Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-06
this noble building also splendid

this noble building: also splendid
paintings.
over on the Esplanade DIES Inva-
lideS is the International Palace of
Decorations, Furniture and Indus
tries. One can spend a whole day
surveying carpets, gutta percha toys
for children, clocks and watches, rich
furniture of all kinds, bronzes, dinner
services, vases, etc Here are rare and
costly specimens OF cutlery, surgical
instruments, the great diamond ex-
hibits Of Roger, Sandoz Bandet,
Boucheron, Fontana, Vever, Lagnou-
liant and other jewellers Here are the
decorative exhibits Of Raymond Jean
seine, Jansen, Nelson and Others for
rich residences. Here are vast CALLER
les of tapestries of the most expensive
and elegant character Here are all
the foreign sections ef exhibits of
china, vases, mirrors, bronzes, tapes
tries, jewelry, precious stones, etc.
Next TO the great German display, in
this palace, is the exhibit OF the Uni
ted States Its glass cabinets are
framed In white colonade, en-
twined with gilt flowers. Here our
watch makers, clock manufacturers
and jewellers have splendid exhibits,
but of conrse they are not SO extensive
as those Of Switzerland, Italy and
Germany.
| cannot detail the contents of one
in ten of these great buildings. The
handsomest palace was the little Luz
minous Palace of Light, At night
every inch of this glass editlee is beau
tiful in its electric display. And all
of the colors of the rainbow are seen
in its glasses. Ten thousand prisms
sparkle like Alladin's Palace AL of
the floors are covered with lumin-
Gus stars OF golden powder, made to
represent carpets, and all Of the glass
statutes, stairs, porches, pieces of
furniture, and walls are receptacles
for concealed electric lights through
crystals Of every color.
The Palace of Costumes attracts
great crowds OF ladies. There are hun
dreds Of dresses Of fabulous worth
displayed on wax figures.
OF course everybody from the Uni
ted States goes in car up the Eiffel
Tower, in the centre of the Champ
de Mars, where Napoleon used To re-
view his troops. 1t contains over
twenty-five millions of immense steel
rivets to hold its parts together.
Thirty-two thousand people 20 to It's
top daily, and every night it is light
ed by 1000 electric lamps. From the
highest platform, with the aid OF the
field glasses, cities eighty miles dis
tant, such as Rouen, may be seen on
a clear day.
The Troeadero Palace, back Of the
fountains, is permanent Paris Muse
um. All Of the floors are replete with
sculptures, paintings and interesting
exhibits from all lands.
On the last night we spent at Paris
an extraordinary illumination Of the
grounds, buildings, bridges and river
took place in honor of the Shah of
Persia. Each person paid four tickets
for entrance and four million tickets
were received at the gates. A fleet of
Illuminated steamers swept under the
bridges. Thousands Of people took
supper in the grounds and escaped
the night fees for entrance. The
crowds were so immense that it was
with great difficulty that we made
any Roadway, at eleven o'clock, to-
wards the exits by the Trocadero Pal
ace. My own opinion is that the
present exposition is the best earth
ever saw. Although there are numer-
Gus evil places in Paris, we had the
good fortune to hear no oath, see no
drunken person, witness nothing Dor
dering on immodesty, and everybody
whose acquaintance we made, was
courteous and kind