Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06

Such n the motto Of the rural French.
man from st. Matthew 10 Monaco. and
In that cry Of late all the world re.ms
10 have Joined.
For centuries now this siren m earth.
~ cities has been calling the world
within her enchanted walls. and year by
year her voice h.s ever grown more ai.
Turing and her charm more Irresistible.
sha has become the Athens of our mod
srn nee and. though one confessea u re-
luc,antiy. the center. the flower. OF all
our modern civilization.
Psrisi
The very name carries a mysterious
charm with it-Paris. the enchanted,
the beautiful. the young hearted Who
that has seen the ray, the bright color
Cd life and movement that reach from
tho Madeline 20 the Porte Saint Mar
Tin can ever forget the rcenef
Long experience has made this Paris
tho most gracious and the most lndul-
Rent Of hostesaca. She has learned, al
most TOO well. how 10 win the love NJ
tho stranger within her gates. when
she takes his love. she also takes his
gold. In net, 20 long has she coqnettcd
with tho allen that his loose utringcd
purse has become n necessity for her.
and today Paris without her army of
visitors would he like court without
It, parasites or n queen without a SUBJ
jsct.
nut q change has been creeping over
the gilded city on the Seine. The bus
Ting little Partisan engines are hurry.
ing about with carloads of steel and
iron. and workmcn are flockinE In from
the departments.
seldom before has such sense Of
gravity fallen upon Paris the gay. II
II not often that this city Of pleasure
has taken life seriously, hut for once
Il might be said that Paris has her
sleeves rolled up and has forgotten the
music OF cafe orchestfaa amid the
stsfner notes of ringing anvila aud
workmen'r hammers.
Forty thousand meters of white stone
brought from the auafrica Of Lorraine
lie scattered about the Champs Elyrs,a
The public grounds from the Place dc u
Concorir 10 the suburb Of puHsy ar,
swarminr with blue bloused workmen
Dust and debris and noise are every.
where. The PalalH dc iinduntric. viii
all It's historic and artistic associations.
has been raxed 10 tho ground. and the
poor little. long tortured Feline II bcinE
busiiy twisted and slbowcd out ~ H.
natural bed. for all Paris L. at work
at work In deadly earneni-to make the
worlds fair ~ 1900 the ne plus ultra Of
all International .xpositlonn.
The Partisan has decided that anita.
ulty must cease TO babbie Of the mar.
wells Of Athens. Alexandria. London.
Chicago. and the seven wonders Of the
world must be talked Of no more. IIerc-
after II shall be the hundred new won
dsr- OF Paris.
The place for the new Paris .xpoal.
tion has long since been definitely de.
cidsd upon. Its site will take In the
Champ de Mars. with the addition OF
the grounds Of the paiain du Trocadero.
the DUAL d'orray. the Erplanndea DIES
1nvalider. the quail de Ia Conference.
the coufa IN Iicine and the grounds
around the raialH dc rinduftric. 10 say
nothing Of the space Ia the vicinity that
"a comprised between the Place de Ia
Coneorde. the Avenue dAn,ln and tho
cours ia Refine.
All this historic territory which lies
rirht In the heart Of Paris, IL already
surrounded by one great hiEh board
fence. painted ilght green, with lat
ucework tnstefully arranged over each
entrance. The Partisan. even when up
10 his ears In work. Insists on good
taste and tldincss. ON this fence not
one advertisement II allowed 10 be post
ed.and inside Of II no strangers are per-
mlt,ed 10 pass.
Unlike that beautiful white city which
rprank up beside Chicago 10 quickly
and a. quickly passed away. the new
buildings Of the coming Paris cxpoal-
tion VIII nil. or nearly all. be pcrma-
nsnt. There IN n very impressive meth
I'd In the cxpoaitional madness Of the
thrifty Partisan. This apparently pleas
ure loving yet frugal ana self ccntercd
citizen n willing enough 10 glorify his
country with great and Unsurpassed
fairs and also 10 instruct the different
peoples Of less enlightened outside
world In the arts and sciences. but at
the ramo time he conttlyss 20 make
the welfare Of the exposition Identical
with that " his ever loved Paris. This
spirit II now resulting In the practical
reconstruction Of the city. In the ease
81 the present exposition Il H. true that
Paris has not been unFeneroua In ita
nuhvention 10 the great fair but each
sacrifice has been 81 such nature that
II In the end must result In the addition
of new beauties 10 what In already the
most beautiful part ~ Paris. already
acknowledged the most beautiful city
In the world.
Perhaps the most striking feature oi
the different Preparations for the ok
position now under way n the use
which Ii being made n the river Seine
The Seine, as IA well known. IL not a
stream o. bright aud sparkling water
but rather deep, significantly discol.
ored. wen banked M little river acrof.
which the Partisan small boy can easily
throw a biscuit, Like a well warned
ladder where II goes curving through
the city. II IL runred with bridge after
bridge. These bridges have always heet
remarkable for tholr beauty ana thcli
number, but never has the Seine beer
popular with the Partisan pleasure
seeker. The LEFT bank ~ the river De-,
tween the Place de Ia Coucordc and m,
Place de fAlma II nothing hut " col
lection ct ragged and dirty dumpin,
grounds and squalld steamboat wharfs
A a a. Al