Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29

den, with flowers of the season in full
bloom, and little greenhouses scat
tered about the grounds
We soon came to the Avenue
Nicholas II. and turning to the right
we have on our left the Grand Palais.
and opposite the Petit Palais. each
filed with art treasures, the latter
dedicated to retrospective French art
from the earliest days-of the COM
mencement of the century. The
Grand Palias is the art history of the
18th century, and here French and
foreign art, both in painting and statu-
airy, are grouped together, making this
exhibit most pleasing and instructive
one for all lovers of art Facing about
now we find the bridge Alexander III
just before US, and the Esplanade des
Invalides stretching way on the other
| side Of the Seine, the vista closed by
| the grand historic pile, which gives the
name to this broad avenue in fronc.
| Turning now to the walk viii n we
| commenced when we entered the
! grounds, and following alone the Forth
| bank of the river, We soon reach the
| section known as the Rue dc Paris,
| embracing tt at portion Of the bank o.
the Setp7 lying between the Poi2. Cos
| Invalides and the Pont de Palma On
one side of the avenue is the pavilion
OF the city Of Paris, every department
of municipal life illustrated in an I'M
mense building, it's architecture not
unlike the hotel de VILE Next comes
the palace of Horticulture and arbori.
culture filed with the rarest flowers
and shrubs which France can III ..,ish
The next building is the congress hall
Of social economy, dedicated to lee
lures on social economic subjects Cp-
pOsite these buildings we have men
toned in a shaded avenue separating
them, are all sorts of shows so neces-
sary to cater to the Partisan appetite
Next comes a street of old Paris in
which one sees in walk of a thousand
feet, reproductions of an old church.
an old tower. old houses with quaint
gables, in fact an interesting repro
duction of medieval Paris. with many
of the costumes which you would have
met with in the 18th century Taking
leave of old Paris we come to the gar
dens of the Trocadero, fronting the
beautiful building and covering a large
space on both sides of the broad ave,
nue. which by the bridge Pont de jena
connects with the Champs de Mars
and the south side of the Seine
There are nearly so buildings over
which float the flags of all nations.
The French and English colonies are
we'll represented, and the whole day,
yes a week, could be profitabIy spent
in this section of the exposition alone.
The whole world literally meets here
and all in peace.
An international exposition is worth
dozen peace congresses. China and
Russia, England and the Transyaal,
the United States and Spain, all jostle
each other in friendly mood on these
few acres. The exhibits contained in
these various buildings are most inter
esting, and in variety and number they
are beWildering. The buildings are
themselves types of architecture
peculiar to the countries they repre-
sent, and the national costumes oil
those who are here to represent the
different countries. These features
fascinate you, as you move about in
this miniature world, and in day here
you can easily imagine that you have
made the Tour du monde"
Algeria takes the place of honor
among the French colonies, and not
one question could you ask regarding
Algeria which could not be answered
by study of the exhibits in the two
large buildings which represent that
colony. Tunis, too, has most inter
esting exhibit We know that city
well, as twice a year in going and re-
turning from Malta we have day in
that port. and setting aside the inter
eSting surroundings in which the city
is set, | can hardly think Of anything
of special or characteristic interest in
the old city near Carthage which you
would not see in this reproduction al
Paris. There are nearly 40 booths in
which the Arabs are at work, making
everything for which Tunis is noted,
and in one of the little shops | saw one
Of the sharpest Of Arabs whom | had
OICCh oSSII III L uilIS HIS
treasures in the shape of rugs, and
jewels and inlaid mother-or-pearl fab
RIGS to a party of interested Ameri-
cans. From Dahomy, Senegal, the
| Soudan, Tonkin, Cambodia, Russia,
Java, Madagascar, the Transvaal,
| Brazil, Peru, Chila and France, are
valuable contributions to this huge
museum. It is time for lunch and the
patience of your readers has been put
| to a severe test.
The MarGuise de Medici, whom
Major Eldredge Of the eighth Mas
sachusetts regiment is to marry, is a
descendant of old leonardo de Medici,
patron of art and learning, and of all
other great Medicis who made the
Florence of old the greatest city of the
day. Major Eldredge is now on the
ocean en- route to Italy. The mother
of the marquise was Edith Story,
daughter of w. w. Story, the Ameri-
can sculptor.