Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-08-24
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
SIGHTS AND SCENES v1vIDLY
DEs CRIBED.
It's Wonders, Beauties and Greatness
Minutely Told and Graphi-
cally Portrayed.
coNrINunp FRoM LAsr Issue

cessful than this little village, |
which is realey a delightful epitome
of all that is fascinating and char
acteristic in Switzerland. French,
German, Rhaetian and italian.
There are exact reproductions of
houses in town and country all ovor
the land, and the wooden chalets |
have in fact been brought hither |
piecemeal and put together again in
the same attractive weatherbeaten |
condition they were already in years |
and years before such a thing as an
exhibition was even thought of.
There is the house in Geneva |
where j. j. Rousseau was born the |
house in Aargau, where Rachel first
saw the light, and the house in
Bourg- Saint Pierre, where Bona.
parte stopped on his way across the
Great st. Bernard. On every side
are architectural remin iscences IN
habitations, shops and fountains of
Zurich. Lucerne, Thun and Lugano,
and in the midst of all is a charm
ing little church from the Bernese
Oberland, with a set of right pleas
ant-sounding chiTes.
PICTURESQUE SCENEs.-There are
"sennerhutten" Quilt small for
perspective's sake) way up on the
m ountain side, and green Alpine
pastures with flowers here and there
and zigzag path climbing mp to the
"divide." ." There are stables full of
COWS, and lots of newly drawn milk,
a typical waterfall and mill,
miniature lake with Tells chapel,
and wee river, and goodly num-
Der of Swiss men and maidens in
quaint headgear and picturesque cos
tunes.
All the rocks and mountains are
said to be made of hardened mass
of paper, colored, sanded and made
thoroughly waterproof.
There is also retrospective show
of play things and toys
The collection contains dolls of
past centuries, their dresses, their
furniture, and everything, in short,
that tends to make a dolls life. so
to speak, comfortable and even lux
urious.
REMARKABLE FURNITURE Some
the miniature furniture, particularly
that made under Louis XIV. and
Louis XVI, is really remarkable
and shows that the masters of cabi-
netmaking the of time were not tabove
using their skill to minister to the
pleasure of the little ones. Indeed
one wee cabinet is signed by Jacob,
another by St. Montjean.
There is mite IF cupboard that
dates from the sixteenth century,
and a really grandee bed with hang
ings of red brocade from Louis XIII
From that reign also is funny lit
tie male doll in armor, and dimi-
nutive sideboard bearing plates,
jugs, and vessels of the same period
in pewter.
The most interesting thing for
many is an elaborate toy that Louis
XVI played with when a child. 1t
is kitchen of bronze by Caffierl,
adorned with flowers and peopled by
figures in Dresden china.
One OF the figures-perhaps it is
the gardner-is just stepping in with
a nosegay in his his hands, seem
ingly to pay court to the cook in
very modern fashion. A porcelain
fowl is on TIE spit, and a pair of
dogs lie in one corner.
THE PALACE OF COSTUME. There
are a series of exhibitions of inter
iors of ancient houses in which are
grouped men and women of many
nations in their national costumes.
On entering one encounters
number OF glass cases containing
ancient garments recently discover
ed in Egyptian tombs.
A room in which Cleopatra is be-
ing entertained by snake charmer
A Roman Atrium with a family, a
fountain statuary etc, etc.
The earliest women of Gaul
(Franee).
Homage being paid to Bizantine
Empress.
A number of attendants at court
give a remarkable display of the 9Th
century costume.
Louis TX and Marguerite of Prov
ence.
A richly sculptured interior of the
time Of Charles VII with a collection
of silverware aud pottery.
Francis lst viewing from his hal
cony the "Camp Of the field of the
cloth Of gold.