New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-17
Paris Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
Paris, August 22nd, 1879.
The Palais de l'Industrie, in the
Champs Elysees, enjoys very little
peace. No sooner has one class of
objects filled it's walls to the salts.
faction of visitors than these are
hurridly removed to make way for
another show. At the present mo.
ment an exhibition of what is styled
science applied to works of indus.
try occupies the greater portion of
the space. If theoretically the title
Of the exhibition means something,
practically it means nothing at all,
for specimens Of every imaginable
manufactured article are duly ar
rayed side by side. The universal
nature of the exhibition has been to
distribute whatever interestsi it may
possess over a great number of vari.
Gus objects. Success under these
circumstances can only be attained
where the show is gigantic such
as the Champ de Mars last year. As
it is, the Palais de l'Industrie is
merely an omni,tns, gatherum-a ba.
Ear with band playing in the mid
die of it, and containing many re-.
freshment bars. where drinks and
eatables are sold at higher prices
than those which obtain outside.
There are many visitors neverthe-
less, and some OF the exhibits attract
the usual crowd of loungros. The
praxinoscope, amongst others, is ne
deserted. This scientific toy has
added to the already numerous OBJ
jects it represents. A little girl,
dressed cap.a.pie ga la Niniche' is
seen swimming in lake. Every
movement is gone through accurate
ly and evenly and she is far more
graceful than the swimming dolls
which attracted such attention at
the Exhibition. The effect is pro.
duced by a rejecting glass and is
very pretty. Then there is no lack
Of electric pens for writing and
drawing, whilst spectacle and watch
makers abound. One man sells
watches that do not keep time; in.
deed, he has taken out all the works,
and, convinced that time is money,
he has so arranged his case that
Napoleons, ten.franc pieces, and
sovereigns find their own proper
places in three little heaps, the top.
most piece ready for instant with
drawal. Unjust warn your readers,
however, that the gold pieces are
not supplied by the ingenious in
ventor. In the tropical weather
which is raging it is pleasant to
watch the process by which bottles
Of water are frappe'- that is to say
their contents turned into ice. The
proceeding is simple, consequently
iced water is common in Paris. The
next stall contains bottles also, but
filled with a popular liquor styled
''Le Club It is difficult to ina
CINE how science was applied to in.
dustry here unless it was in corking
the bottles. Carriages, pottery
bedsteads, mirrors, and ladies' dress
es fill, however, the greater part of
the building; but a small space is
reserved for life saving apparatus
exhibited by French company,
and two stalls are occupied by China
men setting tea on scientific prin.
cipals no doubt. Just at the exit a
clever industrial shows how science
has been successfully invoked for
producing soap bubbles. This ex.
hibition can, however, hardly be
considered as forwarding to any
great extent the interests Of indust.
ry.