The sun., 1900-08-26
A DREAM OFLIGHTSI In PARIS
VONDERFU T. LILLUMINATIoNI ~ HONOR
or THE SHiHS VISIT.
Effects In tn. Exposition Ground'-rhe Eine'
Tower by NIght-A striking Display on the
Seine Notable Parade Of the studen"
The Remarkable HeadGear They Wore.

2 daylight are even more at variance than the
/ time-honored chalk and cheese Pans IN any
guse and with all her faults aud fakes IL rcV-
| elation TO the stranger. perehnlal maHne' 10
| the resident But Paris illuminated Is dream.
a glory. an inspiration. lasting for lifetime
| Ins, night by one Of those wondrous ana
| startling contrasts furnished by the ever
| changing complexion OF nations. the Elyslan
! fete in the Exposition grounds In honor oil tne
! shah Of Persia. and postponed FOR week oe-
cause of the assassination OF King Humbert,
was celebrated with even greater pomp than
! originally planned. And as another Of the
| myriad verhcations OF dear old Rps
prophetic words. How soon we are Tor
| gotten" the flags OF France, half-npsted
on Thursday, the funeral day OF ltaly's
| dend monarch are sent 10 the peak on the
! morrow's sun a. a last grand tribute 10 tho
! living Shah who quits the Gaycst city on earth
! tho following day. And even this royal iatall't'
| whose oooness under such an ordeal was
| phenomenal came. within an ace in this same
| happy Paris Of joining Humbert on the other
| shore where there is but one throne OF the King
Of Kings For It was only the blind zeal OF the
assassin who filed the hammer OF his revolver
too fnely that saved a sovereigns life. and this
same sovereign. instead Of thanking merci-
| full Providence, smiles and says: My time had
| not come"
And with something Of a similar selnshness
we were a so glad else otherwise last nights ftte
would not have been. Hero worship pure and
| simple is often disgusting even TO nausea, yet
| 70 the citizen Of n country where towboy can
| become a President Just the sight OF the French
| Executive and the potentate OF Persia was an
| incident worthy OF recollection. And TO look on
royalty in such frame was even grand"r for
| the faces Of half a million people, lighted by M
| many lamps, with over all the one splendor ~
| the night under whose mystic spell. though
| thousands of miles removed. all else paled 10
almost inslgnihcance. this altogether was mag
| nfcent overwhelming, awe-nspiring. We lit
| our hats 10 France with a respect approaching
reverence, for nowhere in the wide world save
possibly the one exception Of Chicago Night, at
our own Worlds Fair seven years ago, was this
| superb spectacle ever duplicated
| Picture II you can the most exquisite garden
! party AT night you have ever seen. then multi
| ply this hundred fo,d, and you get a fair idea
| Of this truly Elysian ftte. And thcro yet must
| he added to this creation Of your Imagination
| the Eiffe Tower with It's thousand feet OF
| massive iron res plendent with electricity, and
| from its very top sending out for miles the
| binding rays Of three enormous searchlights,
the falling waters Of the Chateau d Eau trans
| parent with vircolored fires while at the other
extreme Of the Champ do Mars. half a mile
away. the superb Trocadcro stands forth like n
| gorgeous temple of fame To digress for
moment, from the top Of this same
Efel Tower no flag save that Of France
has ever novn except on one occasion. On the
Fourth Of July just past the Stars and Stripes
hoated sida by side with the red. white and
| blue of a sister nation. seeming perhaps triae
yet speaking volumes Every bush has its red.
yellow and blue lanterps. every building its
grdla Of gaslght or electricity at once ac-
cented and varied bv dozens OF huge sunbursts
in Ierent designs Now the cannons signal
the approach Of the feet Of pleasure craft, and
the lighted hearted multitude. never stamped
ing into an ugly crush. always good natured
and swayed abs outely by their irsatiate greed
for a good time. hasten away to the banks Of
tho Seine
And well they NAV hurry for here ls a spec
Just described TIE river Is filled with craft Of
every description. each covered TO the last
and loaded with pleasure-,cekers. Here comes
n stately swan Of ofenormous pror PORTIONS and un-
natural hrIlliancv, for she has been fed on cleo
tricltv until she fairly blazeS. Next follows
an impossible dragon belching volumes of
red fire until the Seine seems stream
mates lis shrieking whistle with tremen-
dous explosions OF bombs and eNquiSitey
beautiful showers OF gold and silver stars:
varying from the unlntellgibe cultural OF n
Chinaman 10 the familiar and welcome Good
work" Of a Down East Yankee. All the myriad
Of regular river bogts are most generously il
Illuminated, and as they are OF necessity run at
q slack speed their brilliant effect !; GRACEFULLY
manity ave the temporary and lighter ones
built expressly for the Exposition As it is
feared these woud not stand the strain Of such
a throng. a line Of gendarmeS at either end bars
the way, just here one striking detail Of all
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he seen. and. further than this. W. have vet to
see n Gght Or disturbnnce Of any kind, save
in words.
pitce dc resistance OF the evening First a tug
carrying the band Of one OF the regiments OF
the line, then huge barge Transformed into a
is throne on which Is seated the Goddess OF
Beauty, Pleasur,. Liberty, or. in brief, Of any;
about about the throne in re robes % Of i flowing wbIteS e
host ot dainty maid ms circle and dance most
gracefully, all the while singing a gentle melody
effective and beautiful picture. the GEM OF the |
evening. and nrousnR cheer upon cheer from
can ever possibly forget this gorgeous revei and
IT, as rumor has H. the Persian ruler has srent |
nearly. million dollars during his stay in Paris,
this midsummer nights dream prolonged even |,
to daylight was alone worth every cent Of it, |
and the Shah's subjects can probably afford IL |
Paris is ever a kaleidosCope and to-day, after |
wishing the Shah good luck on his trip 10 |
Ostend. one strOlls over to the Latin Quarter TO
witness another feature OF this never -mono'o- |
nous METROPOLIS. Before starring, just n rassirg |
tribute to the deieuner, which IS really the first |
hearty meal OF the day. Genuine French cook |
ing l. revelation, Eggs cooked In a dozen !
different ways so novel and so delicious az to |
tempt the most inVeterate hater Of this Conven- |
lent food. chickens which are always what they |
are called, salads actually beyond description, |
melon that melts In your mouth and a pint Of |
haut sauterne with bouquet as delicate as the |
cost Is cheap-all these are and always will be |
tender memories dear IN any one who loves |
good things to eat
II is Just 3.when We reach the Rue Bona |
parte, which forms one side Of the Place Saint |
Sulpics in which stands the famous church Of |
the same'name. Drawn up In front of the city |
building. which is the headQuarters Of the |
Mavor OF the Luxembourg arOnds~ement are a |
dozen or more OF the Garde RepuhliaIIa
mounted on their always splendid horses with |
MS many moro gendarmes on foot and never |
forgetting the bicycle police, who to-day ac- |
company every public function All this dis |
play Of authority means procession Of stu |
dents drawn from n score Of countries 10 the |
superior schools and univer,itcs OF this city of |
culture Now the signal In given and with the |
pnc' of q funeral there emerges from the huge |
stone building as motley a crowd Of youths as |
can be found on the face Of the enr,h There |
are two hundred or moro In files Of four nd di- |
Vided into n dozen odd detachm.nts, each Of !
which carries a silk banner whose inScrip- |
ton gives the city country from,