The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-06
EXPOSITION LETTER.
Written tor the Citizen. }
81 Rue Caumartin. Paris.

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| see from French paper. that
Paris Is expecting a visit from
the Rough Riders of the late war.
The paper explains that Colonel
Roosevelt (Sic) commandment of
the Rough Riders, promised the
soldiers of that famous battalion
that if they would fight we'll he
wouldtake them to the Paris En-
position, and thus stimulated by
that promise. they charged and
captured Santiago, and now Col.
Roosevelt will keep his word and
bring his Rough Riders to the
exposition. This | know will be
news to your readers and to Col
RooSevelt's Rough Riders.
When the Partisan visitor
passes through the Post Office
Department building at the
exposition. and sees the old stuff,
ed bay horse mounted by a dummy
rider with a mail bag. SLOUGH hat
aud leather breaches. the same
that has so long done duty in the
Post Office Museum at Washing
ton asa mail carrier of the early
days. he says: "Thcre is a Bocr >
aud remarked in an approving
tonc-'leS AmericaueS love much
lie Beers passes on to the next
mistake. The old mail coach of
fifty years ago, is in his opinion
the carriage Of General Washing.
ton. y bran new red express
wagon with a metal cage for
transporting money, bullion and
other precious articles, he thinks
IS for the conveyance Of wild
animals and prisoners. After all
what intdHtdiagc, to use French
word, was it to send these things
here. Even if fully understood.
they teach nothing, and. as mis-
understood, but confirm the pop.
Hlar European impression OF our
only half civilization.
Ut is not pleasant to have to
write so much in criticism of our
countrY'S appearance in this in
ternatlonal competition. but it is
important that the truth shall be
told. ! might easily gloss the
Facts and praise or advertise this
or that American exhibit. which.
as an isolated exhibit, is not with,
out merit but competitively is
dlStanced by the exhibits i'm the
same class of some very small
countries. For some reason we
are not "doing ourselves proudD
here This morning asked an
American exhibitor in the Hall
OF Varied Industries how he
thought our country would com.
pare with the surrounding coun.
tries. ~ regret to say we make
very poor show. Look, here we
are between England and Ger.
many. See what a fine exhibit |
Germany has. She had no more
ground space than we have. but
she has utilized it to build a sec.
ond story, while we have but one. !
Then look at the taste and rich
ness and value of her exhibits.
Ihey are worth at least three
times as much as ours.
Moreover, they have been set up
to produce their most impressive
effect. The English section,
which bounds us on the other |
SIDE, is also a very fine one.
Now look at ours. There on one
OF the best corners is a display of
about ten bushels of corn cob
smoking pipes. See here on the
main aisle, opposite to me, play
ing cards and stationery. There
another firm has paper bags. |
In my opinion, Tiffany's gold and
silver ware, Rockwood's, Of Gin
cinnati, pottery. and my display
are about the only creditable ones
In the American section. Pm an
American, and I'd like to make
the eagle scream but Pm keeping
very quiet.o 1t had not occurred
to me to class his exhibit among
the redeeming things of the Amer.
lean section. But most Ameri
cans who will talk express the
same opinion about the inferiority
of what America has to show
here i'll Paris, Our appropria-
ton was abundant, more than
any other country, with the ex-
ception of Germany, think, but
1t was a little slow coming, and
for that reason we were not able
to get the choice of location for
our machinery in the Champs de
Mars. When we got the appro-
priation, there was no untaken
space available except at Vim
cenneS. People have been say
ing: "Oh, go to Vincennes if you
wish to see the American ma
chinery." So, today | went to
Vincennes, and I'll never go
there any more. 1t is one hour
and thirty minutes from the main
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