The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
PARIS STUNNED
BY AME RIGA MS
Floods, Wretclied Summer and
Revolution Predictions Keep
Them Away.
THEY ARE SADLY MISSED
Hotel and Shop Keepers Mourn
for Flood of Tourists
Gold.
THEY ARE SADLY MISSED
BY GEORGE DuFnEsNE.

Especial Gable to The Tiines.Dispatch.]
Paris. November 6.---Parsians, who,
probably more than any other people
In the world, love a "frissoi," a shud-
der and who delight to flirt with
revolution from time TO time. are be-
ginning to realize that constant sue
cession Of crises may be very thrilling,
but cannot help being harmful, and
a city like Paris. which to large
extent must rely on a constant influx
of foreign tourists to provide the coin
we all love.
Victim of disastrous floods in the
spring, followed by wretched sum
mer, and finally SHAKEN by prospect
of bloody social war. Paris has become
city that tourists shun as IL it were
afflicted by the evil eye.
AT this time of the year Paris is
usually tho rendezvous of hundreds
OF rich Americans, who spend their
money lavishy, but this year you will
look in vain for Americans; they have
been effectually scared away from this
quarter of the globe by the cholera in
Italy and the strike disorders In Paris
The recent strange doings in tho
labor world. however. did not seem to
affect the general gaiety OF Paris.
AT the height of the strike. when
the press was talking Of black famine,
of being fed by boats on the river
and motor cars from the country, the
monde" and tie "demi monde" were
enjoying themselves in their ordinary
way. Brilliant creatures In expensive
gowns and amazing hats crunched
crumpets and sippea tea at Rumpel-
meyer's. at the Ritz, at Colombin's, and
champagne soyeux" and golden cock
tails glided down delicate and indif-
ferent Threats at Armenonvlle and the
Cascades. Society will not bulge an
inch short of a general earthquake,
which throws down mansions as we'll
as novels.
The motor car Is partly responsible.
What matters It II the trains do not
run when one has a chauffeur and q
60-horsepower Panhard? II is a little
fresh excitement, with dash of ad-
venture and some thing OF the delight
| OF the impromptu.
The proud and independent chauffeur
did roaring trade. A hundred francs
to Amiens. and all sorts of fantastic
prices. But the hotel-keepers COM
blamed. The telegraph cancelled or
4 ders by the score: people did not like
to come for fear of difficulties and for
| fear of having to stay.
Yet" said charming American
to me. III had to be shut up 1 had
| rather it should be Paris than any
town on earth"
Yes l answered, "in spite OF all
her faults we love her still"
1 And now that the thrill of the es-
I element has worn off, when we arc
/ figuring out the cost, we sadly miss
our usual crowd of American visitors,
Tor they are the great money spenders
| In the Industries de luxe and the
losses TO trade have been immense We
are feeling rather like chastIsed chill
dren lust now: we really want to be
! good, but the truth is the spirit of UNI
| rest has not been killed; 1t has only
teen temporarily smothered. The old
labor troubles are sure TO reassert
themselves at the first opportunity
next month, next year. Who knows
i One thing is sure. however, no labor
uprising has any chance of success In
i France: no revolution Is possible as
long as the army is loyal, and the army
= VIII remain loyal because 1t is hour,
!. geois. The great mass OF the young
soldiers Is drawn from the land, ant
the landowner is by nature conser
vative.
: The peasant, brought into contac
with the townsman, sides with au
thority every time, knowing that h,
mas nothing to expect from the artisan
IN office The peasant, indeed. can &c
e no more in France. He has all Their
IS TO give--the very soil of the coun
trSr therefore a revolution can onl,
q be a Temporary affair confined to tn
large towns but that does not proven
u IRON creating a vast amount O