New-York tribune., 1900-09-24
THE PASSING THRONG.

VI H Contant. OF Chicago. who has Just returned
from European trip. when seen at the Waldorf
Astoria yesterday expressed him
DISAP- self greatly disappointed at the
POINTED Worlds Fair in Paris. 1t IN
AT THE way compares with the Chicago
PARIS FAIR Fair" said Mr.. ContanL The
buildings scattered not very
attractive In the main, and the whole thing strikes
you as being decidedly second rate. Continental
Europe is not giving it much support. England IS
practically boycotting II. and II It for the
Americans believe it would close its doors. Amer
overflow with them, the streets are fun OF them
; aHdIng Room only. Financially the tair Is SAID
70 % a failure; the regular price OF tickets IS
ard on some nights even more Yet the street
fskirs w! sell you tickets any time for p sen-
Government, however, bat upon the concession
thIs fair would o. the most widely attended one
cessonaires fen all over themselves in their desire
to ger space and gave al soTts Of fancy prices 70
Government has their good money, and. the far
little chance OF getting IT back Then TOO the
ehafses the ParIsians are induigtng N are some ne
bring about g5 and sveTv otheT bIessej thas in
ton The theatres are fe-rful Instead OF setting
and i you so TO a French theatre today II IS
Of which you wearied decade ago"
The FoIes Bergsres has always heretofore been
UP 70 date" Mr.. Cortant continued, yet the night
went there my ears ass1I-ed
FRENCH by Louisiana Lou sung oy an
HATRED OF American concert hall artist with
ENGLAND. a decidedly cracked voice The
enmiry OF the French for the Eng
Hsh is positively disease. They think row Chat
they made a great mistake in not coming TO
an open rupture with England long ago. especially
over the Fashoda affair. They think this because
OF the poor showing the English have made in
South africa If the Beers could give them such
Z ught the FrenChmen argue, 'wnaj could We not
Delle France So calatcal - their hatred OF the
Elztsn and openly do they proclaim Il rhat
Ve-I.y believe THAI = u had not tOr the fdlr
France might have declared England this
she bases her hopes on E-islauds show NJ IN the
/ BOer war. and thar is tlat n this war England
could not bring her magnificent navy into Play,
wheI eas in case she fought France she could use
l. uOsl effectively.
This snti-EnsIIsn feeling led 70 an amusing in
cident while 7 n Pans 4 NeWYork doctor,
caly, vas ed one o. The cetFs. The coctor.
formerly a famous football player and Stlu an
athlete. has q haDit o. sitting wei down n his
/ cLsir, which makes him APPEAR when AT table a
great deal smaller than he really is On this par
ocular day some TTeuSlmea adjoining "a ble
got into dispute a 10 whether ne was m Eng
Nshman or an American II est Angais main
tai1ed Non. il est Americana. persisted the
ether. Finally one OF he group went over 70 my
friend and touching him The shoulder, asked
him whether Re was an American or an English
heard the dispute, II so happens = an AneT1-
car. But what I want 20 know Sand here he
rose 10 his tuu height. which is six feet three
an Engiishmsn American The whole party
o. FTeuChuen made their exit from that cafe with
I more speed than dignity