The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-22

compressed air car shot on its exposition
track and went careening through the air.
man turned on all the power, Instead OIL
shutting 1t off, and away the juggernaut dew
carrying horrors in Its lightning path. 1
upset tables and overthrow professions
wounded. manned and frightened nll sorts
and conditions OF men and tore the sides out
OF buildings Nobody seemed to know what
to do or how to escape, and there was
manlacal chorus OF the hurt, the scared and
the threatened.
| Fear of these unnecessary calamitles (for-
ever feature OF the regular Paris routine
of entertoinmenO keeps lot OF quet-hearted
sane people away from the fair. The simplest
accident is turned into crazy melodrama by
the hysteria and insobriety of the people re-
sponsible. They are not in the least SYM
pathetic, but absurdly emotional and hyster.
cal, and always do the unexpected.
watched huge gathering of French the
other night upon tho occasion OF tho
Rochambeau celebration at vendome. The
day had been dull put exceedingly dlgnlned.
and the Hamarshaft not only proved an ex-
cellent piece OF sculpture but bond Of In
ternational acknowledgement and fireworks
seemed the most appropriate relief for too
long-sustained comely manners. That |
might view the audience rather than the
Chinese sky rockets and balloons, sat oppo-
site the crowd in anticipation OF tremendous
lot OF entertainment from French estates.
But, 10! the beautiful explosives shot into
the air. showered about inspringly and the
surprising body of Psrisians and peasants did
not even burst into the me-honored "Ahi'
expected of every perfectly normal audience
inspecting pyrotochnics in action. They
watched the show through, said some pleasant
words of praise and wandered away smiling
but not In the least excited.
~
The funniest exhibition of that racial in
stinot to do and be the surprising, which
seems to be fundamental in France, came
to pass at Enghlen, where some ambitious
searchers for novelty planned a bull hgnL
The bulls fought badly and they had butcn-
ers instead OF toreadors. but the audience
was in the most violent state of battle from
the time the band struck up until the last
bull was sliced into CORY steaks.
Pistol shots were exchanged men bit and
tore at each other and nobody seemed to
know what It was all about. nor was there
any perceptible influence OF the police brought
to bear upon the rebellion unoivil Now
Enghieu, the gentlest corner of earth, Is rid
of its Spanish invasion. the bull fights are
stopped and a cheerful retrihutlon is on It's
way to its lovely fields in the shape of an
august revival of the ancient out OF door
arena drama, with compliments and respects
to Bayreuth and the oberammergua, The
Mlstral-Gounod pastoral "Mirelle," because
OF its success in other arenas, has been Sc
lected as the proper expression of grief for
the vulsarity and brutal excess Of the bull
Tight and there will be Gothic dances Of
antique figures and certain worshipful loft
ness in the representation expected to be al
together worthy and superior. / write Eek
pected" for there is no telling. II by chance
the tricolor is waved and an anti-republican
does not like It, the whole druidlstic idea
may be knocked into cooked hat hut
Enghien looks with favor upon the entire
change of theatrical continuance for her
vast spread Of verdure. Amy Leslie.