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THE SUNDAY QBEGONIAN, ""PORTLAND,, gEPTEMBBB 21, 1002.
ALL ABOUT HAVRE jT THE GREAT PORT AT
THE MOUTH OF THE SEINE
FRANCE'S GATEWACj TO THE OCEAN
XTXEXCU
HAVRE, France, Sept. 4. I have
crossed from. England to Prance,
and am now In the City of "Havre,
the great port on the English Channel
at the mouth of the Seine. This la one
of tho most Important commercial points
of North Europe. It la the gateway from
the Atlantic, not only to Paris and France,
hut to Switzerland and South-western Ger
many, and for many classes of goods to
Holland and Belgium as well. It vies with
Marseilles as the chief port of. the French,
and It Is the chief landing-place of the
American Invasion. Last year about 4,000,
' 000 tons of goods were leaded or die
charged here. Three-fourths of all the
cotton which we ship to France comes to
Havre, and also the hulk of our machin
ery, breadstuffs and notions.
Tlie Biff French, Market.
Eefore I describe Havre let me give you
a bird's-eye glimpse of this land of the
French to show you that it Is well worth
your consideration In pushing your trade.
"We are apt to look upon the European
states a3 comparatively email, and the
average American does not realize their
population and wealth.
France Is no six-by-nine province, either
In area or richness. She Is one of the
largest countries of Europe. She is more
than four times as "big as New York or
Pennsylvania, Ave times aa big as Ohio,
and over 20 times the size of Maryland.
"With a single exception, of Texas, we
have no state as large, and none, I ven
ture, which is uniformly so rich In Its
agricultural products. France has some
of the richest soil of Europe, and almost
every bit of it Is good land. It ranks
next to Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Russia in area, and Its people are the
thriftiest of the whole European Conti
nent. French Farmers Are Rich.
The population of France la more than
38,000,000, or about half as large as that
of the United States. It has only about
3,000,000 less people than Great Britain and
Ireland, hut there the country Is owned by
the Lords and the rich. It Is one of vast
estates, and the most of it Is pasture rath
er than cultivated farms. Indeed, all tho
OF IMTE-REST TO WOMEN
numeration if she should get them de
sirable tenants.
Before long her work grew compara
tively easy: She became perfectly 'ac
quainted with many parts of the city, and
J could generally tell where to go to find
the required accommodations. Then sho
fhas now many orders on hand, and can
Tvorfc up a number at once.
' This house-hunter sever recommends a
place until she has personally visited it
She takes notes as she inspects, and
writes a full description of every house
or apartment noting not only the interior,
put the outlook, both rear and front; the
iielghborhood, and the names of the
Nearest neighbors. Once she has decided
;on a number of those which will most
likely suit a patron, she takes the writ
ten descriptions to her in person, talks
!them over with her, and tries to, make
the houses which the lady will finally
Jiave to visit in person as low as possible.
Her house-hunting succeeded so well
that this Spring, the woman opened a
:new department in connection with her
regular work, namely, a "Summer resort
directory." Here she caters mostly to
people of more moderate circumstances,
to whom reasonable accommodations are
a matter of Importance, and who have
not the time or money to travel around
to pick and choose for themselves.
In this department payment of a dollar
entitles anyone to detailed and unbiased
Information about every resort on her
list She not only gives the number of
hotels, the price and size of tho cottages
for rent amusements, fares, trains to
and fro, etc, but lists of the guests at
the hotels during the last season, and
the names of the principal cottagers were
provided. As the season progressed the
newspaper lists of people at present there
were kept on file. This season .the wo
man's list of resorts "was not large, since
she would offer no place which she had
not personally Inspected. The success of
the experiment has encouraged her to
contiue this novel directory next year,
however, injarger form.
A CHAPTER OX TOMATOES.
Ralf-a-Dozen Recipes "Which "Will
Be Found Timely.
THE tomato which is now to be had so
perfect and so cheap is a most de
sirable vegetable. You can make so many
good things with tomatoes. As a vege
table to accompany roasts or fish they
may be served stewed, baked, fried, scal
loped or raw. Ae a salad there are infinite
combinations that make them a popular
vegetable from the time wo get them at
three for a quarter -up to late In the
eeason. when a box can be bought for the
eame price. Then as sweet pickle pre
serves, catsup and various relishes, what
an addition to her store of Winter sup
plies the skillful housewife can make by
a Judicious use of tomatoes. To peel to
matoes, put them Into a frying basket
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STEAMER FROM JTEW YORK HXTEREVG
farm lands of the United Kingdom are
held by about 19,000 men. In France there
are more than 8,500,000 landowners, and
the average holding la leas than six acres.
