Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-22
[CORRkSPoNDENCE OF THE STAR


CORRESPONDENCE OF THE STAR
PARIS, June :, 1873.
Something has al last been found to give at
least semblance of occupation TO the army
of l. S. commissioners who have been here
for weeks with nothing TO do and few priv
leges. They are TO be appointed delegates on
behalf of the United States 10 the weekly con
sress held at the TrOcadero for the consider
alton of all kinds of useful and important
topics, in which all the nations are invited to
take part. Doubtless they will take no active
part in the proceedings. and the abstract sub
! lectS discussed in, 10 many a strange Ian
guage, will be somewhat myStifying. Yet
their names will 20 into print with high
sounding titles, the American love of nOto-
riety will be gratifed, and they can point with
pride to the honorable positions they held at
The great Exposition Of lSIS.
1t was thought that the administration of
affairs would keep pace with the improvement
OF the Exposition but the almost niggardly
manner in which the French treat everybody
but themselves grows all the more noticeable,
especially when cOntrasted with the liberal
administration of the Centennial Exposition
| in America
The French authorities cannot be criticised
| for not recognizing the state commissioners.
| They had enough to do in caring for the L. 5.
| commissioners. At the same time, there were
many little cOurteSieS that could have been
| shown the American representation. which
| labOred under SO many difficulties; while on
| the contrary they made their regulations very
strict, and under no circumstances would they
| give an inch. Their rules seem unnecessarily
| seSele.. particularly about small matters.
Everything has to be done under the Superyi-
sion Of the French.
| EXPOSITION RED TAPE.
For instance, a small bundle cannot be re-
moved from the grounds by an American ex-
hbitOr, without first getting permit to apply
| from the commissioner general, which has To
| be translated into French and sent to the di-
rector of foreign sections. After some delay,
! authorization is given by him TO obtain the de-
sired permission. from the custom authorities
| Prof.. Geo. Davidson, OF San Francisco, who is
| here at the request of the Secretary of tie
| Treasury to learn as much as possible about
| the instruments of precision which are eXhib-
| ltCd, has tlied in vain To obtain some recogni-
| tl0n from the French authorities whereby he
can have few privileges in his researches
without running the risk of being Snubbed as
an inqulSitive American. The answer is given
| him that he will be recognized as juror when
| the others are, but not before. Prof. Davidson
is Juror upon machines and apparatus in
general" He would have been appointed
| upon instruments of precision but no juror
| was allowed the Americans upon that class
| The red-tape and slow manner of doing every
| thing here has thrown many stumbling blocks
| in the way OF the Commissioner general. He
has, however, overcome all the difficulties sur
! rounding him, as THE STAR predicted he
would, when, owing to the delayed action by
| Congress and limited appropriation, failure
seemed almost inevitable. He has succeeded
only through the exercise of ceaselesS activity
| since December last, and an amount of actual
| labor which cannot be appreciated by any one
| who has not been witness to it. In the Treas
| ury he won high reputation as an executive
| offlcer; but he found that department we'll
| organized, and had only to keep the machine
| on the track. In his present undertaking he
| had to create the machine, or, in other words
TO bring order out of chaos, and to accomplish
| the work OF year or more in four hurried
| months. To perform the dudes of a delicate
| and important mission where ample means
and time are at hand is often very difficult
| To achieve them successfully where both time
| and means are lacking. requires peculiar tact,
| ability and patience.
| THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT
| is now complete in every respect, and the dis
| play SurpaSSeS all expectation in its extent
| and variety, taking every thing into consider
| alton. The exhibitors number about one
| thousand, and the articles shown are, with
| some few exceptions, Interesting and import
! ant. The Pullman palace car has arrived and
| There was a delay of over thItY-siX hours in
! obtaining special permission from the authOri-
| ties to have it brought from one station to the
| other. When 1t is placed upon exhibition it
| will doubtless attract a great deal OF atten-
ton. The model of the Pullman car which, il
| viii be remembered, was exhibited at Phila.
delphia, is shown here and always has crowd
| OF admirers about IL.
The Yale Lock Company have very fine
| exhibit Of locks, and on one side of their case
they have model of an American poSt-oflice,
| lock boxes, keys and all This has been util-
| lied for the mail of the Americans connected
| with the exposition, and shows to great advan-
tage the American pOSt-office system.
| The Waltham Watch Company has, as has
| been heretofore stated, one OF the finest eX-
hibits in the exposition. Although not very
9Sn the the
| watches are remarkable. 1t is particularly
| satisfactory to have such an excellent display
oa anid tiS MSs m S 9a h Inc
| branch of industry. The public can see here
| at glance why American watches are already
tie. despair of Swiss and French watch
| makers. When the latter aim at cheapness
| they put bad article in the market, while, Oh
the contrary, the Waltham watches combine
manship. A number of watches have already
been sod, for delivery after the closing of the
exposition, and they will go TO England, Scot
land, Holland Germany, India and Australia.
Young and Bennett, of North Attleboro,
Mass, exhibit some plated watch chains OF
wonderful elegance and finish. The inquisi-
asked 'the price of those beautiful chains"
The answer is forty dollars per dozen,'' There
is rumor afloat that there G will be a grand re-
York, upon the Fourth of July, when s. J. Til
den is expected to be present. That pavilion
HeW eorn Rcsen ae
present display OF pills, in stately rooms.
THE AMERICAN BAR.
One OF the features of the Exposition is
what is known as the American bar. On ac.
count OF the trouble caused by an American
bar at Vienna, Governor Mccormick refused
to have such an institution in the section here
up at the end OF the English section where all
The American drinks are built in the latest
Styles: GOV. Mccormick made no objection
to its being called American" as it was not
in the American section, and he preferred 10
have nothing TO say either for or against it.
Americans who are here of course patronize
It very literally, as well as the English. The |
French. too, are getting rapidly initiated into |
the mysteries of American drinks. They come |
up and order something that looks nice, and |
the first thing they know they are, what is |
commonly called, drunk. One of the funniest |
sis hts in the whole Exposition is French |
man wrestling with American myStiiers" He |
is crazy enough when he is sober, but when he /
drunk he is awful.
The concerts at the Palace Of the Troca- |
derO were begun yesterday. The first one |
was very successful. The prices of admis- |
sion, however, are high. BuI you have to pay |
for everything here, unless it Is a pardon
During the last ten days of May, 78OS for
eigners arrived in Paris. England heads the /
list with 2,2l0; Belgium comes next with 95; /
Germany, TO; Italy, 657, and the United States /