New-York tribune., 1900-07-09

niles Of proportion embodied in those model, -.
bl'thely ignored The huge dome like the cur,-
brous mass beneath it. is too big and II is more
over. ungracefui IN every line. The great porch
Aung across from the front Of the building TO the
promenade contains arches for which the 1Aas+
attractive Of all possible curves have beep
chosen. and from whatever point one examines
this pavilion II appears nondescrint in s+,,Ie -,
rressve in bulk and generally vitbou+ dis+,,o
ton Il is 10 be regretted that Mr. Peck did no+
more judlciously exercise his authority and
cause the design-if its acceptance was unavoid-
abe-to be modified If his supervision shouId
have been stricter on the outside il should have
been hardly less strict indoors There ara three
galleries looking down on the rotunda There
should have been only two and these should
have had higher ceilings. The spaee inst he
meath me dome could then have been treated as
a subordinate part, and the proportions Of the
whole would have been better adjusted AZ -
Is al three galleries seem stuuted as though
pressed down on one another by the dome. In
order 70 make matters worse the iron raiIings
q the galleries are decorated with American
shields in pasrebOard. These are so numerous
that they cause the rotunda to look ike = circrs
Z anything might be calculated TO disgust an
American with the sight OF the Stars and strines
This r0tunda IS the thing. The colors are every
where. not only in these shields but in clusters
a. flags used regularly as decorations: and inside
the cupola, as though 70 raise the patriotic crv
10 the very highest pitch, the American banner
IS painted in ugly folds. with the brightest reds
and blues to be found at the coIorman's The
formal decorations by Mr.. Garnsey. ike Mr.
Robert Reds painting in the porch are power
less TO counteract the III effects of the peculiar
taste which seems TO have presided over the evo-
luton q the entire building II is hurniIiating
that the United States should be so discredItabl
represented in the matters traversed above. II
Is e sore trial also 70 find that where the other
nations have filed their paviIions with treasures
of ar and interesting miscellaneous exhibits We
have nothing 70 show but a number Of Iounging
rooms and Offices On the aforementioned gal
isres The few paintings and furnishings
brought together by the Commissioner-Genera
and various States have nothing in them charac-
tarlsJlc q our country and adequate for the edi-
Ecation % tnquirtng foreigners From top to
bottom the outside speaks Of tenth rate
Power and the inside recalls a cheap hotel
The American who -UTns from this libel on his
native land and seeks refreshment for his
weary brain VIII find IL in some Of the na-
uonal pavilions already mentioned: but an even
better resource is the moving sidewalk This is
E pure joy Il attracts the bourgeois as honey
attracts the fly. and the bourgeois, ike the fly.
PLAYS wonderful tricks with his legs portly.
bearded individual proceeds austereIy along this
fascinating promenade. He reads solenanly in
his Guide as he goes. Suddenly without smile
he bounds into the air and lands on the mar
rover sidewalk, which moves at a slower speed
beside the one he has just left. Returning to
The latter with another leap. he resumes his
book Fathers OF families rejoice with their
children over this great and perilous game, and
fat manuas. twittering with delight and fear
coqUe-tshIy emulate their offspring. A bonnet
Less v,-zzz7- Faz rs over he ~0 roza
ca-Iy al the windows Of Paris Her husband
crouching on the inner sidewalk. springs al the
unconscious woman and seizes her ankles with
z shout of triumph She kicks him playfulIy
bur otherwise takes no notice. Nobody takes
any notice. Those sedate papas behave like
schooIboys. and schooIboys behave like iups
Nothing IS 100 absurd for the moving sidewalk
Everybody makes holiday; everybody is happy;
architectural phantasuagOrias recede into OBJ
Ilvion. and the sternest Of critics votes the Ex-
position an immense success r, c.