The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09

EXPOSITION NOT A
YI!yG VENTURE
The Money Loss on Tickets Will.
Reach Millions.
THE STREETS OF CAIRO BUSTED.
Partisan. Cabbys Take Another Fall
Out of the s,sht-sccrs' Pocket
Book = The Metro
politan.''
THE STREETS OF CAIRO BUSTED

PARIS. August 2S.-The continued re-
ports of the frightful weather that Amer
lea is undergoing simply tends to empha-5
size the pleasure of living in the beau.
t;fu, and almost autumnal weather which
Paris is now enjoying
After having had in July the hottest
| weather known to the Oldest snhabitant, and
heat, which has only been equalled four
times this century, Paris is experiencing a
cold wave, which makes lis forget our
past sorrows, con warm clothing ana
wonder if things can reaily pc as Dao IL
America as reported
T,,e thing which is interesting the Par
isians. the French and even the io.eish-z
ers the most. is Of course, the eAhioltion'
the failure of which, from a money stsiio-s
point, is assured.
of course The English look on TINS as
somet l,i,,f- tn have been expected. .Ihey
hardly consider the French capa PIE .,
anytl,ins else and were it not tnat halu
facts and figures bear out the ioiio n. ...7
FROM the London Daily Mali, one h5ii
mink that this was an exhibition OF sP4es .a
similar to that which the french oe-i7ttl
in displaying against the f'iisiio
the loss on tickets alone viii amount ~
80 .nn noo rrha Government issued Co.
noo tickets and sold them TO banking
,,o,,seS al one-half price each. THESE We're
aanosited at prices from cents 10 ~
cents ,,y the underwriters, but L IS now
a,.rdan1 that fully 100000 tickets will
not be used at all.
rrbe London Daily Mail says Never
before in the history OF the WORD, Was
seen SO wonderful and beautiful an eA-a
hibition. II you visit it for many DAYS,
YOU will always find something new 10
instruct, to inspire, to delight 1t wall en-
hance the artistic reputation even OF Paris.
And that is the tragic part OF 1t all. 10
the most marvellous show in the world
has come the most marVelous ifoSl'
hIichting it with a deadilness from Whicn
it cannot hope to recover Par-s ooes hoe
attempt any longer to disguise the lact'
nor to deceive herself upon the subject
She shrugs her shoulders and hurts hef
wounded pride as little as possible by say
| ing no more about it than she can help
But upon the causes Of the great frost
opinions differ widely. It is because SO
/! MANY political affairs came together to
trouble poor France was the eSplalia-
| ton one Partisan preferred me. The man
| agement has been SO Dad, say others Inc
unfinished state of the exhibition for SO
many weeks after it was opened dis
gusted everybody, declare others.
Probably all three explanations contri-
butte in their respective degrees to the
real solution of the mystery The whole
principle Of the granting Of the conces-
sions to the entertainers and restaurant
ers has been condemned; and even now,
when the exhibition has run more than
half its course, there is a woeful lack of
good bands and of that life and animation
which distinguished its predecessors. Not
| withstanding the nobility and enhancing
| beauty OF the exhibition, yet on the whole.
! il iS-strange that such a word has ever
/ come TO be justly applied to a Par:s at
| MISUNDERSTANDING dull On every night
| but two in the week, when special illumt-
| nations are announced. the grounds are in
I practical darkness, and the buildings stand
| out gauntly like spectres in the circunlam-
! bent obscurity And this is the feteland
| of "a vile lumiere.' Matters are less
! dull. however, than they were, say, a
/ month ago
STREETS OF CAIRO.
The Rue de Cairo was sold out the 9th
| er day, having ..busted' and an idea
| may be gotten from the prices realized.
when $50 was ali they got for their three
canels, the greatest part of their para
! phernala. But there are also other things
occupying the Partisan attention now.
First comes the strike of the coach
| men, who demanded that their hire Of
l
| ten the price down from the neighborhood
| OF 81 TO S3.65 and tried to reduce this lat
Ter, but they ran against a rock The COM
pany-for there are several companies
| hiring out cabs to cabmen-after waiting
| several days for the cabmen to return TO
| work, the company posted notice that
they were going out of business, that The
cahmen must to-day or as soon after as
| possible, call for their deposits and return
| their livery to the company,s tailor.
What the result of this move will be
remains to be SEEM since the cabmen
| fund. which should and has paid each
striker 81 per day. has been exhausted
But maybe in the future cabmen will not
be so necessary, certainly the new ull-
dersround electric line, which traFerses
The city from east to west, or, as Bill
| Nye says. vice versa, claims and obtains
a large share of the patronage OF the
travelling public.
As is usual in Europe there are two
classes. first, and second, the fares be-
ing cents and 5 cents respectively and
! workmen's tickets sold before A. "a
are cents for the round trip. The SER
j vice is much faster than any other mira
mural communication and the Paris:ans
are as delighted with it as a child With
new toy.
THE CARS CROWDED.
! The cars are crowded and the absence
of communication between them zpfohioats
one from its passing from crowded car
| to one less congested. But this is Euro
| mean. The system is the third rail and the
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