Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-28
TRIP TO POlSSY.
Side Excursion Enjoyed by the
Maine Tourists.
Mysterious miss S" Likely to Sue
coed Nordica and Eames. IA
The ryI o.il on's Coal Mine ard lis Amerit an
Corn Kitchen.

why can't we make a trip round the
world?" questioned w. regretfully,
looking backwards with longing eyes
at the great globe seemingly suspended
in mid-air, around the surface of which
ran narrow green track for fascinating
little cars to follow. There was a sig
nificants pause before +. answered i'm
pressiveS. Because it isn't finished ;.
There is one thing we know is com
pleted and visit to ii will be inter-
esting and instructive. not a common
combination cried w. briskly, with
renewed enthusiasm, and that is the
subterranean mines. The instant we
left the entrance behind, We began the
sharp descent down, down into the
bowels of the earth, the darkness being
relieved by many electric lights. Coal
was ingeniously packed overhead. and
at the sides, giving the impression of a
vertable coal mine. Figures of miners
so life like as to make questioning them
Il matter of course, drilled and picked
the coal. which was packed in baskets
and then emptied into cars and pro-
peeled out of sight by electric engines.
The workings of the salt. lead, copper,
gold and silver mines We're each shown,
the implements and machinery used,
all giving a most thorough object les
son Surely. there can be no more
opportune moment for visiting the
Corn Kitchen we both agreed, as We
emerged from the depths. 1t is not
difficult to find this upstairs counter in
the Champs de Mars. where for the
wonder and delectation of the world,
corn is served in all its delicious va
ricty. Pale golden squares Of corn
cake, hulled corn and milk, snowy piles
of popped corn; in every conceivable
way is this most American of products
exhibited After we had partaken
freely and without price, with true
western hospitality one and all urged
us Ito come again, to come often. or
certainty. from no representative Of
any land save that of the stars and
stripes could such bounty be obtained.
As we pursued our way seeking other
novelties. we certainly found a surprise
in the condition of one % the smaller
colonial buildings-minus any founda-
tiOn-roped about. stayed and support
ed, the unstable structure was covered
with men. busy at work repairing. 1t
is by no means unusual to find huge
pieces of the tlmsy stuff dug out at
corners and sides of the buildings.
Broken windows and temporary braces
are not an uncommon sight. If two
months wear is so evident, how Will
the Exposition look in four months, is
a proposition not difficult of solution.
one Of our countrymen remarked,
There won't be many of these affairs
left to pull down; a strong high wind
will do the business speedily. The
view Of the exposition buildings from
the bridge d'Alma is exceptionally fine.
The Eiffel tower dominates naturally,
and the long line of picturesque build
ings On either side make a memorable
sight. Many complain that France is
too much in evidence, and walk
through the Palace of National Manu-
features makes one eXclaim. What
can BE- left for other nations to ex-
hibit" Such graceful charming de-
signs in furniture. wonderful porce-
Iaine. fascinating bric-a-brac all beg
gar description.
We have met number of unhappy
tourists who are trying to see the EN-
position and Paris together for the first
time. They mournfully acknowledge
that the tremendous effort involved de-
stroys all pleasure. Many consecutive
days in the Exposition alone. however.
are intolerably wearisome, 50 as a
change Of ground at least, we spent
some hours in the Carnavalet Museum.
particularly interesting as being for
twenty years the home Of Madame de
Scvigne ana where many Of her ia
nous letters are kept. We have ac-
CURED considerable dexterity in becom-
ing familiar with Egyptian antiquities.
SO that ten minutes sutficed for the
mummies, and we found ourselves in
the Napoleon rooms which are filled
with souvenirs of the first emperor
among them pictures of the little King
Of Rome. Special interest is at present
awakened in the life of the unhappy
Duke of ReiChstadt owing to Bern
htrdt's Interpretation in Rostand's
drama "LiAiglon." So many have pro-
bounded unavailingly the conundrum.
why win the great Sarah assume
male roles" that We despair of an an
swer. Personally all interest in a
character is lost if assumed by the OPP
posite sex. So while the intense desire
of the son to emulate his great sire is
admirably depicted. as well as his
heart breaking grief when he at last
realizes his inferiority physically and
mentally. yet it is always Sarah Bern
hafdt that speaks. and not the hero of
"L'Aiglon."
We were cOnscientiously making
ready for another of our innumerable
trips to the Exposition when presto!
every plan was changed. The note,
postmarked Poissy, which we received
from an American girl. read substan-
TALLY. My friends desire greatly to
welcome you to their home: please
come and let me introduce you into an
ideal country house and to the most
delightful of people, Think ye there
was any struggle in our minds to make
a decision between L'Exposition and
quaint old Poissy? Nay. without a
pang we left behind the painted
palaces gay with streaming banners
the moving and stationary sidewalks
dense With humanity. and gladly took
our way to the Care St. LaZare We
understood now in degree, as never be
fore. how intensely artists must delight
in the wonderful coloring of French
landscapes. Was ever such gorgeous
scarlet we cried as we passed fields
filled with flaming poppies whose color