The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-23

vent as the Chicago exposition and
 the world now moves not by the
 century but by the day. Cloyed
 and blase tho We are with progress
 and it's triumphs, VIC cannot walk
 Tn the presence of these wonderful
 assemblages of mechsRicrl skill and
 power, these ches d'oevrcs of art
 and architecture, these melodies
 and symphonies of wealth and
 taste and grace and garniture with
 ont feeling ot admiration and
 wonder. Carlyle calls Walter
 Scott's depletion of natural scenery
 "Flirtations wi:h Fame Nature"
 and disapproves such writing.
 Word Paintingis doubtless poor
 makeshift and the artlst who would
 attempt to paint this fair should
 have "a len league canvas and a
 brush of comets hair" But lack
 ing time to catch Q comet will sllng ink with fountain pen, and
 since Carlyle did not prohibit
 firtations with damsels, art. archi- lecture and machinery. les to it!
 On both sides of the Seine from the Pont de Ia COncorde (where the king and queen and numerous others were guillouned a hundred years ago) to the Pont d'Jena stretches the new city of the expo sition. It has not the space of our Centennial or of the Chicago expo sitlons, but 1t IS the bet CT for that for there was too much foot work at both of th,se. Archi;rctaralIy, the exposition consists of huge but graceful buildings of iron and sto 10 8 maze of palaces. towers, domes and pavilions Intespersed with grottos, lakelets, all set in the vivid green ot French park.
 From the grand palace of the Champ Elysees wide avenue sx. tends to the Esplanade des Invali- des. On either side are white with beautitul facades. Then comes the new memorial bridge to the Russian Emperlor Ill, of praLcing Psga- ! sl; and the bridge passed, the broad avenue lined with palaces uOntin- i ues to the majestic dome of tho In vali les where lie all that is mortal of Frances greatest warrior.
 The Palace ot Champ Elysees contains collection of paintings, sculpture anb minor objects of dsc- 1rative art that will claim for it | he greatest attention from many visitors. Beyond the bridge of Alexander the Third are the pavIi- i ons of all nations. the exhibits of heir industries and hanicraft. The first in order is that of Italy, a beautiful str lcture slightly sugges- i've o' St. Marks of Venice; then l mosque that will at once be known IS the home ot Turkey; and th I'd he national building of the United States which IS not unlike General Grants tomb at Riverside Park. IL has an Imense dome On which a col>soal bronze eagle is ,erched. The front. looking to wards the river is m the form Of 8 fryumph arch surmountsd by Goddess of Liberty, and containing m equestrian statue of Washington.
 In curious juxtaposition to the United Ttstes buikiing is that of Spa'n. farther along the Seine we ;ome to the grand palace of the rrOcadero, the Memorial building 'f the Exposition Of 1876. The park fronting the Trocadero is where the colonies display their erlstIcs and amusments. Here are pagodas of Chinese, baza- ITS and tea houses, the Japanese .rt palace and the exhibits of Russia and Siberia. were a modal # the Kremlin is to be seen. Here
 lso are amusement houses from the LIT Eat; B,:r iarm n miniature;
 temple of India and sections that ppear to be transplanted bodily rom Tunis and Algiers. ]
 On the banks of the S,ine thure 3 also a temple which will be used B s u"ique and interes ing foat-
 re of the exposition. The Social Congresses. and the Con. ress of Religions. A long pro- ram of meetings covering more han one hnntared si,ttugs has becs rranged, anb any one may hear he savants of the world discussing fe great social and religious prob ems of the day, among them ee- perativo ass1 riations, institutions pr the intellectual and moral b"ne-