The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-19
A Utah Statesman in Europe
Being Veraciou Account the Wandering
(By Thought Waves to The Herald. re-

| tBy Thought Waves TO The Herald. re-
ceived by Joel L. Priest)
Paris. May 1S.-Among the Americans
registered at the Hotel Meurice ON the
Rue de Rivoli is NJ. Joseph Howell. de-
putty for the ACCOMPLISHMENT of Salt
Lake and Cache valley in the American
congress. NJ. Howell reached Paris on
the express from Cherbourg several
days ago and has been engaged since in
seeing The sights of the gay French
capital. At the hotel today NJ Howell
graciously accorded your correspondent
an interview.
There are so many interesting things
about your tres interesting country" he
said. so many things that are charm
ing, That l find myself lacking the
CONNIE Ii faut with which to begin. In
the first place, though, permit me to
commend your superb train service be-
tween Cherbourg and Paris. Save only
for the Cache Valley Limited of les Line
oregon Short in my own country know
or nothing approaching the speed of the
express which apported me to Paris
! snail write to NJ. Dan Spencer di-
rector of legislatures in my arrondisse-
ment. and sometimes in the railroad
business, to inform him that in char
mant, Ia belle France there is a train
that almost skins the Cache Valley can
nonbaH- | must say. though, that l like
our passenger coaches better. They are
easier to get out of when you see a dis
appointed candidate for postmaster or a
man like NJ. Harry J. Robinson coming.
1t was most pleasant to me to be re-
ceived in Paris in a manner BETTING
my rank Your president-the name is
Armand Fallieres, I think-calied the
moment he knew I was here and well
coined me to your fair city. He said
he had often heard of the city of Utah
through its mayor. Reed Smoot. Alto
gether he was very nice indeed. and I
was surprised at his knowledge of
America. You certainement are bon TO
me- l told him in my reply
IN. Fallieres had 4 hack waiting for
me outside the hotel and took me
around to see the sights We drove
along the Champs Elysees. but it didn't
look as good to me as Main street in
Logan. There isn't any Tabernacle.
square on the whole route and I didn't
see a drug store that looked as good as
Senator Shoots drug store in Provo.
was rully diSa DDOinted in the Champs
ElySees But. mon garcon. there were
other things that interested me.
Pour example, we saw the place
where Moliere died, there on Richelieu
street, you know. I am told that Moliere
wrote some of your greatest plays. In
deed, he is my favorite author. I never
get tired of reading his Merchant of
Venice and / have been to see his
Prince of Pilsen' a dozen times. He
also wrote La Widow du College
which has become quite popular in the
United States.
And, ah, we visited the old home of
your Victor Hugo. What grand good
homme he wasi Never shall / forget
the time when, as a boy. I sneaked
around TO the back of the house to read
his immortal Last of the Mohicans' and
other stories of life on the plains. The
knowledge he showed of early American
conditions was really of an esprit du
crops, it was so faseinatingly wonder
full.
Also we saw Mrs. Sevigne's place
/ consider her one of your greatest wo-
men. There are many children in Utah
who have read her Little Women