Tho French farmers have always made
money. They know how to till the soil
as well as, if not better than, any other
people on earth, and they till it so -well
that they practically support and feed
themselves. They raise moro than 300,
000,000 bushels of wheat every year, and
it is only when their crop Is short that
they have to Import breadstuffs from us.
About four men out of every 10 are en
gaged in farming, and it is estimated that
one-fifth of all the French earnings come
from the soli. France grows more wheat
in proportion to its population than any
European nation except Russia. Her land
has be$n farmed hundreds of years, but
by careful culture it still yields far more
per acre than ours.
Intensive farming is carried on almost
everywhere. There are market gardens
scattered throughout Northern France
which ship their products- to England. I
caw loads of French vegetables In the
markets of London, and when I was at
Manchester last Spring the ships were
starting out for the Channel Islands and
Northern France for new potatoes. About
30,000,000 pounds of potatoes are annually
shipped from Cherbourg to London, and
the first of the crop comes on as early as
February, the potatoes being raised under
glass.
In all France It is estimated that more
than 1,000,000 acres are devoted to market
gardening, and that the average yieldxper
acre Is more than $157 per annum. There
is an early vegetable farm of ISO acres
near Cherbourg that brings in $14,000 a
year. It is such culture that creates the
demand for our plows, cultivators and the
smaller form tools.
"Woolen Stockings of France.
The farmers of France have always been
noted for their thrift. They are good cus
tomers, because they can pay for what
they "buy. Nearly every peasant, man or
woman, has money in the savings bank or
In stocks, or hidden away somewhwe in
an old woolen stocking.
"When De Lesseps was pouring millions
into tho Panama Canal he was asked
where the money came from He re
plied: "From the woolen stockings of
France, where there are still hundreds of
HOUSE-HUNTING FOR A LIVING jr CHAPTER ON TOMATOES jT TIMELY
RECIPES sr CONTINUED FROKf PAGE 28
and plunge them Into hot water for three
or four minutes. Drain and peeL An
other way is to place them in a hot oven
for about five minutes; thia loosens the
skins so they readily slip off.
Scalloped Tomatoes.
Butter- the sides and bottom of a pud
ding dish. Put a layer of bread crumbs
in the bottom; on them put a layer of
sliced tomatoes; sprinkle with salt, pepper
and some bits of butter, and a very little
white sugar. Then repeat with another
layer of crumbs, another of tomato and
seasoning untlj. full, having the top layer
of siloes of tomato, with bits of butter
on each. Bake covered, until well cooked
through; remove the cover and brown
quickly.
Stuffed Baked Tomatoes.
Cut a slice from the stem of each and
scoop out the soft pulp. Mince one small
onion and. fry it slightly; add a gill of hot
wator, the tomato pulp, and two ounces of
cold veal or chicken, chopped fine; simmer
slowly and season with salt and pepper.
.Stir into the pan cracker dust or bread
crumbs enough to absorb the moisture;
toko off from the fire and let It cool; stuff
the tomatoes with this mass, sprinkle
dry crumbs over the top; add a small
piece of butter to the top of each and
bake until slightly browned on top.-
Fried Tomatoes.
Cut firm, largo, ripe tomatoes Into thick
slices, rather more than a quarter of an
Inch thick; season with salt and pepper,
dredge well with flour or roll in egg and
crumbs, and fry them brown on both sides
evenly in hot butter and lard mixed.
Tomato Cntxup.
Boll one-half bushel ripe tomatoes, put
aside and when cool enough to handle rub
through a sieve until nothing but skin
remains. To what goes through add two
scant teacupfuls of salt, about four table
spoons each of pure ground allspice and
cloves and cinnamon, a teacup of sugar If
liked. Spice and sugar should always bo
added to taste. At the last add a quart
of elder vinegar, then return to the fire
and simmer for an hour; if the tomatoes
are watery, boll more than an hour; if
too thick, add more vinegar.
Preserved Green Tomatoes.
