West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-27
OUR PARIS LETTER.
The President Of France Becoming
Popular With the People.
Seine Statisiics About the Great Paris
Exhibition OF 1889.
IRON our Regular Correspondent.

IRON our Regular Correspondent.
Paris, france. September 18th. LOOM.
Loubet. the President of France. makes
frequent visits TO the Exposition. aud is as
Tar as possible impartial in the distribution
of his distinguished presence. lie has
made two or three visits to the American
Pavilion. OF course IL is always known
when he is to arrive. but. unfortunately
on Que occasion the United States Com
missioner failed to be present to
receive him. aud arrived only after the
President, of France had departed. Presi.
dent Loubet is no taller than President
Mckinley aud will fall dera bly, below
him in avoirdupoise, He has genial.
wrinkled face white hair and beard
There is nothing distingue in his appear
ance or manner, but he is doubtless a good
man and bids fair to be as popular as his
predecessors Carnot and Faurc lie is
Industrious and scrupulous in performing
his duties, official and social is ever ready
To sign his name make speech. grace n
function, pin a medal OF the Legion of
Honor on soldiers breast aud embrace
that soldier with the same French fatherly
cordiality, whether he be private in the
ranks or an officer whose family is as old
as the history OF France. lie was not
popular when first elected. and the storm
OF approbuum with which he was received
on entering Paris and the cowardly assault
upon him in Bots dc Boulgne few DAYS
thereafter would have driven weaker
man To dependency or resignation. lie
has held on. and his calmness. frmncss.
simplicity and sincere devotion to duty
have won over the tickle. boistcrous Gle.
ment in Paris that has too often Influenced
French history aud policy.
Police statistics relating 10 the PARIS
Exposition OF 1880 show that in that year.
in May. June. July, August, September and
October the people stopping at the Paris
hotels numbered 1851 The largest
numbers were from the following nationali.
ties England. $4,000; United States,
fiS,ooo' Belgians. 725.4oo; Germans, 100.
ooo' Swiss. $4,000; Italians ssooo. There
we're only 1000 Russians. This year IL Is
expected that 100000 will come from
Germany alone, and II the United States
sent $4,000 here in 1880 IL is fair to esti.
mate an attendance of perhaps 10000
from America to the 1900 Exhibition The
number OF exhibitors In 1880 was 90. 600, to
whom 33,i39 prizes and awards were dis.
tributcd. In 1880 $500, ooo persons passed
the turnstiles, of which number a.7a,, 100
entered with exhibitors cards and free
admittance. The average daily attendance
In 1880 was IS2ISs. The average daily at.
tendance at the present Exhibition is
running over 100000. The greatest at.
tendance In 1850 was the closing day, Octo.
Der erd, when 3ss377 people passed In.
The smallest attendance was May 10th.
1880, with 3o.osa.
While in Paris. we get our American
news as best we can. The French papers
have column Of foreign news NonreHcs ae
bcf'ongcr and when there is big fire in the
United States or Presidential election,
We find the incident stated in a few lines In
the Paris papers. but when times are dull
In the Western Hemisphere, we look In
vain for mention of les Flats Unis, ms our
country Is called In French The New
York Herald publishes small daily i'm
Paris. but IL has not much American news
except OF sporting. automobile racing,
yachting character. The New York
Times. Paris Exposition edition. is a very
good paper and the American exile will
find more home. sweet home. matter in IL
than in any paper. but the Times is, be:
liovc, temporary enterprise and will not
be published after the close OF the Fair.
The London daily papers reach Paris in
about twelve hours after they are pub.
lished. They give the news OF the world
in general. and the British Empire in par.
ticular. and are edited in an admirably
temperate and dignfed spirit When
there Is anything important going on in the
United States. you will find a reliable ac.
count OF H. aud day.of judgment editorial
about IL In the London papers.
From an exhibit here. building OF the
Eiifel tower. ! get the impression that glass
will play an important part in the architcc.
ture OF the future. II can be used in place of
wood, metal or thing in many places and
has high decorative value. For both
rooms, mantel-picces. stair cases. IL has
long been used by the French. Whole
sides OF a small room arc often covered
by large mirrors. thus relieving the
cramped effect by reflection. Glass is or
ought to be cheap. especially in America
aud think the multiplication OF mirrors
will improve the artistic and aesthetic
taste Of our people I may be mistaken,
but il has occurred to me more than once
that one cause Of France pre.eminence
in fashion. style and art was the n ultlplici.
~ OF her looking glasses large. fine and
everywhere
The mold OF fashion and the glass Of
form" Shakespeare says somewhere.
May IL not be that these French men and
French women who constantly see them.
selves as Others see them, physically. at
least, have by centuries OF self-criticism
(call II self admiration II you win and
posing evolved that specifically exquisite
thing in style which VIC call. no matter
when or where VIC see H. French BY the
way. was talking with ono Of the largest
dress goods buyers In New York who
comes here twice year. not to buy for the
American trade. as he told me. but simply
to get ideas and import few samples for
American manufacturers to adopt and
initiate. we no longer import in any
quantity from Paris" he said. we can
make the articles better and cheaper al
home, but We arc still dependent in degree
on Paris for suggestions. IDEAS and
styles