The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-29

care 10 see. HyOu Will take the simple love tnat
every Boston man has for the Boston Common and
his enthusiasm for Bunker Hill monument; add
the pride that Phiadelphan naturally takes in
independence Hail. and the religious alteration
that Rhode Islander ieels for baked clans; put all
these together and multiply the sum by the square
root OF personal inexperience, and you may get
as nearly az possible the Partisan appreciation
OF the Grandes Eaux-partly q religion, partly
taste and partly reckless expansion OF the popu-
lar fancy
These grdndes edxr consist OF o series OF f0un-
tains playing in this little basin, the Jets being so
contrived as to play across one another and IN
unison, forming various quaint, intricate and pretty
patterns Of bouquets and similar impossible things
in water.
Preparation was made to give the public a
glimpse OF the
FETR DE MUTT
In honor OF the Shah on this same slope, where
the Partisan people 80 frequently enjoy their fury
OF delight over their UGndes eau1-but this time
there was to be fire as well as water. For the
shah ana his suite there was raised platform
back among the trees opposite the centre OF the
circle, and for the privileged public, favored with
tickets, there were chairs in front OF him
On the ground. Ills Majesty came to
the ground at halfpast nine just from din
ner. lie had dined in the same room In which
William was crowned Emperor OF Germany In the
winter OF frances discomfort His appetite
probably none the worse Tor this history OF the
room, and in all likelihood the majority OF the
French Deputies who dined with him were alto
gether ignorant OF this reason for regarding
the palace at Versailles rs especially associated
with the expressions and disasters of their coun-
try. As the Shah came from the palace there was
great fanfare In the woods OF the Cornes de
In ftNtt,.
tail the royal festivities Of other days.
AS the shah settled himself in the place assigned
him. with his ungainly air and his "a. OF the Chat
ham street type, ne elt himself under the necessity
OF repeatedly readjusting his gold spectaces ON
his light yellow nose, az though 1t might be to get
more positive ocular assurance whether the scene
before him was real or visionary. II was scene
to justify such doubt.
1t was by this time dark ana the upper limit Of
the foliage beyond the fountain was only percepti-
bic by line OF difference In density between it
and the night; but on the space between the basin
and the trees arose
A COLONNADE OF FIRE.
This ran, like the outer circle Of some great I'M
finished or ruined temple from either extremity OF
the basin to either corner OF the alice behind Nep.
tune; thence q hedge OF fire on either side the
ause continued the line upward toward the palace
pSAopCSeAVO
alice, and there the design was finished by portal
still oil done in fire OF two columns on each side
and an arch. In the colOnnade there were about
twenty columns ct each side, and the upper
band or pediment OF fire joining these. all in
one design, was Ornamented at every interval
between the columns by some decorative device
that might have been o lutte or q plume,
each OF these being the point to which was
Topped festoOned line that ran around the
wnOle-always on fire.
And this fire was not the white, brilliant defiant
glare OF gas-like the illumination in Paris, and
such as all Nominations In cities have come to be-
but the softer glimmer Of tapers In oil, held in little
glass cups.
Then there were fireworks. Pyrotechncal dis
plays are necessarily poor on paper, and these,
like those In Paris, were not of the first order,
tistically. Indeed, they were nothing like so good
as fireworks have seen when l climbed in the
trees, in the front OF the City Hall, on Fourth Of
July nights.
REVIEW AT LONGCHAMPs.
Soldiers are always point OF interest, and for
the splendid array, the colors, the drums, the
'prlde, pomp and circumstance of glorious
war; there Is certainly natural fancy
everywhere; but this fancy is greater in
France than in most countries. Add to the mar
tia kings OF the people the deep interest felt in
review which might give some little indication,
however imperfect OF the degree in which the
French army had been restored since the rotten
system of the Empire was cut away, and one can
see ample reason for the vast turnout.
All Paris was there, and more than all Paris, for
the railroad companies In startling spirit of en-
terprise had organized
EXCURSION TRAINS
from many places in the cOuntry-so the country
fjara
and some Of the people from the country and $4,000
soldiers with artillery and cavalry are in the Bots
de Boulogne, and gathered mostly in such part
Of 1t that all be at view from the posi-
ton assigned the ticketed observer, the human
element OF the show may be conceived as far from
poor and mean and the wonderful concourse Of
people the man OF humanity gathered in the green
plain was OF course the real show just as the peO-
pie are always the real show when thus gathered
together whatever little pre.ext may have brought
them out.
Few sights can be compared to this one in this
regard. It seemed to me ike nothing so much as
onr imagination Of the scenes pictured by Homer
on the plain OF Troy, where we have battles quite
unlike nything we know OF real war since firearms
have so greatly increased The distances over which
battles are fought; for one scene we have drawn
the two armies swarming in hostile array, Troy
the struggle from elevated places, the sea, the
ships the Grecian camp. all as If in view from some
one point and here also in the open plain,
bounded by slightly elevated ground. On one side
was packed whole army, whose glitterng &C
courements and the shining barrels Of their pieces
sparked in the sunlight and seemed to break the
rays Of sunshine into millions OF splinters of In
tense light, and all that one might readily
Dick out mounted individuals he knew for when
the Shah and MacMahon rode into the outer
limit Of this picture good eyes could readily
distinguish not merely the Shah from MacMahon
but MacAahon from the other French generals
dressed like him; and not only could one thus
take in the whole army at a glance, but also the
people swarping op every elevation at the further
side and at the extremtics Of the plain. As there
we're $4,000 soldiers under arms there Is positive
basis for computation Of the turnout, for by easy
comparison the crowd was four or i've times