The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-09
FRENCH COUNT AMAZED
HIS FIRST VISIT TO AMERICA HAS
BEEN A REVELATION.
Count M. de la Forest, of Paris, Secre-
tary of the Paris Board of Health,
Visits Indianapolis.

The secretary Of the Board of Health of
the city Of Paris. a polite and polished
young man who left Indianapolis last night
for st. Louis, will return to his native
city this fall, prepared to offer some inn
portant suggestions to the board Chief
among these suggestions will be some ideas
relating to the filtration Of water which he
secured In Philadelphia and Indianapolis.
While in this city the secretary visited
the water company's new filtration plant
in company with Mr.. Davis, of the COM
pany, and was much pleased with the sys-
tenn. Yesterday afternoon with DR.. John
n. Hurry, Of the State Board of Health.
he visited the Reformatory for Boys at
Plain1eld and inspected a sewage consumer
that is in operation there. This also pleased
him.
The secretary is Count NJ de la Forest,
whose MISREPRESENTATION Baron
Carondelet fought in America during the
revolutionary war with Lafayette. The
count came to America eleven weeks ago
to study the water supply and sewage sys--
in New York he could not speak a word
of English but now he can converse fairly
we'll with the people he meets here. This
IL his first visit to America and he will
go back home marveling at the bgness of
things in this country. With a delightful
mixture of American and French and with
English vocabulary. he explained that the
most wonderful thing in this country to
him Is the manner in which the people
undertake and carry out big projects. He
alluded particularly to immense reser-
voir that is building in Boston. New York
appalled, him because there is too much
business going on there.
The count estimates that during the gay
season in Paris in May and June. there
are 5000 American society women there
every year. There are many more women
in Paris than men. THE men stay at
home and make money for the women to
spend in Paris" the count remarked with
smile. He finds many American GUS
he, ''our young ladies do not go out In the
street alone. They must always be &C.
companied Dy either the mother or govern
ess. In America IL is entirely different.
The young girls are at liberty. usually. to
go and come as they please. The American
girl may go shopping alone If she desires.
l think il Is best this way because Ii
teaches men to have a greater respect for
women. The men OF this country are ac-
customed to seeing young girls go about
alone and they think nothing of il. In
Paris If man sees a young girl on the
street alone he makes UP his mind that
she Is an improper young person and IL not
that a working girl"
AS for the health of Paris. the count SAYS
that city may be classed with New York
Consumption is the worst malady the health
officials of France have to fight against
They believe in the fresh air treatment
for consumption and the government has
established sanitoriums in different parts
OF France where consumpsives who are
too poor to go to private institutions for
the open air treatment may be cared for.
Count NJ de la Forest left last night for
ST. Louis. He will go on West and be-
congress at Ogden. Utah. He will re-
turn to France in November or December