The sun., 1900-06-17

at their 6llenC0 en0 ~ tno uns"Ay
which they formed into companies under
their foremen.
They were marched at once to the Duvd
restaurants on the banks Of the Seine. where
a breakfast Of soft-boiled eggs. cold meat.
Jam. coffee and beer was prepared for them.
The Duval chef subsequently confessed
that the cooking Of three-minute eggs for
two thousand people at once was the most
dificult thing he had found to do. Then
they had a wash-up In the open air. A
row Of wash basins, supplied with towels.
and also, as the French newspapers admir-
ingly observed. with soap. was arranged
along the river bank, and the excursionists
took their turns, while a crowd OF Parisians
watched them with delight from the bank
above. The sight Of Ave hundred English
women doing up their hair simultaneously
inspired awe and enthusiasm 1t was
striking demonstration OF the unanimous
English desire for cleanliness says NJ DE
BLowTTz.
After their ablutions. they were slowed
away In sixty or seventy large excursion
wagons. decorated with the advertisement
Of the soap they made. which drove into
the Champs Elysees, and down the Rue de
Rivon to the Boulevard Sebastopol and
back by the Grand Boulevard to the Ex-
hibition grounds. They were preceded and
accompanied by bicycle policemen to clear
the way and prevent disorder. As the
procession passed the crowds on the boule-
ward stared at IL, according to the Daily
MaI. with an expression OF amused pity
They had lunch. delegation was sent to
President LoUBEr with an address, to
which he replied politely. and then they
were turned loose In the Exposition with
directions to meet at eight o'clock at the
Eiffel Tower The French reporters no.
ticed that many Of them improved their
liberty by going to sleep on the benches.
For fear Of trouble directions had been given
that no drinks should be served to them,
beyond their rations, even II they wished
to pay. Then they had dinner. an honest
English dinner-fsh, leg Of mutton. currant
jelly. pudding. beer and speeches in English
and French. and before the wicked French
Sunday came were once more packed into
trains and sent back on a night journey
through France and another days trav-
elling in England to Birkenhead and home,
which they reached in time to attend
evening services and to set to work again
on Monday morning
In England the performance Is looked
upon as a big thing rejecting credit on all
concerned, A small army has been shot
to Paris and shot back In a remarkably
short time, without hitch Of any kind in
the arrangements. British endurance has
been put to the test and has won. For
fifty solid hours they were on the 60" Is
one comment; another is. The travellers
consumed ten tons Of food The cost OF
the trip to the enterprising soap makers
was $50. 900, which seems even more when
expressed in French money. 10000 francs.
A British demonstration has been made in
Paris on scale that has compelled atten-
ton and two thousand Lancashire opera
tives can boast to their dying day that they
have been to Paris and to tho Exposition Of
1900. The figures are so large that French
men even have an uneasy feeling that there
may be something besides English eccen-
tricity In this excursion.