The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-18
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

HabltatiOns.
A special correspondent writes to the
San Francisco Call as follows:
''The Universal Exhibition of 1889 is |
the most brilliant, the most complete
known in the history of nations, To the
call of France have come answers from
the wilds of Africa, the borders of the
Pacific, the icy mountains of the north,
the blazing sands of the south; and now
the Champ de Mars is converted into a
Champ de Mai, and we celebrate the
triumph of progress and the victory Of
the peaceful arts.
The other day stood on the circular
portico of the Trocadero, and before me
was spread out splendid panorama. In
front were the gilded statues represent
ing the quarters of the globe; at my feet
cascades, fountains and howery lawns,
beyond the Jena Bridge, the Seine,
Eiffel Tower, Palais DIES Beaux Arts, In
valides, Pantheon, Saint Sulpice, and in
the misty distance the towers OF Notre
Dame.
The Trocadero Palace is all that re-
mains of the Exhibition of 1873. There
is very little style about the architecture,
but the gardens are marvelOusly beauti-
| full. These are devoted to the hOrticul
tural exhibition, and OF this exhibition
the great curiosity is the japanese col
| lection. The pavilion, devoted to forests
and waters, has ground-fOor and gallery
used as a second story; it contains dior
| annie views, representing the rewOOdlng
! of the Alps and Pyrenees. The pillars
| that support the gallery are made OF CEN
tennial trees, cut from French forests.
Where in 1873 one entered the aquar-
| ium, is an excavation concealed by
clumps of flowers; cage, similar to that
| of mine, takes one to subterranean
vaults, where are seen limitations of the
| sewers, catacombs, antique quarrles OF
coal and salt, all in action.
Jena Bridge, the only communication
with the Champ de Mars, is covered and
ornamented with beautiful kiosks; at
| the end of the bridge are forty-nine con-
| structions, illustrating the habItations OF
man from prehistoric to historic times.
EACH TYPE OF DWELLING
is surrounded by it's appropriate fauna
and flora. The names of some OF these
| dwellings may be interesting. There
! Troglodytes, shelter under rocks, Renne
epoch, iron age, bronze age, Egypt,
Assyra, Hindoo style, Phenicia, He
brew, Etruscan, ancient German, Per
sian, Greek, Roman, Italian, Huns,
Gallo-ROmans, African savages, 1ncas
(Peru), Aztecs (Mexico), Indians, Chi
nese, Laplanders, Japanese, Russians,
Scandinavians, etc.
The Eiffel Tower is in the center of the
park of the Champ de Mars and sur
| rounded by pavilions of the Central and
South American republics. Near the
tower is an immense theatre, reserved
for days interesting to children. On one
side of the park are the Tobacco Pavil-
ion, Press Pavilion, Telephone Building,
Gas Exposition or Firehouse, concert hall
etc.
Between the Eiffel Tower and the
EcOle Militaire is an immense garden
with rectangular parterres planted with
trees and flowers, surrounded by cas-
cades and fountains, lighted every eve
ming by electricity. This long garden,
shut in by the galleries devoted to indus
try, forms a square, around which are
concentrated all the establishments de-
voted to drinks of every country.
Each building has its appropriate decor
alton, and those who serve wear their
national costumes. There are the Mozos,
Manolas, Moujiks, Tyroleans, Gretchens,
etc., who sell orchateria, kimmel, cura-
Goa, silvovitza, lamble, gin, hydromel,
and guiguOlet. Every evening the square
between the palace and the galleries is
filled with musicians of every country
Tziganes, MINISTRIES, Scotch pipers. Git
anas, etc.
The Machine Palace is colossal, the
grandest ever imagined. 1t is 800 feet
in length, 400 feet wide and $50 feet
high. The second story of the gal
leries is thirty feet in height, and to
reach this story there are four stair
cases.
In this immense building are dis
played types of all machines, and days
might be spent in studying the wonder
full inventions of the past century.
The Palace of Fine Arts is situated on
the Avenue Bourdonnais, that of Lib
eral Arts parallel to Avenue Suffren.
The Palace of Fine Arts is devoted to a
centennial and decennial exposition for
} French artists, and an exposition for
foreign artists; but more of this here
after.
The Palace of Liberal Arts devotes
one room to the retrospective history OF
labor, another to means of transporta-
ton, and another to the liberal arts.
The retrospective history of labor has an
historical and technical character, it
does not exclude artistic objects, because
in former times tools were often elegant
in form,
RICH IN MATERIAL
And graceful in detail. One finds mas
terpieces on the handle of chisel or the
barrel of gun. Our ancestors did not
believe in quick work and cheap mate
rial.
In a small rotunda near the Eiffel
Tower are the expositions of the Cob
elins, Sevres, Beuvais; under a superb
cupola is the Sevres exhibition, eight
hundred objects in all. The Vasque aux
Paous, thirteen feet in height, in biscuit,
is the most magnificent. The Passage
de Venus sur lie Soleil is in white porce-
lain, but a description of this collection
will occupy future letter.
Never have the Gobelins sent such
magnificent specimens, among them the
panels destined for the Elysee Palace,
Pegasus, the MUSES., etc. Besides,
there are eight tapestries intended for
the Senate Chamber, all of exquisite
workmanship.
The tapestries of Beauvais are very
delicate and some OF them are designs
for chairs and sofas. One sofa repre-
sents the history of Don Quixote, and a
screen is copied from one of Gerome's
| pictures.
There are numerous pavillions de-
voted to Nicaragua, Guatemala, Vene-