The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05


 fCopyright. 1902, by Frank G. Carpenter)
 6 Paris, France.
 have, been wandering about Paris for ' Isek in the footsteps of the American ln4&eion., They are as plainly marked as the foot prints which Robinson Crusoe 1ouud on, the sand of his desert island. Th4 big hotel in the heart of the boule- wards where 1 am writing, is filled with An1ericans. and I am surrounded by Amcrican signs. Our Consul General has his .pflices just over the way with the American flag flying from a pole out of one sof the windows; Spaulding, the Chi caK0 jewe Ter, is just below, and Tiffany & co. are on the opposite side of the street. In the same direction l see the sixn of the Equitable Life Insurance Company. which has recently bought lot Hnder the shadow of the opera house, where it expects to build an American building, and around the corner is the ofI7ce of the American Express Company, with reading rooms containing the lead ing American papers. There are Ameri- can newspaper correspondents scattered throughout the buildings nearby, and within a stope's throw of here are a score of our manufacturers and others who are here pushing American goods. am dictating this letter to any Ameri- can machine, at which sits pretty French typewriter girl who writes Eng Iish, and were fund of American drinks. might stimulate my tongue with a digger of Kentucky whisky at the Amer lean bar in this very hotel.
 An. l.sricaL "Mac hines a Ecrira
 Speaking bf typewriters, all of the chief American makes are being sold through out France and the French typewriter giri IS already an institution in Paris. She is as bright as her American sister and Is often as pretty and more stylishly dressed. She appreciates how to charge for her work and when she catches q wandering American she makes him pay we'll The usual rates for transient work of this kind in Paris is five francs, or H per hour.. For long jobs there is a con siderable reduction and for steady work the prices are about the same as at home. Tho. Remingtons have typewriting school which they advertise as Ecole de 8tepographie and their machines are here called Machines a Ecrire The Smith Premier. the Yost, the Caligraph, &he Bar-Lock, the Oliver. the Densmore, the Jewett and the Williams are Ameri- can machines which have seen and most of these have offices on the boule- vardes In the same locality may be found the Columbia phonographs and graphophones offered for sale or talking or singing in French at fixed prices.
 There are five different brands of American bicycles for sale in one shop near the Madeleine, and American sew ing machines are advertised on the kiosks and other stands throughout the city. The French have no typewriters Of their own worth mentioning, and at this writing the American sewing machine s considered by far the best and it gets the trade. The French Eat American Grocer,es.
 Our American foods are slowly but sure ly gushing their way into the markets of Paris. Not few of the largest grocery establishments advertise American goods, and some of them make such goods speciality. l visited today the grocery of Felix Potin at the junction of the Bou- levardes Haussman and Malcsherbes. It is the greatest establishment of the kind in Paris and perhaps tine finest grocery of the world found the windows piled high with American goods. and riacards hung up here and there advertising Amer- tcan soups, California fruits and other delieacies. Among the curious things were Little Neck clans in tins and cod fish. balls from Boston. There were also tins of potted ham, tongue, turkey and chicken, silver spray. succotash and cans