The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-23
ARE HOME FROM EUROPE
Impressions That the Paris Exposi-
ton Has Left with Scrantonians
Who Recently Visited It.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Jermyn, Miss Sue
Jermyn, and Miss Hutchings, of
Moosic, comprising one party, and Mr..
and Mrs. Reese G.. Brooks, their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Willard Matthews, and Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Lansing, who made up
another party, arrived home Saturday
night from the Paris exposition and
European tours. All report a delight
full trip and express themselves as
much pleased with the fair.
The Jermyn party have been abroad
for several months. They were in Lon
don, July 4, and were met there by Mr..
and Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. Matthews,
all of whom were stopping at Hotel
Cecil, the headquarters of the Yankee
celebration. Mr.. Jermyn and Mr..
Brooks were among the guests at the
celebrated Fourth of July banquet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks, Mrs Matthews
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lansing went over
June l6 direct to Paris and after spend
ing a week together doing the expo
sition, separated to meet again in Lon
don, Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks and Mrs.
Matthews going to Wales, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lansing to Holland and Belgium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lansing were in Am
sterdam, July 4, when w. H. Rich
mond's party were there, but were un-
able to locate them during the few
hours they had to wait, and had to be
content to leave cards at their hotel.
An American. Mr.. Lansing says, is
prone to judge an exposition by the
immensity of it's mechanical display, as
| all our expositions have made a spe-
| cialty of this. Judged from this stand
| ard, the Paris exposition is not to be
compared with the Chicago Worlds
Fair. The French tend more to art,
| textile and similar displays, and con-
sequently what Is the primary display
In American fairs is secondary or even
| less important in the French eXposi-
ton.
The electrical display Is also inferior
| to that at Chicago, Mr.. Lansing says,
/ but in the matter of electrical illumina-
ton the Paris affair far eclipses that
of Chicago. The llluminations of the
Eiffel tower and the electrical fountain
are magnificent, the latter far excell-
ing our much admired McMonies' foun-
| tain.
The United States exhibits, Mr..
Lansing says, are not satisfying to an
American. Their greatest fault Is that
travel over too much territory to see
the whole exhibit, and as a consequence
many of the visitors do not see it all
and leave with a wrong impression OF
it. Mr.. Lansing did not make any
further adverse criticism of the United
States exhibit. but also did not grow
wildly enthusiastic over any feature
of 1t.
| The European countries vie with
each other in displaying the resources
of thelr countries. The Siberian eX-
hibit, consisting in a large measure of
furs, was mentioned by both Mr.. Lam
sing and Mr.. Brooks as one of the
most attractive features of the ex-
position.
During the tour through Wales Mrs.
Brooks located and paid an extended
visit to the house in which her
mother was born, and which the moth.
er left sixty-four years ago to come
to Schuykill county, where Mrs,
Brooks was born.
Mr. Brooks found much to interest
him at Cardiff, the great coal port OF
Wales with it's immense docks and
chutes and most modern of appara-
tus for coaling ships.
He says the mines of Wales are
doing quite as we'll as in this country
and the operators are doing vastly
better, receiving comparatively fifteen
per cent. more for their product. The
wars have given a great impetus to
the coal business and occasioned an
industrial awakening in the mining re-
gion of Wales.
Mr.. Lansing, who has been in Europe
a number of times, remarks the grow
ing good feeling toward Americans
The Dutch papers all had extremely
complimentary things to say Of the
Fourth of July celebration at Am
sterdam, and the spirit of the patriotic
Yankee who conducted it.