New-York tribune., 1900-04-29
PARIS.
THE EXPOSITIoN's SATISFACTORY
PROGRESS TOWARD COMPLETION.
QUEER POLICE sEsTHEATRICAL NEWS
AUTOMOBILE ACcIDENTs-AMER-
ICAN SOCIETY
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exhibitors are permitted to transport their wares
into the various sections. palaces and pavilions.
= general rapid tour made this afternoon around
the Exposition shows that the Worlds Fair is
on the whole making satisfactory progress
toward completion. About p per cent of the
exhibits are in place but visitors still handi-
capped by the heavy going on the paths. covered
with loose gravel nearly foot deep. The adulis
sions have roughly averaged hundred thou
sand daily since the opening. Faithful promises
are made as to the completion of the splendid
water palace in the Champ de Mars which is
10 eclipse the famous fountains at Versailles, by
Sunday. May 6.
The electric railway was tested yesterday by
the engineers and is promised for tomorrow. It
is hoped it will make up for the shortcomings Of
the movable sidewalk, which so far has proved
untrustworthy a means OF locomotion. owing
10 the frequent Interruptions Of the electric cur
rent The palaces in the Champs Elysees
viii be available for the public on May 1. after
the official opening by the President Of the Re
public, when NJ. Loubet will merely walk around
the buildings in an informal manner, accom-
panied by the chief officials OF the Exposition
and the presidents of the societies of fine arts.
The French artists galleries on each side of the
central avenue are now not merely finished
regards the exterior, but the installations are
terminated and this morning for the first time
they were opened TO the public. Japan, which oc-
cupes a vast space in the decoration depart
lent, is still terribly behindhand, It's premises
being mass Of carpentering materials amid
which great pagoda shaped constructions are
vaguely outlined. Further in the Street OF
Nations the palaces have at last received their
finishing touches outside. but, with few excep-
tions, are still closed 70 the public.
One effect of the Exposition has already been
to confront the municipal magistrates with puz-
zling cases and TO relieve the monotony of the
police reports. For instance, a whole family or
Arabs with quiverful of children bvouacked
Thursday on the Place de la Concorde. The
parents ordered the children 10 hunt up supply
of wood just as they would have done in
Africa, and fires were soon blazing The family
supper was being cooked. when suddenly the
police marched them all off to the station
Another case is that Of Count de Croix-Iaval
who let his elaborately furnished apartment
near the Champs Elysees to a Syrian gentleman
named Kateb for 800 month but the pro-
prietor. unexpectedly returning 10 Paris. found
a whole tribe of Syrians some sixty altogether.
encamped in his rooms, They had to be ex-
PEELED for they included among their number a
very noisy and persistent Syrian orchestra
which the courts decided be a public nui
sance.
A favortte resort Of americans is the Russian
Chinese Transasiatic Railway. where one
lunches or dimes in the train by moving pano-
rama, and an imaginary journey from Moscow
10 Peking is made Among the Americans Wis
iting the Exposition Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan
and Miss Morgan who left Paris yesterday for
AK les Bains: Mrs. Elisha Dyer. jr, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bradley Martin. Mrs. Clarkson Potter. Miss
Fanny Rel Mrs. John Jacob AstOr. Miss Vain
wright, Mrs. Adrian Iseltn, Mr.. Lspenard Stew
n
Lawrence.
The revival last night at the Theatre Francais
Of Ponsard's tragedy, Charlotte COrday," which
was first produced on March %, 1850. affords
renewed proof Of the keen interest Parsians
never fail TO take in such dramatic personages
as Danton Marat Robespierre and Nine. Ro-
land. It is admirably played and beautifully
staged, but Mile. Dublay scarcely effaces recol-
lections Of Rachel who created the role. or Of
Sarah Bernhardt. who acted the part when she
was young girl in the latter sixties.
lie Porteur aux HaIles," five act drama by
Fontanes, given at the Ambigu last night, has
all the qualities which appeal to the audience
at that theatre. It is a story Of prodigal son
who ruins his parents and repents. It contains
some very touching scenes, and as Henri Fou-
quier dramatic critic Of the Figaro" writes
this morning: People have q very good time.
because there is much 10 weep about
A clever but aggressively meretricious three act
comedy by Ambrose Janvier, called "Francine,
ou lie Respect de Innocence" ." produced tonight
at the Theatre Athenee. made hit, and Mile.
ballet. in the title role, evinced the talents OF a
genuine comedian enlivened by a quaint Paris
ian sauciness that promise TO make this young
and rising actress a decided favorite with the
public.
Among the long and dismal series of motor
carriage accidents recorded this week is one
which happened to two well known Americans
Mr.. julius Stewart an artist and his brother
Mr. Paul Stewart Of Philadelphia, both having
e very narrow escape. They started in the
afternoon in a brand new automobile to visit
their sister Mrs. Brohlman, at her country place
near Alencon, Normandy. After leaving Dreux
in descending rather steep hill. huge New
foundland dog suddenly sprang across the road
coming into collision with the left front wheel
The shock was violent that the automobile
turned a complete somersault. remaining with
the four wheels turning round and round in the
air the Stewart brothers and their mechaniciar
heing under the vehicle. All three were badly
bruised, but almost by miracle there were NJ
alarming injuries Mr. Paul Stewards sciatiC
nerve was damaged and Mr.. julius Stewart:
right leg was covered with contusons, but nc
bones were broken Both were conveyed tC
Paris by train, and brought in an ambulance
| 70 their home in the Rue Copernic. where they
were confined 70 their beds hut they are now
! conyalescing-
William Dannat. the painter, who for the las
| two years has been a motor carriage enthusiast
! while returning yesterday to Paris from Yer
sailles in his automobile thrown out bu
/ escaped without injuries
| Among the passengers who sailed on the New
/ vorlr from Cherhourg are Mr and Mrs. W "