The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-07
copyrighted. 1900. by the Intermoun:

copyrighted, 1900, by the Intermoun-
tain Catholic)
Paris, France, June Is, 19O0.-The
opinions of the Exposition which 1 ex-
pressed in former letters to The Inter
mountain Catholic have been accentu-
ated rather than moderated by a great
er knowledge of the subject.
The Exposition is not finished; in
deed, from present appearances it is
safe to assume that when the gates
close on the first day of next Novem-
Der, many things about 1t will still be
in state of chaos. Today, over two
months since the opening, acres of
floor space are closed to the public.
Speaking of this deplorable situation,
the Paris edition of the New York
Times today remarks:
Inaugural festivities will doubtless
continue at the Exposition until the
gates are finally closed and Paris be-
comes Partisan once again, and resigns
itself to it's yearly tale of the winters
sleet and snow. Today, a full two
months since the opening. Prince Mo-
manned Ali Pasha, the brother Of
Egypt's Kkedive, inaugurated the
SeCIlOn- Anu Iney Sdy
the French are slow.
1t is fact that outside of the Fine
Arts building scarcely a single section
is finished at the present time.
Americans are paying more attention
to the sights in and about Paris than
they are to the Exposition, with which
they are keenly disappointed.
charlatans and fakirs with which Paris
abounds are greatly chagrined at the
wisdom which Americans display in
dealing with the average French rob
ber''-for this all thanks to the Ameri-
can newspaper men, who warned the
people through their respective papers
of what was in store for them in
Paris, should they permit themselves
to be imposed upon. The gracious
Pardon, Monsieur the condescending
"Sil vous plat" and the obsequious
''Merci' of the everyday highwaymen
here fails to soften the icy stare of
the alert American, whose purse
strings are being loosed for the neces-
saries of life, but for no more.
A great splurge is made over the fact
that tickets of admission to the Expo
sition can be had for dime. while at
Chicago the same were never obtain
able for less than half dollar. This
sounds very we'll. but if one desires to |
see the whole show it will cost consid- |
erably more.
The American papers arriving here
by the latest mails show that their
in Paris have looked |
upon this whole affair in about the
same spirit as have. The New York
Tribune arriving today contains the
following, which 1 heartily indorse:
Robert B. Roosevelt, uncle of Cover
nor Roosevelt, fresh from the Paris ex-
position, arrived home on the Holland
inc steamer Statendam today. 81 am
not a cynic and am usually easily
pleased said Mr.. Roosevelt when seen
1t his residence, 81 Fifth avenue but
hat exposition is the worst fake and
'raud that was ever perpetrated on
mankind.
1.-The papers were right when they
said recently that the American build
ng at the exposition was unsafe. 1t is
unsafe l don't care what is said to
he contrary, and 1 want to tell the peo-
de of New York that it is. I was
here on the opening day and know of
ny own personal knowledge that not
lalf of the people who wanted to go
nto it were allowed. The building was
lot more than half full at any time
md even then it was not safe. If all
he people who were turned back had
-ot in at once, the building, in my opin-
on, would have fallen. :
II do not blame Commissioner Peck.
don't know who is responsible for the
uilding being weak
Unless you have been to the EXPOSE !
ion you can't understand how Ameri-
ans are being robbed in Paris this :
ummer Really, it is the duty of some
ne to warn Americans to keep away
rom the Exposition, and 1 am going to I
AXE up that duty.
I'm the first place, it is worse than 6
Bowery-not as interesting as one of :
he most uninteresting shows on the
'owery. Everything about it is
AXE. l have read lots in the papers '
bout the wonderful spy glass that +
bowed the moon. l went to see this
py glass and found it pointed to a
lagic lantern. I detected the fake at e
nee, but went On just as did all 9TH il
rs and paid another franc to see an r
Their fake.
Before l went to the exposition .
llculated that a person could see the t
hole show for 300 francs. 1 discov- g
ed before 1 left that it cost just 1900 A
'ancs to see every fake. =
The art galleries are worth seeing, -
nd the American exhibits are as good '
) any. In fact, 1 can say from an I'M b
'ejudiced viewpoint, that they are f,
zen better than those of an other =
'untry except France, and they are as =
bod as those from France. Art crit u
s to whom L ts lked say that America b