The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-26

PARIS, August D, 1900.
The Paris Erhib,tion--Ru Of Strangers to Paris
The Empress's Boudoir in the Poiais de I'm
dustrie-Cayred Furnifurs-IHe Carriage De-
partmsnt-7he Machinery, &C., &c.
Perhaps there never was better illustration Of
the elder Bonaparte's remark that it was impossi-
BILE to do the same thing twice in the same century
with the same effect, than is to be seen in the re-
markable Exhibition of 1866.
The British Parliament is up or virtually so. The
law vacations have commenced. The period has
arrived when pedestrian Germany pours forth her
youth over food and field. The mountains of
Switzerland, the valleys Of the Pyrences, the banks
of the Douro, the Clyde and the Shannon, are all
giving forth their holiday folk and delivering them
at the doors of the Palais de rIndustrie; and, to
swell the tide into an inundation, comes bounding
over the Atlantic the energetic strong-willed Amc-
rican, bouncing upon all Europe as mere mouthiul
Of curiosity, needing but ray Of the great goahcad
spirit to be absorbed, digested and improved like
mess Of Indian corn Yet strange to say Is rare TO
see again and again the same faces within the Indus
trial Palace walls. Men do not seem to sit down and
make study of its treasures. Whether it is that
their object in coming to Paris is Of a
mixed character, and that the manifold and various
present greatest enterprise certain it is that now
when the Exhibition is fairly complete, and presents
a coup Doll that will never be forgotten by those
who, with an artistic, philosophc, and religious eye
have scanned it again and again, its halls, COM
pared with what was witnessed in London in the
wear 1851, are deserted. Thousands upon thousands
are to be seen there daily but they are as drops Of
water to the sea in such an area as extends from
the beaux arts to the anne1e with ts mile Of length
on through the various additions which lead to the
palace itself, and then how do they employ them
selves? Crowds press on, or patiently wait their
turn. TO catch peep at the crown jewels, beautiful
objects in their way, but not exactly those for
which the Palais de lIndustrie occupied two
wears in building. Others again spend their whole
time in scheming an entrance into the boudois
Of the Empress--a pretty little bijou OF its kind,
bu, possessing little in common with the pur.
pose of the exhibition. But by far the greater
mart of the visiters and the strong Saxon tones of
the United States may be heard there in bold relief,
il 70 be seen in that charmed ring surrounding the
panorama, redolent Of flowers, OF mirrors, Of sunny
breeze, and al yfresco enjoyments, not TO mention
such substantial comforts as pate dc fol gros, rein
deer tongue, Strasburg ham, and luscious pine with
champagne, cognac, Bass pale ale and parfaif
amour. called the reftcfor. Yes, there sit the sons
Of freedom, par sroeienct, among Brtons, Germans,
swedes, Portuguese and Spanish; and while plate
after plate Of savory vanish in quick sue
cesson, and a perpetual fusilade of corks attests
the int .ity Of mans thirst and the almost nsata
ble sechsres~ Of his throat, the wonders Of the
industrial world, whose heralds have uumpeted