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Tho following lottor was received by
a member of the faculty from Dr.
Qorlg, who 1h now studying In PnrlH:
"Dear Prof. :
"PleaBO do not begin to berate Duff
when you receive thlH sample of tho
wretched education thnt you Inculcate:
for I, while guilty of many wicked
acts, am yet In no way rcHponslble for
this effusion. I write in order to in
form you that I am still able to totter
about, In spite of my emaciated con
dition. Pounds of llcHli are dropping
off me at a rate that would make old
Shylock'H eyes gleam with envy. 1
weigh only lfiG pounds, and from pres
ent Indications, threaten to fall down
to 170. Parisian life is too much for
mo. I am working too haul. Why I
am expected to bo up by 10 o'clock
every morning! Furthermore, the de
mands upon my time are something
outrageous. The King and Queen of
Italy were first up to pay a call on me.
But in spite of it all, I have managed
to visit the city. I have been through
It from collar to attic; in Jail and out;
down In the Seine, and up on tho
" heights of Montnrartre In fact, every
where, but In church a malicious
habit that I acquired from you.
No, honestly, I have been to church
about thirty-live times I. e , I walked
Into thlrty-flve different churches,
looked around, and then, walked out
again. As for the services, I am un
able to say just how they are con
ducted; for despite tho fact that I
watched them three or four times, I
failed to understand or Imbibe a wqrd
of what was going on. To render my
mortification even greater, I was green
enough to take a seat almost under the
pulpit. My French has received sev
eral hard knocks since I set foot in
UiIb country; and at that moment, I
must confess that 30 cents and (i.000,
000 years looked tho same to me. How
ever, I sidled sheepishly up to a cer
tain parlshoncr with whom I am ac
quainted, and ventured to question if
ho thought tlie sermon was good. He
looked at me pityingly and replied:
"Oh, wo never pay attention to them.
They talk so fast we can't understand
them." I feel relieved to say the least
I visited a French convent a short
tlmo ago. A lady from New York
whose husband is a professor in Co
lumbia university, invited me to ac
company her and her daughter to the
large convent of St. Ciermaln. 1 had no
Idea what the trip might involve, but,
realizing that I would have the daugh
ter all to myself in the interim, it did
not require an hour for me to make
up my mind to accept. 1 can't imagine
how they managed to get me inside tho
portals of that stately old edifice, but,
nevertheless, 1 found myself within
the largo walls, built mainly as a pro
tection against me. Well. I was at
once surrounded by f0 or (o nuns, to
whom a man and especially a domesti
cated Nebiaslum. was a curiosity of the
first water. They examined me in
much the same way as a scientist ex
amines a btrangcbug. As that was
the first time. I was ever a 'whole
show' to a bevy of women, I wasnt
slow in making the most of my oppor
tunity. I swaggered about like u Gas
con, and lied most shamefully. They
asked me at once If I ever killed any
Indians or Negroes. If you had seen
mo straighten up then, extend my
chest, and assume an expression of
ferocity, you woiuu have vowed it was
Wild Bill's ghost. My conscience still
troubles me because of the lies I told
those pretty creatures! But that's an
other bad habit I acquired from you.
I wont over to tho Palais do Justice
a few days ago with tho intention of
getting a glimpse of tho interior work
ings of French justice to see whether
I shall have any chances of escaping.
I stopped in a clerk's otnee and askod
him where was the court of criminal
correction.
"Ob, you want to bo tried?" ho asked.
"No, indeed, I want to visit it," I
said.
But ho had already gotten tho pa
pers and a bigsargeant had stepped
up to my side, ready to assist mo in
signing. It took me ten minutes to ex
plain that I was simply a visitor and
not a habitue. Then the clerk began
to rage.
"Do you know that you are in the
office reserved tor condemned crim
inals?"
I realized then the narrowness of my
escape.
I am located at the Hotel Jacob,
where my friend D'Artagnan, of the
Threo MusketeerB, used to reBido. They
relate that you can see his ghost on
dark night. But that doesn't prevent
the house from being dreadfully un
comfortable, as are Parisian homes. It
is next to Impossible to heat the rooms.
There aie ciaiks under the doors large
enough for Jeff to crawl through and
the Moors run through the musical
scale every time you walk across them.
Windows, even in the newest houses,
an alwnys double and open inwards,
flathtuhs are a luxury. Marat was the
ktM Ficnchmnn who ever took a bath;
and, as tie was killed in the act, all
Frenchmen tear his fate, (las and elec
tilcity are not to lie found in houses,
the candle being tho only means of
lighting My friend and I managed,
howewr, to find a lamp. But coal oil
is GO cents a gallon. Coal Is displayed
in handsome fruit Jars in the windows
of tobacco and fruit stores. Candy and
cakes are very high. In .other words
living is as high as it is in New York,
and Is far from being comfortable
Hut the French are surely peerless
consume! s of liquid lcfreshments. As
soon as a child is old enough to make
known its wants, they begin to teed it
on wine, etc. As a result it is not an
uncommem tiling to sod toilers as young
as II. Wine is drunk at every meal;
and worklngmen have usually a recess
in the morning and afternoon, which
they generally devote to a wine feast.
Absinthe In comparison with which
whisky is non-poisonous, is drunk by
all, young and old. In a certain res
taurant where wo often go for our sup.
per, we haven't yet failed to find an
aged father and his two sons with
their absinthe before thcfliv The
French government has posted large
placards on all of its public buildings,
warning the people against the evils of
ilcohnlism, which. It claims, is under
mining tiie nation. Hut that is a mere
i ry in the desert; the cafe scorns to be
the prosperous business of Fiance I
ini becoming more and more of a pro
hibitionist t ho longer I stay here. My
t'liend and I. in spite or the fact that
we are laughed at whorewr we go.
still limit ourselves, as tar as possi
ble, to water and coffee.
Why this city will rank among the
most wicked of the world is doubtless
duo to that fact that the life of tho
voung is so colorless. They are blase
to Paris do not take enough Interest
'n it to visit the unknown and remote
parts. Wo have met numbers who are
'lad to spend an afternoon in the most
common-place conversation with two
ignorant foreigners, inasmuch as they
have nothing else to do. There are no
athletic games to absorb their alten
Mon The only diversions they have
are orgies and theatres. Debauchery is
such a common thinir that. It iH enn-
-.ldorod a necessary part of a young
man's education. So I don'L think wo
can hold them- responsible for t heir
training and environment. If they
were brought up under a different sys
tem of trailing and in a different en
vii eminent, they result would, wifhout
ioubt, lie entirely different.
All the Parisians live beyond their
means. Suicides and poverty are com
mon. Beggars are on all sides. As for
religion, thero is none. True there ana
many magnificent churches, one now in
process of construction will cost about
$15,000,000, but religion is a mere form
And usually a subterfuge. The streets
aro always thronged with corpulent
Jesuits, and sated priests, all men para
sites, living at the expense of tho peo
ple and government. The more I see
and learn of them, tho more I am in
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sympathy with the French government
ousting them.
But I must drop this rambling. Dr.
Rurmn, a former friend of mine, now
professor in Latin in the University
of Cincinnati, is just two blocks away.
I have alto met W. I. Knapp. formerly
a professor in the Uni veibity of Chi
cago, who is now living here.
I must stop. With kindest regards to
you, I am as ever, Yours truly,
OEIIIG.
P. S. Excuse illegible writing.
Meersohaum pipes. 2.5 per cent off
this week. F. A. Powell, Oliver The
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No. 212 will leave at 9:55 p. m.
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