The labor world., 1899-12-02

self in the Cours la Refine, with it's ave-
nues ol trees and it's flower-gardens,
having the Seine on his left, and the
two art palaces on his right occupying
the site of the old Palais de pIndustrie
and separated by the new Avenue
Nicholas II. opening upon the Bridge
Alexander III. Standing at the point
Of intersection of the Cours la RENE
and this avenue, he may command
view of some Of the most attractive Of
all the creations. of the fair. South
ward the magnificent bridge, three
hundred and sixty feet long and one
hundred and thirty feet wide, with it's
stately and sculptured approaches, in
vites to the EspIanade des Invalides,
where are situated the Invalides rail-
way station and the two sections,
French and foreign, Of the palaces of
decoration and furniture and Of mis-.
}cellaneous industries Industries di-
verses. Northward his preference will
hesitate between the two palaces of
art, in some respects the eliminating
achievements of 4the vast enterprise.
Built of the beautiful. light-colored
stone from the quarries of d'Enville
and Savonnieres, the two structures
are to cost total Of four million, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. In
their varied but harmonized architec-
iture and with their lavish decoration
of sculpture, mosaic and painting, they
ARE expected to endure for many gen.
;erations sand to preserve for aftertime
"a faithful representation of the best
French art Of today. The larger of the
two has a facade of five hundred feet
on the Avenue Nicholas II. and from
!tage somewhat less. on the Avenue
d'Antin. Designed in part to succeed,
in it's adaptation to. a multiplicity of
uses, the old Palais de PIndustrie be-
queathed by the exposition of 1856, and
which it now replaces, it will become
after next year the home not only Of
the annual salon but Of the horse show
as we'll, with. ample accommodation
also for a great variety of exhibitions.
for which there is such frequent need
in a great community. Here, during
the exposition, will be found the pro-
lductions Of the last decade land the
masterpieces of the century, in scul-
:pture, painting and Drawing. In the
Petit Palais des Beaux Arts will be
housed the centennial exhibition,
very complete retrospect Of the pro-
gress made in France since 1900, in the
fine arts. Upon the conclusion of the
exposition this building becomes the
property of the city of Paris, and in
,itswill be permanently installed We2.rks
of art that the municipality he's. ac-
quired during recent. years., or may
hereafter acquire, from celebrated
painters and sculptors. It is calculat--
ed that there will: be wall space for
one thousand pictures in the retrospec-
tive exhibit of French paintings. and
for four thousand four hundred In the
contemporary class. of which latter
number foreign artists will be entitled
to exhibit one thousand seven hundred
and sixty canvasses to two thousand
six hundred and forty shown by
French artists. =! >,:.Ia
Continuing his walk down the right
bank of the Seine, the visitor will pass
the fine building of the city of Paris.
the airy and beautiful palace of hOr-
ticulture. and arboriculture, and the
chaste and elegant edifIce devoted to
social economy and the congress i@of
the exposition. ~ '7,e5 Z
Passing next lie Vieuxi Paris, illus
trating' the architecture, life and pur-
suits of the middle age city, and,
farther on, the exhibit Of pleasure
craft on: the river, the visitor ap-
proaches the lovely gardens of the
Trocadero and the tastefully planned
grounds appropriated to the very COM
plete exhibit of the French colonies
and .protectorafes. The name Of this
park comes from that Of "a Spanish fort
at Cadiz which was taken BY the
French in'1S23. The place was laid out
in terraces at the time. of the expo
sition of 1867, and in 1873 it became q
part of the exposition grounds, when
the palace itself was constructed. This
is an imposing building with crescent
wings more than, two hundred yards
long appurtenant to the circular GEN.
trail edifice, which is one hundred and
ninety feet in diameter and one hun
dred and eighty feet high and is
fanked by two towers that rise to an
attitude of two hundred and seventy
feet, affording an excellent view Of the
city. Within are museums of sculpt-
ure and ethnography, and a music hall
with seats for nearly five thousand
spectators.
The course will naturally be next di-
rected southwark across the Seine to-
ward the Champ de Mars, the Campus
Martius of Paris, inclosed in 1890 by
high embankments, and planted with
trees by the gratuitous labor of sixty
thousand enthusiasts, to- make a. suit
able place for the fete de la Fedora
ton in celebration of what they vainly
thought to be the consurnmation of the
revolution; and which afterward was
the scene of many another gorgeous
ceremonial for which this first ded-
ication proved an unpropitious augury.
For here on the first of the month big
with the woe of Waterloo, in the full
tide Of the glory of the Hundred Days,
the hero Of Elba marshaled the pomp
of his memorable Champ de Mai; here
the ill-starred Louis Philippe presented
the colors to his National guard, and
here the last Napoleon distributed to
his army those famous standards
whereon the ancient Gallo cock, which
had never ceased to crow, was re-
placed by his imperial eagle that was
SO soon to forget to fly.
But the fate of the Field of Mars has
been happier since it became a drill
ground of peace. Here was held the