Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-07

people outside and inside cheered, and
every portioa cf the grounds of the Uni
yersal Exposition of 1889 were open.
The exhibitors number 10000. No We
hicles are allowed in the streets. The
countries represented by their skill are. in
addition to France, the United States,
Great Britain, Austria, Hungary, Italy,
Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, Denmark,
Norway, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portu-
gal, Greece, Roumania. Servia, Egypt,
Persia, Mexico, Brazil, the Argentine Re
public, Bolivia, Chile, Nicaragua, Venzuels,
Guatamala, Uruguay, Paraguay, San Do
mingo. Salvador, Hayti, China, Japan,
East India, Siam, Morocco and Australia
The unrepresented countries are Germany,
an absence as inevitable as it is deplorable
and conspicuous, Turkey and Montenegro
The subject matter of the exposition
comprises everything that enters into the
material OF civilization. While it may be
CLASSIFIED with extreme comprehensiveness
under the heads of fine and industrial arts.
1t contains in the great grounds the history
of the universe.
An episode combining the pathetic with
the droll occurred in the conduct of the
jury of American artists residing in Paris,
sitting upon the works of art offered by
Americans. The versatile and erratic
Whistler decided to renationalize himself
by the submission of his exposition pic-
lures 10 the American jury. 1t was a sur
prising act of patriotism, however, which
did not encounter reciprocal apprecia-
ton, and a number of his pictures were
rejected. In his wrath he withdrew them
ali, and submitted them with acclamation
and acceptance TO British jury, where he
is now classified
The venerable sculptor, Story, for some
reason, also Jared i'll at the hands of the
young Yankees. In this case kindly in
tervention has interviewed and reversed a
decision which was alike unwarranted and
ungracious.
The Eiffel Tower has been smiled at as
the great folly of the EXPOSITION, but the
giant manikin of iron threads possesses
value apart from its ostentadousness One
might mistake it at distance for an elon-
gated scaffold of an electric light, but on
closer approach it is seen to be a
daring monumental achievement From
its highest balcony there is visi-
BILE beautiful panorama of sew
enty miles of hills, rivers, lakes,
towns and hamlets, which no painter can
place on canvas and no poet transcribe in
verse. The summit has a total hight of
nearly 1000 feet, or nearly double that of
the Washington monument, and nearly
600 feet higher than st. Peters in Rome. 1t
will be utilized for scientific purposes. the
public being permitted to ascend only
about two-thirds of the way in elevators,
which can provide transportation for 25,-
600 persons daily.
So far as present indications go the
American exhibit on the industrial side
will be the most impressive in gold and
silver smithing and in glassware, which
has made marked sensation among the
French and Austrian glassmakers. The
machinery palace rightly so named, is de-
voted to machinery, and is a magnificent
edifice in which the worlds Congress might
sit. Its architectural beauty and the splen-
dor of its decorations also render it one of
the great centers of interest. The chief at
traction in it is Edisons display of motors,
machines and apparatus.
An idea of the vastness of the Exposition
may be gained from the area it covers
Although the exhibition buildings are
closely grouped, the total ground surfaced
exceeds 3.000,000 square feet. The build
ings blend strength, suitability, lightness
and grace in their composition. In the
decoration they surpsss in elegance of de-
sign and richness of tone those of any
structure ever put up for similar use The
total number in the fine arts department is
$500. This department will not be for
mally opened for several weeks.