Evening journal., 1900-02-20
VISITORS TO
PARIS EXPOSITION
Those From the United States
Appear to be Particularly
Desired By Frenchmeu.
NEW OFFICERS FOR CUSTOMS
AMERICAN BARS WILL BE PUT IN
UsE-FEMININE WEAKNESS FOR
sAIUGGLING-wHRRE TO PUR-
CHASE LAcEs AND CuRIos.

sAIUGGL1NG-wHRRE TO PUR-
CHASE LAcEs AND cuRIos.
II the Paris Exposition ia not q sue
cess II will be due to no lack Of effort
on the part OF French officials, who are
extending courteous inducements es-
pecially to Americans, who bear Tepu-
tation for love OF luxury accompanied
by q disregard OF expenditure, writes
VIII Mott in the Baltimore Sun.
Travellers naturally dread stringent
customs regulations, which are more
vexatious than segsickness-the latter
being acknowledged in most instances
as simply a disagreeable form Of bene-
faction. Why the searching or inter-
rogating by customs officers may not
be completed on shipboard is a hack
neyed question, the only answer 10
which has been compulsory halt at an
initiated platform in the midst of an
impatient, questioning throng. while to
the confusion OF a strange language is
added the annoyance Of having ones
personal belongings turned prodded,
and shaken by stranger. The doua-
nier is usually courteous, but often un-
derstands so little the art OF handling
a gentleman's possessions as to disgust
the most Indifferent valet
Arrival inspection will not be dis
continued. but I'm view Of the EXPOSE
ton new offices viii be established
one Of them ut Victoria Station, Lon
don, where luggage going TO Paris and
to French outposts can be examined
and chalked without delay at the point
of arrival IL will be we'll done, doubt
"a oh,
more crescents, crosses and yariously
dotted discs out OF an ordinary piece
OF chalk than a street gamin. Nor
viii this be the only Improvement.
American-made cars viii transport
passengers from the Channel
To speed from Calais or Havre to
Paris in q Pullman with buffet at
tachment Is comfortable and conven-
tent but IL destroys much OF the pic
turesqueness which makes the trip en-
ioyable. Those who gain most from
travel are content with rapid-transit
methods at home, preferring the prim-
tive and poetic in foreign countries
Formerly. instead OF a buffet car. the
passenger found awaiting him at Havre
q line cf compartments. on entering
one Of which he paid francs to an
oddly dressed little woman at the sta
ton, receiving IN return n well-made
basket containing lunch 30 daintily
prepared as 10 whet the appetite OF the
most fastidious. Napkins glasses, wine
bottle, knife, fork, spoon, all complete;
not common ware. either The lunch
could be eaten leisurely under such
novel conditions as made travelling a
delight, after which the basket con-
tanning the cafe property was tossed
on on reaching Rouen II the travel
CHANGED TO be az night, before the de-
parture OF the train man laden with
clean pillows and freshly Numbered
linen cases walked up and down the
platform One of these could be hired
Tor a tride. after which you had but
10 turn down the arms OF the compart-
ment seat and a couch was furnished
comfortable enough TO insure pleasant
dreams, and which many preferred to
the berths OF the Pullman. The return
Of the pillow was left to the honor of
the renter.
With American innovations will
come American suspicion and distrust.
Onicials, II more DESTROYS to please, will
DE on the alert, knowing that suspect
ed relaxation will add TO the boldness
OF the INSCRIPTIONS. who consider
cheating the government rather an
amusement than theft Americans are
oiten shamed by the bold manner In
which our countrymen-and, alas!
countrywomen-boast OF their success
tul efforts to avoid paying lawful duty.
Ihis rs one Of the most vulgar and
cowardly forms OF robbery and should
be no more a subject Of Jest than any
other immortality. Mr.. Hooper. IL
once asserted that he considered Amer
lean women born smugglers. When II
was suggested that they snnuggle more