Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-06-14
NO. "a.


biton, which took place ON the morning of
May ], were attended with the magnfcence
and display characteristic Of gala occasions in
France but the effect was sadly marrod by
the showers of rain that fell at intervals dur
ing the day. At an early hour the stir and
hustle throughout the city indicated the ex-
pectation of some great event. The streets
were crowded with pleasure-soekors, and the
houses displayed n wealth of decoration which
only reached It's height around the Champ de
Mars and the Trocadcro Palace. The route
from the Elysce Palace to the scene of the
Exhibition was lined with troops, behind
which stood in serried ranks the Parsians
and representatives of all the nations of the
earth who had not been fortunate enough to
obtain tickets of invitation to the opening
ceremonies
The formation Of the procession, which
took place at the grand porch Of the Troca-
dGro Palace, was one Of the most interesting
features Of the occasion. The foreign guests
whom France had invited to be present ad-
vanced in their different costumes one after
| the other so that the spectator who had been
! fortunate enough to secure good position
enjoyed a rare opportunity for studying the
royalty and aristocracy of Europe. Among
the stately crowd were the Prince Of Wales,
| in his red uniform resplendent with orders
| and gold the slight and elegant Duke of
Aosta the Crown Prince Of Denmark, proud
| ly bearing his rich and serious military cos
! tune Prince OrloH, as general Of the Cent
Gardes, his helmet gstening in the sun, his
white tunic covered with gold Count Zichy,
in Hungarian magnate's costume; Count
| Wimpffen in a brilliant uniform dotted with
decorations Queen Isabella in n yellowish
| green dress, accompanied by her Privy Cham
berlain, and Signora di Puentes; the British
ambassador and embassy Count Moltke, in
the grand uniform which so well becomes
| him Don Francis of Assist accompanied by
the Marquis de Mons, in full costume, and
the whole Spanish embassy; the Japanse,
Anamite, and Chinese ambassadors the for
| eign Commissioners in uniform the Depu-
| ties recognizable by tricolor scarf worn
like a cross and the Senators, wearing "A
kind of medal on their coats With a solem-
nifty befitting their exalted rank these illustri-
| ous personages filed through the gate, and
were received by the Minister of Commerce,
| NJ Teisserenc de Bort, the General Comnfis-
sioner and Engineer NJ. Krantz, and the Di-
rector of the Foreign Sections, NJ Georges
| Berger.
BY two o'clock the crowd throughout the
| neighborhood had become enormous, and the
TrocadGro Palace presented a most gorgeous
aspect. The two immense wings were crowd
| ed with spectators Dresses of all colors,
riegated parasols, flowers and plunes, flags
and banners of all sizes, waving Oh the sum-
mits of the towers and payilions, gave the
building with its complex and unusual style
of architecture, altogether an Oriental look.
| Expectation is at its height, when a tricolored
flag, hoisted in peculiar and significant posi-
| ton. announces the arrival of Marshal NJ Ma
! hon, the honored President Of the Republic
| of France. The General Commissioners and
| the ministers repair to the outer gate, where
two state carriages are drawn up. There are
two coachmen on each box, two footmen be
| hind all in white livery, and an outrider fol-
| lows. The first carriage contains the Mar
shals orderly officers; in the second is the
President himself, in the magnificent full
dress of Marshal of France, with Generals
D'Abzac and Broe in front of him. Madame
| MMahon had arrived an hour earlier, and en-
tered her private box, which formed the cen
tire of the colonnade. At the moment the
Marshal alighted, the picture became really
charming in point of coloring and simplicity
| The troops massed in the square present
arms, the military flags wave gently over the
soldiers muskets, spectators crowd together
on both sides of the pavilion which fianks the
entrance, and at every aperture of every sto-
| ry looking on the square The Marshals sew
Ell officers form one group, the Ministers and
Commissioners another. The Marshal, bare
headed, and with an amiable and smiling ex-
preston, offers his hand to NJ. Teisserenc de
| Bort NJ Krantz and NJ. Albert Gigot, the
| he congratulates on his admirable arrange
ments for maintaining order. He then enters
| the vestibule, and passes on the left into n
spacious hall, where the Presidents and Vice
Presidents, the Special Commissioners, and
some illustrious foreigners are presented to
him. Finally he approaches the platform
raised in front of Madame MMahon's box,
in the very centre of the middle colonnade,
and fronting the Pont de Jena.
This is the spot where the opening address
| is to be made. After moment of waiting,
NJ Teisserenc de Bort, the Minister of Com
merce and Agriculture, approaches the Presi-
dent and delivers a speech, the substance of
which is as follows The idea of holding the
present exhibition was first suggested the day
after the defnitive concentration of the Re-
| public. Republican government thus gave
stamp to the tendencies and aims which it
wished to assign to its efforts, and testified
its faith in the stability and fecundity of the
institutions it had founded and its confidence
| in the sympathes of foreign governments.
He thanked the foreign nations which had so
magnifcently responded to the call of France,
sent their art treasures and manufactures
thither and now crowned their courtesy by
honoring the opening of the Exhibition with
their most illustrious citizens and best-loved
| princes. The Exhibition was proof of ma
| tive yigor which would make its mark upon
| the history of the Republic In the EXhibi-
ton visitors would see that France, re-assur-
ed in regard to the future, had taken fresh.
flight by revival of her activity and energy,
and labored more ardenty than ever to null
tiply the creations which do honor to her ar
tisans, embellish the life of her people, and
increase those benefits of civilization that
| minister to the honor and glory of humanity.
To this address President MAIahon respond
ed in well-chosen words, and closed by de-
claring the Universal Exhibition of 1878
opened.
1t was not until the crowd of royalty and
other representatives of exalted places had
left the scene that the populace was finally
admitted TO a full enjoyment of the scene,
and naturally these found many difficulties to
contend with that had been carefully smoothed
out of the way of their illustrious predecess-
ors The French have craze for organiza-
ton, and, as regards the entrances to the Ex-
hibition, they INDUCED it to their hearts con-
tent, and to the annoyance and inconyen-
fence of visitors. The tickets alone We're
enough to bewilder an ordinary mind There
were no less than fifteen distinct tickets, of
various colors, some plain, Others striped
with blue, and others again crossed with red.
Each ticket bore upon it directions indicating
the gate by which the bearer was to enter,
the route to be followed by his vehicle, and
the station where that vehicle was to wait,
| This naturally was a source of delay, and
proved especially trying to the eager and i'm
patient crowd, who lost a great deal of time
in seeing very little. Again, complaints are
made ON all sides in regard to the arrange
ments for spectators during the opening GER
emony
Yet, on the whole, the opening day of the
Exhibition can not be regarded as OTHER than
a complete success. The enthusiasm through
out Paris was intense. Not only were the
French people enjoying one of those great
festivals in which they delight, but apparent
ly they were celebrating the first great tri-
umph of the Republic There were, it is es-
timated, 800, 600 strangers in the city, besides
its own immense population, and yet among
all this vast crowd there was no disorder and
no violence. What added still more TO the
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