubet and the sOcialistic ten
dencieS OF the government.
ne absence of the royalties represents
a serious financial loss to the business
community of Paris who naturally count
ed upon rich. harvest out of the lavish
expenditure which the entertaining OF
these visitors would entail and also out
OF the money spent by the masses OF for
eign and provincial sight-seers attracted
10 the capitol by the celebrities.
Sideshows Are Failures.
Another exposition fiasco which has dis
gruntled numbers of Parisians is the
failure of majority of the side shows
which sprung up like mushrooms within
and about the exposition, and the con-
Structies. 81 most of which involved a
very heavy outlay.
This failure is partly due to the high
sums eXacted by the authorities for con
cessiOns and ground lots, while their prof.
its were estimated on sWarms of pleasure
seekers, who were expected to pay heavy
prices for a mediocre entertainment, or
for one lasting a quarter of a line of
those given in the ordinary theatres and
cafes in the city These expectations
nave not been realized. and many OF the
side shows see little better than ruin be-
fore them.
Unfortunately. they were chiefly formed
SiS public companies in which PdrtSidnS
largely invested their savings, ana the
latter now see their shares, Tor which
they paid 100 francs, standing anywhere
between ~ and 30 francs. Nearly 49.WJUj
francs are sunk in what prom
Uses to result, unless the situation radi-
cauy changes for the better in a smash.
Eleven shows alone represent. at the pres
ent bOurse quotations loss to the share
holders Of 10,Sl75O francs.
New Job for Famous Outrider.
The famous Elysee outrider. Montiar-
ret. who always preceded presidential
professions, and VINO was dismissed re-
Gently on account of a quarrel with
COachmdn in the courtyard OF the Elysee
palace. has been engaged by Count Bonl
Castellanc to ride at the head of his
SumptuouS equippage.
MOntiaTrCt was first engaged by Pres
ident CaSimir-Perier, and the handsome
figure he cut at the head of the cOrtcSc
made him the darling of the Partisan
crowds which always chcered him lus-
tily. Some of the Paris papers declare
that 1t was Il fact that his popularity out
shone that of President Loubet, and that
brought about his fall
Judged by the articles in the press
evoked by his dismissal, the latter at
tanned the proportions of great event.
AIontiarret's biography and portrait are
published as those of a celebrity of the
day