Smyrna times., 1878-05-08
opening of the Paris Exhibition,

utl ne f9rls exhibition formally opened on
edhesday last in strict accordance vith
~ @I PIoSr"inme as previously announced
III ~ WIN al those ceremonial observancns
% %.""T were calculated to add attractivnnoco
~ tne occasion. Except a short thunder
nlIi vi Two, the weather was ausnicious
l resident resident MacMahon, surrounded L,,
brilliant and distinguished assemhIooo
ana IN the presence of an immense 1It,;n' gatI,e;n'
ing OF the people of various nations 10
ciared the exhibition opened amid soIvo.
OF artillery and the music of military ba,,Jo
among the notable persons who ioinad -
lne procession and assisted at the ceren,onv
"eTe Lhe frlnce of Wales, Prince Amedans
oI italy' Tor brief period King of Snain
ana the Crown Princes of Denmark and
ene NetherlandS, to say nothing of numnr.
b,,;IJ; Jaoio"he9 American sovereigns. The
,,'t;us ,;;Nls was decorated with the flags of all
,,, 'cn'' Tue crowd, as we have remarked
=. ,t'!a' ana the scene is represented
t.o Pi.G,'u,TrSSque ,r1 and imposing in the ex. i
exhibition is estimated at 81 500 200 ny '
oa cne cost OF beautifying the grounds 81 ZOO |
Uoo. The exhibition occupies. with itg o,,t
ylnS buildings, decorated grounds md
outiylnG structures, typical of the architec.
-, |"le Vi inherent nations, the site of tho
CH"inp oe Mars, famous alike for its mill.
t"ly reviews and for the revolutionary Incl.
uenls tnat nave made its name historical
ana includes the hill of the Trocadero Tho
ground plan of the main exhibition bniiI
ing consists of two parallelograms 400
leet long by $40 feet broad. These naroI'
leIograms are divided into sections of creotar
Or less dimensions, according to the ro.
lulrements OF the nations whose rarast
specimens OF skill and industry are 70 bo {
rrTPrsSehted. The section set apart for tho
: hlted States is well filled, and in the art
department. the display made by our
;To'uhtrymen 70 Is said to be unusually good u
ne largest space, as was to be exDected is
,%vereu oy the industries and products of =
! i"ncei the next by those of Great Britain, .
'mTae 'il,I commissioners are all persons of the
llghest rank, the Prince of Wales ho;n0
resident OF the commission. On the bii1
i the Trocadero, on the opposito side p
the river from the main building
lst beyond the bridge of jena n nav;I'
oh palace OF stone, intended to be ner. tc
naneht, mas been erected at a cost of ono N
unions SIX hundred thousand dollars
u ! CnlS palace, from which fine view is oi
otalhed, concerts and festivals ara 10 IN
held' and outside the grounds. bnt y
ose 70 Them, the workmen of Paris. q,
SISTED by the department of the Seine 81 81
ave opened an independent exhibition 90 q,
which, besides the display of similar 70
'tlcies in the grand central ediice. 1tbe :,
'onze workers, flowers maker, enamelers
wWelers, engravers, artists in hair and fro
her specialists" have contributed choice
C., of their skill and handiwork mi
Inc present exhibition promises to ca
tive in the grandeur of its display ali !
at have gone before it. The number of loC
is set down at sixtv.seven
ousand, and some days ago it was stated spr
at over, a hundred thousand foreigners to
a already reached Paris to be present. ot an'
opening yesterday. AS the sections I
ana the exhibition is perfected in all it's uol
the inflow drawn from the Tor
llted States, from England and the -, +
pulous countries of the continent will, II nGi u
anticipated, be enormous, and if the ex' =. o
ctatlons now formed are fulfilled the snc. sIU 10
IS OF the exhibition will be commemorate row "
n the pains taken to make it attractive row
VIII perhaps be mid.June before ths ex. be d
,ltlon }, is at its highest development.- Fl
U. Sun, Nay 2nd in