New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-06
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

TOWARD THE FRENCH POLICEMAN.
IFROM STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUEE'l
PARIS. April 22.-The French passion for organ
ization has seldom had better field for display than
in the Exhibition. / suppose somebody-the proof
readers at least-must have perused the mass OF de
crees ordinances, regulations, and bylaws which
have been made from commencement, down to the
present hour. They would fill several TRIBUNEs,
and the archives Of the Exhibition, with all the
records of all the meetings of all the officials and
committees, would make very good section by
themselves if collected and put in handsome glass
cases. | will not trouble you with much OF thiS
matter nor does 1T seem desirable 10 sehu
you details of the programmes OF ceremonies
which will have been sOlemnized by the time the
programme would reach you. You can READ Oh thelh
in the past tense instead of the future; when VIII
be more strictly historical Yet it may be worth
while IN repeat some of the regulations laid down
for the opening and for the regular admission OF
visitors afterward; which are good specimens OF
the minute administration in which the French Of
fetal mind takes pleasure
First of all there is bit of inside history relating
to the hour of beginning on the first day. len
o'clock had been fixed by the Minister III
whose jurisdiction lies the Exhibition and
all its belongings; a most sensible and proper
h0ur when you consider that 10000 tickets are to
be issued to people who viii actually take part in
the ceremony or be spectators OF 1t from reserved
places 1t is conceivable that by naming 10 as the
hour, the performance might really have begun by
noon. Il has however, been decided TO postpone it
till in the afternoon, and this change appears to
be due TO the influence OF Madame de MacMahon.
The political activity of this estmable lady beng
limited for the moment) by circumstances over
which she has no control, she has formed q council
of supervision on Exhibition matters. Nj. les
serene dc Bort finds, as his colleagues had
found before, that there is a power be-
hind the throne. The MARKETABLE is not III
favor Of early rising. The Faubourg st. German,
which in her eyes the most Important part OF
France goes to bed late and finds 1t nconvenlent TO
eppear in full morning dress at the TrOcad6rO two
hours before nOon Taking some of the great ladies
of her set into council, including sundry ambassa-
doris wives, Madame de NIacMahon resolved that
the hour should be and not 10. 1t was only yes
terday, at o'clock" says one chronicler naively
"that this decision was communicated to the Min
lister of Agriculture and Commerce. AS you may
suppose NJ. Tesserenc de Bort offered no resistance
whatever The reason given for the change is not
less dro Fifteen or twenty thousand ladies are to
receive invitations and they never would have con-
bented we are assured to display fresh bonnets and
gowns at 10 o'clock in the morning
No less than eleven different kinds Of invitation
cards viii be issued The text varies according to
grounds you are to occupy Champ de Mars or
Trocad6ro and the road your carriage is to take in
order to set down. Leaving these blanks to be filled
ln the following is given as the general formula:
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE
UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION OF 1878,
AT PARIS.
In the name of the Marshal President of the RcpuD
uc YOU are invited to be present at the opening cere
mOny of the Exhibition which Will take place he ISL OF
- The Minister
TEssERENC DE BORT.
This card is available for one person only,
The doors will be opened at IL o'clock and closed at l.
The bearer OF this card Is requested to arrive by "
The following lin an abridged form are the de-
scriptiOns and indications of the eleven different
kinds of cards:
/. While and non-fransteraBIe Addressed to those
persons who are to join the procession and to the
ladies invited to the tribune of the Duchess of Ma
genta Carriages to pass along the grand reserved
route guarded by two lines of troops Avenue OF the
Champs ys6es and Boulevard du Roi-de-ROme.
2. White uih yellOu STRIPES. Reserved seats in
the covered circular gallery of the lTocad6ro
Palace first story, about 1000 places. Arrive by
the Avenue du Trocad6ro or Rue Franklin. En-
trance by The grand vestbule of the Palace.
g. White oith yellOW CrOss Reserved seats under
the east porch looking toward Paris. About LOCO
places. l omit for this and the rest the directions
4. Whitc uih pink cross. Same places but on the
west side toward Passy.
r. While ,rifh rink stripes. Reserved seats on the
open circular terrace of the Sale DIES Fetes second
floor; about 900.
q JVb;te NTH blae cross. Not transferable. For
members of the great Departments of State and the
Municipal Council of Paris. Chairs on the terrace
of the grand entrance to the Champ de Mars and in
the vestibule d'hOnneur.
T. Tiold Strangers of distinction, TO take their
places in the avenue of the foreign sections palace
of the Champ de Mars. The strangers of distinction
will have the pleasure of looking at each other dur
ing the greater part of the ceremony, and at the
PROCESSION when it passes OF anything that goes
on at the Trocad6ro anywhere outside OF tins
avenue forty feet wide. inclosed by buildings ON
each SIDE the strangers of distinction will see moth
ing.
s. Blue. Guests Champ de Mars on the Gros-
Gallon side Six thousand places
o. Green. Guests. above, but on the Grenelle
side Same number of places.
TO- Pink. Guests Trocadero, Passy side Five
thousand places.
IL. YeliOtp. Guests. Troeadero, ChalIlot side'
Five thousand places
How this elaborate machinery works, we shall see
nv and by. In England it would create as much
confusion rs it prevented; but the Frenchman Is,
on such occasions and in public generally, docile
creature In his relations with the authorities and
submits to being ordered abOut-prefers it appar-
emily, as saving himself the fatigue OF making up
his own mind where to go. pass to matter not
less tiregome, fear, but of more practical interest
TO the visitor who is coming to the Exhibition
the regulations about admission And first as to
season tickets. whether gratuitous or by payment.
RULES FOR sEAsoN-TICKEr HOLDERS.
As at Philadelphia the scheme of admission to
tbe Paris Exhibition is based on simple theory