The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
'TnE PARIS EXPOSITION.
AMERICAS YEAR IN THE GAY
TsRENcH CAPITAL.
Hon. CllGs. A. Collier Home
From Paris and is Inter
i viewed at Atlanta by the
Journal lille Gives Inter
I estingsD Descriptions of the
Most Notable Features of
the Exposition.

Paitktlug a town red - 1--we
heard d thatbeing done but new
Ell saw btft one town painted redr-
That was PariSen the Fourth Of
Tins. sgolxe Hon. Charles Al.
Colli4r niteds States Commits
sioAoT ta. the Paris Exposition,
who sbflsisa& b gltiantathis week
from hss first visit abroad.
Mr.. CoIlierlspent q month IN
Paris, a.week Ia London, and two
weeks going and coming Moth
ing of speciaFinterest over there
seems to have escaped the remark
able powers of observation of Mr.
Collier. It was a treat to hear
him talk when asked about his
trip. :,
"Yes, sir, America herself coulc
not have surpassed Paris in Am
erican enthusiasm as exhibited by
Frenchmon on the glorious Fourtl
in that gay capital.
"They literally painted Pari'
red-and kept it up all night
Rel fire of every variety-why
everybody in Paris seemed TO hav'
a United States flag. The shop
keepers, the cabmen, all the un
informed employees of the Expo
sition, the police had our nationa
colors pinned on their lapel o
hats and were boiling over witt
American enthusiasm
"The flag of our nation wa
everywhere and the higher yo
looked the bigger it got, for fror
the top of the Eiffel tower 6oatc
the Stars and Stripes forty fec
square
'"All Paris turned out durin
the day dressed in the best an
decorated the city with Unite
States flags, and shouted itseI
hoa1se for America.
E A BRILLIANT SCENE.
: "And at night, well, you'll hay
+ to excuse me from a dcscriptio
{ of the magnificent brilliant pi
$ ture. | can givesyou some fail
L idea Of the night in Paris when
say that the splendid square
Il froutsofs tho ltrand. Opera Lou
i was covered with u platfor
n which was covered with flags
C and ablazc with myriads of &C
n ored lights at two o'clock in t.
y morning when ! passed that W
n fully 100000 people were gathc
y ed in and about that square al
G to the blazing of rockets, t
g booming of guns, the futtering
d it seemed to me millions of fe
d of American ribbon, Sousi
y great band was playing on tt
IL platform"
is "America shows up strong
le Paria?" was suggested.
es 81 should say so. Amer
IL stands next to France herself. K
Or gland is not much in eviden
sy compared to America, either
to attendance or exhibits.
a "Why, America has 5000 in
he vidual exhibits - England abe
st 500. In the utilities America
RI silly leads the whole business, al
as even in art she took six gra
IT. prizes to frances Z. No otl
d. nation got more than 3. But
ly has the most beautiful art
vilion in the grounds. A Calf
nian has, the finest fruit disp
ks ever seen in the old world
will get all premiums on this Ii
AUTOMOBILES POPULAR.
"See many automobiles? The
lat ands upon thousands, and onl
to 6 few bicycles. The automoI
II has about driven out the bicy'
'ur in Paris. You see them of
on size, shape and variety, a
led nv the way, while I'm no judg'
AK the qualities of automobiles,
the United States has by far the
IN arranged and best looking
no. these vehicles.
"Howdoes the Paris. show C
rem pare with the Chicago expositi'
Wn at far surpasses it in arti.
md decorative and architectural ct
I'M, and is not much. if at all, bel
sed it ia allother respects. Of cou
his they have not the water effect
the Court of Honor, but the
'ent Of this is fully compensated
and the absolutely exquisite taste
the the rarest artistic effects W
re- are produced in a thousand
lie and strike the eye on all s.
ght. The area covered at Chicago
ems of course greater, but the b
Sc ings at Paris are so scattered
htal; vet not scattered that they
lloxi to spread over a vast space.
ear, though man goes into bui
pull and walks his legs off for
lseit and miles, when he comes ou
at transit to any part Of the gre
ans is swift and easy"
THE FEATURE or THE sHC
-; "What struck you as the
ture Of the exposition?"
n "The Palace of Illusions
" Electricity building. Only
200 people are admitted to
these marveIs Of beauty a
time, but thousands are a
waiting patiently to get in.
y. walk into a vacant space, fl
Isl ii on alt sides BY a wildernesso b
q rors arranged to produce tt
4. feet Of avenues. You look
- one of these as if looking tn
Isis. the nave of q church, and I
:::;.ss SION Of light and color is q