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Show PARIS EXPOSITION OPEN. rraa.daal fxtaliat thtersit J Amarlrsat at llallad Stalaa llallillnf The Paris exposition waa opened April 14, but It will be at least a month before anything hut buildings are to be teen The day'a ceremonies were a peculiar mixture of sumptuous splendor In Hie Utiles des Fetes and widespread confusion elsewhere. The ceremonies within the Sillies ilea Fetes waa simplicity Itself The reception recep-tion to President Louhet nt the en trsnee lasted only a few seconds, and nn reaching the presidential tribune, M Mlllerand, the minister of com meree Immediately delivered hla ad dress handing over the exposition to the chief of staff, which address was couched In most eloquent terms and read In a resonant voice, heard throughout through-out the vast hall M Mlllerand a peroration per-oration wot especially line, and It brought forth a atorin of plaudits. President Loubet then replied and the speaking part of the function wsa ceded At the United Htatea pavilion many guests were assembled, and they chirred while the Htsrs and Htrlprs were dipped on one flagpole, while the 1 rinch tricolor wss lowered from another, an-other, while the crowds of Amerlcsns gsthered on the embankment In front of the pavilion gave t oubet n ringing cheer The prisldcnt waa greatly phased at this little courtesy, snd turning to Hmbastador Porter, who wis beside him on the boat, ho remarked re-marked "The American alwaja dors right, this Is a magnificent building " To many visiting Americans, however, onrnstlonsl pavilion Is a dlstlnU disappointment. dis-appointment. It Is pretentious, almost overpowering, with its big dome and striking frescoes over the entrance, but It compares unfavorably with tho beau-tlf beau-tlf ul buildings of even smaller powers lite Italy Spain and Austria, which art Ita neighbors along the Selno |