Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-23
Paris Exposition Notes.

ParlS Exposition Notes.
R. e. Brown, the mining engineer,
has returned from short trip to
the Paris Exposition, and when seen
said: THE Exposition so far is
great disappointment to visitors, for 1t
is in a chaotic state. Some, indeed
most of the buildings are not finished,
and the exhibits themselves are stand
ing around done up in burlap or crates
waiting to be unpacked. OF course,
the place is dirty, owing to the work
constantly going on, and it will be a
full two months, possibly three, before
it gets in complete running order
There is only one exhibit in the entire
fair that is practically complete, and
that is the one from the United States.
All the Americans take much pride in
this, and it reflects great credit on our
representatives at the fair.
IN England you do not hear so
much war talk as you did a few
months ago. They seem to accept it
now as a matter of course, and where
as formerly it was the sole and en-
crossing topic of conversation, now
other things are talked about as we'll.
1t is just the same phase that we went
through with the Spanish war. AT
| first we could talk, think or breathe
nothing else. and then our interest be-
gan to fade away, until today how
many people do you suppose give even
thought to the fact that we are main
tanning great army in the Philippine
Islands, and that American soldiers
are daily laying down their lives there
in defence of the Stars and Stripes?"
ION the Continent, while think the
same rancorous feeling against the
English exists, and that the sympathy
of the continental people is as strong
ly as ever pro-Boer, they are not as ag-
gressive with it as they were. An Eng
lishman can now walk unmolested and
without causing much comment
lIllOu6u lHC SllCSlo Ol any
city, whereas only short time ago
crowd would have formed to jeer at
and insult him, and, except for the
protection aoffrded by the police, their
demonstrations then would have TAX
en- on an uglier and more dangerous
color"
SOUSA MAKES A HIT.
THE hit of the Exposition, so far,
is Sousas band. | was present the
first day they played. Sousa began
with our National Anthem, and the
crowd cheered themselves hoarse. But
when Sousa ployed the 'Marseillaise'
they broke loose in earnest. They
were so wild and crazy over it that it
revolution and the reign of terror
came to pass.
There was funny thing | would like
to tell you of. w. w. Foote, of Cali
fornia, as you probably know, is one
of our ub-commissioners. He used to
be prominent in politics in San Fran
cisco. He is industrious and accomp-
fishes lot, but he is studying French,
and fondly imagines he is a linguist,
consequently he absolutely refuses to
talk anything but French. This usu-
ally results in his complicating mat
ters so that he has perforce to fall
back on United States or the aid of an
interpreter. AS soon as one snarl is
Strengthened out be starts in with his
French again, and stralghtway there
is another mixup. He's about at the
'Oui, non stage in his studies.
They've tackled the soup and toothpick
story on him. You know it, of course,
where the man takes up the elaborate
French menu, which he can't read, so
he points out dish on the top line
and gets soup, then he points out a
dish three or four lines further down
and gets more soup. Desperate, he
points out the last thing on the bill of
fare, and the waiter turns uu. with
toothpicks."