The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-05-17
PARIS WAS PROUD.
President Garnet Beneath the Re.
splendent Dome, Officially Dc. &
clares the Exposition Open.

PARIS, Nay 0.-Tosday, surrounded by his
ministers and manySdistinguished gursts
President Carnot stSo3 under the grcat dome
OF the exposition bnilllng, formally to de-
clare It open. The. peeatmtmaries had been
auspicious Everywhere the delnonstra.
tioas were unqualinsd The trivial episode
OF Gen. Boulangets election to the
municipal council of 81 Quen yesterday
arouses little interest," A. he stand. under
the domeof tho exposition building, presi-
dent Carnot Is seon TO. advantage. He ia
small 10 physique, straight. w,ry and rcso.
lutte. while amiability Of character is ex-
pressed in the relaxation Of the thin lips that
may be depended ON for ugor when required
He i,nrresses an. observer ns being u
keen man. more reticent thnn voiuDlc,
decisive than eager. clear and
tenacious man to plan s1oretively, Ms well us
TO perform reientlessG The l,resident's
cortege arrived ut tho exposition grounds,
escorted BY the brilliant corps of Gu ,assiere,
whose egeast plateg sssr,d hckast.. fissheti
back the pleasant May dav aun. The exro-
sition of 1889 Is unlike all its predecessors
in certain large respec:a The chief Of these
Is tts emphasis OF the inherent conservatism
o. skilled labor. which has pursued lis
liberal way NIL over tho world, and which
seeks under the auspices of the republi OF
France IN opportunity of taking note of its
progress and OF learning the great lessons OF
new methods, new means and more
economic logic in comparative study o!
processes, means, appliances and lesults, for
the exposition ia a triumph OF industry over
caste. The United States is the only govern.
ment OF Importance which officially partici.
pates In it No diplomat resident or transit
tory IN Paris accompanies the president Of
the republic in tho ceremony of inaugural
tton. The countries represented by their
skill are, In addition to France and the
United States:
Great Britain. Austria, Hungary. Italy. Swift
ftaIsmi fffsIEnd; Rs RhIssia Sweden Denmark. Norway.
mania. servia. Egynt Persia. Mckee. BRAZIL
the Argentine Republic. Bolivia, Chill, Nica-
saxIa r ~ ss svenezuen nu Guatemala. Urngnay. Para.
Japan. East Inata, Siam. Morocco and Aust raIa-
sta. The unreprcscnted countries arc Germany
-an absence as inevitable Ms it is deplorablc and
consMcu0us-Turkey and Montenegro
The subject maIter of the exposition COM
prises everything that enters into the nate-
riul of civilization. Whether 7or p.acc or
war, It is history teaching by examples, bu.
it is pre-cminently peace, inviting all man.
kind to school to learn her nobility aud be.
neticence. Slightly to alter one OF Dryden's
cOuplets:
It ts SO various that 1t seems to ba
Not ono, but all inanknd's epit0p,e.
In the vast departments are contain, d AZ.
that the arts and academies Gun shox to
nourish all the world. The applications tur
space so fur exceeded the expect atoms
founded OH previous exhibitlCns that,
despite heroic cxel tions, not one department
Is complete, nor the catalogue Of any group
ready for the printer. Tho American r. pre-
sentation is the farthcsG behind. Thc:e is
not. for instance, Mt this writing, u vesiice of
the great n"tional educational exhibit to be
seen, nor are the consignmcnts sent from the
Individual states, nearly all Of which are to
be represented, out OF the packing boxes
Inc whole appropriation ($S ,GOO, ,OOO> made
by the French government has been ex-
pended and further sums huvc been set apuit
for official courtesles The entries this year
exceed those OF previous years, especially III
the foreign sections The most notable in
this respect are Russia and Grent Britain.
The display Of the potteries of StaffoIdshire
aud Worcestershire constitute a lcmai kable
exhibition. The enlightened policy uf 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
mancnt museums, especially i'll the
neighborhood OF tho pottcries. have resulted
IN an Improvement in patterns, modelling,
decoration aud firing thnt bring these En-
glssh porcelains into the foremost clussifica-
tion. The total number Of entries in the fine
arts department is 8, 800. This depar,nen
will not be formally opened for several
weeks The KEY to the chief Impression it
will make may be found in the dictum of IL
well known critic that "thc naked foot of u
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 sumo doctrine il not
to be denied. but it will have to be admitted
that bis application of the canon differed
somewhat from that of the prevalent
propaganda in Franco. 1t is always divert
ing to look at u great event through the eyes
of those for whom it has local and SPECIAL
significance.