The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-09
PARIS PREPARING
FOR AMERICANS
Restaurants de Luxe Will Be PIacard-
ed So That Luxury-loy Amer
leans Can Tell Them.

sndm, ana 10 Aintllcdh5 WIN money ~
see the efforts that are being made by
| the monarchy Of spain TO preserve ian
/ appear ance" at the Paris Exposition
"ThOroughbred" Is the word you would
apply GO the Spanish officials every time.
! They can dine on a crust and mix waiter
with their wine. two OF water 10 one OF
wine. without showing b IN their man
ners An Engiishman enNies the man
who can SIT down in popular res
taurant and after dining on bowl OF
soup and black bread. stalk forth with
I the air of q prince.
That may be "a little overdrawn. for
the Spanish representatives in Paris seem
90 be supplied with money enough, but IL
gives you am idea of The pinched way
i'm which they are doing things for the
coming exposition. Brazil has come ont
{ nat-footcd and declares that IL cannot
AFFORD 10 De represented. But Spain is
rich Tire French authorities have very
generously awarded Spain deal OF
space more than she can h.i probably
but-mark my wOrds-thal which She does
not nll she viii conceal and ~e shall
have Spain the grand dame as usual!
The Spanish pavilion. though not elab-
orately executed. Is very admirable 10 is
I the Spanish Renaissance, pure and mas
terfu. The designer is dose DriosiO y
Neada. who is the royal architect Of
/ the city of Madrid. UriostO builds new
palaces. which new ones are needed for
I the workings OF the city; he constructs
additions 20 the royal dwellings. he dc
+ signs the Ioice houses and does every
thing that comes under he jurisdiction
of The city fathers of Spain. He is said
TO be upon "a salary and 20 have received
nothing extra for his Exposition design
but The truth of this viii probably never
be known. The plan of the Spanish Roy
al Pavilion was brought 10 Paris by the
Marquis of Nllalobar who submitted IL.
according 90 requirements, 20 the French
commissioner general who. having APP
proved dismissed the marquis with per
mission to return 10 Madrid. The Duke
/ of Sesto has charge OF the Spanish eX-
hibits and all applications for space must
bee made 10 him.
u is singular and pathetic. too, 10 note
that the designs for warships Of all de-
scriptiOns have been submitted 90 the
Duke Of SestO with applications for space
I'M which 20 exhibit the models OF the
same, which properly come under the
head of inventions. II Spain could en-
large this miniature navy. until IT were
life size, she would have a mighty war
feet without the expenditure Of the mon
ey which Senior Dupuy De Lone is try
The Queen Regent IS expected here next
year II the affairs of Spain are such that
it viii be deemed safe for De-. to leave
her country. The sad fate of the throne
Of Napoleon, during his absence in ISL.
when The throne was cast down and the
country became a republic. has served
as warning 20 mOuarchs ever since.
Never leave your country is their
motto cor your country viii leave you
Japans ready wealth was ,hown the
other day ina G. cable received b ladama-
sha Hayashi the japanese co missioner
general I'm which DE was given the sum
of three million francs. or more than haif
a. million dollars. for the participation
Of Japan in the coming exposition.
Speaking of buildings one ls particular
~ interested in the German building
for Germany has of an countries the wild
est latitude INTELLECTUALLY as well as ma
tionally The Germans. great and UNI
wieIdy though they are hold, In their
tenemcnts of body and soul the music
of the world. From Germany emanates
the discoveries of medicine and the ope-
ratons of the exact sciences. From
Germany also comes the intensely prac-
teal the solid and substantial What
sort Of "a building then would these men
select. one that should show the solid out
or the wonderfully fancy designs Of the
early days of the Rhine settlements?
Your CORES pOndont went 20 some dir.
hculiy TO learn the course which had been
taken by this great nation. and was told
that the matter had |been under discus
sion in royal circles for some months. Al
the beginning after the emperor had de-
cided TO allow Germany 10 Doe represented.
plans were called for, and the archi-
tects of the German Empire responded
generously. Their plans were laid before
the German commissioners when 10 their
surprise they found themselves unable
to agree. None could decide and the COM
mission presented the unique spectacle of
a body of men who did not know their
own minds, there was % much from
which TO choose.
Finally they centeted upon two designs.
one was a copy Of the famous old city
Hall at Lndlu. massive yet decorative
a style that was I'm its day "a revival OF
still older styles. The other design Was
for a pavilion. modelled after one of the
many pretty castles that are TO be seen
ON the banks of the Rhine Queer gables
rose ar unexpected places, and the en-
trance lay beneath the ground iR true
medieval style.
The matter was finally laid before the
Kaiser, who decided in favor Of the castle
design The house IS very pretty and
win DE carried out in many colOred native
stones. IL wiz have a triple arch facing
the Seine with gable ends. "a steepe. and
the roof and facades VIII be Cased with
red and green tiles, Herr Radke, who
signed-the German section or the Chi
cage Exposition will be the builder.
The word Chicago carries a great
deal Of prestige and you readily step
aside for the man who assisted in max
ing the exposition of seven years ago a
success.
The Seine from beng a bugabOo TO the
managers of the show has been turned
and trained into an advantage IL was In
1889 feared that the river would separate
the exposition proper from the other part
of the city. But It has now been so ar
ranged that the exposition lies on both
banks OF the Seine. connected closely by
many bridges which are so constructed
that they shall be the most ornamental
features Of the exposition. For example
three new fOot-brIdges are being con- |
structed Independent OF the famous Alex. !
ander bridge. one OF these is about twen- /
IS feet from the lnvalides bridge. 1t is
being erected by no less a parsonage |
than the distinguished NJ Charles Albert |
Gauther. who IS OutdOing himself in ar !
tistic details. IL is TO be decorated with |
garlands Of luminous flowers built Of a |
material that IS brilliant by day and pos |
hively binding 10y night Tiny electric |
lights are inserted In fower-hearts, and |
these lights. when turned on. make the |
Rarl8ncs exquisite beyond description !
The construction of the bridge Is such |