| Show I w r ril il v A EP p O Or r r YOU MAY AT TilE C IG ON IE B OF THE SEINE t CYRUS SYLVESTER el else they ma may lack laek the Ih the mutes of show mak makIN IN to the Paris Pari IX of 1110 1100 must admIt this There on tit bank banki of th the Seine Seln and ana Tl In the very f heart of lh the gay and andI I beautiful cap cal te t lh they have hAe i out of at sleet 1 rend 11 1 wood and stone litem and cia clay a 0 fair fairy tit coy y whIch the they hI have bid the World to comb and look upon RII Ing between two centuries they theT have haveE E made mad visible summary ot of the past and andt ti set t It oft off with a tangible forelock Into GIh the future There Ther you my may ao wen well wenS Hi HiI j Hit S j t I I I 1 i 1 i 1 I W PECK 9 housed the tho history of th this old century und and a Pr of If the new When you QU h hav mode Intelligent and aud unhurried inspection of what th the Parts Pam exposition has to utter offer you are an amply to the twentieth century I ry with a wide grasp rl 11 on the knowledge of t human Why T t J Within the walla are ar arranged ranged exam of the finest and belt that art ant and Idne utI nce and architecture ail industry have produced not aon alone trance Gut In an ai aa the me ranee lanUI ut Ul nn th the earth earthS j S big le III this great areat show of Parts read on such an extensive ip teal scale h ha the 1 been created that It II 16 some t hat to reduce Its splendors to tot t a simple aati understandable un l whet t r l you u must remember then that It I le a ac c I l within a city or this tuner city there are several l In th the first place than err 18 11 palaces each devote t to I If l some cla class l ot of dl i f p hl have 1 hoen built by the exposition man I dement Half rise Ie space In their 1 I 1 II o by which u purely furI l French Th The other halt half Is dl II among 16 nations of the I rI 1111 Two of these palaces are no per perY Y structures meant to last hUlt for tor all allI I 1101 then there them I ts th the venue avenue of nations v here th the various governments have I pavilions for tor their special ox ex hibits hi rhese Chea form torm a JOD long row Along I l the hanks or of the Seine Rome nations I eI have bave more than ODe oae The Unit I il td eel for tor Instance hus lau erected 1 tur ur annex In which are an In f S stalled exhibit tor which there then was 1 no room elsewhere Qa On tile the other side of Ih the hIM It Ia Oki Parts Pari with of c r the famous moUi and historic old I filch have long lone since been swept out of by the broom of Mlle ro lIOI Spanning the Seine are beautiful through the grounds round are grand boulevards boulevard 8 here bre breand and there then are re pieces of statuary Each palace is II splendid with witha a splendor ot of its 11 own New hew end and beauties catch the eye at al every Iry turn The ot of hovel amusements de devised I to divert the visitor le 18 bewilderingly long Phe chief or of the fair stretches along alone the tb two basks Haka ot of the river Seine from the Place PIce d de la Concorde to the hamp the para Ian a distance of about 1 mile The park PUle of the art palaces and the ties clet are at atthe t the eastern end of th the Jn Jong stretch and the hamp de M nit the th park prk of the Trocadero a at the welt HI principal a to 10 the expect lion Is 18 at t tb the siOe II e ot of the Place de ta la Concorde It it II A triumphal arch Ot of gate the work Clrk of M flint I t II a dUn architect It Is II an building the cupola of coven square meters while hI the entire sur surface face coven 2800 meters Deters Th The arch i tecte aim was waa to allow persons persOn to enter through this aren area every evry eo minutes end Ind se then are U 18 exists out to right and felt like Ilki a atan afan tan fan It seems he bt hu hiss succeeded The exposition covers a total surface of about aboul acres The Esplanade of the Invalid Is II about 1100 fee feet long b by 1000 vide wid and on this two fair buildings stand These ar are devoted to French to th t e dealing with the decoration and furni lure ot of buildings etc them Ihm running to th the nw new bridge ts II a an 1 av avenue the river the palace ot of try 11 1 a relit relic tat ot the exposition ot of 1888 has and In It I place arise the Ih two Iwo new art palaces wilt will be The are the great reat and th the email r art palaces nd are sepa separated rated b by the Avenue Nicholas leading to the n u The building called call e ethe the Smaller pale e the Petit palace was 1 so 10 homed lI only because the other Q t I I 1 I I Ip Ia p a Tax PAVILION the rand Orand palace is III so hi hag ThIs smeller palace the collection ot of lurt a sort orl ot of con cen tX exposition Illustrative of the history ot of art With its ita lar larger r neigh bar across from It on the west eat side aide of lh the avenue the smaller palace oat over oyer The larger palace of art arl arthas has haa a facade raCH MO ret feet Ion long a sad the salon will be held bald In It In future w I t I il A Al iJ iliJ t tl I l Vr f Hi j I I I I I k l l t I y i L Wi Tv TU 1 1 i y One of the structures put up ep pt dally for the exposition is 18 n a great new bridge e the bridge If f Alex AlexAnder Alexander Ander J III II so o culled called In honor of the dead czar cur ot of The young oung czar Nicholas Nichola U laid the