The Washington herald., 1913-06-22

rush of Americans which was to come
l see no sign of il.
Some hundreds or some thousands OF
Americans are at the chic hotels, but
every week some hundreds desert Paris
TO go home. The steamers which are
crowded with Americans. tell their own
tale. A handful of our very wealthy
countrymen attend teas at the Hotel
Ritz. shine at polo meetings, and give
teas or dinners. All told. however, they
are not a host nor do they mean much
to the Paris shopkeepers.
In default of quantity we have quality
this summer, and many may find Paris
more enjoyable this year for being more
herself. 1t is possible to get civtlity In
the restaurants and cafes of the boule-
wards. the theaters are not packed with
restless tourists, dresses and hats of the
stylish makes may now be bought at al
most reasonable prices, and the Champs
Elysees does not resemble Broadway.
The nightmare Of a European war still
troubles France, and even those short
sighted radicals who swear by Jaures
have now been checked in their attacks
on the new army bill by the frank crude
ness of the latest German Minister OF
War. 1t should be noted, however, that
In their comments on Kaiser Wilhelm's
jubilee. the French newspapers have been
very temperate.
DR.. Carroll Sirs Paris.
BY long odds the most prominent per-
son here this week has been DR.. Carroll
In this age OF science, men who hold the
public eve just now are thinkers like
Bergman or surgeons like Carroll. whose
two addresses in two Paris hospitals at
tracted as much notice as the sensational
premieres of Carpenters Julien. or
D'Annunzio's "Pisanella."
Literary, social, political, medical. and
financial celebrities attended DR.. Carroll
lectures and hung breathless on his words
as he described his latest miracles.
Less sensational, but also of real world
wide interest, was the lecture delivered
this week to the Academy of Sciences by
DR.. Roux, head Of the Pasteur Institute,
regarding a new plan for curing whooping
cough.
Under the title, The Tragedies of
Faith" Roman ROLAND has just publish
ed three unusual plays, named Isl.
Louis" THE Triumph of Reason" and
"Aert" They are remarkable less as
examples of dramatic art than as ex-
pressions of philosophical optimism.
In quite another way a book by Albert
Boissiere, 1.-The Enchanted Crinoline," de-
serves attention. It is an anecdotal story
of the Second Empire, and deals with
many well known characters by their
real names.
American. operate managers agents
now in Paris are having hard time try
ing to unearth new singers. II Oscar
Hammerstein's agent related all his ex-
periepces here, they would be interesting.
II will be well to take all statements as
to positive engagements for exclusive pro-
ductions made for rival arrangements
with several grains Of salt
Looka to U. s. for Singers.
Mammerstein, however, seems no worse
OF than some European managers. Some
days ago, Director Gregor, of the Vienna
Opera House. passed unobtrusively
Paris on a still hunt for vocal
talent. He assured me he found 1t more
and more difficult to discover singers.
las time goes on he, said. we grow
more dependent on the Americana. 1t.
remains to be seen II Milton Sargent
Aborn, who is now in Europe. will have
better luck.
According to Jacques Coini, the diff
Guilty of obtaining artists is due chiefly
to the refusal of European opera houses
10 relieve them from existing contracts.
Opera singers OF high rank, able without
special training to pronounce English
clearly. seem to be rare. Yet. I stin
nave not heard that Gatti Casazzi. or
Russell or Hammerstein. has made the
east effort to remove one obstacle to
opera In English by engaging competent
.eachers Of diction and enunciation.