The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-09-26
PARIS EXPOSITION.
United States at the COnClaVe Of
Nations.
American Enterprise for Once in the Rear.
,ecial Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

lie visiting the Paris Exposition disappoint-
ment is in store First, he buys an Illustrated
Guide Book, and turns the leaves rapidly, IN
fulI expectation of finding United States
p.v;lion Itisnot there: neither in the Street
az Nations. nor among the buildings which
enmprise the History of Habitations, from the
buSbman's hut. in Africa, to the splendid specl-
mems of Greek and Bysantine art
Then he turns the leaves for description oil
the United States Exhibit It's not therei the
name only appears IN running remuneration
ef foreign countries Then he inquiries of the
polioe aud military, at the restaurants. aud OF
inteIiipent looking people passing by, Where
i the United States Exhibit?" They all look
blank or shrug their shoulders and say they
do not know.
ID is natural to suppose that the United
States will honor her sister Republic and her-
SELF with grand display; or that she Will,
at least have a National Pavilion, from which
the o, Old Glory flies supreme, ana that IN
that Pavilion the Stars and Stripes VIII be
draped from roof and arch and doorway as
are the flags in the buildings OF the South
American Republics and many smaller couh-
tries. But there is no National exhibit there.
Someone tells us TO go 10 the Machinery
Departmcnt and thither we go 10y ran, ana
walk around the vast spaces ana under INC
forest of rafters. until at last we are rewarded
bv the welcome sight Of the American nag
suspended from high archway.
The Lord be praised we nave iouhu our
country at last.
In onr haste TO reach the place we run against
a long rope Enclosure, for the protection oil
some privileged seats, and almost creep under.
or lump over in our anxiety be AT nome
once more aud hear the sweet SOUNDS OF our
mother tongue. There are superb American
coaches and machinery OF different Kinds out
no one is in attendance aud everything Is us
still as the Kings house Ia the larry tales wheh
the bad fairy had put them all to sleep for a
hundred wears This mystery was solved when
we read In the Paris edition OF the herdtd a
day or two later. that the exhibitors OF machln-
cry were so dissatisfied with the arrangements
or non-arrangemenis, OF the American Oohihls-
non that they had simply placed their lnVen-
tions and left them, there being no opportunity
ior their exhibit.
Someone said, If you turn to page 25of the
Guide Book you will find the United States.
Etais-Unisn is the name cur country bears
At the Exposition, where II appears three or
four times, 10 mark the entrances. III seems
never to have occurred 10 the parties III charge
that the hundreds Of thousands OF Americans
visiting the Exposition wanld like 20 see some
where the name of their beloved land IN United
States spelling.
Have YOU any request IL you go down in
this Eighty" said someone TO Gen. Steedman,
who was recklessy counting the bullet ana
shell at Chickamauga.
newspapers spell my name right
A patriotic American. visiting the Exposl-
tion. unless he is a dude, or dOdo, viii very
arly find himself in the same frame OF mind.
LOOKING FOR THE UNITED STATES.
After a careful search OF the maps and plans
4 the Exposition, we find that the United
Italics Exi,ihit proper is IN a wing OF the Faiace
81 Arts. This vast rectangular structure Is
built wholly Of metals. with a central dome,
tnd one rising from the middle of each wing.
The domes are of cOlored enamcis, aud the
fscsdes fTetted with figures and holdings, ia
has relie!s, OF exquisite workmanship Ahe
interiors arc beautifully frescoed IN aiegoricai
designs The ceiling OF the rotunda under the
central dome has a succession OF figures repre-
senting art. commerce, invention, steam. ms
sic, electricity aud discovery. In gallery OF
tie Pine Art wing If this binding American
artists have a corner. under the auspices Of the
American Art Association OF Paris. aud IA the
Liberal Art wing is the American exhibit
proper, under the direction uf The American
Commission OF which Gen. Nm. b. Franklin,
Hartford Conn, Is the Chief, by appointment
OF President Cleveland.
On entering this city 81 bazsrs and galleries
we BEGAN 90 look for the Stars aud Stripes, amd
finally, after wandering in the wilderness.
found two or three flags hanging over the gal-
Iery bainstrades in the Liberal Arts Depart
mcnt like = arr Of bedspreads. Then we read
Etats-Unis." and mounted the broad stair
way. This we were informed, was the Edu-
ezti0ual Department. Around the gallery were
samples Of books newspapers aud magazines
group Of ~. q. i. u banners. photographs Of
NassaT College girls school maps aud charts d
ease or two OF porcelain teeth, etc The rest Of
the exhibit we found IN a section below.
Where can we see the COmmissioner-Gen-
era Z" we asked.
"Gen Franklin win be found in Paris, at
his headquarters"
well can we zee the Assistant Commission
eF-GeneFal, Mr. Someryille Pinkey Tuck. We
very much desire information concerning the
general exhibit"
he also was IN Paris We were informed.
So also was the Generals Aid-de-Camp and
Naval Commissioner. Lieut.. Benj. ii. Buck
ingham; his Camp and Military Com
missioner, Capt. David a. Lyle; the Command
art Ct The Detachment OF Marines, Capt. Henry
Clay COchrzne, aud the Captains Lieutenant,
Paul -. Clair Murphy. So also was Chief En-
gincer Gunnell aud Assistant Engineer Abdauk
and Secretary A. Bailly- Blanchard. So also
were the seven SuperiBiendeuts OF Divisions
and the nine Scientific Experts and the Al
Jurors and lG Supplemental Jurors. So there
was small chance OF getting information, espe-
eially as the guards were nearly all French,
who knew about as much Of the United States
as they do Of B0oriobOola Gaha or the Congo
country.
Jnasmuch as Congress only appropriated
&ZJ0,DJ1 Tor the Paris Exhibit, IL Will be readily
seen by the above array Of salary drawing oil
eisls why the Commission had no money 20
spend on American flags and National decora-
tons. And yet, had the Commissioner General
arranged 70 SIT one hour a day IN the Ameri-
ean Department in his blazing Major Generals
uniform the United States las made progress
IN dress since the first Franklin declined 10
wear anything bat a black coat in the royal
prcsencej, just that We might look at him, sur
TOnnded by his Aids, Experts, SHperiutendents,
Jurors and Supplemental Jurors we might dis
peuse with the flag
A correction should here he made. Prof C.
heilman Parks, Superintendent Of the Educa-
sion Department. il almost always AZ the post
81 duty. To him ] am indebted for interesting
facts 70 be given ia future letter. There Is
nothing inviting 20 the eye IN the Educational
exhibit, but we are gTatllcd 20 learn that the
Eastman business College exhibit has excited
great attention, among Englisbmen especially
Ii is remarkable fact that while the United
States has some $50 business schools and col
leges there Is not one ia Great Britain. This
exhibit includes samples Of cloth, grains teas
and textbooks. with photographs Of the insti-
tgti0n and its founder. Next 10 the Edison
exhibits u is the most cuterprsing educational
exhibit on the grounds
KATE BROWGLEE SHERWOOD.
OUR CHINA.
Expressions OF Satisfaction from All who Have Re