In ordinary times one hears plenty of talk: about the sympathy between France and the United States. After-dinner allusions are made to Washington and Lafayette enthusiastic American residents with an eye to popularity periodically make pilgrimages to the cemetery of Picpus and lay wreaths on the grave of Lafayette. We have changed all that now. The Paris Press, which has persistently turned a blind eye to the horrors perpetrated in Cuba, *'plumps"" for Spain and can hardly find language strong enough to denounce the conduct of the States. It goes without saying that England comes in for her share of blame. Her attitude is asserted tohave prevented Europe from interfering. M. Edouard Drumont regards the war as the commencement of a gigantic struggle of races, the Teutonic against the Latin. bids fair to be more popular than ever in Paris this season, to judge by the enormous number of riders who turned out at Easter. Standing at the Porto Maillot, the principal entrance to the Bois de Boulogne, on Suh-day, I counted 130 bicyclists, 12 of whom
especially motorcycles, are in great demand, were ladies, in two minutes. ce ber the price ofthe latter machines having fallen thereabouts. Their numbers are increasing so fast, and their drivers are possessed by such a consuming desire to show off their speed, that they are becoming a positive nuisance both in the Bois and the streets of Paris, Several well-known actresses have taken kindly to the motoeyele and can be seen every day in the Bois, managing their mounts with the utmost confidence. A tiny two-wheeled car, to hold one person, towed along by a motorcycle, is the dernier cri in this style of locomotion. Miniature carriages drawn by smart little ponies are also coming into vogue.
22nd April.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.