Evening journal., 1908-03-14
What | Know About
Delaware Politics and
Other Things
sIxTY-sEcoND ARTICLE.
By Washington Hastings

SIXTY SECOND ARTICLE.
AS I approached front" much to my satisfaction
and mental relief, good looking and polite young
Frenchman turned from a desk which he stood and
bowling politely, but by obsequeously greeted
me with pleasant smile and, in excellent though
broken" English. said, "goot evening" Msieul" l felt
at home at and II / had found friend at a
moment when badly IN need OF one; all timdity and
self-conhdence and assurance reassered itself mmed
I suppose he knew at first glance that was not a
Frenchman. and equally confident that not
Fnglishman and perhaps from the cent OF nv lib
he concluded that native of the land of the free
and the home Of the afraid thing earth!
Wheresoever howsoever he located his thoughts
coud have received better polite treatment
and attention. and this comfort stranger in
great CITY where he doent know soul and can't speak
word that man in ten thousand Of the inhabitants
could understand
He provided me with comfortable room overlook
ing the "Tuieries Garden" (Which is not garden
at ALL in understanding of the word but woods Of
dmnutive trees) wished me pleasant soourn in Paris
bade good-nght and aoft in the custody Of
dezzlingly uniformed attendant. After inspecting
room and learning how 10 get out OF II in a hurry il
need be- and carefully scanning the cards OF instruction
in several languages-English inoluded-on the WALL
and esnecally the item referring 10 the price per diem
Of the proceeded utilize Of the informa-
ton and hunt for the dining supper room,
whate er they chose to call so Il contained food of
almost kind, for had eaten nothing two sand
wches since leaving Havre and it nearly eleven
o'clock p. and almost famished.
did not partake Of every item the bill Of fare,
but requesting waiter by signs and tokens select
for me-thinking that knew how to it'll GER
tauy Did consume goodly quantity Of the viands, and
made most expansive, exhaustive and, you may
well believe but extremely satisfactory meal
call 1t by whatever name you will
When looked at the figures Of the bill for my first
meal in Paris which not going to set forth here
! though ! remember them-and took a further survey
/ Of the magnhcence around me, smoking frank
cigar which almost good I could buy
at home for Eve cents thought myself that if
kind OF thing was kept up long enough. something
would happen. But consoled myself with the rehec-
uon that 70 leave the next day for Dresden 70
visit friends and that there might be able to
somewhat by taking few meals with them; and thus
together with reasonable economy the future
! might DO able to keep things even until got home
Another balm OF consolation to conscience somewhat
disturbed by the SIN Of extravaganza that it, per-
ehanoe Should meet some man from Wilmington in
the corridors Of the hotel the next morning and he
found me stopping at the Hotel contnental-wth all
that that inpes-he would be duly impressed with the
fact that was not doing Emope'-n any small way
but trying to maintain the reputation of country
ana So eiter finishing my cigar and my demi tasse,
retired to my room to sleep exceedingly comfort
! able mattress perched bedstead about four
high With cool anow-white bed linen and little feather
bed about five feet long by three feet wide foot
thick laid across the footboard Of the bed pre-
cold blizzard that might come booming along during
hot night in August
After sound and refreshing sleep the next
morning betnes Intending to get out early and have
Germany. ! say I arose" 1 tried to- but found
IL considerable Of undertaking for ordinarily
commonplace ana every day matter AS sat upon
the SIDE Of my bed stupidity looking about wondered
! II had smugged earthquake into France The room
the whole house the buildings outside in fact the whole
city seemed 10 be tossing and pitching rolling with
! precisely
After dressing not without considerable difficulty. made
my way down stairs. the way down / tried to get
explanation from the 'lft boy by signs gestures
and little American dialect thrown inwhich Of course
| he couldn't understand--hut he simply stared at me-
doubtless thinking that he had captured a lunatc NV
friend in the office, however explained all
He tod me that hadn't gotten my land legs" yet
aud that It quite frequent occurrence especially
venenced at II very peculiar sensation and
experience but it passed in hour and produced
/ no ll effect
After comfortable breakfast of two lamb chops.
boiled French roll and cup coffee which was
ofvery thin consistency inquired the the
to the Paris office OF THE New York Herald" Herald
was % my variety Of politics. but no
difference wasn't particular Just then what wanted
was something printed in a language that read
that would tell me about home; and amy old thing"
would do. but at the first corner I met
read IL 1t the old Herald" looked Just like
IL did at home, and I took and carefully read
almost every word in IT, and pleased with it al-
but guess it was the first time liked the Herald"
! in my life.
To undertake to Paris in day would be about
equivalent TO visit of fifteen a worlds fair;
and so. proposed embrace France later in my
brief itinerary, attempted nothing further this time
than short sos along the streets and bouevards Within
compai atvely close range hotel The first thing
in the centre Of the spacious place vendome;" an inn
mense shaft with the statue Of the a sense
the oryNapoleon at the top in citizen dress and hand
extended as though he calling the attention
world 20 the mighty empire which he the
imperial MASTER but the time suggestive Of
the thought how are the mighty fallenT And the
Communist rabbe of Paris, following the example Of
| 'nnety-three' and onward, pulled that column
down into the street with ropei
Looking forward prospective forty years after the
terror Of $50. the porentous question now how
soon are they going to do II again2
Cro be continued)