Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
Paris Fair Compared With
That Of Chicago.
IHE LEADING EXHIBITS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES
The Two Permanent Palaces Of Art
surpass That Of the Chicago
Exposition.
(From Our Regular Correspondent
PARIS, France, July 2, 1906


mer are engaged in more or less con.
stant process of comparing the ExposI-
ton of 1900 with that of 1893. 1t Is not
easy to grasp SO great and complex a
subject as Worlds Fair and In max.
ing comparisons good many superfici.
all things have been written and good
many partial things.
In the architecture OF the Paris Ex.
position, the contrast with Chicago is
marked. The white City" revealed
to the astonished visitor harmony OK.
tending throughout its every portion.
The architecture was simple, and yet
inexpressibly dignified and beautiful.
The architecture is more bizarre
there is more color, more variety
than Chicago, but less dignity. The
deep and lasting JOY of the harmony of
all things within the "White City, is
not felt here.
While at Chicago the gardeners and
builders art were in evidence in the
perfection of the grounds, there are
few things which detract more from
the success of the Paris Exposition
than the condition of the walks. At
about the time of the opening of the
Exposition, the natural earth walks
which had enveloped the workmen in
clouds OF dust were covered by layer
OF pebbles the size of hickory nut.
1t has been left to the visitors to plod
through this gravel pit and slowly and
painfully tread it into smooth walks.
The smooth walk has so far only
emerged in few places and there in
dry weather clouds of dust have their
origin, in wet weather ponds of mud
form. The result is that pedestrian,
at the close of days journey about
the grounds Ia covered with dust. The
dust Is carried into the buildings and
settles everywhere, injuriug the ap.
pearanoe of exhibits not protected In
glass cases.
Turning to the exhibits one has first
to observe that the present Exposition
Is more truly international than at
Chicago. The various European
countries and the United States are
more nearly on level, so far as the
showing made is sooncerned with France
than foreign nations were with the
United States at Chicago. For one
thing this finds expression in the line
OF government buildings of various
countries occupying the choicest por-
ton of the river front. It Is borne out
however, by the extent OF the exhibits
made by European countries. Among
outside nations the first in order of ex.
cellence Is undoubtedly Germany, the
second, Russia.
Those who remember Chicago will
observe that horticulture which was
prominent does not make as good q
showing here.
Transportation which was an in
tegral part of the Chicago Fair, is here
removed outside the city to an annex
which in some of its parts brings the
international exposition down to tn,
level of a country fair. There is no
French government building whicl.
serves to show the work of the depari-
ments OF the French government g.
those of our government were show
In the United States Building. The
Departments OF France are not repre-.
sented by pavilions answering to those
erected By the various States al
Chicago. The place of these may said
to be taken by the national pavilions,
though on a larger scale. There is,
however, building devoted to the
municipal government of Paris. Wha,
is shown Is good and highly interesting
as far as 1t goes, but 1t does not Craze
the surface Of the exhibit which might
be made of the activities of such q
municipality as Paris,
The display In the textile depart
ment exceeds that made at Chicago.
The machinery exhibit is not as COM
plete nor as we'll arranged. The use OF
electricity receives no such representa-
tion as it was accorded at Chicago.
The point at which the Paris EXPOSE
tion Is out OF all comparison superior to
Chicago, is, one might guess, in the
fine arts.
The French government has erected
two permanent palaces OF art, building
them Of stone and iron and ornament
ing them profusely. These buildings
serve as the home for the art display.
That display in its international char.
acter and in the fullness with which all
schools and tendencies of modern art
are represented and placed in compari-
son with an historic display in the same
building and in the Louvre, affords the
finest opportunity for the study OF
sculpture and painting ever presented.
In conclusion, word may be said re-
garding ampsements. Some one has
said in a sneering way that a Worlds
Fair Is run as blind for the Hoochy-
coochy ~ dance. 1t is undoubtedly
true that care needs to be exercised to
keep the institution of the World IS
Fair upon an entirely dignded plane
and resist the pressure brought to bear
upon the management by concession
hunters who would soon terminate the
usefulness OF the institution in an end
less frivolity of catch-penny '4akes."
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