tint first stone of this I bridge on Oct 7 1800 It II a built buill of I tel steel with ornamentation ornamental Ion of marble and is II MO feet fHt long and feet fHt wide wider I r w 1 J Jw r PAVILION There are aNI three other olber bridges cross crOll crossIng Ing the SeIne the two banks bankson on which the exposition sits 1111 These bridges are an those of the the attraction and the river Seine furnish furnishes IS es it About gallons per hour bour bourre tre re drawn rota the storage lust outside of Parts and piped to th the upu of the arch ot of the bateau hateau J first tumbling act t le III a sheer drop or of orf feet f to make a Niagara river her th the first Ia leap It gurgles In grace graceful race ful cascades through a series of basins laving the feet of numerous naiad and other aqueous genii In Its III downward course coue until It drops drop into a 8 reservoir tt at the toot foot of some balusters In the center of the cascade is II tel set an n allegorical cIl ture SO 10 feet reet high venting Humanity Guided by rose rei Advancing Toward the Future At night colored lights play upon the falling waters witter imparting to the grotto Ih the semblance ot of a series of electric fountains TowerIng aboVe the Chateau with the crowning statue 26 feet from fromI I the he ground th the visitors strolling along the Champ Ile de Marl Mare will behold the splendid facade of the palace of elee elec Till structure lee hal a frontage of no 10 feet teel and extends extend back nearly 1 a quarter of a mile The upper part of the building is III an elaborate compost lion or of stained glass windows deep bays and nd numerous turrets turrell suggestive of lacework or a gigantic piece of em embroider embroidery broider The which crowns the facade represents the lilt genius of electricity The Interior Of the palace lit of electric electricity ty is II divided Into three grand rand central court and two quadrilateral ll spaces In th the wings In In the basemen are Installed the several plants for tb h development of electrIcal boilers boiler engines and aull generators which I by a system of invisible wi wine supply not only the floor above but all 11 the theother I other buildIngs and amI the OM grounds with light anti power tin On the Hie great g and lUll sus suspended Ended from the ceiling cellinI are shown IlIon the myriad devices by which th the intangible fluid duM is III turned to practical of ever every kInd from the mammoth machine which operate mills and nd street railways down to the little device that thai drives a sewing 1111 ma machine machine chine or rott rotates a k tan lighting a apparatus from the candle pow L IL ri 1 f h i 4 J 7 r 1 t 1 t Li I I I s st t A Al i l al rw 1 t j 5 1 Y t yr r I x v TILE TE U STATES J Alma Alan and nAm names all allbut but the new bridge of Alexander ill III illis is II ont one or of th the great sights of oC tile the fair ll it unites the avenue running length lengthwise wise 1 through the Esplanade ties Mil In invalid valid with the new Avenue Nicholas II 11 This new avenue l leads ah from frum the bridge nid to the Champs ChamP Elysee EIen and on one aide of f it II is the great rea tart art palace I anti and on the other rise smaller art rt palace Lo Looking straight down this avenue annu from n the th art palace tb the Alex Aln antler ll and the dome of the In n mn may be b seen Old Parts will attract students and of ill 11 Thu el to at the Paris rari exposition ot of 1100 I is 1 a re of the old Id II Ity of f Parts Old Paris stand upp a of e on the Seln the Alma bridge to the Jo TIM III bridge having a river frontage of about fart rani a surface covering nhu OOM flOM N feet HI It the thO streets and ot of Ih the time limp of Lads X 11 and XIV iV and antt title them with Ih the 1 p costumes and Jee I ot of that thAI p for navel or of the Ihl French palas is II th the pain paloe a jf f ma ry and the Ill ta tarl rl rana d t runs r calling th the d 4 r e I r slut nut of an or nr I d 1 beautiful fa I mn I oUt t of I At r J It I la II III laYou I YO You can eRn hear hur It i ot of dynamos and andU d U 11 rh the palace The cart rc of hf U the fared is II a ached tied cavity 1011 of Im I It 1 In the fanciful Lie I of f II The opening or 1 pre ilium II arch lit of the h cavity I is f r I s l to with lIh I a depth of in 30 ret feet reth k h a lot of water aler to opera operate to this or battery bAtter which sends a Ih 40 mils out to Ms fro from a U tower down don to lu tile the Un tiny bill bulb thAt rests In the chalice of a lily or from the white whit expanse e of lIf an actors shirt fro front t electric beaten fur build tugs 1111 rooms cora care pancake griddles riddle sadirons and tun lunge electrical signs ul toy lua plants ocean Cn cables switchboards onu everything to the tele telephone hone or telegraphy The chief of apparatus fur furr furI J Jt JIL r I t IL w T U d t ca I the development of are made by the French German and American merlan firms Other are not progressive In this direction The Part exposition managers have be agreed to pay the companies a fixed amount for the Installation of plants to supply electrical energy to the grounds and aDd and a significant fact Is 18 by tb the contracts All Ill these over a period of April nl lito 10 to November I a oku clause permit the ex exposition to 10 