The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-06-03
DEFT FRENCH FINGERS.
Harmony Woven Into the Worlds
Fair Exhibit.
Frances Beautiful Pavilion Open
With All It's Costly Silks
and Fabrics.

France has permitted the public to in
spect her exhibits in manufactures build
ing during the process of installation.
Looking at her section from Columbia
avenue the visitor would not suspect
there is a lavish display Of all the beauti-
full things which that country produces
for the adornment of the home. But a
temporary entrance from the side has led
him into its presence, and if he has
watched its development he has begun to
think there is no limit to the variety and
richness of the country's artistic produc-
tons.
After delay which was annoying both
to the French people themselves and all
their neighbors, the staff work on the
facade and interior of the pavilion was
completed.
More has been written about the French
exhibits in the manufactures building
than of those of any other country. Each
is worthy all that has been said of it and
no subject has been exhausted. Now
that it is possible to study the exhibit as
a whole the visitor will find the interior
arrangement and the decorations them
selves constituting Il choice exhibit. In
no OSlItI lOIGlSIl OI OOIilGSilC SGCGIOIl HAS
so much attention been given to construc-
tive details and ornamentation. The
trenchman knows, as no one else does,
the value of outward appearance, eXem-
plified in his traditional politeness; and
his best point In the exposition is the
very successful manner in which every
thing has been placed for inspection. \
showcase OF ordinary manila rope is more
attractive than displays of silks in the
AX llDltS of soma other countries
TWO MOTTO PAINTINGS.
When France accepted the invitation tC
participate in the Worlds Fair, she dis
patched an architect, NJ. Dubuisson, to
Chicago to inspect the buildings. The
space allotted to his country in manu-
features building received the first atten-
ton, both because it was greater in ex-
tent and more difficult Of treatment. The
interior structure he created is one of the
most imposing in the great hall.
The exterior is familiar to ali who have
visited the fair, but the recent removal OF
the scaffolding has revealed two paint
ings, one on either side of the main en-
trance, executed and loaned by Henri
Motto, decorator and painter Of Paris.
The figure of strong man in the fore
ground of one picture, with manufactures
in the background, typities labor. In the
other a HlSty figure has been Strick en-
woman is nursing him. Both seem tC
say that man may create the manutact-
ures displayed behind the open door, but
while they remain as the monuments OF
his toll, he must fall at the gate and be
borne away.
Deep blue hangings half conceal what
is beyond the siXty-foot portal, but there
is sufficient opening to reveal a second
and third doorway beyond, similarly
draped, through which extends what
seems to be an arched passageway. reach
Ing back to the supporting columns of the
great manufactures building itself But
| its course is through three lofty and wide
salons i'll which there will be the best
exhibits of France. In the center of the
first will stand bronze statue of liberty
twenty feet high, by Falguiere. Next tc
this is the room devoted to national man
! ufactures, conspicuous among which is a
| collection of Sevres vases. These are the
! productions OF pottery which are never
| duplicated in coloring and show the
most remarkable tints. The pyramidal
| collection is surmounted by an extraor-
dinarily large vase, pure white in color
! The ornamentation Of the room includes
/ decorative paintings by celebrated artists
and rich GObelin tapestries. One of the
latter represents the East in a profusior
/ of flowers and birds and another the
| West in choice fruits and vegetables.
| HARMoNIEs OF COLOR AND LIGHT.
From this salon the visitor enter.
others devoted to bronze and jewels, fur.
niture, ceramics, perfumery, gowns anC
millinery, and by private stairway L
| the sections in the gallery containing the
! silks Of Lyons, stationery, specimens o
printing and book binding, and article.
! Of needlework. The exhibits are SC
grouped that there is no abrupt transition
! from one to another, one always seeming
| to prepare the way for the next. from
whatever side it may be approached
Over all the rooms there has been place.
q covering of thin cloth, sometimes plaiI
and again ornamented with the needle O
otherwise. Over some rooms it is hum