Take one peck of green tomatoes; slice
six frceh lemons without removing the
skins but taking out the seeds; put to
this quantity six pounds of common
white sugar and boll until transparent and
the syrup thick. Ginger root may be
added, if liked.
Green Tomato Pickle.
One peck of green tbmatoes; slice' in
half-Inch thickness, sprinkle with altf in
layers as you put them In your kettle; let
them stand over night; turn off the brine,
cover with water, to which has been
added a cup of vinegar, and scald thor
oughly; then drain thern, Take a quart
of vinegar, three pounds of brown sugar.
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HAVRE.
minions more." It waa these fame stock
ing hoards that paid the cost of the
Franco-German War, the greatest pay
ment ever made by one nation to nn-
t other. The cost of the war and of th
Indemnity amounted to more than $2,000,
000,000. The government Issued bonds, and
the peasant farmers of France brought
out their stockings and bought them.
Since then the&O RtrvoVlncra hm- nln
j become full, and, although France has a
"ttuouai aem or almost $7,000,000,000, It is
held by Its own people. They receive the
interest, and they have millions upon mil
lions to spend for what they want,
whether it be furnished by Great Britain,
Germany, America or themselves. The
people live as well as any people In the
world. They dress well and spend well,
and In wants they furnish a possible mar-
T??19 63 ffreat as a11 China, with
its 00,000,000 people.
"What the French Bay.
Indeed, the French stand high among
tho purchasing nations. Their imports
amount to over $2,000,000 a day, or to more
than $350,000,000 a year. This is over $400,
000000 more than our total Importations,
and the bulk of the money goes to tho
European nations, although our trade is
slowly and steadily Increasing. It has
gained about $18,000,000 in 10 years, while
if0 gflJn GrefLt Britain and Ireland has
been 13 times as much.
One reason for this1 ia that the French
aro in many things like the Americans.
They 6how as much taste in finishing
their manufactures as they do in making
fancy hats and dresses; they are a race
or Inventors, and hence American novelties
are not in so great demand. They be
lieve also in trade protection, and the
government contracts often specify that
the materials used shall be of French
manufacture. Nevertheless, the market Is
a most valuable one, and one that can be
worked with great profit Something of
what is now being done will be seen as I
take you through the city of Havre.
A Look at Havre.
Havre Is a typical French seaport Its
streets are wide, its houses bright and
sunny, it has open places and gardens In
the heart of the town, and its docks are
great stone structures with all modern
conveniences for loading and discharging
goods. The town has existed since the
a teaspoon each of mustard seed, allspice,
cloves, clnnaman, ginger and pepper;
scald all together, then put In the toma
toes and boll for 10 minutes.
DELICIOUS SWEET CORX DISHES.
A Combination "With Tomatoes That
In Recommended.
NO combination of flavors Is more de
lightful than green corn and toma
toes, and now that the latter are to be
had large and ripe at low price, they may
be served together in a novel and appe
tizing form. Either corn from the cob
or a tender, canned-variety may be used,
scoop out enough of the Interior of large,
ripe, even-sized tomatoes to leave a suffi
ciently thick skin. To each half pint of
corn pulp (If corn Is canned, chop fine and
remove hard parts) add half teaspoonful
of salt two tablespoonfuls of milk, a dash
of pepper, simmer for 10 minutes, fill Into
the tomato cases, put a bit of butter on
top, put on a flat pan In a quick oven and
bake for about half an hour. If more to
mato flavor is liked, use a little of the
pulp, which should be reserved for a sep
arate dish. In this casa add sugar, and
unless the corn Is very sweet, a little .will
be an improvement. Use only young, ten
der corn and rich, ripe tomatoes.
Green Corn Pudding.
Baked brown and served hot with roast
meat or poultry, the corn, young and
either chopped fine if canned, or grated
from the cob, the following Is a perfect
dish: To a pint of corn pulp allow the
same of milk, four beaten eggs, a email
teaspoonful of salt, a dust of pepper, a
teaspoonful of sugar and a little chopped
parsley. If liked. Bake half an hour in
a buttered dish. To vary this dish, add
another egg to the above, and bake In
buttered cup stood in a pan of water;
turn out and serve with a cream sauce
or with tomatoes in any way preferred.
