Evening star., 1898-09-03

Iife~Ai worlds fair at Chica-
VEV ~ go was the Ferris
wheel. For a year
the commission of the exposition of 1900
has been inviting propositions to surpass
these mighty works, and ideas have been
pouring in from every side Unhapplly,
they do not seem to be the right kind of
ideas.
Of hundred propositions that had been
retained for lack of better ones all hut
three have now been rejected 1t is known
that there will be a Paris street of the
time of the revolution. There will be NOV
ing roadways for the transport of visitors
and there will be captive balloon cana
bic OF lifting 200 people at a time But Of
all the gorgeous dreams originally docketed
and indeXed none remains The project of
boring a great hole as near to the center
or the earth as possible is relegated to the
limbo of forgetfulness. The idea of a thir
ty-two- story building that should revoIve
all the time on it's foundations is ahan
ooned The palace Of women Is no more
spoken Of The refracting telescope that
was TO bring the moon within a distance of
ten miles is found impracticable and the
exploitation of the Vasseur flying machine
Is given up. 1t will not fly VIII there
then, be no one feature of extraordinary
interest at the worlds fair that Is to bid
our century farewell?
To lie Gayer Than Ever.
events are pointing to strange one The
farls exposition of 1900 promises to he a
scene OF vivid gayety, friyolity and worldly
pleasure. ~
single plan that has Been thrust on tba
commission by the Eclamor of all Paris will
serve to illustrate this tendency. They ar,
Soins s TO restore the Palais Royal. From
leoo down to 1880 thesimmsn snse quadrangle
ana arcades of the old paitre of Rich..liau
formed the playground of sporting paris
IN the time of Pelham still a hundred
d'Hefent gambling dens enlivened its col
unned prorlenades. Famous taverns mad
it.ia 1s pace oiat IN the old building 1t was q
siowed by day and blazed Hs night. A more
austere age swept away thu gaming tables
and with them whole sidslof Parisian life
vi was Is, bound to DISAPPEAR; fpe Palais, Royal
empty shell. tomb of Low priced restau-
rants OF melancholy baths and barber
shops, Of hopeless imitatioS- -jeweiry stores.
OF peor, unostentatious bfae-a- brac Tour
lists pass through its colonnadss as through
place abandoned. Nursemaids of the
quarter bring children to its lowery courts
70 romp beneath the ,trees. Restore the
palais Royal!'' All the inhabitants of east
sIn 81 central Paris cry, Restore the Palais
Royal! All Is to be done with regard to
picturesque historic "Reminiscences The old
place is to be thronged again with flower
girls, shop girls. WATERS croupiers, fortune
teners and policemen in the costumes of a
hundred years ago.
Gamblers to Flourish.
The old shops and taverns are to reappear
along with the establishments of roulette !
and hazard But the main thing, from the
point Oh view of the Parisians, is that the
roulette and hazards ara to be restored.
1t means, in word. the restora ton of the
public gaming tables in Paris during at
least the SIX months of the exposition. For
years the bringing back of open licensed
salhDllhs mas been the avoWed wish of a
large part of the popula lion. 1t is COM
planned that Paris ceases to attract. 1t is
pointed out that obscure Belgian spas are
building up fine cities round about them on
the mere strength of their government-pro-
tected roulette. AS Monte Carlo diverts
the peasure-seeking throng from Paris in
the winter, so they drain Paris of her old
time money scatterers in spring and au-
tLmn Ever since the fall of Louis Napo-
leon, when at least there was court the
alleged gay city has been living ON it's repu-
6u tatlon. ,G Get the money spenders back to
Parls. The moral question is dismissed
WIN cynical logic. What do we gain,'
ask the Parisians, by the closing Of the
pubic tables? Illicit gambling institutions
iiGurisn G,,,,. everywhere among US The police
ADMIT tney cannot cope with them Who
are protected from them? Only strangers,
ohy strangers cannot find Them
In IL Neglected Quarter.
Inc restoration of the Palais Royal is
one only OF many indications that the ex-
Positlof OF 1900 is to be unique In another
particular. Being situated in the old east
erh central part of Paris, all the inhabi-
tahts OF this section. now neglected by the
afisian ana the foreigner alike expect
the FaialS Royal raZZle-dazle to effect a
IeVoiution IN their neighborhood. The Rue
os Hivoh, also neglected of late years.
oners peneath Its long mile of arcades a
spienuid route between the PaIais RoyaI
and the exposition grounds The pardsns
OF the Iuileries, facing the Rue de RiyoI
ior nai1 Its length, are to be thrown omen
Vienna Prater
IN word, Parisians intend to keen the
visitors. not In the fair grounds, but out
side OF them The whole center of the city.
iollo"ing the river eastward, is to wake
from It's long sleep. 1t is a beautiful part
CT the capital, rich in picturesque old
oullolngs. 1t contains the cathedral of
Notre-Dame, the Palace of the Louvre. the
Iluny ana the Roman baths, the Palace of
Justice the Hotel-de-viile, and lies beside
the Latin quarter separated from it onIv
py the river The river and the gardens
OF the Tuileries rum Through it's center.
The gardens of the Tuiier1As are followed
ion ny the & gardens Of the Louvre: 1t is one
Einei tower Through it the visitors to
the exposition will surge In a mighty
throng and overflow it on both sides. The
exposition of 1889 buff up the northwest
ern part CT Paris, which has now its own
decorous home life of fich Eesidences This
u tlme ne the the center of the city. by the river.
Is to take new life. III
10000 Automobiles.
The tendency to take tfSe show out of
the exposition grounN lapd spread it all
over the city will bg<gfvsh remarkable
impetus by the cab companies Horseless
carriages, or automsbileaa as they call |
them here. have reached that stage of per-
fection and economy which justifes their
exploitation from the business point of |
view. The cab companies will take off all |
their horses and put 1000 automobiles on
Inc streets of Paris In the spring of 19OO
really, think none of us as yet appre-
e ;ates what this will mean. There are not |
oooOo cabs today upon the Paris streets,
ana yet the cabs are everywhere. Parisians |
are Infatuated to driving and are used to 1
taxing their lives in their hands in crossing |
me great streets, 1t Is the cab life that |
gives Pafis mucn of Its gay, bustling air to- |
Gay. BUT confess the spectacle OF 0,OO0 |
automobiles. filled with excited and enthu- |
siaStlc riders. strangers and Parisians alike, |
through the bOuleyards and ave. |