Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-10-22
A DAY AT THE EXPosITIoN

ceed to spend
DAY AT THE EXPOSITION
before attempting any other sight-see-
ing. This was mutually acceptable
to us, as we were both eager to attend
the great show, whose fame had
reached us before we arrived in France
Immediately after breakfast. We started
for the Place du Bastile, Ia short walk J
near which were extensive stations for
omnihusses and cabs. Here we hired q
cab, and gave the order, ito the Exposi-
tion." Our cabman took us along the
Rue de RivolI, through the Champs
Elyseeses, and then down the right
bank of the Seine until we reached the
Trocadero entrance, where we paid two
francs and dismissed him. At small
Office near the turnstile. we purchased
our tickets of admission for one franc
each, and then, going short distance.
presented them to an ent-Iooking
veteran, who looked like he might have
seen service under the first Napoleon.
Once inside the grounds, we were i'm
pressed with the order and artistic
arrangement of everything the eye
rested upon, and as we looked around
at the people, standing and sitting
about, it seemed as if we had sud-
denly and unexpectedly, Aladdin like,
made trip into an oriental country,
for there were groups of Arabs, Turks,
Algerines, Persians, all dressed in their
native costumes, and apparently max
ing themselves perfectly at home. Some
engaged in business-the keepers of
booths and bazaars, with trinkets and
various kinds of notions for sale. We
found the Trocadero a most paIatial
structure. with the advantage of nat
ural elevated location. We had excel
lent views from 1T, not only of the Expo
sition, but also of Paris. The contents
of this elegant building, its wings and
appendages, were as extensive as they
were novel and wonderful We could
not even begin to eEumerate these won
ders In this brief article. The grounds
in front of this commanding and mag
! nificeDt edifice were ornamented with
lakes. fountains, waterfalls, and grottos
The scene reminded us very much Of
grand old Schonbrunn, near the Aus
trian Capital-dear, quaint. prim old
Schonbrunn-just as it looked to US that
quiet hazy summer evening five years
ago, when we rode out from Vienna,
meeting the Emperor, who bowed and
smiled to us as we raised our hats. OF
course. the Trocadero had more youth
full look and was bedecked in holiday
attire, but we could easily fancy how
the palace at Schonbrunn would ap-
pear in festive array, so it seemed to
US that the resemblance was close enough
for comparison agreeable to our recol-
| lection. After we had walked about
the buildings and grounds for couple
of hours, and then spent another half
hour at cafe, partaking of refreshments
and drinking Turkish coffee, the Judge
and myself proposed that we should
cross the bridge over the Seine to what
was really the Exposition proper-the
Exposition, or general plan of it, being
carried out extensively on the opposite
bank of the River from the Trccadere
locality.
1t would be quite impossible to enter
into any particular or minute descrip-
ton of one days observations, where
there was so much to be seen, and ouI
plan was to make a sort of general toul
this, our first day, and to observe more
system and order in our succeeding Wis
it's. So for hour after hour we walked
and looked, and then looked and walked
again, only to vary this programme by
an occasional rest on some of the com
| iSAeN~OAI S0oAAOiCO SSt1lS ~ ul1uIy
arranged in all the Art departments
There was almost limitless quantity
of sculpture and painting. The writel
talked fine arts to the Judge So muct
aud SO persistently that his life was onl,
spared by the merciful intervention o
a severe attack of tooth-ache, which
produced lull in our conversation 70
the rest of the day. My Judicial frient
expressed some sympathy for me, ant
advised me, in very paternal way, Il
Keep my mouth shut, asserting it wa
neat TO the best remedy known for tn
disease During this. our first visit t
the Exhibition, we spent about an hou
in a rather hurried look through tn
American department, and we found
to De most excellently arranged and th
EXHIBIT a most creditable one, all of
displaying the ingenuity, enterprise AM
energy OF young and powerful nation
AS summary of the days observa
tions, the Judge and myself' compare
notes on the relative merits of the Ex
position while we were returning to ou
hotei, and, for the first time since ou