Those who have not tried chopping canned
corn before using will scarcely believe the
improvement in tenderness It makes; also
a wtee use of sugar either with corn or
tomatoes adds richness. Its presence
should, however, never be detected.
Fairy Corn Bread.
Made with green corn, baked In a dish
and served in light, puffy slices, the fol
lowing is a dainty breakfast or luncheon
dish. To each cupful of corn pulp
(grated or chopped) allow a cupful of
milk and cook for 10 minutes in double
boiler; remove and add a tablespoonful
of butter; beat two egps separately, stir
a cup of milk in the yolks, mix together,
then slf in a cupful of yellow corn meal
mixed with a teaspoonful of baking "pow
der, beat well, and Just before pouring the
whole Into a buttered baking dish, etir
in the stiffened whites. Bake three-quarters
of an hour in a steady oven.
Delicious Home-Made Syrnp.
Every one knows that the flavor of lem
on with sugar is delightful with hot griddle
cakes, and this fact may be utilized If the
syrup Jug is found empty Just at meal
days of the Romans, and it has always
been an Important commercial center. The
United States had a conaulato here as far
back as 1800, and today our consulate,
situated on th Place Gambette, in the
heart of the city, does about as much
business as any other.
Havre now has about 120,000 people. The
town He3 right on the sea, with high
lands on the east and the Seine on the
west In coming here from Southampton
my first sight was the abrupt cliffs on
the left of the city. When wo came a
little nearer I could see the masts of the
ships inside the docks and then the low
buildings which border the shore. There
Is a series of fortifications with frowning
canon facing the sea which guards the en
trance, and you steam in between great
stone quays of docks, Just wide enough
for two Atlantic liners to pass In or out
at the same time.
Passing through, we found ourselves In
a great basin which has five entrances to
other basins or Inclosed docks. Indeed,
the docks extend on and on with gate
ways between them permeating almost
every part of the city. There are many
acres of them, so made that the ships
can Kill right up to the warehouses and
discharge their goods, and so that good3
can be put upon the railroads or on the
canals for all parts of France.
There Is one dock In the very heart of
the town facing the Place Gambetta, Thl3
ia reserved for yachts, and there were a
score or more of stoam yachts lying in it
when I visited It this afternoon. One of
these belongs to the Baron Rotchschild
and another is, I am told, the property of
one of the Vanderbllts.
Slsrna of the American Invasion.
The first sign I saw of the American in
vasion was one of tho transatlantic liners
coming In. from New York loaded with
American petroleum, agricultural machin
ery and cotton. As we came to tho quay
I saw a well-known brand of Akron, oats
advertised cn the walls of a building that
must have been a century old, and in
walking to the Hotel Frascati I passed
an office In which an American typewriter
was clicking away.
Later on I called at the consulate, and
in company with Mr. A. M. Thackara, who
in Uncle Sam's representative here, took a
drive of several miles, going from one
dock to another, and stopping at the vari
ous places where steamers were unload
ing American goods.
At the transatlantic quay we visited a
warehouse as large as any In the city of
New York. It was packed to the top
with boxes nnd bales from different parts
of the United Statea I saw American
plows unloaded from one of tho Atlantic
liners and outside were reapers, mowers
and all sorts of farm tools of well-known
American brands. There was a large ship
ment from the Dcering Harvesting Com
pany of Chicago; there were -many Mc
Cormick reapers, a quantity of wheels and
tongues In separate packages, and also
some iron hay rakes to be run by horse
power.
Acres of Cottoa.
At another Sock I found the wharves
covered with bales of American cotton.
There were many thousands of these, cov
ering an area of several acres. They were
lying on the stones out In tho sun. The
cotton was poorly packed; some of the
bales wero open and tho white wool
seemed to be bursting out in every di
rection. I hear complaints everywhere
about tho poor packing of our merchan
dise; and especially about the poorly
packed cotton. Complaints are common
at Manchester and Liverpool, and unfav
orable comparisons are made as to our
shippers and those of India and Egypt
The custom officers were sampling the
bales while I passed through the cotton
wharves. They opened each bale and
took out a bundle In order to assess the
duty upon it. They did their work well,
but it seemed to me that the amount of
cotton removed was unnecessarily large.
The hauling of the cotton from one part
of the wharves to another is. done by
Perchcron horses, t finer than any horses
employed about the wharves of New York.
