Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-17

he is particularly fond. Polite rs he
is to every one, even bis worst enemy
-he will bow courteonsly before be
s~hoots-his p~oliteness toward America
becomes affection. st. Louis win de-
rive special benefit from this friendll-
ness. The city itself is thought 70 be
an appropriate location for the expo
sition and France regards herself in a.
measure sponsor for the fair. We are
assured by persons high In authority
that France viii have at ST. Louis at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
the largest. finest and most attractive
exhibit ever made BY any country any
where at an exposition outside It's own
borders. The appropriation Of the
French government, large as Il Is, Is
not q 1.-THE over the amount which
viii b. expended
PARIS Is NOT FRANCE.
Many persons have formed the opln-
ion and cling to 1t tenaciously that
Paris is France. They sec the gay
bonlevards and fancy they have seen
France. They learn to know Paris as
well as n can learn to know the I'M
movable and fancy that they have
become acquainted with the nation.
Ii Is this mistaken notion that causes
many persons 10 fear for the stability
Of the French republic. Paris is so
uncertain, so revolutionary, so change
able in its behavior and 50 intensely
imperial 10 its sympathles that sur
prise is expressed that the republic
does not totter and fall. But Paris is
not France. Indeed it may be Justly
said that Paris is not even French.
The Paris the visitor sees is cosmo-
p0litan. The provinces are French
and they are a distinct type from the
Partisan. 1t is upon the provinces
that the republics stability depends.
The provincial Frenchman is a slow,
conservative, industrious, c~ontented
creature, ambitious in a mild way,
bat never q revolutionist- He Is a
thorough republican. He goes TO bed
o. nights. He stands by the govern
ment. The increased majority which
the ministry OF Wildeck-Rousseau-
the greatest man in France and posi-
bly the next President-recelyed at
the elections the other day was from
the provinces, while Paris voted then
as it usually does against the govern
ment. Paris is a hot-house ros nur.
tured on the bosom OF France. The
city would perish except it drew sus'
tenance from the provinces. The
provinces do not draw upon Paris
The Partisan love Of beauty extends,
however, throughout all France. The
homes are neat and clean. The
French domestic life is beautiful
Queer that the nation which has NJ
word in It's language to mean hom'
should have the most charming homes
The Frenchman runs his business t
get money enough 10 maintain him
self and his family 10 comfort a
home. The American runs his hons
as a boarding house where he sleep
and eats 70 get strength 10 run hi
business.
We believe in the French republl
not because Of Paris but despite tn
gay and fascinating capital. II will
endure as long as the country outsid'
Paris remains provincial
wIcKEDNKsss FOR EXPORT PURPOSES
Much Of the vice Of Paris is for tn
stranger within its gates There !
plenty Of II. IL fiaunts itself in tn
face Of every one who walks or ride
or who sits down in a boulevard cafe
Some is, Of course, for home consumT
ton. More, IL must be admitteI
with shame, is for the Anglo-Saxo
who comes TO Paris. The English an
the Americans contribute large shaE
toward maintaining the dance hall
and other worse places Of Paris. Man
OF its vilest dens are closed excep
during the tourist season. Whe
Americans commence their accui
toned criticism Of Paris for its vicioui
/, ness they may well reflect that the
/ own sons-and sometimes a daughtt
ARE responsible in considerable d.
! gree for that which they are 70 free
criticise and to condemn. This do'
! not make Paris any more moral bu
shifts the responsibility.
? VERSAILLES AND THE COLUMN yEs
DOME
To trace the history Of the Par
i eapltal during the last two hundre
years there can be no better way tina
. 10 follow the roads and streets whic
: lead from the palace at Versatile
which Louis XIV, the Grand MOI
! argue, made glorious, to the PlaC
! Vendome where the famous cclum
stands. The palace is extremely beal
tiful. Around it is a large park |
which bubble up dozens Of fountain
Within is a picture gallery where al
! recOunted on canvas the Rloriol
) Gould Not Lie Down, Sit q.
or Stand, Without Expert
! encing the Most Excru-