The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
IT Is A GOOD FAIR
The Exhibition Recently Opened
In Frances Finest Park.
Men Who Are Identified with the Plan
ming and Building of the Beautiful
structures-A Magnificent
Affair.

In the most beautiful park in all
Frapce-Parc de Ia Tete d'Or-the Ly-
ons worlds fair was formally opened
April 20. For over year preparations
had been in progress and the ex-
position presented all its buildings
fully furnished on the opening. The
plan, says a writer in the Philadelphia
Telegraph, represents a polygonal GU
pola, covering $4,000 square meters, for
general exhibit of all products. and
special pavilions for exhibits of the
French colonies, the liberal arts, agri-
culture, tho fine arts and various socie-
ties. The exhibition buildings cover
100, 200 square meters of the 1,O50,O 900
square meters that form the area of the
Pare de Ia Tete dor.
NJ. ]. Claret, citizen of Lyons and a
member of the legion of honor, is the
originator of the fair. NJ. Claret be-
came famous through his work on the
locks of the River Suresnes. He guar
anteed alone the expense of the fair to
the sum of 7,00o,0 600 francs. As the
work was progressing the city of Ly
ons expressed its interest by Offering
its own guarantee to foreign exhibit
ors, by Offering to superintend the con-
troll of the fair, by making several ap-
preparations aggregating 100000
francs for exhibits IN the departments
of health, fine arts. public instruction
and assistance, and, finally, by enroll
ing in its board of patrons of the fair
the leading citizens of Lyons NJ. J.
Claret was made director of the enter
prise and responsible to the municipal
ity, and the municipality made itsef
responsible to all the exhibitors. APP
plications for space in the exhibition
concessionaire general de deposition,
Palais Saint-Pierre. The last date at
which exhibits might be received was
made April l, 1894; the minutest details
were settled in July last year.
The beautiful Pare de la Tets dor,
where the fair grounds are situated, is
reached by four lines of street cars
from the center Of the city in fifteen
minutes. All the railway stations
there are six of them-have been placed
in direct communication with the park.
The main entrance is by the finely
sculptured monument erected to the
regiments of the Rhone which fought
in the France-Prussiaa war by the peo-
pie Of Lyons. Pagny was its sculptor.
The building and lawns of the general
exhibition are at the right, the colonial
exhibition at the left, as one enters
The Palais de rAlgeria, made on the
plan and in the style OF the Mustapha
palace; the Palais de La Tunisie, in
spired by the Mosque Of SouA-el-Bey,
which is at Tunis; the, Palais de Ia
Tunisie, inspired by the skillful An
NANTES; the Palais des Beaux-Arts and
the Hall Central de PAgriculture are
on both sides of the general exhibition
building. The polygonai form of the
latter facilitates methodical classifi-
cation of the exhibits. The visitor fol-
lows scientifically, IN his way from the
center to the periphery of the building,
the gradual transformation of raw ma
terials into manufactured goods. The
central dome is the reflector of an in
tensive electric lamp placed at height
of one hundred and fifty feet. Electri-
clans intend that the latest spplica-
tons Of electricity shall be exhibited
in every variety. The exhibition is TO
be closed November l.