The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-15


Prince of Naples VIII Not visit
the Exposltion-It Is Said the Czar
Does Not Like SOcinlistic Tenden-
cies of Frnnee-The Many side
shows at the Exposition Are Not
Coming Money.
Especial Paris Gable Letter-Copyrght
1900 by the Associated Press)
Paris, July A.-After witnessing last
week the typical American festivities
which made the Fourth of July a memora-
BILE day in the French capital, the Paris
ians this week celebrated their own ma
tonal fete day with exceptional brilliancy
owing to the exhibition The fourteenth of
July is essentially a popular fete, and
the government and municipality made
unusual exertions to cater to the public
appetite.
The customary review of the garrisons
OF Paris at Long Champs, in the Bois lie
Boulogne, which always attracts 100000
spectators, was followed by a street cele-
hration of most extensive character.
The tri-color singly or in clusters, was
displayed everywhere, while the central
arteries of the city were overhung with
tastefu ly decorated arches, which. in the
evening were brilliantly lighted, forming
a continuous fairylike hall of the colored
electric lanterns Every square and open
space at the intersection of the main
streets had its open air ball, with musl-
clans provided by the municipality, which
spent $4,000 francs on the fete. Altogether
there were 100 open air balls.
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additional illumination effects, while a
dozen theaters, including the opera. Nine
Sara Bernhardt's and the Theater de la
Porte st. Martin with Coquelin, gave Fra-
tuitous performances, and 450 prisoners
benefited by pardous or reductions of their
sentences accorded by the President of the
republic in celebration of the day
Parisians are beginning to realize that
their calculations based on a series of
fetes, attending the visits, in close sue
cession, of European monarchs. are 60
ing TO prove stillborn. They have had the
King OF Sweden, and the Shah of Persia
will come for a short stay in a month
time, but that is all. The Car whose alb
sence Is the greatest disappointment of
| all; Emperor William, Queen Victoria and
the Prince of Naples, whose visits were
once spoken Of as certain, will not come
to the exposition.
This collapse of one of the sides of the
exposition dearest to their hearts is a
bitter pill for the Parisians, who throw
the blame therefor, mostly on the govern
ment. especially for the absence of the
Gar. who is popularity supposed to be
staying away on account of his dislike
for President Loubet and the socialistic
tendencies of the government The alb
sence of the royalists represents serious
| financial loss to the business community
of Paris
Another exposition fasco which has dis
gruntled numbers of Parisians, is the
failure Of majority of the sideshows,
which sprang up like mushrooms within
and about the exposition, and the con-
struction Of most of which involved
very heavy outlay. This failure is rarity
due to the high sums exacted by the au-
thorities for concessions and ground lots,
while their profits we're estimated on
swarms of pleasure seekers, who were ex-
pected 10 pay heavy prices for a mediocre
entertainment, or for one lasting a quar-
ter of the time of those given in the or
dinary theeters and cafe chantants with
in the city. These expectations have not
been realized, and many of the sides hows
see little better than ruin. before them.
Unfortunately, they were chiefly formed
as public companies. in which Parisians
| largely invested their savings, and the
latter now see their shares, for which
they paid one hundred francs, standing
anywhere, between ten and fifty francs
The famous Elysee outrider Montjar-
rot who always preceded presidential pro-
cessions and who was dismissed recently
on account of quarrel with coachman
in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace.
has been engaged by Count Boni de Cas-
tellane to ride al the head of his sumptu-
Gus eQuipage.
The only regretable incident in connec-
ton with the national fete occurred at
the conclusion of the fireworks demon
strs ton at the Place de la Concorde.
which was filled with a dense crowd of
people. When the crowds tried to dis
pcrse along the neighboring thoroughfares
they found 1t impossible to move and
they were packed like herrings in a bar
rel Men, women and children began
pushing and a panic occurred.
Women tainted by scores and many
children were trodden under foot At
least 100 women were carried 90 the cafes
in the neighborhood. II is impossible 70
tell how many were injured. No deaths
have been reported as yet, although ii
is a marvel that none has occurred, as
fifty died oil a similar occasion at the ex-
position in 1867. and at the time of the
marriage of Louis XVI with Marie An
to!nette, two hundred were killed.