The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-07-20
THIS WAS SOME VISIT TO PAREE.

PARIS. FRANCE-Special. All
Paree-beautiful Paree. The place
where one can see life. Where song.
/ wine and pretty women pass in con-
stant reView-a panorama of color.
sound, laughter. There is none other
like this place. Just one week was
spent here, and my, what a gay time
"a real giddy and frisky time. on
the Boulevard de Paree / met Count
Guy deFOlks, and he was so fascinat-
ing, very. He said to me something
like this, but with a good deal Of en-
phaSlS, and / wish TO remark that if
it had been dark when the French
people were taught to talk thev would
have been deaf and dumb:
From ze America, m'seUr. lie land
of ze Washington, where we send one
great Lafayette for some liberty. Ze
grand country, but not so beautiful
like ze Paree. Eh. m'seur? I have
been to America, and was ze grand
d. E."
An right, count" said L But
when you begin to tell me what the
grand ID. e. is 1 may be able to fol-
low you
Pardon, m'seur. Pardon-a thou
sand pardons. ! am ze grand u. l.. in
re America. Eat is TO say. l am ze
distillery expert and sample the wines
for ze gentlemen who have re large
money factories ana VINO huv ze
wines an say zey have ze one grand
Tune. Zey fill ze papers with that
ana zey owe re papers what say whist
you call ze hell OF re time"
his was getting down to plain
language, and / began TO realize that
| the fellow had seen the inside of
some things in New York, possibly.
and was disposed TO tell something
which might start another scandal in
high life, and l asked him about how
they celebrated the Fourth
We ze long way from where re
blS night FOR some liberty are" said
the count, employing some emphasis
and performing considerable manual
labor in an effort TO impress me with
the idea that he was engaging in con-
Versation.
'Ze American soldiers in re Revo-
lutte re fine patriot. he French SOL
dlers say to re British man, 'Abas. lie
non. Zen we so and help bat re lion
all over ze lot like Mr.. Tyrus Cobb
with re baseball bat. Fine. We sing
ze song, We drink ze wine, we have
ze bands, ze opera, the circus and
zen we read what re great Virginia
author and historian, Evangeiique
Richmond Chesterman. have say about
Ze war. Fine. One grand man
massive mind, physique a la Napoleon
-ze man. History to him is q
pastime-a JOY, q delight"
Coming over TO this place we had a
lovely trip. The boat did eVerythine
except TO upset, but that made no
difference. Out Of several hundred
persons on boat all were upset except
some ten or twelve. Did not phase
me. There is considerable trouble
IN getting to any place in Paree.
However, there is no trouble in get
ting rid OF all the coin YOU fetch
along. But that trip on the boat
across the English Channer! That
English Cahnnel is something ter
rife. 1t is worse than that. 1t is
awful-and ii ought to be spelled
orful.
But one can see things in Paree-
that is, unless he keeps his eyes shut.
Whee! Things come and so so fast
that il makes ones head swim. The
show begins along about o'clock
in the afternoon and il lasts until the
police take the last one at o'clock
in the morning-that is the police
see that shops are closed at that time.
CostumeS-PariS sets the fashions for
the world, and if all the Partisan fash
ions were to strike America at one
time there would be one great riot
of color, OF styles. of prices. in coats.
hats, gloves, canes, ties, dresses.
wraps, hOSery-fiRa displays every
daN-harness for horses. trappings for
dogs and odors for gasoline.
But we are to start home July
18th, and then l will have something
to say.