Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-14
I ventured to inquire. remembering the

l ventured to inquire. remembering the
aside of my official friend.
Why. every use!'' replied the valiant
lady. Il think the American building is
comparable. In a way, to the women's build
ing at Chicago. because it is our center We
are to make the same use of it that we did
in Chicago"
People of the Press.
Really. what better use could be made Of
1t? This reasoning, which finds it absurd
to exclude the most beautiful half of hu-
mainly. applies equally to the inevitable
fate OF that other novel American conve-
nience, the publishers and correspondents
building. A celebrated Partisan, connected
with the administration of the Salon of
the Champs ElySees, once said to an Amer
lean painter: Your journalism proves that
you are great people. Why, every year
have at least $50 American women clam
oring for passes. all representatives of in
huential papers. But why so many lady
correspondents? There are scarcely 100
men," The answer of the American artists
remains classical: Because there are more
American women than men in Paris.
Now this year there are more of both
than ever, which accounts for (perhaps
slightly exaggerated) the estimate Of 1857
applications for permanent press cards
made to the American commissioners. the
girls only just holding their own against
the boys. These thousands must have
some place in which to be seen writing.
The publishers and correspondents build
ing, due to the combined genius of Mr..
Coolidge and Mr. Capehart, Is the spot for
them.
Generous Treatment.
repeat 1t, never was Travelled people
treated so generously by its government
abroad as the Americans this year at the
exhibition. Norway. China, South Africa,
Japan. England. Russia and Italy have not
publishers and correspondents buildings.
In this building, under the awe-struck gaze
of Europeans. two live American news
papers are to be set up and printed daily.
With the Paris Herald the Messenger and
the American Register this will make five
daily papers for Americans in Paris during
the exhibition. In the publishers and cor
respondents building the European public
will admire the splutterings of the type
setting machines. And. lastly, the impress
sive spectacle Of thousand or more Amer
lean special correspondents. from the rep
resentative of the Las Vegas Optic to that
of the Newtown Bucks county. Pa En-
terprise, all feverishly writing. writing.
writing, will complete the subjugation OF
the effete east.
Even now before the Brussels carpet is
laid IN the printing room or the correspond:
ents' rosewood roll-top desks have been set
up underneath the young foliage of the Es-
planade des Invalides, the building is
thronged by smart American girls in chip
hats and shirt waists, with their pretty fin
gers ink-daubed and tremendously impor-
tant airs. Young gentlemen in smart serge
suits and fraternity badges stand there.
smoking cigarettes impassfvely. 1t Is in the
Esplanade des Invalides Here, almost 100
years ago. the veterans Of the great Napo-
leon staggered after parade. waiting for
the order to go out and do more conquering.
Today their place Is taken, illustrating once
more the truth that the pen Is mightier
than the sword. STERLING HELLO.