I saw one hauling 15 cotton bales which
must have weighed on the average 00
pounds each, and I find that the usual
French load for one horse Is from three to
five tons. In the country one horse Is
expected to haul at least three tons, and
this Is so throughout north France. The
horses are well kept and are apparently
no worse for such loads. They compare
time. A cheap and delicious home-made
article may be made In a few moments
thus: Boll together until slightly thick
half a pint of granulated sugar with
quarter the amount of water, skim, then
add a tablespoonful of butter, the carefully
grated yellow rind only, and the Juice of
a large lemon. As soon as tho butter
melts, stir well and serve. A little stick
of cinnamon boiled with the sugar and
water (from Ave to eight minutes) and
removed before serving, is ij. nice addi
tion when used for waffles.
One of the most interesting members of the
party of Boers with the Generals who went to
Kngland and have been over to see Mr. Krugrer
on the Continent was little Louis Botha, the
boy of 11, who has probably eeen more flght
injf than any other human being of his age.
The child is called the "boy veteran," and has
Just been placed in school at Brussels, where
everybody takes him for an English boy. He
talks English perfectly.
S 31 ART AUTUMN HATS.
ACRES OF COTTOIf ON HAVRE SOCK. f i
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favorably with the Clydesdale and
Shire horses which I described In
my tellers from Liverpool, and they
will haul about as large loads.
The streets along the Havre docks
are paved with cobbles, and as far
as I can see they are no better than sim
ilar streets In New York. In the coun
try the roads are macadamized. You can
drive for hundreds of miles and not find a
rough place, so that the horses can haul
great loads.
Nearly all the hauling here Is done upon
one-horse carts. If there is a second horso
It goes In front of the one in the shafts,
three and four-horse teams sometimes be
ing so hitched up tandem. The carts have
flat beds about 15 feet long and three feet
wide, with shafts about half the thickness
of telegraph poles. The shafts are on
hinges, and the loads are raised and low
ered by means of a windlass where the
shafts Join and on the left of the cart.
This windlass also binds ropes about the
loads to hold them on. The wheels are
about as high as the hind wheels of a
farm wagon, and the average cart itself
will weigh, I should think, about a ton.
All weights are estimated- In kilograms,
and I was shown loads which I was told
weighed as much as 5000 kilograms hauled
by one horse. It Is roughly estimated
that 1000 kilograms equal one ton.
Some Q,necr American Exports.
Among the curious exports I see here
ore dried apples from New York and corn
oil cake from Chicago. The dried apples
are used for making French cider and are
brought here from America for that pur
pose. France takes something like 11,000,
000 pounds of such apples every year.
The cider made from them Is sold at all
the restaurants and cafes. It costs but a
few cents a glass, and is better than any
hard cider I have ever tasted in the United
States. The corn oil cake is a refuse of
our Indian corn after the oil has been
squeezed out of It It Is used for feeding,
as is also American cotton seed meal and
oil cake. The corn cake I saw came from
Chicago
Another of our queer exports which is
now coming to Havre is Camembert
cheese. This Is surprising to the French,
for they consider this cheese one of their
specialties, and It Is only within a few
mllca of this port that the most of their
product is made.
Havre is one of the largest wood mar
TH-REE FABLES By GEORGE ADE
HOUSEHOLD MUSIC r THE WOMAN WHO STUDIED HER HUSBAND jr
RESCUE LEAGUE THAT FAILED
ONE Evening a little Flock of Our Best
People got together at the Home of
a Lady who invariably was first
ever the Fence In the Mad Pursuit of
Culture. She loved to fill her Front Rooms
with Folks who wore 7 Hats and read
Norwegian Novels that no one else ever
heard anything about
On the Evening already mentioned she
had a Cluster of Geniuses on hand. They
were expected to Talk for a couple of
Hours, so as to work up an Appetite for
Neapolitan Ice Cream and Lady Fingers.
In the course of time they got around to
tho Topic of Modern Music. All agreed
kets of Europe. I saw vast quantities of
wood of all kinds during my trip about
the wharves. From one ship they were
discharging mahogany logs about 30 feet
long and two feet square, and from an
other they were taking off vast quanti
ties of logwood for use In the dye fac
tories of France. I saw considerable
American oak and pine and Consul Thack
ara tells me that such shipments might
be greatly Increased if our people were
more careful In their sawing. The French
customs laws permit the free entry for
cabinet-making of wood which is eight
Inches or more in thickness. Owing to
our poor sawing, the American wood
of tec arrives a shade under this size, and
the man who orders it has to pay the
duty. The result is he stopa at one
order. There is also a good demand for
our oak hoards and planks, provided they
are sawn to the right thickness, but at
present the Austrian wood Is crowding
the American wood out because It is
better seasoned and more carefully pre
pared. American Machinery in France.
