The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-03


PARIS. May Fine weather is ush-
ering in the season of the annual in
vaslon OF Paris by hordes of visitors and
sightseers from abroad and from the
provinces, Year by year those who have
long known and loved Paris. as well as
those who are able TO compare its pres
ent external aspects with those OF other
European capitals, have had to complain
equally disastrous neglect from which the
queen of cities is suffering. Some of the
Disagreement Is due To the scaffodins
for new editces. or to the subterraean
operations for the extension of the Metro
poltan electric railway. Much of Il is
actcr, and is due TO the erection OF build
ings which are either In themselves
models of bad taste In point OF arehIteG-
inconsistent In style and proportions with
their architecture surroundings.
Neglect. on the other hand, is manifest
cd in the treatment OF public monuments,
buildings and gardens. as we'll as In the
maintenance OF the public thorouGhfares-
Large portions OF the streets seem con-
stanti.y to be up and others are In a
condition which reminds the traveller OF
Moscow or even of Coustantlnople. In
the Place ne In Conoorde the lettering
which shows the names Of the statues
representing the great French cities Is
in some cases mutilated or removed The
great basin OF the fountain at the en-
trance TO the Tuileries gardens is full of
men, or by the ill-disciplined and evil
looking youths who here, as elsewhere,
impede the progress OF pedestrians by
lection OF articles which are visible I'm the
water OF the basin are several garden
chairs, which have been thrown in and
left there To rot or rus, from year To
year. With the exception OF one or two
leading streets and bouleyards, the daily
condition OF the thoroughfares is deplor
able. They are constantly Uttered with
the handhils which enIerpr.sing trades
men OF Paris distribute To passersby in
the hope of advertising their business, but
from the seedy-looleing distributors II he
can help II,
These aspects of Paris have become so
crying an evil that the municipal coun-
ell has taken alarm. and have evi-
IDENTITY begun to fear that their city is
falling behind It's European rivals. 1t
mittee on wood-paving has just sent in
an elaborate report upon the street re-
pairs, which are urgent In various parts
OF the city, and which are to be executed
during the current year. Proposals have
also been laid before the council by Nj.
Emile Massard for the establishment OF Il
the city In addition TO municipal coun-
clllors, il Is proposed that there shall be
on this committee representatives OF
Paris artists and art critics. The object
OF the committee is TO cooperate with
the Prefect Of the Seine In order 10 pre-
vent the disfisurement Of Paris by erec-
llOD Ol cCillccS WHICH are either IN lnenl-
selves unsightly or are discordant with
their surroundings At a meeting of the
municipal council NJ. Massards proposal
was accepted.
Most popular pianists are fed up with
admiration. and are tired OF proposals
Of marriage But NJ. Raoul Pugno has
had an offer which must be new even TO
him and to other virtuosi beloved Of the
public. son is proposed TO him in
pressing terms. In fact. the would be son.
who is Just y, proposes himself. The Tn,
dream OF his life Is that NJ. Pugno should
become his father. He heard NJ, Pugno
play the pianoforte. and then and there
made up his mind that he would be no
other mans son.
''aIy father" he wrote. died eight years
ago. | ask you TO be so very good as TO
adopt me. ] love you. and should be de-
lighted to have you for a father. I am
u. If you agree TO become my father |
Will In return act as your servant without
wages Please have me fetched as soon
as possible. You Will never regret II. !
repeat that If you adopt me will be your
servant without wages. and | add that /
know how TO cook.
The offer OF a son already q and OF an
unpaid man servant who knows how 10
cook rolled into one was tempting. per-
haps. but embarrassing, and NJ Pusno,
pianoforte playing. is understood to have
regrctfully declined It.
A Lilliputian colony has arrived in Paris
d d'Acclimatlon in the Bois de Boulogne, one
OF tho two geological gardens in Paris. 1t
comprises over loo men and women, none
over twenty inches high. The novelty of
the show will be that IL is not n show of
freaks" In the ordinary sense, The
dwarfs are not only perfectly well con-
siituted man and women, but they are.
many of them. "pcople in society" per-
sons OF culture and quality. I'VE are a
trine mixed, It Is true said the leading
member of the Lilliputian company. land
there Is even one negro among US. But
a number Of the dwarfs are persons OF
who have never consented 10 exhibit
themselves before. and whom only n
substantial consideration has induced To
figure now for the first time In Lillipu-
tian colony.
The leading members OF tho company
and Baron Magri. both Italians. Though
only about n foot high; they. arc full OF
mix indiscrminately with the remainder
OF the colony. which Includes persons OF
all sorts and conditions. "Thc manager
merely chose the smallest people he could
pany therefore is mixed. Besides aristo-
Gratis like ourselves. there are peasants
and menials; The two Magris. who are
n long time making up their minds 10
join the Lilliputian colony. and II was
only substantial offer that induced
them to overcome their natural repug-
nance and take part In the show.
This years great novelty at the Paris
| culinary exhibit Is the competition OF
! ninety soldier cooks with the best chefs
! lists have been selected from different
military Kitchens In Paris and the prov
inces by NJ. Cheron. the under secretary
! for war. who has done so much for the