National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-10-15
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
SOME SPLENDID SIGHTS IN PARIS.
Tho Rush at the Thsatres-The PalaIs dc rIn-
dustrle-Ysrlous Systems Of LiHhts-Appli-
cation OF Electricity TO Machinery
How Americans are Fleeeed.
special correspondence of rnE RrruptrcAS.

lily on under the glare Of artificial suns The
sornbre canopy Of old nor ha an-shapcd rent In
II that extends from the to the great entrance
Of the palace, widens over the concerts and gar
dens Of the Elysian Fields throws into bold relief
the Luxor obelsk and other works Of art that sur
round IT, makes ghost Of the ruins Of the Tuille-
res and dazzes the tender eve OF the boulerdrdier
IL he ventures as fur from the Cafe American as
tho place Madeleine. Night and day the throng
continues. and the interest seems rather to I'm
crease than 10 diminish 80 that one IA justified In
saying that electricity is the "lion OF the hour"
IN PARIS AT THIS SEASON
Of The year, all places of smousement are crowded
every night In the week. At many Of the theatres
IL IS necessary TO procure seats some days ahead
Bun In spite OF their love for light entertainments
the thousands visit and revisit this novel exhibit
tion-perhnps because they can find nothing so
flight" at one franc fry apiece But perhaps lis
not so much scientific appreciation as love the
curious that attracts the throngsl Very well. for
asfn French cookery there IS a dish TO suit all
tastes. The first aud last object that In
vites the attention Of the evening Wis
itor Is the splendid lighthouse in the
centre of the nave. It's consecutive flashes
are white and red, and are so brilliant and pene-
trsting that tho eye cannot bear direct contact
with them. The entrance is lightedby magnid-
cent six-light chandelier, made ofwrought- steel,
which makes the place quite luminous rs day
light Passing under the chandelier. we arrive In
W.. ,'s" ~ .no ,as' 10y " VIZ"
nunoei o'ei 'n"us"n" nhu i''e =" hs"u"s Gu
pps.'s se",iai.y VI wv 'nousanu e",uieS eaou'
80, s' ~, ~, ~, ,,"noet !" eAnues u''s repie
sented would fall far short OF producing as much
light as the electricity, for. without exaggcration,
THIS HUGE BUILDING,
eo,.lus esu'ie.e y, .eai5 'n'iy .nouSnnu squale
49,. 70 yuS, 90 ,isp. W WI i,''en's anu p".poSesa'
nis'' w. ~ .ne uayune aho some people naNeoo-
sor'eu '!"s .ney couiu uihungnsh a irienu nom
10 n tlaQ 10 tba 9TH rtpl
oie e'ue VI .ue sis"' snueiJ W e'e o'ner WIN
nio,e ser."'".y ny INC a'uhsiai 'hah oy tne nat
u,"L Isn'' anu .ne gehera' impression Is tne' inc
u'y 70 Iutc US "s'oVaoie W tno eye-ssn' 40
Wv sum '"ousn so'ne eo,npi"in 'n' i'h 'oo o'isn',
VI y, un uina'uiui coior' vi 'nc conSiuciuoio
nuinoe' Vi u,iieren. sys'ens' mere aru no' more
'sas TWO OF ,nree "hie, hre no'icehoie lor o'ner
snaaes tnau 'ne yenow-wni.e vi sunnBu.,
ann ,hese give periectiy yehow' piue, ana
Pnh tnls tnough 'ne siopes aro prcciSciy 'ne
sAnhe US muse useo On otner sysscms' 10 inhAe
pay''eo, ws. Oh e,e several yarietes ens
vi 'no n,s' noor nave ocen ui,iueu ,h'o ss'iery
Vi "r. tneuNe saie Iooin' @c' Inc hist mas u
NUMBER oil attractive paintings on the wall, which
are seen togreat adv anage by the soft light of the
Lambotte- Lachaussee sun-lamp A. year ago last
June, when electricity was tried for the first time
In the salon, there was such hickerng, sputter-
ing, ana cracking about 1t that there was no
pleasure ut all In trying to see the pictures IL may
be said that
THE hLhCIhio Lishr
was tnen sowing i's wiz oats. ior II acteo very
NUN as u u were on Spree stumbling anu iaii-
lng sWaying 10 ana no. ana staggering uil the
,iHi'or weary eyes iohgeu LOT u s'eadier even II
iess o,hhahe iiumina'or' as many u parent mas
wisnea ior son mat was not 100 snort to be re-
tpeo"pic' put n hoWh real pieasure 10 VISIT
she art gallery by the rays of manufactured light
Ming, and these beautiful "sun-lamps" are en-
arely worthy of their sounding title Some critics
mink them of too yellow tint to preserve the tone
OF the paintings, but others believe that with a
little mending the sun-lamp, among Others will
become veritable ectdirdge dc lure. In the
theatre the stage is set with very
hne old street scene, like one In Verona, Padua.
anu lighted by an ingenious system Of electric
ioot' SIDE and hy-lghts. Very often when
quartette OF is amusing the habitues
OF the Ambassadors, concert garden quarter Of
mile away four horns ON q rack which have
teiephonio connection with said garden are
brought on this stage and repeat with great ac-
suracy ana gusto the throaty performance. Some
OF these apartments, such rs the presidents
saloon ana the sale room, are lighted by several
different systems. Among them are seem, for
example,
emAs EcaNphscEsR System,
WIN faure accumuiators attached, which would
tnu,ca'e 'na' 'ne inventors are very irienuiy ana
n,ns w ievVsnlne 'ne merit Vi each olher
No.s. ine 'aoiounhoi sya'eii' WHICH was re-
garded when 1t appeared as On importantstep for
ward plays an important part In this exposition,
as DO also the wide, Gramme, Maxim, siemens,
Brush, Jamin, ana many others OF no less merit.
Euisoh mas two large rooms set apart for his mar
Vicious Inventions In the INST are me monograph,
the teephone which can DO heard In all parts OF
the room without holding the receiver to the car,
anu many other wonders both rooms are lighted
py the great magician's various systems which
gWe ", incohpaianiy oeauliiui ana satisfactory