Show OF THE PARIS EXPOSITION In Three Weeks or ii Month it Will ViII be the lost Magnificent Exhibition Yet Display States Stands Second Only to Prance lii In the Number of Tribute to American E I At rk 1 Puti noon flOon toll The Thed mOlt d 1 i iier condition I prevailed rW bright domes In the 1 I 4 I I 4 arl trL astir with I eople wend toward Ih and Ir V o Y III If the exposition In ini i the I 1 n fl om pert tt of I ft Journey IJ h buildings and md Bum itom p were decorated of flags the Ui lri I Th II I of the I IS I hilly gay lIay with bunting Ht u f hi pavilions pavilion I riI 1 with floating banners II j ft iI grounds this II fl and clear all 11 iII iiI to awa away in III order to leave I Ve Lw rad arid an external 1 f tene ll to 10 the pal 1 Ih the lr party in I iti Ihl pounds The Tb I II hi hastily given Iven mi tit d des Fetes Feles LUI as al he tood In the I by the ther r t I tI Ui abinet and household IJ with the word Th IiI ti of If 1900 open II ii a 11 I Ih Vans de det d dt t I I the world entry fl VII inaugurated and aneS andr i r 1 v Vive la is I p ro r from fm hili b hear I Ilk k hatM hati we eft waved In the I 11 lh r 1 11 ell k outside the hall took I c tIg and tit the Was waa Wast la t Ide inside the Salle d de Ii tM VILh color and II fl lh Ih circuS 1 lr With free p r i ing all dO Fl Fi nh artists and I its ulola be bears lIu superb de def deI I f dnn and It ItI I k l for rr i r Inch Inh of till the door toor a I F J by an assemblage t 1 let r wI UaIl U II I I nien f u uI ot oti I i all an evening hut with the taste char r 11 nation brilliant fl f II M the diplomatic r guards were re so 10 sor r the that r spring I whom there were almost Y iI III II fl 11 scene wu was ry and nd More 1 e radiated down through in H gItis of the m which illuminated the It and pv v varied tints n Iii th prosaic starched shirt r iv tile the premier made mad nt no ad adt t tt ning of th exposition and Loubet being the ak 1 n the Elyse Elye In an open opert j 1 U b by a detach Ui The Th presidential S II a Md of ve Ian J by l the famous outrider 11 Its By the side Ide of President I r 1 an Ih lr progress through J F and across the In II the Avenue la Ia Motte l hailed with continuous f 1 the great Ift crowd which N 4 altig the route roule On alight Ih the w VU b by the mInis M I M and mini liter of corn com III tt the Ihl entrance to receive un I being belar and other J irest relt Loubet Jan with Ith M l and nIr to t said h he would be pl n his hI d ot of the ther r o the Legion Lerton of tremor LuU then saluted the corn com rI 1 the hall ball through IK g r mote more than people a sea lea of human floes taC all II hI I h A As a salvo of the presidents ar arII II a moment expectant of h n I th h heavy nd plush cush rinK Ih the door were thrown I Ii h In evening dress hp h broad rd insignia ot of r f I Honor across hi his breast breaM the th which bad erected for toda th presidential gallery tn tI for all later I t I rd ready At the same n 11 of mu tho fard Guard 1 h The whole v rid 1 and bare Ir 11 inK ng th r of the II pro th Ir traina of Franlel stirring national m had 2114 sWay J a cry ory arose aro of VI Loub t vive la is Re lie yiVe fIlI la is FraMe Loubet t I In the front of the tribune with M WU M II et president of ff the chamber of and S M minister of oe foreign affairs and all ot of the mm titers liter except the Marquis do de minister of wr war who wu was absent be because cause fit ef behind him w were a number of f richly uniformed ollie IIII The ue ne were till still echoing through f th h and galleries when Frest Lubet Loubet and the their POtt III and M hi began hi his formally over la the ex to the of state ta Ie IeM M address wag received with rounds ot of applause attained a 11 veritable roar roe at Sta It Ireat LouNt Loubet then arcs and de deI I an address det which tV Was also allo alsos s t cheered M was wal up to the thelast last moment expected to speak II but he changed hI his mind and when Frost loubet concluded he seated The o orchestra rendered Saen hymn to hugo and ane Prest descended from the tribune A detachment or of guards then tiled In and lined the paip Or across JI the hail ball to the grand stair m at the opposite side Ide Oil on a double line of re me guards The president ma made hit ii f the hall amid a renewed torD or cheering ascended the stair cue case Of f honor and entered the reception ball bali I where the ot of presentation e of foreign commIssIoners wu was ION goal through with The and his hili party t the proceeded on a tour of the grounds They pUlled passed through the Nicholas Nichol II to the gates t Cli Ch t Elysee where state cam taken to the elysee Thus Thu the ceremony cant came to te an l the crowds dispersed to their The Th mist of tb the s even trees that ad d while the I Il l ex hi f by the 1 couple of days daYi is II d line and de picturesque Th condl condition of the eX ax position on Inauguration day av is II regret ble and It mutt b be borne In mind that this thle Li II only nl a passing phase and on Iti completion within three weeks eek or n a month from now the exposition will indisputably be b th the most mOlt attractive and Pt It seen een American will be proud roud of their l at t this worlds fair for the states stands tec find only to e In number of exhibitors treble thus of an any The following j a table of lI ot of American n France rR n OO If IM Sf o I b Italy Haly o e 1 Huela Hean 1400 Austria 1000 BritaIn too The America has ha Ihn timer time the r of exhibitors that France had bad ul t the Worlds World Fair I She square fet t with ift her 47 17 dIstinct 33 In the main maln tX cx position 14 In the annex the ground covered h 17 our eagle Ie surmounting till the Pavilion the Quat dOrsay American enterprise is II not lIot only shown bown In the th else lle if f her representation but also In the p lnell of Item r lion tion u as comp 1 with that or of mOlt macat of I the he other r and It CIA be safely rely aid ald that but fur fr the dilatoriness of I French workmen a and methods 41 the States exhibits exhibit would have been In their show bo C class to such leh tardiness has bu all American to 10 rush Nah matters In most of our 1110 show spaces I is prepared th fl glass c care cases are ready IVady to receive ex exhibits til but the American are afraid to display the valuable articles to tl the likelihood of dUm damage by the clouds of dust arising from work on the adjacent embryonic Installations The highest testImonIal to hood com comes from CommissIoner Jeneral Picard himself In comparing the It stats of progress of the Installation Of f veil ou ous he said Did to Commissioner General Pt Peck k SIt It is hi an object lesson to u Us III all to tift 5 the American people work I thank you fur for your pr nd th tb condition of work In the States section |