New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-04-16

of his public edifces, to people them, ana 10 rem
burse the treasury he has drained by over-buIdhe'
The OsteDsbe head of the enterprise has been Prince
Napoleon between whom and his Imperial cousin
exists in general that contempt that proud dHec',
and indignant manliness always has Tor doubtful
origin and a crooked life. Prince Napoleon, whom
il has been part of the Emperors policy to make
ridiculous, is a very ingenious and experienced
tbeorist but he has been so far kept under in the
Exposition that believe owe to him only the sug
pestion of the transverse arrangement OF States anu
the circular arrangement of goods. Inc right
and left bowers of the Emperor, 80 to speak, nave
been Baron Haussmann and NJ. LIE Play Hausslnalih
is project of the Seine, Executive oihcer OF 'he
City and County of Paris He came from AiSace' vi
German France, and is Tesolute, powerl" peison'
devoted TO the Emperor more than 10 FRANCE anu W
money more than to both He has been the protector
of all the new BOulevards, and hrst conceived inc
Grand Exhibition 1t was given in detail to NJ lie
PLAY 70 nerfect political economist who possesses,
hike Hanssmann the valuable quality inia subject OF
blowing his own trumpet very little; and between
them. after years work. leisurely begun and I'M
timely unfinished, the most extraordinary palace OF
the time was made ready for to-days display.
You who have had to move your household goods
once or twice may imagine the work TO be DONE Put
Yourself in the position of having ordered new
house built by the LIST of April and go meantime to
score of shOpkeepers to purchase your furniture
Advise them cart it to your door in the last week
of March, and then issue hundred cards OF invita-
ton for LIST of April house warming. In the last
week of March, then, the wagons of the upholsterer
the cabinet maker the crockcry merchant the stove
man. the coal man, and the gardener will arrive and
dump dozen boxes apiece on your sidewalks. In
great confusion everything will be carried into your
hail. and each artisan will begin TO spread ont ms
wares. Directly there is n sort OF industrial ddTWa
tycmeRS going on, everybody getting on eveTybodys
toes and in the midst of it all comes the astounding
that the house itself is unfinished. Tie car
penters cover yonr Administer carpet with sa wdust
and the painters coats moist; days of solctude
ensue, the goods retarding the work and the work
smashing the goods till meantime the lst of April
rolls round and your invited guests arrive, all of
them in new wardrobes with their hair curled, aud
greatly envied by those who did not get invita-
ton Your own poor little family is huddled within;
the naked floors and cases litter the place. the visit
Ors fill all the interstices of them grunble and
some advise while the remainder tear their clothes,
and it is all round, a First of April Pooling You
can see disposition to warm your ear rather than
your residence.
Now, make of your imaginary house q real struct-
10000 yards square; set it in park three times
GREATER build in the park hundred pleasure houses;
assemble 5000 artists and mechanics; induce 10000
dOmestics to bring their utensils and help you finish
it, then say to mankind in its millions: Come up to
my astute hospitality. am the Prince of Peace that
never made a mistake and the favorite nephew of
my Unclew This was the situation of the Emperor
and his great Exhibition to-day. The baby show
was opened, but the trplets not arranged; the
twins separated in the confusion, and the prize in
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little ones and little ones lost themselves. 1t looked
as if Kriss Kringle on large scale had spilled
million of tuns of toys and bonbons down one favor
tie chimney and all the children were falling over
them.
Meantime the splendid city was filling up with the
curious and fortunate of every land Turks, Per
slams and Egyptians common in the broad, gay
streets. At the two vast hotels, every garnet and
attic was tenanted by Russians and Americans. The
Chinese pgtail lay in every perspective, and sun
burnt Peruvians ris-d-ris, at every turn, 10
straight and polished Arabs. The utermost parts of
the earth sent their oilers 10 Paris. and all of them
looked as as if no Paradise besides goodly for
the idler. Fresh and thrifty as Spring, the swept
asphaltum drives and ways were smoothe as the
beaches of the sea- and all the and lime trees
wore their bursting buds. In tho high lines OF
carved house fronts the lOwerpOts were already III
bloom, and the bells from Notre Dame TO Saint
Clothilda struck clearer chimes than ever In
the Champs Eigsa ii "A daily carnival,
health and emblazonry contendlng OF after
moons, and when the night descended upon clear
sunsets, the gded oGts flashed into infinite distan-
ces of lamp and mirror the theateTs in soft
ness showed hundred bending forms In every
luxurious tableau; and the sounds of music, of lisp
ing coQuetry and laughter made of the night love
and pageantry together. How flushed and expec-
tant grew the light and volatile Parsans as the day
of dedication grew near. Taxes were heavy and trade
was little. The strangers should make money penti-
They
gutturally like hogs and horses but France was TOO
polite TO show the dsdan she felt and so the price OF
lodgings went up l0G per cent YOu could hear your
true FTenchman-who has no notion OF geography
talking thus in the gate-keeper's room OF his Mason
Meablee, any evening:
Ma fol! Nina we must give all our boar1ers the
congo These English and other Kamschatkans are
coming to Paris by droyes How much did say the
EHheSOl should let forp
hundred for it.'
. Nom de dea! it shall be fifteen hundred. Behold
is il not the most spacious of its kind, barring the
seven elbows in it, the defective ue, and the rats
Yes! Nina it shall be fifteen hundred. These Ameri-
cans and Siberians know nothing of money"
"HOw do they get so much, wonder ~ says Nina.
"Oh parbleu they dig it. COchOnes"
lit would be q. good place to marry our little
daughter. COcOtteV
"Jamaisp cries the gatekeeper, what! to an
Americana. savage like that, that she may wear
ring in her nose ride camel and keep house in an
iceberg. The EHtres0i shall be set down at fifteen
hundred and after to-day the price of the table dh6e
shall be ten instead of three francs"
The hope of great gain, much rallied at by English
Journalists which nstigate the Parsians in this har
vest hour has precedent in the avarice of the Lon
dOners at the Exhibition of 1851, 1862, and is more
over founded in human nature and political economy.
The true ShylOck here is the Imperial Commission,
which has sold to the highest bidder the commonest
perquisite of the great show. No man can photo
graph any object within, make any trade, or black
any boot without buying the right. The other day
the artist for an illustrated paper was engaged
in sketching group of statuary, when he
was arrested on the spot and sent to
Jail. The City of Paris is taxed for this
show, 81. 10000; some of the French exhibitors pay
for the single space they OCCUPY 5000 gold The de