Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-17

be to desert the Slass-roofed buildings and
the bare parts OF the grounds for the sub
terranean World. or the Underground
Mining Exhibition" which promise to be
the coolest spots of the fair These SUBJ
terranean shows are half mile in length
and have been built in the luarries that
used to exist years ago underneath where
the Palace and Gardens of the Trocadero
now stands
Another cool spot will be the pretty
Monaco building, which has all the exterior
charms of the grand old Monaco Monte
carlo chateau with none of the Interior
nanghunesS of the celebrated Casino All
lhe beauties of the gay principality on the
iasIl VIII be well advertised in this pa
Wilton, hut neither roulette nor any other
games of chance Will be tolerated.
Monte Carlo in Paris.
So many Belgian resorts have recently
been launched in competition with the Iate
Mopsieur Blancs wicked Paradise that
the Monte Carlo board Of directors willing
ly voted the necessary funds to advertise
literally their gambling home, on the banks
of the Seine. As they are shrewd business
men and quite prepared to wait for returns
II rs probable that The Investment will nay:
but surely some OF the leading powers of
Inc world must find it strange to find Mon
AGO gaily installed on the Quay d'Orsay &C.
cupying almost the choicest position in The
street of nations
one of the signs that the exposition is
nearing completion Is the fact that the
decorators are at work with chisel and
paint on the facades and exteriors in gem
eral. The main porch of the Grand Art
Palace Is at last finished, and its stone
CorInthian pillars have stately aspect
Boon to ScuIptors.
The amount of sculpture with which this
palace is being adorned is simply marvel
Gus. 1t is a long time since the sculptors
have had such a stroke of good luck and
no doubt they will soon be praying the
numerous gods and goddesSes with which
the French museums are overstocked that
another international exposition may take
place at no too distant date. AS a rule a
Sculptors lot in this city is not d happy
one. and if the government of France ana
the municipality of Paris did not frequently
come 10 their assistance by ordering some
departed celebrity reproduced in stone.
marble or bronze some Of the artists IN
marble might be compelled to turn stone
masons' or starve. Some of the notable
friezes of the Grand Art Palace are VI.
Joseph Blanc's History of Art in calorc,I
ceramics and Fourner's examples of E,l-yr-
ttan and Assyrian art on the main facade.
Souvenir Postage Stamps.
Taking hint from Chicago, Paris is to
have a new set of French postage stamps
to commence this exposition. Unlike the
simple illustrated scraps of paper freely
circulated at the last Brussels exposition.
these stamps are TO be artistic affairs.
which will probably please both the gem
eral public and collectors. In France to-
day one design serves for all postage
stamps. with different figures to denote the
face value. These are printed in fourteen
different colors. The new postage stamps
of the Paris exposition will comprise three
separate types, and will not only commeu-
crate the new century and the fair itself
but will likewise celebrate the fftieth an
niversary Of the use of postage stamps in
France. This anniversary really fell in the
French toll E.r~
agreed 10 celebrate the event in 1880
These Partisan stamp collectors will hold
an international exposition of their own
this summer. which will be the stepping
stone to a permanent postal museum in
which French and foreign postage stamps
will be exhibition, together with all