The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-25
PARIS NEWS LETTER

Paris, France, April 25.-The Eiffel
tower has been celebrating its silver
jubilee.
On April ., just 25 years ago, the
French flag was hoisted on its sum-
NIT. 1t was the principal attraction
of the exposition of 1889. Both at the
time of it's erection and afterwards 1t
wa the subject of hostile criticism on
the part Of artists and men Of letters.
The composer, Charles Gounod, the
great poets, Leconte de Lisle, Sully
Prudhomme, Francis Coppee. the nov
elist, Guy de Maupassant, united in
protesting against the Disagreement of
Paris by a structure which would not
be tolerated even "by commercial Am
erica" Other critics declared that 1t
would not last twenty years., but 1t
stands today as strong as ever to vin
dictate its creators, the symbol and trl-
umph of modern industry. For the
Eiffel tower was the pioneer of the
light metallic construction which
makes possible by its su~ppleness and
enormous strength the most daring
conceptions Of the architect and engi-
neer.
The famous tower is. indeed, a mir
acle of lightness with all it's 5000 tons
of metal, as a simple calculation will
show. If a model OF the scale OF one
t%housandth were made, it would be II
inches high and would weigh only %
ounces, the, weight Of a thick sheet of
paper.
At first hardly more than an engin-
eering curiosity, the Eiffel tower found
its vocation when wireless biography
was invented. Now the correct time
and a budget of the latest news Is
flashed from it twice daily to ships
far at sea and the far-off French col"
onies in Africa.
Aristide BRAND. leader of the FEEDER
alton of Democrats Of the Left. which
in opposition to the present ministry
of the radical and socialist~radical
graups Is seeking a majority In he
parliamentary elections on April rs, is
looked upon even by his political foes
as n of the first orators in Europe.
He has ]eloquence and humor. the
power to illuminate dry facts by his
manner of presentation, and the gifts
Of the winning ~campaigner. His voice.
sometimes melodious, sometimes
sharply penetrating, varies amazingly
from extreme. rapidity of utterance to
sober dignity. Some of his auditors
at a meeting of four thousand in Paris
the other evening were moved to tears.
not by pathos, but by the beauty of
his periods which affected their emo
tions. BRAND is from southern France,
whence nearly all the great orators OF
France come.
Candidates expenses have been
greatly reduced in the 1914 elections
campaigns by limiting the space used
for the posting of manifestos n other
campaign literature. Mayors are re-
CURED to provide large boards at diff
ferent points within their jurisdiction
on these each. candidate. is allotted an
eauaI space. Any placarding of cam
naign posters elsewhere may be pun.
isfed by a fine of from n to two
dollars for each offense. This places
candidates with small campaign funds
more nearly on equality with theil
wealthier rivals.
Another reform aims at absolute Sc
crecy. in the. vote. 1t stipulates tina
ffe voter must deposit his ballot, en-
closed. iii. an envelope. In a box which
81 placed in an isolated cabinet.
sfructure resembling a tent where hs
viii be completely screened from ths
SSeWo fthose outside.
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