Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

Is not q paper in Paris for instance which
can print more than 10000 four-page cop
presses. In America there are presses in
existence which will deliver cut folded
pasted and counted $1,000 sixteen-page
newspapers. printed in Ene colors every
sixty minutes. This would be equal to 1872
600 of the French four-page papers every
hour -
The American government and the vari-
Gus state governments will officially spend
more than 81, 100000 on the exposition The
federal appropriation amounts to 81 200 600
and in addition to that almost every one of
the states has appropriate a sum- These
state appropriations range between $1,000
and 100000
building the Big Show.
The man who said. that every street in
Paris seemed to be called the Rue Barree''
CLOSED street, spoke wisely The French
capital is literally torn asunder and turned
upside down by the approaching EXPOSE
ton.
1t is pleasant for an American who knows
aught of our worlds fair of 1894 to contem-
plate the exposition grounds in Paris. They
will not compare with the great worlds
fair grounds in Chicago. This may be
wholly because of the crcumscribed space,
and 1t may be because the French do not
understand well we do how to Law out
the site for such great show. There will
be no such grand whole at Paris in 1900 as
there was IN Chicago six years before
Some of the things will be superb two par
ucularly-the great and little palaces which
will glare fine and almost virgin white on
the Champs Elysees after they are finished
will be finer than anything that Chicago
mad. This Is not because of their impress
sive design or because of their tremendous
size, but because of the fact that they
have been constructed of solid stone with
out any of the subterfuges usually resorted
to in exposition buildings, and are planned
to remain permanent after the Paris show
OF 1900 has passed into one of the memories
of the great French capital
- FROM the same vast subterranean tract
IN Whlch the catacombs grin gloomily hor-
rid beneath the city. the stone for these
buildings has been excavated in tremen-
dous blocks, soft and almost as workable
as clay. Before the exposure TO the air
hardens it this pleasant sandstone can
be easily carved into those delightful de-
signs of which the French sculptors are so
tnoroughiy the masters. You can saw this
stone with cross-cut saws as they saw
logs in the forests of Michigan You can
emp 1t with axes as the American carpen-
ter chips his timber with his adze 1t is
scarcely less easy to handle than wood is
and has the whiteress and beauty of mar
Bile after it has been placed in position.
Inc whole tremendous Enclosure In which
these great buildings are being constructed
shines and glitters blindingly from the
white dust of this strange stone
The Alexander Bridge.
These buildings form gro11n nv tbeno-
selves and between them will be the he
ginning of the exp6sition's great avenue.
FROM them it will reach to the Alexander
bridge magnificent structure of iron and
carved stone, more than twice as wide
as any other bridge in Paris This bridge
is the very climax of the Russian frenzy
w Milicn oppressed Paris two years ago when
the car paid his respects to the French
capital It's iron work and its stone worl,
are fuli of designs and symbols indicating
IN me fact that it was planned in honor of
me car france is somewhat uncertain
in her foreign relations with the balance
OF the world, and what she would do with
TINS marvellous bridge in case the cor
9 Ral1is I now existing between herself and
RUSSIA should suddeniyHcease is an inter
estlng matter for speculation
Old Paris.
Not far above 1t a great embankment has
been built out into the Seine which will
carry one of the most Interesting groups
of buildings in the, entire exposition. These
Will represent old Paris Succeed and
brown beamed, high-peaked and plant.
they will show the visitor of next wear a
glimpse of the Paris which Hugo and
dumas wrote about, the Paris where every
man needed to go armed to avoid assassi-
Lation; the Paris in which the nations
rulers were changed as easily as the pari
sian OF today changes his coat; the Paris
where intrigue and plotting and conspir-
ing only gave way to such gorgeous fetes
as we feVer see today. Across the bridge
With the gided dome of the Hotel DIES In
Valldes as its climax. the great avenue
continues between buildings which will
doubtless be beautiful when the time
comes but which at this stage look unmis-
takaDiy cheap and taWdry. Flaming mus-
I'm, partially applied stucco gaping win
doWs-all the fimsy details of Temporary
structures show now unpleasantly But
amazing as it seems to the visitor, the
committee in charge has formally an
nounced to the American commisS that
these buildings will be the first to be ready
Ior occupancy. and that exhibitors NAV
pan on beginning to move in by the lat
ter part OF next month. The Paris expo-
sltlon Will, 1t is promised, be that unique
thing among shows of it's kind-an exhibit
tlon which will be ready at the moment ad-
vertised.
Slightly beyond and to the right Of the
Hotel des 1nvaldes is the old Eiffel tower
not less majestic in its skeleton tracery of
IRON than 1t was in the gay days of the
great show of 50. Around it will be clus-
tered the many curios which the ingenious
Erenchman has devised for the entertain
ment OF his guests in 1900. Here will be
me great telescope. which of itself deserves
al ehtire article. Here, also, will be the
only artlhcial body of water which the ex
position will have to show-a little lake and
waterfall, in sad contrast to the great
i Ghio ana twisting waterways of the
Cmcago exposition Not far aWay the
eleclric palace will CLEAN gorgeously with
ltS coiored glass and running water What
WIN pear an exaggerated resemblance TO
me wiz h1arity of Chcago's midway will
also be located in this neighborhood'
Handling the Crowds
Inc most elaborate preparations are he
ing made by the Partisan authorities for
hahoiing the crowds. An electric under
ground railway is in course of construc-
tiof' and. indeed, nearly completed 1t will
CONSIST OF a tunnel lined with white tile
ana VIII, of course, because of it's modern
motive roWer, be entirely free from smoke
anu other disagreeable features This, in
connection with the already existing street
car INES and omnibus routes, will furnish
ample street transportation. The Partisan
cap system is well nigh perfect also and
VIII be greatly improved one way and an
other Tor the exposition year. The rate is
nxed A trip. long short, in a Paris
can costs 30 cents. The rate by the hour
is 40 cents.
one of the important problems which
conironts the authorities concerns the ham
uhng OF street traffic by the police During
the last exposition the work of the gem
darmes was extremely unsatisfactory
street bIockades and accidents were very
common. The work of the London police
IN controlling the enormous traffic which
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