Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-26
AMERICA At PIRIS.
Some Facts About Our Display at tn e
Great Exposition.

PARIS, August Il, 1873
THE EVENING STAR finds its way to Paris
with agreeable promptneSs and is eagerly read
by all who wish to know the latest news from
Washington. THE STAR is usually so correct
in its statements and has bad such fair repOrts
of the exposition, that it is with reluctance
quote the following item from recent num-
ber:
"The display of false teeth is said to be the
the Paris exposition, and the French people
argue therefrOm that the making of them must
be one OF the most Important interests in this
faanr is n dsSss2 dsa es aed
States, it is true; but that is not what makes
the big display in Paris. The French govern
ment once in an evil moment decorated an
American dentist, and now nearly all the jaw
carpenters in the country are after some OF
the same pot pie"
From the opening day to this time there
seems to have been several culious m'sappre
tensions in the United States concerning our
exhibit here. 1t is quite common to see an
allusiOn to it as 'very good so far as it goes"
or "as quite creditab.e for its SIZE" Now,
while 1t is limited in view OF what could have
bee been dol done e had Congress actea early and b,r-
BY NO MEANS SMALL EXHIBIT
In the main building it occupies more space
than Norway and Sweden combined, and more
than that occupied by Russia, Italy, Spain. or
Holland; while the annex, distinct building
erected by Commissioner General Mccormick
for agricultural and other machinery, and for
the British annex, and supplies 39,O0O square
feet of space, all Of which is compactly filled
THE UNITED STATES EXHIBITORS
are more than one thousand in number. Ex-
cepting France, England, Belgium and Aus
tria, we have the largest number of Jurors,
and, unless all signs fail, we shall have, pro-
portiOnately, a larger share of medals and di-
plomas than any other nation participating in
the Exposition.
But the especial purpose of this cOmmunica-
ton IS to correct the impression that the dis
play of artificial teeth is the most striking in
the American department" The STAR is not
responsible for originating this report, and
will, am confident admit its unfairneas when
Informed that of the one thousand or more
exhibit artificial teeth. These exhibits occupy
but little space, and, If offensive to some faS-
tidious persons, they are very attractive to all
ed high prizes. it is difiicuIt to % understa @ nd
upon what ground the Commissioner General
could have rejected exhibits SO important and
well straitng III specially in the
worldwide distinction. Moreover, artificial
teeth are cOnsDicuOusy shown in the French,
the English, the Austrian and other depart
mentS OF the Exposition.
PROTEST.
In this connection wish to enter protest
against the tiippant way in which some of the
American correspondents have spoken of the
whole American exhibit as coarse and repul-
sively practical. There is, in more than 66,0Co
square feet OF crowded space, one exhibit of
axle grease, occupying possibly two square
feet, and yet the correspondent of New York
daily journal has repeatedly written of axle
grease as a leading article in the American
department. Two exhibits of pills have, by
the same authority, been magnifed into a
wholesale display Of patent medicines.
PRACTICAL AMERICAN EXHIBIT ATTRAC-
TIvELY DISPLAYED.
AS a matter of fact, the American exhibits,
while, in the main, Of thoroughly practical
nature, are tastefully prepared and attrac
lively displayed. The cases, in their size and
finish, will compare favorably with any in the
used use by the American ,eh exhibitors at Paris in
1867, and at Vienna in 1873 as our lent di7.
play is superior in it's extent. Importance and
interest to any we have heretofore made in
Europe.
The appreciation of what our exhibitors
have brought to Paris is proven by the crowds
of visitors who daily linger in the American
department, in which the average attendance
Is SO large and SO much beyond that at some
of the departments that it has attracted the
attention of the exposition authorities and
been the subject of much complimentary re-
mark. u S.