Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-25
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for the final nnisE O. The porcalh Tns
discovery, as claimed, Of reliable process
for setting any Of the colrs, Is pronounced
by the French artists an achievement Of IN
mense Importance to the ceramics Of the tut
ure In the same ball the specimens Of Sevres,
Gobelins, Beauvais, Mosaics and other arti-
cles, both beautiful and useful, IS described
as wonderful
In the Pavilion Of Rivers and Forests the
exhibit is rather more interesting to Aner1-
cans as q curiosity, or an exposition OF the
French idea, than as matter Of great value.
To the western American especially the
French conception Of a great river" or "for-
est scene" borders on burlesque. Even the
french pictures In this Line appear conven-
tonal The non-artistic writer cannot tell
what is lacking, but II one may 50 express it,
the forest looks IS If it were dressed up to
have its picture taken" It Is worth noting
however, that the Partisan Illustrated papers
give some extremely realistic pictures Of Buff
ralo Bills 'Injun Show" he fs quite as
great favorite there as he was In Lo-don.
The Mexicans, Brazilians and Chilians IN.
deed all the Spanish-Amer1cans, appear 70
be making very creditabls displays IN the
way Of delicate silver work, saddlery and
such ornaments as are made by hand The
chief feature of interest, however-the one
point In which this exposition Is inmeasur-
ably ahead Of all previous ones-is the per-
feet panorama Of nations 1t Is scarcely pos
sible to search a geographical list and find a
race or tribe but 1t has its representatives
now In Paris. And not only there, but
housed as at home, cooking, sleeping and
sporting as at home, with their Own quar-
ters, theatres Of they have such things, play
grounds, workshops, kitchens and even their
temples Of art and religion. And it is to be
noted that from the rudest savage to the
most enlightened nations If a people has any
art it is always shown in close connection
with It's religion Even the widest Nam
yanger paints his god with little finer finish
than he does himself.
It Is sort Of tradition with the coachmen
of Paris that they are to strike, if at all, in
the year of an exposition, and this year they
struck with extraordinary vigor, but with
rather poor success. They chose the moment
when they thought themselves an absolute
necessity and enforced their decree with mil
itary rigor. Here and there a ''scab" or
"blackleg," as he would be called In Amer
lea, took passenger, whereupon the strikers
quietly stopped him in the street, cut his
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gently turned the vehicle on its side But
they don't allow that thing to go very far In
Paris Those who desired to 60 on their reg
ular routes were protected in so doing and
the rest soon had to come to terms
In the meantime Parisians and visitors
have amused themselves with all sorts Of for
eign vehicles, In the exposition grounds they
have tested the Annamite voiture, the Japa-
nese djinrickshah and the Chinese sedan
chair, while in the streets they have heroic
ally walked. A comparison with other capt.
tails of Europe shows that the French coach
men are the best paid except those Of Lon
don, 50 one may say that the net result Of
their strike was to leave everything as it was
before, except that MANY foreigners were ag-
gravated and the satirists Of Paris had many
q good laugh at them.