prolong the eon con tract at 1 discretion for a perIod of 10 00 J days daYI mo more So It II a appears peart there le II a of the exposition n remainIng oben tn until tilt the end nd of f Novem November r which would become II a new record of duration for tor an n International fair fairAll All the electrical of the he UnU Unla a Id Stat States section are placed place In thIs building as 88 well a ab acme of the ma ilia machinery chinery but bUI the heavy of the latter clau wilt will M be located elsewhere The apace devoted to th the machinery and electricity departments of the United States is Ie approximatelY square feet This amount I le divided Into three sections consisting or of n a space on the main door adjacent to the French exhibits of the tame me class clas a gallery space one of the main entrances which Is known as ae the Salon Ion and which ls Is devoted to exhibits of 1 a purely purel character and a second gallery space which le II used for the lighter electrical exhibits Precisely on the same lame spot pol where Whre toad stood the valace Daos le of liberal meral liberalI arts artl a at t the IrI I arts of 1 stands tb the palace of education of 1900 1000 The build building Ing which cost COIl 7 stands stand close by J the tower and In sue and general features is II the of the palace of min mines and metallurgy It Its I next neighbor A vary rr orIginal cu cupola cupola pola surmounts the porch porth Ira In which tb the student of architecture will detect a strange commingling g ot of the renal renall sauce laue louts Louis IV and nd tho tha nineteenth century ullI Like aU all the other olber the color is II white The first feature Inside the doorway le II three large lam of oC sculpture These Thill T personify fy educe letters lettera and an anart art On this floor noor a large larn concert hall ball hallI ballis I is provided whOre where performances on the Ihl various Instruments shown hown In the building are given rIven both during the dAY and In the evening The I In ul are divided Into three d classes the Ant relating to literal arts of th the PUt lat and nd a section of the highest In interest terest the second pertaining to the present tate state of art and aDd whit hll the third gives 1111 Intellectual workers ork a splendid glimpse of the futurity of at ch Here Ol are shown on all that per tame to the and aDd equipment equIp ment of schools and college Of the various national buildings which 11 t In an row on the hanks hank of the tIne Seine th the pavilion of your nI Sam Rani makes aver a very creditable It la II not eo 10 ornate omate as 81 the Russian pAvilion nor to n massive as AI that of Great Greal Britain but the building topped d with the big eagle and flying the Ihl Stan end Ind Stripes from man many ata staffs is III a very ry handsome one al a many be beIdes I Ides Americans have 1 The They Pay NY the there Is II no such ucb tw t as American but this fine structure geom ml to remind you of our great reat i buildings at horn home It suggests th tb Itol b ng at Washington tb the e 1 the NI York ud and the Public library And It If It doe this It must be typical of at Ar American buildings So 80 why bY not nol typIcal of at arhl t tUtlA A As one leaves Ivea the bridge advancing In the direction of the Chimp champ de Alan lall the pa lIon Ilion is II the third the two pa preceding It belag bel the of Italy taly And Turkey Its Ita styli tf of f architecture is of no particular On the Ull ground floor of tIM the III tide e facing th the Seine I 1 a large t M an arch of triumph h adorned With C Corinthian columns above ts a representing the Geddes of Liberty on the chariot ot of prell progress Upon the same me at as the columns on a large I L an equestrian statue of George Georg 1 u II placed There Is II a vast It hat hal In the tbt center of the buildIng reaching to the dome That main aln hail ball tI Is on every floor noor bv be balconies and flanked to tM the right and to the left with smaller halls halla The heiGht of the aal building alto above the quay le II about feet The Th diameter of the dome ome is II about ve feet and n t e of triumph le I placed at a height of fifty feet n manufacturers he have fitted and the buildIng from to tot to bottom U It D Woodward general for the 11 SIt State said In a recent interview American Scent trill flU view pride the graceful structure of tb the United Stat States on the banks bank ot of the Seine Reception room moms exchange of flees public comfort bureaus guides pleiN writing and reading l short every modern convenIence It Is to 10 be found in the build In Inas and no other natIonal pavilion I is as complete In th these respects Rut nut I know what lOU you are wanting to learn most mOIl of all What hlll le the striking feature of the exposition the clan k I t 1 PALACE OF ELECTRICITY AND CHATEAU DEAU as aa lh the French have IU It JI Is It the tower poet MOIl certainly not This relic of ellen eleven yeses reefS ago lItO I Is still III an at attraction attraction traction to 10 be sun lun but Its III newn newness has haa gone geme The directors hAve paInted It lemon yellow after many color experiments and It serves Mil as a landmark for tor people who ready lUtI JOlt is their sense nH ot of dIrection Rut nUl ILIa it le no notI 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