I am surprised at the amount of Ameri
can machinery I see about the docks.
The warehouses are full of It and the
streets outside are blocked by It In ad
dition to farm Implements there are
packages of carpet-sweepers, meatgrlnd
ers and ice-cream freezers. There are
also large Importations of electrical ma
chinery, and within the past few years
the "VVestlnghousa Company has estab
lished a factory at Havre to supply the
French market It has a large building
on the edge of the city where a number
of bright young Americans superintend
the Frenchmen who do the rough work.
The company has a French name, being
entitled the "Soclete Industrielle d'Elec
trlcite, Procedes Westlnghouse." Its
capital Is 10,000,000 francs, or about $2,
000,000. How to Work the French Market.
During my ride about the wharves with
Consul Thackara I asked him to give me
some points for American shippers.' Ho
replied that the market Is not properly
understood by more than 50 of our lead
ing American firms.
"These firms." said Mr. Thackara,
"have thoroughly studied the subject
They have their own agents on the
ground .and have systematized their busi
ness after the French methods. They
that the Music which seemed to catch on
with the low-browed Public was exceed
ingly punky. They rather fancied "Par
sifal" and were willing to concede that
Vogner made good In Spots, but Mascagnl
they branded as a Crab. Aa for Victor
Herbert and J. P. Sousa back to the
Water Tanks!
A little later in the Game the Conver
sation began to Sag and It was suggested
that they have Something on the Piano.
They gathered around the Stack of Music
and then Vogner went into the Discard
and Puccini fell to the Floor unnoticed
and the Classics did not get a Hand. But
they gave a Yelp of Joy when they spotted
a dear little Cantata about a Coon who
carried a Razor and had trouble with hla
"Wife. They sang the Chorus 38 times and
the Young Lady wore out both "Wrists
doing Ragtime.
Moral It Is proper to enjoy the Cheaper
Grades of Art. but they should not be
formally Indorsed.
Of the Woman Who Made a Stndy of
Her Husband.
ONCE there was a Woman who enter
tained her Friends by delivering Lec
tures on the Insect seated at the opposite
end of the Table. I
To the General Public this Husband was
a plain everyday Scrub without any Char
acteristic Trait of any Particular Kind, as
our old Friend and Roommate, Mr. Gil
bert, would have expressed It
The Woman who had to put up with him
seven days a Week had found out a great
maTfty Things about him. She could tell
at least a thousand Anecdotes to prove
that he was the most eccentric, absent
minded, careless, short-sighted Ninny that
ever committed Matrimony. Nearly every
Remark that was made suggested to her
a little Story regarding one of Henry's
Star Breaks.
Henry always forgot to mall any Letters
given to him. Henry was a Noodle when
It came to matching Dress Gooda Henry
always allowed the Butcher to give him
the Short End of It Henry was a Mark
for Book Agents. Henry would be lost
If he didn't have some one to put the
Studs In his Shirt and lay out his Clothes
for him. Henry couldn't remember Two
Minutes where he had put anything. Henry
was forever bringing most peculiar Peo
ple home to Dinner. Henry had the tack
iest lot of Friends she had ever seen.
Henry had been Engaged at one time to
the dizziest-looking Thing. Henry seemed
to be a perfect Slave to Tobacco. And
so on.
The Horrible Example would eit and
listen to these Disclosures and he would
gradually wither away until he felt about
Four Pounds lighter than Smoke. One
Evening after she had publicly dissected
him and turned the 'Strong" Light on all
of his Idiosyncrasies old Henry revolted.
"I may be an Onion and I know I'm
feeble-minded, and I suppose I need a
Guardian," he said, rumpling up his Hair,
"but you want to remember a few Things.
You Jumped eight feet to nail me when
I slipped you the Proposition. And this
pack their goods as the French want
them, and are willing to accept the usual
terms of credit. The French have been
accustomed to receiving such terms from,
the English and Germans, and if Ameri
cans will not give the eame terms they
refuse to deal with them. The averago
American wants his money In advance, or
on receipt of the goods, but this will not
do in the majority of Instances here.
