The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-07-16
PARIS LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
PARIS, FRANCE, July IL, 1900


ternationale. The nations have
been "taken in, squeezed and alb
sorbed, but considering the bloated
bigness of France in this great ad-
vertislng scheme and the compare
tive pettiness of all Others there is
no reason why we should help the
deception by calling it Universal or
International. France needed mon
ey, Paris needed money, and they
said: Lo! let us invite all the peo-
pies of the earth to board with and
buy from US for a season. And
they built. great structures and
towers and wheels and assembled
their merchandise and made great
fair and established within it, and
around it, booths for dancing girls
and dives and joints and fakes,
and blegues and loud was the roar
and great was the villanY and hum
bug thereof. Unless these abomi-
nable fakes and side shows can be
abated, and unless and Exposition
of what is genuine and meritorious
can be condensed and put in rea-
sonable space, they ought to be
discontinued. Here IN mid summer
it is yet impossible to see what is
worth seeing, either because it is
not ready or because you have to
walk around acres of the baldest of
fakes and humbugs, ravenous to
"take you in" or to sell you some
thing. Lime and dust fill the air
and make sight seeing uncomforta-
BILE if not unsanitary. There are
many guide books and they are nc
doubt in a way helpful, but in build
ings covering many acres and filled
with miles of show cases and ma
chinery of great height, compass
is of convenience and many have
them.
find the United States exhibi-
tors situated here and there, ap-
parently without system in the
main Camp de Mars building
Their location is always indicated
by the stars and stripes, and these
are seen over the U. S. pavilion;
in many places in Champ de Mars,
in a,number of annexes; and at Vim
cennes, which place is about two
hours out of Paris, a most lnacces-
sible locality, but here most of the
United States machinery is to be
found. 1t was way out on this
frontier that l found an American
pioneer. He told me that his ex-
hibit, The Reliable Incubator and
Brooder Co., of Quincy, Illinois,
was the first exhibit that had been
set up at the great Exposition.
He has a handsome independent
pavilion and is turning out machine
chickens right along. AS an addi-
tional advertisement, the little
chicks are of all the colors of cas-
ter eggs with some tints of the
rainbow thrown in. Medals from
many fairs in the United States
and two European countries are
shown, and he appeared to be
without competition or hors con-
cours, as the French say.
Seeing the flag in an unexpected
place yesterday, I found that it
marked very interesting exhibit
of greater New York. 1t consists
of a map 27x33 feet, Undoubtedly
the finest and most expensive map
iu Paris or anywhere. Nothing be-
fore has been accomplished on such
a scale. Twelve men worked con-
stantly on this map tor one year
before it was completed. 1t lies on
the floor surrounded by brass bal
ustrade. Every hill, home, eleva-
tion and depression of the city and
surrounding country and water in
minutest detail, is shown In order
that it may be seen at great ad-
vantage, a platform has been built,
giving about four feet elevation,
and this platform is supplied with
opera glasseS. The platform is, as
it we're, off Sandy Hook, and the
visitor who will study the map for
five minutes from this vantage,
will get a broader and minuter inn
preston of the future greatest city
of the world than in any other way
The gentlemen in charge at this
exhibit begged me to state that
the map was the work of the muuic-
ipality of New York City, and that
the state had nothing to do with 1t.
lts object is to impress the world
with the present greatness and the
future greatestness of New York,
and its desirability as a location for
business or residence.
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