The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-06-16
We Are Leading the Great Nations Of
the Earth.

Paris Letter.-As we sat in the
American pavilion wondering how
soon they would get the smoking
room carpet down tho plaintive high
notes of an American business man in
e~xpostulation came waited on the re-
ligious silence of the white-walled o
tunda.
And o call this an American
postodice?" he was saying. Then
why can't I buy a money order?"
\ L. P. Moore, Of Philadelphia, the
kmpathetic postmaster in charge, ex-
lined gently that 1t was really an
y Y Fic&nN branch postofice, the first
2aasa bnly one ever established abroad,
THAT not being set down as such
~ the books, the postmasters of the
United States would have no authority
to draw money orders on It. AS for
issuing money orders, such a one
sided ! act would have. its difficulties
also; but he could rent him a lock-
box. One side of the rotunda Of the
American pavilion is taken up
by this coquettish little American
p%ostofice. It's lock-boxes have a
smart, American look. Renting at
only twenty-five cents a month, they
are within the reach of all, and the
kicker" compromising on one of
them, walked off, mumbling to himself
the letters of his combination.
Now that man is an example,"
unused Postmaster Moore. Here our
government is the only one that has
had the enterprise to set up a post
office for the accommodation of its
citizens. Americans can address their
mail to The United States Pavilion,
Exposition of l9OO,' in perfect assur-
ance that it will be kept till called
for. We have lock-boxes, call-boxes,
a general delivery, a registered letter
department and mail bags that the
French government permits to come
through unopened. Yet the man
kicks because l cannot issue him a
money order!!" +.
If the kicker and his kick are to
be typical. the European nations will
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of the ingratitude of a .too-well-
served people. AS Charles A. Cool
idge, the architect, remarked: There
is no chance for an American to go
wrong at the Exposition of 1900"
The American who loses himself in
spite of all the precautions that have
been taken for his safety and con-
venience will have to be a pretty in
genuous %blunderer.
Nov, look at this admirable pa
vilion," said this architect, referring
modestly to its admirable uses, not its
admirable design and decoration.
what use do you think the English
have made Of their national pavilion?
They have filled it with oil paintings
"a picture show, with never a writ
ing desk or an inquiry window! The
American pavilion is given up entirely
to the uses of visiting Americans.
This large room in which we sit is
the mems smoking and conversation,
room. The one just like II, across the
rotunda is the women's parlor. They
are Just the thing for appointments.
You have seen the postoflce. There
are, besides, two American elevators
whose speed will make Europeans.
hold tight when they venture In
them. On the second floor are three
parlors. furnished by the states of
New York. California and Massachu-
sets. Except for a desk and register
hook in each of them for, the SDecial
registration, of the citizens, these
state parlors are open equally to all
Americans"
"But how did New York, California