The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-05-09
PARIS WAS PROUD.
President Carnot, Beneath the Re-
splendent Dome, Officially De-
clares the Exposition Open.

PARIS, May 6.-To-day, surrounded by his
ministers and mary distinguished guests
President Carnot stood under the great dome
of the exposition building, formally to de-
clare 1t open. The prelimimaries had been
auspicious Everywhere the delnonstra-
tio1s were unqualified The trivial ep sode
of Gen. Boulanger's election to the
municipal council of ST Quen yesterday
arouses little interest AS he stands under
the dome of the exposition building, Presi-
dent Carnot is seen to advantage. He is
small in physique, straight wlry and reso-
Lutte, while amiability of character is ex-
pressed in the relaxation Of the thin lips shat
may be de pended on for rIgor when required
He impresses an observer as being a
keen man. more reticent than volub!c,
decisive than eager, Gear and
tenacious man to plan secretively, as well as
to perform relentlessly. TIE presidents
cortege arrived at the exposition grounds,
escorted by the brilliant corps of Gu rassierF,
whose breast plates and helmets flashed
back the pleasant May dav SUI. The expo
sition of 1889 Is unlike all its predecessors
In certain large respecss The chief of these
| is its emphasis of the inherent conservatism
OF skilled labor which has pursued it's
liberal way all over the world, and which
seeks under the auspices Of the republi of
France an opportunity of taking note Of its
progress and of learning the great lessons of
new methods, new means and more
| economic logic in a comparative study of
processes. means, appliances and esults, for
the exposition is q triumph of industry over
| caste. The United STATES is the only govern
ment of importance which officially partici-
paUes in it No diplomat resident Oh transi-
Sb F<f
the republic in the ceremony of inaugura-
tion. The countries represented by their
skill are in addition to France and the
United States:
Great Britain, Austria, Hungary. Italy. Swift
zerland, Russia Sweden, Denmark. Norway.
Holland, Belgium. Spain Portugal, Greece, Rou-
the Argentine Republic Bolivia, Chill, Mica
ragua, Venezuela, Guatemala, Uruguay, Para
quay. San Domingo. Salvador. Haytt China
sia. The unrepresented countries are Germany
an absence as inevitable as it is deplorable and
conspicuous-Turkey and Montenegro
The subject matter of the exposition COM
prises everything that enters into the mate
rial of civilization. Whether Tor peace or
war, it is history teaching by examples, but
| it is pre-emineu5ly peace, inviting all man
kind to school TO learn her nobility and be-
| neicence. Slightly to alter one Of Dryden's
| couplets:
1t is so various that it seems to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitone
In the vast departments are contained all
that the arts and academies can SHOW to
| nourish all the world. The applications for
space SO far exceeded the expectations
founded on previous exhibitions that,
despite heroic exel tions, not one department
is complete, nor the catalogue of any group
ready for the printer. The American repre-
i,
not. for instance, at this writing, a vestige of
| the great national educational exhibit to be
| seen, nor are the consignments sent from the
individual states, nearly all of which are to
be represented, out of the packing boxes
The whole appropriation CfS, 600, 600 made
| by the French government has been ex-
| pended and further sums have been set apart
| for official courtesies The entries this year
exceed those of previous years, especially in
| the foreign sections The most notable in
| this respect are Russia and Great Britain.
The display of the potteries of Staffordshire
and Worcestershire constitute remarkable
exhibition. The enlightened policy of the
| British government in making generous
| grants for fine and industrial arts and for
| diffusion throughout the islands, of casts,
models and copies and the erection of
| permanent lnuSeu ms, especially in the
neIghborhood OF the potteries, have resulted
in an improvement in patterns, modelling,
decoration and firing that bring these Eu-
gIish porcelains into the foremost classical
| tion. The total number of entries in the fine
arts department is 8, 500 This department
will not be formally opened for several
weeks The key to the chief impression it
will make may be found in the dictum of
| well known critic that ~the naked foot of a
man or woman, even though it be the foot
of beggar. is more beautiful than any shoe
which may be made to cover it," That
Michael Angelo held the same doctrine is not
to be denied, but it will have to be admitted
that his application of the canon differed
somewhat from that of the prevalent
Propaganda in France. 1t is always divert
ing to look at great event through the eyes
of those for whom it has local and special
significance.