The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-07

of French art-lovers the nude statue pro-
| duces no more revolving effect than the
pink innocence of naked babyhOod, pro-
vided, of course, that ii is genuine work
| of art. If not, they do nof bestow upon il
| a second glance. That there are eNcep-
| tons, granted, but we know that eXcep-
tons in the form of silly and injurious
| pictures and statuary inSlnuate themselves
| into even American cities
| We acknowledge that France leads the
| world of art and that from her we are
| gaining the loftiest and best conceptions
| thus far revealed. Let us not too severely
| criticise our leader. May not the shock
we receive be due TO our unfamiiiarity
with the best, which in America is to be
seen only in galleries and schools of de-
sign; and will we not find that pupils and
| frequenters of these take delight In the
very subjects that so many criticise I'M
favorably? An old lady tainted last sum
mer when she for the first time saw her
| daughter In white bathing suit. yet il
was such a very modest and homelike gar
| ment that the young lady's friends had
| been urging her TO cut off the trail and
remove the sleeves.
our Baltimore boys are bearing away
prizes from French contestants in the
schools of Paris only to find that no honors
await them in their own country If
nudity is obnoxious and ii Is deemed ad-
visabe that our goddess be draped, so be
It. but let our own prize winners do the
draping.
There is complaint that not only are
transit rates to the exposition increasing,
but that prices in Paris are rising stead
lily, and not a few strangers are already
financially stranded Apartment rentals
are doubled, hotel charges advancing and
coal and wood, always high, not possible
to people with modest means Apropos of
the price of coal. a French paper pub
fishes an interview between two young
girls. The first exhibits an engagement
ring. rs it not lovely?" she asks.
"Adora BILE" replies her friend Your
fance must be very rich. Nobody but
millionaire could afford to purchase a ring
with a coal setting
There is one advantage the stranger in
Paris has, though he pays for it, He
knows what he Is purchasing, if not at
the cafes, at least at the shops, The stores
selling horse meat are designated by gilt
horse head, milk bottles bear official
stamp and eggs are dated. There is just
now, however, a suspicious raid on the
rats along the Seine. These pests being
driven out by the widening and alteration
of quays, there is fear that they will dis
seminate disease. No one seems willing
to assume responsibility for the intma-
ton that they are to be utilized as during
stern war times of the siege of Paris for
ragout de mouton. which means either a
dish of mutton or rat with mutton taste.
French teachers in this country are busy
preparing pupils for the visit to Paris So
many of the French words with different
meanings are similar in pronunciation that
one who wishes to converse in the tongue
no longer a necessity, but a great aid to
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES be well drilled. Take
for instance. the words coucher to go to
bed and cocher (coachman). The follow
ing conversat ton was overheard the other
day in a Charles street millinery estab-
lishment:
Are you going to the exposition?"
yes"
How about the language
"Oh, know enough to- get along. can
ask for all I wish and tell coucher where
to go when I hire a cab"
How delightful! You will get on nice
w. Pm sure. l don't know a word of
French"
However, one frequently "gets on" with
cocher without speaking French. Get
ahead of him you cannot, though you
speak the languages dead and living If
he leaves his cab and plants himself on
the sidewalk. with his shoulders against
| house--as he does on slightest provoca-
tion-yOu might well. yield. He will
stand there all day and all night, his col
lar turned up his wooden shoes, vanished
to look like patent leather, protecting his
| feet from cold, but he will not yield A
Philadelphia, feeling himself overcharged
demonstrated and expostulated in French
but in vain. Cocher, from Struggling his
shoulders and turning out his hands, plant
ed himself against a wall in sullen silence.
GO to the devil!" exclaimed the American
in his native tongue.
Cocher smiled.
ooh, now" he said, in uumlstakable
English, why didn't you mention him be-
fore? l am sure that for the sake of a
mutual friend you will agree to my
terms"