Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-16
OPEN TO The PUBLIC.
Big Crowds for tho First Public Da.
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Paris. April 16.-Perfect Partisan
weather came Sunday for the real
opening OF the exposition to the pub
lie. In spite OF the unfinished condi-
tion OF the grounds great crowds
fiocked there all day and seemed to
take great pleasure in all that was to
be seen. There were very few Paris
iians in the throngs, however. these
preferring to wait until matters are in
a more settled condition without hav-E
ing to undergo the discomforts that at
present are SO numerous.
United States Commissioner Peck
and his stan are delighted with the
prospect. Their charge, the wonderful.
United States pavilion. has already be-.
gun to attract great and most favor
able attention. The promenaders all
gave great time to looking at and adj
miring the United States building,
which is situated between those of
Austria and Turkey.
The general verdict seemed to- be
that the structure is rather a palace
than a pavilion and many We're the ex-
lsclamations of wonder and delight
(which its magnificent proportions
drew from Sundays visitors. The
tEnited States pavilion is higher than
lany other on the Quai d d'Orsay.
/ It consists of massive quadrangle
| from which rises high dome, aesthet-
i ic in outline and almost as grandiose as
1.-The Pantheon. The national eagle on
1.-the top OF this dome, with outspread
wings, was gazed at by thousands OF
1teyes. to which the inscription held ir
4 the claws of the eagle-United States
4 of America-was perfectly plain ever
at its great height.
4 After leaving the United States pal
ace the parade of the crowds took then
A slpast the splendid Italian pavilion
which is located at the corner of tn
y Point des Invalides, From there tn
A lsightseers passed on to the new bridg
Alexander Ill, with its prolongation b
the new Avenue Nicholas II. to tn
Champs Elysees.
The movable sidewalk was set in mo
Ition and was very freely patronizec
This sidewalk is similar in a measure
the one that was so popular on the bi
pier at the Chicago exposition. TIL
outer tier runs slowly, the second rea
sonably fast and the third or insid
1 section quite rapidly. The crowd
! caught at the novelty OF the moNln
platform. as it is called, and the pa
: ronage given it was quite tiattering.
? The "fauteuil roulant,' which is al:
a reminder of the chairs which were
|nse at Chicago. was also put iiiSu:
Sunday, but was not patronized to ar
great extent. This mode of conveyan'
:. is a kind of bath chair on pneumat
bicycle wheels and is pushed by an
!, ltendant, as was the case at the Amer
= can exposition. The visitors. howeve
: seemed to look askance at the cha
e and only a few Of them were patro
ized and these we're more' q matter
4 curiosity than OF benefit.
h Last night the Eiffel tower and t
,s palaces on the Champs de Mars we
,r splendidly illuminated.
" The American pavilion was not ope
& and OF course was not illuminated Ia
,r night, but when the fair is we'll und
way one of the chief attractions will
the imposing illumination which will
given to the United States buildir
in hundreds of thousands OF elect
+ lights having been provided for Il
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