The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-06
OUR NATIONAL BUILDING.


| and the Ottoman empire
OUR NATIONAL BUILDING.
The United States national building
was designed by the American archi-
tect. Mr.. c. A. Coolidge, in conjunction
| with the French architect, NJ Gorin-
Goustiaux. AS one leaves the Invalides
| bridge, advancing in the direction of
| the Champ de Mars, it is the third
| building, the two pavilions preceding
it being those of Italy and Turkey. It's
| style of architecture is of no particular
| epoch. On the ground floor of the side
| facing the Seine is a large porch, al
most an arch Of triumph, adorned with
| Corinthian columns, above which is
quadriga representing the Goddess of
| Liberty Oil the Chariot of Progress.
| Upon the same level as the columns, on
a large pedestal, an equestrian statue
| of George Washington will be placed.
| There will be vast hall in the center
of the building, reaching to the dome;
| this main hall will be surrounded on
every floor by balconies and f1anked to
| the right and to the left with smaller
| halls. The height of the national
| building, above the quay, will reach
| about seventy-fiye feet: the diameter of
| the dome will be about sixty-five feet,
and the quadriga of triumph will be
placed at height of fifty feet. Ameri
can manufacturers are to fit up and fur
nish the building from top to bottom.
B. d. Woodward assistant commits
| sioner general for the United States,
| said to me in recent interview:
American citizens will next year view
with pride the graceful structure of the
United States on the banks of the
Seine, which will be crowned by our
national eagle, with outstretched
| wings There is no doubt that the
| United States national building will
| prove to be a great attraction at the
fair Reception rooms, exchange Of
fees, public comfort bureaus, guides,
newspapers, postoffice, writing and
reading rooms-in short. every modern
| Iconvenience-will be found in the
building, and no other national pavi1-
lion will be as complete in these re-
| spects.
AUSTRIA'S FINE PAVILION.
| The Austrian pavilion is a reproduc-
| ton of famous old mansion, which
in centuries gone by, must have been
! considered exceedingly tasteful. The
Austrian commissioner general, Dr.
Exner, says: 'Austrians will exhibit
| in great numbers at Paris, for the
great number of visitors from all coun-
| tries will enable us to make most
useful international propaganda. One
| of the grandest exhibits to be made by
Austria will consist of reproductions,
in every detail, of interiors of old cas-
ties of the Tyrol and Styria, in which
the strange Austrian Gothic art-a hap
py mixture of the German Gothic and
| the Italian Gothic-will dominate.
| Germany. is erecting a pavilion on
the banks of the Seine! The design is
by Herr Bohnstedt, and the Kaiser has
signifed his approval of the work. 1t
is tall medieval structure made of
wood, iron and plaster, and resembling
| in no small measure the German
building at the Chicago Worlds Fair.
The style is of the fifteenth and six
teenth centuries, when the German re-
| naissance was at it's zenith 1t will
be gaily decorated. The imperial com
| missioner general, DR.. Richter, says:
THE exposition's chances of success
are particularly favorable. At the pres
| ent time German manufacturers and
artists are, one may almost say, hyp-
Noticed by it. Germany must in the
year 1900, at Paris, do away forever
with the verdict passed On German
goods by one of the commissioners at
the exposition of Philadelphia, that
they are cheap and bad We must
show in 1900 that Germans have ben
Gifted by the lesson
BRITISH ROYAL PAVILION.
The British royal pavilion was de-
signed by Architect Edwin L. Lutyens
of London. It is a close adaptation of
Kingston House, Bradford-onAvon,
the idea OF the English commission be-
ing, in their own words, "to reproduce
in Paris an old English manor house,
and furnish and fit it throughout with
all the requisites and appliances to be
found in a country house of the pres
ent day" There is handsome porch
on one side of the building and CEN
trail hall 40 feet by 20 feet, in which
will be hung some magnificent tapestry
panels designed by the late Sir +. |
Burne-Jones and loaned by George Nc |
Culloch. The large gallery of the pa
yilion Isl feet by Is feeD is an adap- |
tation of the famous Cartoon Gallery |
at Knole House, Sevenoaks, England. |
Here will be exhibited loan collection |
of the finest pictures of the English |
school of the eighteenth century, which |!
is so much in favor with connoisseurs |
of the present day in Europe and the |
United States.
Spain is erecting a renaissance pal
ace with graceful terraces and a pretty |
tower.
The Greek pavilion is more classical. |
It's architect, NJ Magne, whose work in
the Parthenon at Athens has made him
famous, is building a solid edifice of
iron. teak wood and ceramics; the ex-
terror Of the domes will be brilliantly
decorated. After the exposition the
pavilion will be transferred to Athens
and erected on one Of the principal
streets of that city.
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