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Chicago Times Herald.)
Paris. June 26-The plans for the great
show of 1900 are fast taking shape, and
I am enabled to give The Times Herald
an exclusive description OF tew OF the
principal features.
On the right bank of the river, under
the Trocadero, will be an exhibition OF
minding industries, including all types
of material and all kinds OF machinery
| in practical operation. A general COM
mittee of the French collieries has this
matter in charge. On the left bank, be-
tween the Seine and the Eiffel Tower
will be the great telescope and the optical
| exhibition of M. Deloncle.
| Nearer the river will be what M. Hugo
q 'Alesi calls his mareorama. LII is a
movable panorama, in which the specta-
tors instead of being on land are sup
posed to be on board ship and the pictures
unrolling around them will produce the
illusion of their visiting different coun-
tries, giving fair idea, at least, of the
various ports.
FOR A TRIP ROUND THE GLOBE.
Opposite this will be a "Trip Around
| the World,'' in which the views will be
| liked as in the well known painting of
the Battle of Gettysburg. Close at hand
will be the cottage of the Alpine Club,
which will contain panoramic view of
| Mont Blanc.
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Dress by Felix, representing the cos
TUNES of all ages and all countries. This
will likely prove highly interesting to the
| ladies. On the same side of the river,
near the Alma bridge, will be Elisee Re-
clus' mammoth terrestrial globe, nearly
one hundred feet in diameter, built on
a regular scale, showing all the eleya-
tons and depressions on the earth'S sur
face, just as they exist in nature, and SO
| arranged that spectators can be wheeled
| around 1T, getting near view OF every
part.
On the right bank will be another pan
| Drama reviewing the history of all the
former great expositions Next to this is
to be an exhibition of horticulture on the
beach of the Seine, below the parapet
wall of the quays.
OLD PARIS STREET TO BE SEEN. +
Above, on the level of the city streets,
will be constructed the old Paris street,
which I described some weeks ago, In
which all the theatres, music halls and
side shows of hundred years ago are to
be revived with appropriate architecture
and costume.
On the same side of the Seine will be a
tall, tower like building with eight sides,
all of glass; the whole of which will be
made to turn around on it's axis, SO that
the visitor, by simply sitting in chair
by the side, will be able to get q good
view of every part of Paris, for the build
ing will overlook everything else in the
exposition except the Eiffel tower There
are two projectors who have submitted
plans for such a building, but the COM
missioners have not yet decided between
them. s
Near the Alma bridge will be Arthur
Heulhard's picturesque exhibition of the
old Paris Point au Change, where all the
money lenders and SPECTATORS were used
to congregate-the stock exchange of for
mer days.
EIFFEL TOWER TO BE IMPROVED.
The Eiffel tower, of course, will remain
and there will be no attempt to build any
thing higher. 1t is to be improved by the
building of gallery around the exterior
of the second landing; it will be better
lighted and will be entirely repainted-no
small job. The slow going old elevators
which take people to the top are to be re-
placed with new ones that will be more
comfortable and more rapid, so that the
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is now.
The above arrangements refer only to
the independent exhibitions on the expo
sition grounds. There are numerous
other smaller shows to be included in the
various buildings, and Paris will make
its toilet by renewing and identifying the
Bots de Beulogne and all the numerous
gardens and public places.
Care will also be taken to prevent spec
ulators buying up privileges of the fair.
In 1889 all the lunch stands were farmed
out to one man, who, sublet them at a
profit. For 1900 each one will be let
directly to the person who is going to run
it.
ART SEASON SOON TO CLOSE.
The Champ de Mars Salon will close
next Wednesday, ending the art season,
and our young painters will betake them
selves to the sunny fields of Bretagne and
Normandy or the picturesque and rocky
seacoast from Dunkerque to Brest in
search Of subjects for next years triumphs
while the more ambitious will seek the
picturesque old towns of Spain, and the
American painter of eastern scenes will
visit Egypt, Turkey or North Africa
The contract for laying the foundation
of the grand palace of the exhibition of
1900, which will be awarded next Satur-
day to the lowest bidder under the upset
price ofs$30S, 400 fixed by the government,
forcibly reminds us that next years
salons will necessarily see change, ow-
ing to the destruction of their present 10
cations. The central dome of the old ex-
hibition on the Champs de Mars is rapidly
coming down, but the great machinery
hall behind it is to be spared for 1900.
It was one of the last decisions of the
90 ,-ernment to preserve this immense
Building, and at the same time another
decision was taken which shows how
centralized everything is here in France,
namely, to hold the next years salons in
il. to the exclusion of all other products