New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-13
EuROPE AT CHICAGO.
..,v vAPJOUS NATIONS WILL BIZ REPRE-
.r>-rrn AT THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION.
r,posrs FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.

Paris, February 25.
Tho, tho Chicago Exhibition will be a great
,.,orican success was long ago placed beyond
a sI.h, Rut can one as surely assert that the
.,;c,ca,on of Europe will be all that it should
p~d could be? With one or TWO exceptions all
,r,orean Governments have. indeed. accepted the
citation OF President Harrison. their Parla-
.snts have voted appropriations Of greater or less
,~no,tance. and their Cabinets have appointed
.n.,s.tic commissioners who have brought to-
e..ho, excellent exhibits is clearly shown by
~. following accounts which several Of these
'",,m,ssioncrs render of their stewardship After
1,dirc these reports one is readily convinced that
~. artists inventors. manufacturers and farmers
', tho Old World will carry oil many and signal
bouors at Chicago.
lint is this all that i, expected of Europe
vul the, awarding of medals be the limit of the
.alstops between the Fair and foreign nations !?
,,d il So can it be truly said in the autumn that
Europcan success has also been scored the
h,,es Of Lake Michigan? 1t cannot be admitted
,hs, the real glory of an international cXhib-
,;.r is found in machinery, and the contents of
.tOwcases, however rich and varied these material
abrcts may be. Man doth rot live by bread
alone, Ii the Columbian Exposition is to take
hjph rank among these grand cosmopolitan gather
og. one of the most remarkable conceptions OF
no SpcOnQ
mast send us "a large contingent OF her citizens an
elite from the various walks OF life. European
exhibits without European celebrities will not
make tho Chicago Worlds Fair genuine uni
versal expo sition, 10 use the happy French term.
Europe is rich in scientists men Of letters, art
ISIS. statesmen, dilettanti, who appreciate 10 the
fup an exhibition, who utilize It's revelations,
who speculate upon It's facts who, IN word, give
q tone to II by their presence, and perpetuatc It's
memory long after its gates are shut ana It's
buildinss hurled TO the ground. But VIII these
choice spirits cross the ocean this coming sum
MGR? Unless some of them, at least, do so, the
Chicago Fair will fall short of its mission They
70 10 Paris and hence one OF the reasons why
France can offer TO the world every decade the
remarkable spectacle Of new Universal Expo
sltion surprising each time in extent and moral
influence its immediate predecessor. How can
their going to Chicago be made more sure? Per
haps by adopting the methods pursued IN France.
And herein lies curious and httlc-known lea
ture Of the preliminary work that leads up to a
successful Paris Exposition. Let me illustrate my
remarks BY few examples.
Before tho opening Of the Exposition OF 1859
NJ. Mascart, the well-known French sayant. wrote
Mr. Edison that if he would come to Paris on
that occasion he would be warmly received by
the scientific world. and that hearty personal
Welcome awaited him. We do not know whether
NJ Mascarts invitation decided the celebrated
American electrician to co. but everybody re-
members that his solourn in the French capital
WAS one of the most notable events Of the
summer Of 1889. Many similar examples might
be cited of this Fren ;h custom of securing The
presence Of famous foreigners during an Exposition
season.
Another instance Of more general nature
The publishers and printers OF Paris are united
in society, and own handsome little club
house on the Boulevard st. Germain During
tue winter of 1889 the members of this society
wrote to their agents in other countries. and tc
foreign publishers with whom they were az
quanted. that grand reception IN their honor
was to be givon at the club during the ENposi
ton, which would bring together the leading
publishers and printers Of the world No won
- der therefore. that such cosmopolitan biblo
graphical and typographical atmosphere pervadec
the Palace Of Liberal Arts four years ago.
One more example, which, although it doe
not exactly fit in here, strikingIy illustrates TIN
far-seeing Partisan method Of drawing people t
their shows In the spring Of 1889. the teacher
in the primary schools of the capital gave on
at an examination as subject for composites
letter from a city child inviting his coun'r
cousins to come up to Paris and see the wonder
OF the approaching EhpOsltioH IL - "'' 'O'
gotten how the provncials fairly swarmed OF
the Champ de Mars during the dog DAYS o
1889, and it is highly probable that many
them were led to come by letters modelled OF
the ore suggested by the Ministry OF Iuoil
Instruction to the school children OF Paris
The magnificent series of congresses to De hci
in connection with the Fair is sure to at'ral
TO Chicago many European men and women
note In fact growing interest In these con
crosses in the Fair and in tn" tnitcd STATE
in general is now spreading Throughout Europe
and I feel convinced that II the directors an
friends both in Chicago ard throughout u"
Union. of this grand enterprise take MINT iro'
the plan pursued BY the Parisians under simiia
circumstances the Columbian Exposition VIII
lot only complete American success ana one
superb display of the worlds material pro9fes
but will accomplish much for the moral anu II
tellectual advancement OF the race ana VIII 7c''
home scores Of the elite Of Europe hiicd WIZ
enthusiasm for the grandure and extending II
huencc of the Great Republic.
GERMANY
Herr Ad Wermuth. the German lrperia ""
missioner General, writes follows:
A. far As Germany is concerned. The cary y
serve and opposition concerning our parue'p'"
in the Chicago Exhibition was overcome iohs "h
and IN many Instances this hostile feeling lbs CIV