Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
AN AMERICAN HOST
Paris is Overrun With Visitors From
This Country.
THEY ARE EASILY RECOGNIZED
A Constant Source of Wonder
to the French People.
ABLE TO PAY THE PRICE

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
PARIS June t. 1900
Tho French can,taI ia swaruinp with
Aor.o., 49,. -, A. ~ a,nst,,o,, on
Aiiei ieaiS JUST NOV" "a. 'i'e eNpo,.'ioi' VI.
the bouleVards. at all the SHOW places OF
the city. In the cafes. the restaurants and
,. -, -, -. ,art IL .ha
ere'S '"' Nie ~
MIDST OF the Cosmopolitan crowd Whch the
exposition has brought to Paris our coun-
try folk are easily recognizable even by
their exterior appearance. The women
stand out in any crowd by reason Of their
fine figures. regular features. easy air and
stately walk. What magnificent woman.
A stranger? Hmm. Must be Amert-
caine," you will hear an old Partisan say. rs
he sips his absinthe on the boulevards be-
fore dinner, watching the passing Of the
eternal procession And in very truth the
a,,ar,o.i,o hos h,>o,sbt nr.Ic,,,,, touch
-. ''o .,a., -
Oh lresh' quleuy independent halutaihes
and individuality into a city where the most
beautiful women are often spoiled by their
nade-up affectedness and coqu.rttish airs.
But in their owr way the American men
are quite as ;listinguishable here this year.
They are picked out in moment from the
immense concourSe of visiting strangers by
their determined. clean shaver faces, their
get there walk. by tho broad white hats
with which most of them have elected to
punctuate Paris by tter double breasted
jacket-coats and by tho thn-legged trou-
sers that most of them wear
French ignorance of America despite all
the writers who have been at work discov-
ering us In past years, remains cxtraordi-
narily dense This year. however the
American citizen is leaving such a mark
on the cap,tal that. probably before the
exposition has pulled in its last American
dollar the peopla will have ceased to ac-
cept the works of Feninore Cooper much
read in translation. as accurate Transcripts
VI oui oa1iS hie
NO Use TOT "uioe"'
one class OF farls!ans mas a!reaay iouho
reason to revise us OPINION OF our traVehhs
folk Formerly the tourist American was
the pet customer OF the scruhby guides
those plaques OF Parls VINO taiR little ot
every language under the sun and poster
the innocent stranger to death with their
entreaties to be a flowed to show him round
the great city in five minutes, five hours or
Ave days. according TO the length of milor's
stav The American was generally in
hurry. and he always had lots of money.
Ea naid the s,,ides at generous American
rates, and put big commissions into their
nncke.s nv h,1ying ALI SORTS of souvenirs at
stores which thew indicated But this time
the Americans have not merely come for
few days stay during a hasty scramble
through Europe They are going to stay
a n,ontb two n,onths tha whola exposition
season And the national love of doing
things oneself comes uppermost. The
American brushes the guide away and
hiunders leis,Irely round the city and its
shows with his Raedecker and his CONVEX
sational manual for his only assistants. So
ons suues wren o,,es sec .i,s ,n..i. effart
70 do h,sinass Tbev nrohahIv think in
common with a large part of the French
nation. that the Americans are all ruined
by the war win SPAN. anu are uo,ns 'heA
own so'''ns iioi'A i'io'''e' y. oe''
GROWING interest IN Art
In the picture galleries and museums our
country folk are gaining a reputation for