The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-07-11
OUR PARIS EXPOSITION LETTER
special to The Mountaineer.

IS expecting visit from the Ron,
y hluers OF the late war. The paper g
plains that the Colonel Roosevelt (si
commandant OF the Rough Rider
promised the soldiers of that famo,
paetaliVn that II they would fight we
, ne would take them to the Paris a.
position, and thus stimulated nv th,
, promise they charged and CAPTURE
! santiago and now Colonel Rooceye
| WI Keep his word and bring his roug
, rluuerS TO the Exposition. This kpo,
VIII De news to your readers and +
GOV: Roosev1lts Rough Riders.
When the Partisan visitor passe
through the United States post oflic
department building at the EXpositioy
ana sees the old stuffed bay bors,
mounted by dummy rider with mai
oag, slouched hat and leather breecbes
.he same that has so long done dutv ir
vne post ONCE museum at Washington
as nial irGarrler Oh the early days, he
s&ys-; There is {, Boer" and remark,
ing in an approving tone-"les Ameri.
canes love much the Boersn ;SSssas on
10 the next mistake. The old mail STAGE
| coacn OF hlty years ago, is in his opin.
ION the carriage Of General Washing
Ton; "A bran new red express wagon
win metal cage for Transporting
money bullion and other precious arti
cies, he thinks is for the conveyance nf
"ild animals or prisoners After all
"nat lnfantalage, to use French
word, was 1T to send these things here
hVen II fully understood, they teach
ootnlng, and, as misunderstood, but
confirm the popular European impres.
sion OF our only NATURALIZATION.
IL Is no. pleasant to have to write so
nj iniC ~
pearance in this international competi.
tion, but it is important that the trntb
snail be told. | might easily gloss the
facts and praise or advertise this or that
American exhibit, which as an isolated
eAhlolt Is not without merit, but com
PetltlVely Is distarced by the exhibits
IN the same class oil some very small
countries. For some reason we are not
- doing ourselves proud here. This
morning | asked an American ex.
h'bltor in the hall OF Varied Industries
now he thought our country would |
compare with surrounding countries, |
regret TO say we make very poor
snow. LOOK, here we are between Ger.
many ana england. See what fine
eShloit Germany has. She had no more
srouuu space than we have, but she
mas utilized IT to build second story
while we have but one. Then look at
The taste and richness ard vane of her
9xhloits. They arc worth at least three
lines as m'lcn rs ours. Moreover, thcv
nave oeen set up TO produce their most
impressive c lie ect. The English section,
~hlch bounds us on the other side. ia
slso very line one. Now LOOK at ours
mere on one OF the best corners is a
display OF about ten bushels of corn cob
pipes. See here on the main
.isle, opposite me playing cards and
CaIlonary. There another firln has
PAPER oags. In my opinion, Tiffany's
,oll ana silver ware, Rock woods. of
jlnclnna,l, pottery, and my DISPLAY
,re ABOUT the only creditable ones in
nc american section. Pm an Ameri-
an and ia like to make the eagle
cream, but Pm keeping very quiet" II
ad not occurred to me to class his ex.
lolt among the redeeming things of
ne American section. But most A NOR.
cans VINO Will talk express the same g
plnlon ABOUT the inferiority of what a
lmerlca mas TO show here In Paris (
'ur appropriation was abundant, more +
nan any other country, with the excep- q
on OF Germany, | think, but il was a ]
tile slow coming and for that reason @
.e were not able to get choice OF loca- |,
on Tor our machinery in the Champs f
MARS. When we got the appropria. b
on, there was no untaken space avail t
ole except at Vincennes. People have r
cen saying oh go to Vincennes If D
ou wlsh TO see the American machin- c
ry. so, today | went to Vincenues,
nd III never go there any more. II is
ne hour and thirty minutes from tho s
laln exposition, which in terms OF dis y
tnce ought to be thirty or forty miles Il
Is most uncomfortable getting there; =
no one goes unless at.
'actcu by u iote, an automobile race.
: athletic sports. After aliehtino
ON the nearest station. walk of "A
all mule Is necessary to find the Amer ,
an machinery building, which is nei-
Ter large nor very interesting as to its I
'ntents. Those who are particularly
lterested In the special classes Of :
merlcan machinery exhibited there,
III douotless go out to Nincenncs, but 1
40 not helieve there were half dozen
sltors there besides myself and the
lace Is practically inaccessible TO hun
reds OF skilled French workmen who,
ME they might not buy American
achinery, would like to see and study
. There is at Vincennes a large trans.
)rtation exhibit consisting of sections
trains OF cars with dining and
coping cars. None from America.
urope has made great progress in the
st twenty years and while the style
'd arrangement are totally different
ON ours, they are not inferior 10 ele.
'nce and comfort. was especially i'm.
'essed with the Russian exhibit In this
ctlon. The third c.ass car had every Il
'nvenience OF the first class car. but :
IS less luxuriou5ly furnished, and the \
IRA class compartment was convert I
lie into sleeping space for seven while +
le hrst class compartment OF the same Il
re was limited to four sleeping bertbs.
the third class, the travellers, al wavs /
usslan peasants, are expected to fur v
sh their bedding or blankets. Rus. b
an, like other European railroad sys. |
ms, are first OF all military, and these c
,nveniences for sleeping la every car +
Ill greatly conduce to the comfort and II
saith OF the soldier and to his fl tness
hghting machine. 1t would not be II
ilicult to speedily convert our freight il
'rs into a double tier OF sleeping b
'rths on the Russian plan, and for t
ansportlng an army over long dis $
'nces they would be far more com. s
'rtable than the ordinary cara OF the
nited States railroads. t
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