The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-13
BIlKINS IN PARIS
The Major and His Mule Bob
Make the Trip From
Dublin i'm a Boat.
BlLKlNs PLEASED WITH PARIS

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Napoleon Beaapare,
Correspondence Of The Caucasian
Enterprise
Paris. France. May ls.-At last I
am In Paris. the gay French capital.
the most beautiful city In the world.
An ain glad ter be here. / ex-
pect ter see both sides ov life here.
IL | stay long ennnft ter get 3 few
guide looks.
| travelled b. boat-me an Bob
from Dublin ter Paris. Hit ia u
beautiful trip an hit iE site ter zee
the variety an the number oy craft
that liz on the water In that region.
fer hit liz not many miles betwixt
the great cities in that section.
Dublin. London. Liverpool an Paris
Az we'll az other towns oy less i'm
portance. There heE bin talk ov es-
tahiishin' q line ov stem ferries be-
tween those cities Hit orteF be
done. an would be IL London an
Paris wuZ in America. The English
an French air CRATE people. but they
air not Americans. They threaten
ter do a CRATE many things. but they
never do them.
felt sorter ticklish when | landed
in Paris an found nearly every
body talkin' the French language. In
my time | hev met up with purity
nigh awl sorts ov folks an the jab-
understand didn't worry me much.
| found hit different. though. whar
probably ninety-nine out oy "A hun
dred air talkin' goose talk. But !
finally got located In boardin house
on street that | don't know the
name oy an | hev bin eatin' grub
that | don't know the name ov. Bob
liz in erbout the same fix. / reckon.
fer he liz stoppin' at a livery stable
on a street that tops my cotton SO
far az the name goes.
But | am enJoyinn' myself. find
that the French people air very polite
an clever in their way. Many ov
them kin talk English an onderstan'
English, If they try. France liz rite
close ter England an they liz a guide
deal ov passin' back an forth since
the two countries got ter the point
whar they hev quit fitin' an talkin'
erbout fiitin' The French air "a gay.
careless sort ov people. But they
air smart an brave. / don't see why
they don't awl larn ter talk English,
fer they air sich close nabors. France
and Germany air purity close nabors.
too, an. ov course, the Germans talk
the German language. This language
business heZ awlways bin mystery
ter me. Thar liz England. France.
Germany an other countries awl in
a bunch, an they awl talk different.
look different, an hev different re-
ligions an customs. Still they air
awl ov the same race. | kin stand
an listen ter a EnglishmaB when he
talks, but when a Frcnchman or a
German, Spaniard or Italian begins
ter pump hot air at me | look The
other way, an the old war spirit
rises in my bones. But | can't hold
spite at them ter save my life.
hev hearn that the buildin' ov the
Tower of Babel or sumthln' ov that
sort caused a confusion ov languages
an the world can't git strate on that
subject even TO this day. The Chi
nese, Japanese an the Russians each
hev a monopoly In language on one
side ov the earth an they liz a guide
many monopolies in that line on the
other side. Trust busters will pleas
| take notis.
France Is not much ov a territory
grahser. That country once had a
1 Gidlu IA the y hAASA SAdAGa
which extended from the Mississippi
river west, includin' most oy the
Southwestern portion ov what liz now
the United States. Hit hez since
bin termed the Louisiana Purchase.
/ We fooled them out ov hit many
| years ergo. They awlso had some
claims in Canada at one time. Eng
land got that. The French air very
industrious when Things git In a
tangle. They hev paid some enor-
nous war claims In a very short
time.
| France Is a crate agricultural coun'
try, an one ov the most profitable
products IL wine. Most ov them air
anti-prohibitionists They manufact'
ure a GUIDE deal. includin' fine dresl
goods an high-priced hats. Parii
starts awl ov the spring an fal
styles in dresses. hats. ribbons
switches, false hair, an other femals
extravagance, ineludin' high-heele(
shoes, an bustles. when sich yarminu
air In style. Most ov the very riei
! American girls who start out az can
didates fer the divorce courts usual
ly 60 ter Paris fer their weddin
, gowns an they pay ennuff fer then
] ter make them believe that they al
/ more or less dressed up when tn
weddin' liz pulled on. An they air
| The French air great when hit come
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