The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-05

card, commissioner general Of the
worlds Show. For four. hours. from
balf.past two o'clock, q continuous
stream of'peopIe poured through the
building and overlooked in spaces round
about 1t. The American colony in Par
Is contributed its thousands to the null
tltudes Of visitors. Its English cousins,
ON the principle that blood is thicker
than water. were in great force. saw
there many Chinese and Japanese. For
four hours the place was as polyglot as
Babel. and Uncle Sam was, in the ter
mInology Of society, "at home" to all
the world. Old Mr.. Bull. i'll may put
It fguratlvely must have felt healthy
satisfaction at his wonderful off,
springs. appearance and management
Of the days work. "'At home to. all
the world" have just said. The
commissioner Of the United States said
It better, and put the whole meaning
and purpose of this Street Of Nations
into nutshell, when, in his address to
NJ. Picard and the French republic, he
described this assembiage of more than
twenty palaces on the DUAL d'orsay as
an International hearth, the pleasant
memories and the friendly influences of
which would survive the Worlds Show.
Description of the Palaces.
The palaces on the Quai dlorsay, each
built in some style characteristic of
the state it represents. are merely the
visible ceremonial symbols of their re-
spectIve governments interest and
participation in the universal exhibit
ton. and are intended for official re-
ceptions and as places of call and in
formation and communication for all
who care to make use of them. Sur
mounted by its lofty white dome. the
palace of the United States consists of a
large square block divided into base
ment, area. and three galleries. The
area, IN undivided space open to the
dome above. is surrounded by an ar
cade which is divided into comfortably
furnished recesses that are to serve as
Offices and reception rooms. Each of the
three arcaded galleries that rise perpen-
dlcularly over the inner boundary Of
the arena is divided in the above man
ner and for the like purpose. In one
of the recesses is a short series of pic
lures or portraits of red Indian chiefs,
all in their feathers and wampum belts.
They might have dropped out Of Fenl-
more Coopers books to arraH them
selves In those brilliant hues. There
surely is Chingagook. that romantic
red man who enchanted the days Of our
youth. In /, less down below is the
hawk-nosed, hawk-eyed portrait of
President Mckinley. The painting is
perhaps little more hawklsh than the
Presidents marble bust on the other
side Of the arena.
Bust of President Lincoln.
There is another bust which would on
the instant arrest the attent' ~ of
any one who--had that been DE
had never heard Its originals name.
Observe the half-dreamy, yet strangely
observant. expression of the eyes, and
humor, especially the humor, on the
strong. rugged face. The reader sur
misses at once that this is the bust Of
Lincoln, OF Old Abe. the unique typical
American in the roll OF Presidents.
LIncoln's name is the most Illustrlous
save one-and that is the name of
Washington, whose equestrian statue In
front of the palace. and overlooking the
Seine, is the principal work Of art in
this building. washIngton's name
stands at the head of the presidential
list, which, ending with Mr.. McKin-
leys. is distributed over the uppermost
spaces of the four walls below the
sping of the dome.
The Stars and Stripes.
The ceiling of the dome is. of course,
painted. You would perhaps expect TO
see there a group of allegorIcal figures,
an eagle, a classical young lady posing
as Liberty. picture OF the Pilgrim
Fathers, while the rude Atlantic play.
ed pitch and toss with their immortal
cranky little tub of ship. But that is
not Uncle Sans way. Uncle Sam made
up his mind to be original so what has
he done? He has adorned the ceiling
of that whip-creation dome of hts with
a single huge picture OF the Stars and
Stripes twisting and Tapping in the
wind. a most effective painting is that
OF the Stars and Stripes would have
liked to see somewhere in this building
a memorial Of the first American flag.
The FIRST flag had, believe, for It's EN-
blam tree and u rattlesnake. Some
historians hive attributed to Paul
Jones the honor OF the invention. but It
also appears that Paul Jones, for the
sound OF whose guns In the Firth Of
Fourth Walter Scott listened when n
small boy, claimed the distinction OF
having been the first to run up the now
lag. the Stars and Stripes. on board
Yankee man.ot-war. How many mill
Ions would an American Croesus not
give for that first flag? The fact that
the Stars and Stripes has been used as
sole decoration OF the dome on the DUAL
dorsay Is n striking revelation OF the
American reverence for the national
emblem, If ne could buy st. Paul's aud
fix up the cathedral somewhere in New
York, he would paint the ceiling of Its
dome with the Stars and Stripes.
sousa's Band a Feature.
In the arena and galleries Of the
raIq,c {, tho gtrcet nj NotIong there