Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-07
SEENfR0M THE SEINE
The American Party Visits the
Paris Exposition.
Feminine Interest in the Exhibition Of
Gowns by Felix.
A Million vi.itors on the Fair Grounds. las,
Sunday.
Paris. June 9Th. 1900

The most perfect OF June days, a blue
cloudless sky. bright sun tempered by a
relfeshlng breeze. birds singing, Paris
at It's loveliest who would not be
thankful 10 be alive and in the most
fascinating city of the world Ii was
on such day We started to make our
second visit 10 the Exposition by TAX
ing ten minutes walk to the Seine.
where one of the numberless little
pleasure boats soon landed us near the
foreign buildings. The view of tn. Elk
position from a Seine boat Is partic-
ularly me. because il is possible to
look ahead and get the effect of both
sides at once. while the constant dis
appearing under archways and emery
ing from the bridges with the rapid
gliding movement Of the boat makes a
| delightful means Of transit.
Before starting We held solemn
! Conclave to decide what we should see
for unless one has definite plan DAYS
can be passed walking and looking to
no purpose. This morning we propose ID
TO see the foreign buildings fronting
the Seine and Felix's wonderful Palais
du Costume one Of the features Of the
Exposition. We have as YET seen no
building whose exterior IL as character
istic OF its nationality as the Italian.
It's mosaics Instantly recalled st.
Marks in Venice, and the entire effect
is most satisfactory. The exhibits are
| beWildering in their number ana va
| rIety; We saw one very novel flower
stand in colored terra Gotta. a figure
! half life size, Of an Italian girl her
raised arms holding above her head a
! vase filed with flowers and dropping
vines. An American had just pur-
chased IT for fifteen dollars-a very
! reasonable sum for a unique ornament
only. alas. duty was not included
/ Belgiums fac-simile Of her city hall is
imposing. but Germany had caught our
eye with her high clock tower and
numerous Inscriptions concerning the
/ Fatherland in huge German text Of
brilliant coloring. On entering. the
large stained glass window imme-
| diately attracts attention. while
! the exhibits of modern German books
/ and pictures kept us delightfully."- occu-
! pied for over an hour. our constant
! cry is more time. more time" The
| exhibits cover such enormous space
that even with weeks before one il
/ seems almost hopeless task to even
gain a limited idea of a quarter part Of
what is shown. The attendance ac-
/ cording to the paDers i most salts
factory; last Sunday a million en-
/ frances were registered. We find q
great preponderance Of French and
comparatively few Americans. Prob
ably the months Of July and August
! will change all that. We We're sitting
| in the Swedish building. looking in
I very listess fashion ut the case of
carved wooden spoons, for truth to tell
we We're one indescribable ache from
! head to foot when u most revivifying
voice sounded in our ears saying in our
loved native tongue. Don't omit seeing
Stockholm by moonlight it is extreme
, ~ pretty and-c0sts nothing" This
! last assertion brought us to our feet
! instanter. Something for nothing In
/ Paris, AS a matter OF historic interest
We would see ii. or perish in the at
tempt. We joined the throng and pass
I ing through an extremely dark, narrow
| passage. we soon reached quite an eX-
panse of water. In the background
the city of Stockholm, the houses bril-
/ liantly illuminated. while the northern
! lights colored the sky in all directions,
and the moon sent beams Of silver down
upon the sea. 1t certainly was one Of
the prettiest scenes Imaginable.
Monaco with its palm garden made us
; long for a glimpse of the Riviera. but
by the posters on the wall dated April
/ 18th, We realized the season of 1900 was
4 Of the past, and We must wait until
| other seasons to visit that alluring
spot our present day was fast slip
ping away. but its browning event was
| lust before us labelled Felix, Pllais
du Costume. Gladly We paid our franc
| and a half ana entered behind the
magic curtain which to commonplace