Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-11-29

| porChed on the prov. High above
! stands statue OF Paris welcoming
her guests This colossal figure. 20
feet high has no NEUROLOGICAL mys-
terry about its costume, but is that OF
q ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS parisionne Of
/ the 10th century In this space under
the domo there is room for 900 peo-
( pie and back Of II row Of wooden
boxes, each containing two turnstiles.
! Through this monumental entrance
! $4,000 persons per hour cen be adj.
| mittcd, and $4,000, If such strain
/ should be laid upon 1t. As we enter,
/ We find ourselves in a beautiful gar
/ den, with flowers OF the season in fun
bloom, and little greenhouses scat
tered about the grounds,
We soon came to the Avenue
| Nicholas II, ana turning to the right
/ we have ON our left the Grand Palais,
/ and opposite the Petit Palais. each
/ hlled with art treasures, the latter
dedicated to retrospective French art
from the earliest days OF the COM
mencemcnt OF the century. The
! Grand Palias is the art history OF the
| 18th century and here French and
foreign art, both In painting and statu-
airy, are grouped together. making this
exhibit a most pleasing and instructive
| one for all lovers Of art. Facing about
now we find the bridge Alexander III
Just before MS, and the Esplanade des
lnvalides stretching way on the other
| side of the Seine the vista closed by
the grand historic pile, which gives the
name to this broad avenue in fronc.
| Turning now 10 the walk viii n we
commenced when we entered the
grounds, and following alone the north
bank OF che river, we soon reach the
section known as the "Rue de Paris"
embracing Il at portion OF the bank of
the SetAa Iyihg between the Poin. dts
lnvaliies and the Pont dc lAlma On
one side OF the avenue Ia tho pavilion
of the city of Paris. every department
OF municipal life illustrated in an I'M
menso building. it's architecture not
unlike the hotel de Vile Next comes
the pala e OF orticulture and arbnrt-
culture filled with the rareat llowers
and shrubs which France can fu 'Nish.
The next building Is the congress han
of social economy, dedicated to lee
lures on social economic subjects Cp
posite those buildings we have men
toned In a shaded avenue separating
them, ara all sorts II shows so ncces-
sary to cater to the Partisan appetite
Next comes a street OF old Paris In
which one secs In n walk of a thousand
~ In Of sn11 oh, \,
an old tower. old houses with quaint
gables in fact an interesting repro
duction Of medieval Paris. with many
Of the costumes which you would have
met with in the 18th century. Taking
leave Of old Paris we come to the gar.
dens of the Trocadero. fronting the
beautiful building and covering large
space on both sides of the broad ave-
nue. which by the bridge pont dc Jena.
connects with the Champs de Mars.
and the south side OF the Seine.
There are nearly so buildings over
which float the flags OF all nations.
The French and English colonies are
well represented, and the whole day.
yes n week. could be proiltably spent
in this section of the exposition alone.
The whole world literally meets here
and all in peace
An international exposition Is worth
n dozen peace congresses. China and
Russia England aud tho Transvaal,
The United States and Spain, all iostle
each other in friendly mood on these
few acres The exhibits contained In
tI,.s,, ,,,ry,t,s E,,f{JYn,re .r, ,.nut intav-
esting and in variety and number they
are bewildering The buildings are
themselves types Of architecture,
peculiar 10 the countries they repre-
sent, and the national costumes of
those who are here to represent the
different countries. These features
fascinate you, ng you move about in
this miniature world and IN a day here
you can easily imagine that you have
| made the Tour du monde
Algeria takes the place Of honor
among the French colonies. and not
! one question could you ask regarding
Algeria which could not be answered
by n study OF the exhibits in the two
large buildings which represent that
fblUbNs HlliNg AV'f ilhN ~ it'FA tbN't
ostiug exhibit We know That city
well. AZ twice year In going and re-
! turning from Malta We have day IN
that port. and setting aside the inter
pating surroundings in which the city
81 set, can hardly think Of anything
of special or characteristic interest in
the old city near Carthage which you
would not see In this reproduction at
Paris There are nearly 40 booths In
which the Arabs are at work, making
everything Tor which Tunis IL noted
and In one u the little shops ! saw one
Of the sharpcst OF Arabs whom ! had
often seen in Tuni3 displaying his
treasures IN the shape OF rugs, and
Jewels md inlaid mothcror pearl fab
ricB 20 party OF Interested Ameri'
cans From Dahomy, Senegal, the
soudan, Tonkin, Cambodia Russia.
lava, Madagascar, the Trnnsyahl,
prazU Perm (bla and France are