Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-07-26
EXPOSITION LETTER
Paris. France. July 9th, 1900

Paris. There IL more. anu bt'ttf-eidrs
art about this show: the ensemble is more
artistic. aud it would be hard to excel
the beautiful .cens that stands before
you when the sunlight Or electric light
illumines the domes and mnarets that
alorn the space hsiween the Champs
El,sees aud the lnalides. There are
more traces OF the artistic spirit among
the exhibits than at Chicago, and, IN
truth for an exhibition OF European ari
| do not say the very best. but al least
the second best ihe exhibition of Paris
in 1900 would he hard to bent. But that
is all. wonderful 10 say, seeing that some
years have elapsed since the Chicago
Worlds Fair, aud that great progress in
many directions might have been expect
ed.
One thing very noticeable now is HE
increase in the number of visitors. Paris
Is not, or seems not Ia he. more crowded
but the Exposition is Last Sunday.
just 10 people under half million passed
the gates. The price Of tickets has
come down 20 ID cents, which have
mnst have. hnd some effect. aud there
was ii Christian Endeayor pilgrimage of
AN English trades excursion. 5000 or L..
HD strong. which helped to fill. A few
weeks ago. the universal remark was
What "A crowd of Germansr aud IN
truth. Paris was. as somesne put it. for
the time more Germans than Berlin.
Wherever YOU went. on the bouleyarls.
in the Exposition, in the cafes. on the
tops of the omnibusses. t"in the the air
as the French say there they were
thousands Of them. in spectacles. nearly
all in straw hats, and dressed as
If they all had the same tailor. or non,
II was n fresh German invasion. and moi
a wholly popular one. For popularity
in that way. the invasion must he
American. for the latter visit the shops
first. and then stes the Exposition from
the Eiflel tower. One cafe owner bitterly
complained la mo that Germans had
completely driven away his regular cus-
toners. "and they drink no wine lie
concluded sally. '.onl, beer.
Not that the anliTeutonie feeling is
just now very strong in France. II
seems rather 10 be slowly but surel,
DYING ont. not so much because the
French hate the nation that took Al
SAGE Lorraine from them in 1870 les
is heeanse they hate the nation that
beat them at Waiefioo. and stood them
oil at fasloda more. Besides, though
OF different religions. there is much IN
common between the Germans and the
French. Both are Continental nation,
they have what the French are pleased f.,
call a "largeness" of IDEAS that liz un
known aud highly antipathetic to. the
Anglo Saxon. whether he be American
or English German Professionalism of
the land Of Luther, is I in reality so
aniipathetic 10 French catholicism rs Is
American or English Professionalism
Aud why: Simply because Proiestan-
iism of the latter is loo decent. too moral
for French tastes and French tolerance.
The German is not nearly So shocked b,
French latitude of opinion and speech
and conduct as is the Anglo Saxon, and
Paris sights and sounds, to which Ger
remain for years. perhaps forever odious
To the Anglo Saxon 1t is. IN this
morality, this ingrained, instructive
morality. lies the seerst OF the Anglo.
Saxon power and dominion. No nation
that is 50 strong morally will ever lie
permantly strong physically
OF late, however. the German inyas
ion has been notably diminishing and
The American not the English is TAX
ing lis place. At any rate. Americans
are more numerous, more about the
center. certainly more thick in the richer
and more expensive quarters OF the town.
You rarely see German IN fashionable
restaurants or very expensive hotels The
American YOU do hear also for their
cordial unreserye. their atfabiity and
easiness of approach make them always
live and agreeable companions.
1t will. perhaps. be news to you that
American missionaries are responsible
for the war in China so the French say
You have only Ia ask half dozen, and
three are four will make the statement
Ii cannot he the Catholic missionaries.
they maintain. and it is not likely 10 be
the consus or foreign merchants, ergo. il
is the Protestant missionaries. and above
all, those dreadfnlly pushing Americans.
Why is il that creed that boasts OF
being. and calls il self "Catholic" is IN
practice 80 exclusive and SO narrow
minded. Only the other day. the Ex-
hibiion afforded an instance The first
Woman's Congress Was n failure: the
right people were not present, the really
able people did not speak, and Mrs. May
Wright Sewall was, perhaps. the only
representative OF American womanhood
whom American women would have been
satisfied with. The reason, ST. il is said
was simply that as he organizers were
protestant the Catholics held aloof The
jury ON ceramics yesterday made an OK
cur ion to the Sevres factory and witness