"Many of our shippers are sending cata
logues of machinery and other American
products printed In English," continued
Mr. Thackara. "Such catalogues go Into
the waste baskets, for the average custo
mer cannot read them. They should bo
printed In French, and all measures should
be In the French metric system, and prices
preferably In French money.
"Some of our houses are sending travel
ers Into France. This Is very well If the
man understands the French language. If
not, he had better be kept at home and a
French agent employed. An agent should
not be expected to cover any .more terri
tory here than he would be required to
cover In the United States, and when for
eign agents are employed, representatives
from the home offices should visit them at
least once a year. I don't think our ship
pers appreciate the possibilities of the
French market. These people spend a vast
deal of money every year for foreign
goods, and the bulk of their Imports aro
from other parts of Europe. American
goods are popular, and especially Ameri
can machinery and American tools. I hopo
that there will be a great increase' in our
trade with Franco with the Increase in our
shipping, and that we will now regulari
ses American ships In this harbor. At
present we get quantities of American
goods, but they all come in vessels under
foreign flags. I have been in office here for
five years, and I have seen only threo
American flags flying from American
steamers during thnt time."
The Port of Cherliourpr.
In closing this letter I will say a word
about Cherbourg, the French port whero
the American Line, the North German
Lloyd, the Hamburg-American and others
of the big ocean steamers stop on their
way to New York. It is not an Important
commercial point, being little more than
a port of call for passengers. It is a mili
tary and naval station, and will always
be such. Havre is the chief business port,
and it will continue to be our gateway to
France. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
(Copyright. 1902.)
THE
tottering Intellect has managed to fix you
up with more Tailor-Mades and PIcturo
Hats than your whole Family ever saw
before."
"Why. Henry Dear!" she exclaimed, "I
do believe you are peevish. If I talk about
you all the time It Is because you are all
the World to me. I haven't a Thought of
any one else. A Woman can't really lovo
a Man unless she gives him a good Dig
every two or three Minutes."
Moral The Husband who Is Toasted
should feel Encouraged.
Of the Rescue Lcagac That Ifevei?
Materialized.
SEVERAL Ladles of the Dun and Brad
street Aristocracy received an Invi
tation one Day to chip In on a new and
glorious Movement. They had a little Club,
organized to do Good, and no Woman could
break In unless her Pearls were as largo
as Hickory Nuts.
One Day a genuine Philanthropist ap
peared at a meeting of the Club and put
In a hot Plea for some persecuted and
neglected Children that he had lately dis
covered. "I know that you are sitting up Nights
trying to think up Schemes for helping
the Dumb Animals and the Waifs, and
that Is why I desire to put you next to
some poor little Tikes who are being cut
out of nearly All that makes Life worth
living for the average KIdlet We have
right in this cruel City a lot of Children
who never had the Fun of getting out In
a Vacant Lot and playing House with a
Store Box and some broken Dishes. They
never ran Barefoot so that they could
squldge the Mud between their Toes, tho
one True Pleasure on which the Gods hava
set no heavy Price. They never went
Fishing In their lives and the poor little
Boys never went swimming in a Crick and
got their scanty Wardrobes tied into Hard
Knots. The unhappy Children to whom
I refer are confined in large Stone Houses
where they are condemned to a constant
association with frozen-faced English Ser
vants and the Governess who got the Po
sition because she was a Chromo. The
Grlpman's Offspring may watch Mother
hang out' the Wash and see Father sail
by on the down-town Car, but the Lit
tle Ones for whom I am pleading get
a peek at their Parents about once per
Week and In preparation for this Ceremo
nial they are dressed up until they can't
sit down. They never play Hookey be
cause they are not permitted to go near
the Public Schools and the History of
the United States is locked away from
them for fear they may find out that all
Kids are created equal. Unless we do
something to rescue these unhappy
Youngsters, I fear that the Girls will
grow up with a perverted Preference for
busted Princes and the Boys will sit
around all their Lives, apologizing for
their Native Land."
That was the End of the Speech, for
he was the only one left In the Room.
MORAL: The Rescue Movements nev
er begin at Home.
(Copyrighted, 1902.)