The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04

viii have had an opportunity to view them
In a century or more.
The rich and solid finishings of this pa
vilion will recall the handsome building
on the shores of Lake Michigan The ma
terials for its construction have been
brought from England, and much steel
will be used TO lessen the danger from
fire. Besides the paintings there will be
valuable collections OF china, iewelry. plate
furniture, etc. The building will be open
/ 20 the public al all times except when the
Prince of Wales. the president of the royal
commission, occupies 1t. He has decided
TO make 1t his residence during his stay in
Paris, and curious sightseers with sufi-
Client patience to await his outgoings and
HIS incomings may get sight OF his royal
highness. AS al Chicago, the building will
/ be so arranged that the visitor may make
a regular tour Of 1t. taking the rooms in
turn and seeing all but the secrets OF the
princely menage. The plan is to have Wis
itors enter by one door end leave by
another, which will make a continuous
stream possible and enable great num-
Der Of persons to feast their eyes
on entering through a broad portal the
visitor will find himself In a hall twenty
I by forty feet in size. Its walls are to be
! hung with the magnificent panels of tap
esJry belonging to George Mccullough. and
made from designs by Burne-Jones. The
visitor win then pass through the recep-
tion and dining rooms. The second fiolr
will be reached by fine broad stair and
in inspecting the bed room tuft hunters
may have the felicity of touching some OF
the bed clothing that has rubbed against
the person Of royalty. After the sleeping
quarters will come the picture gallery
and then the china closet 1t is proposed
10 exhibit on the china shelves specl-
mems of the hrest English ware of today
| Many British firms have sought, the priv
ilege OF furnishing and decorating the pa
vilion, and they will doubtless show their
finest products. The City OF Bath also
intends to decorate one OF the rooms
1t is but few steps from the republican
| quarters. under the Stars and Stripes. 20
I the royal airs of Austria. The Austrian
/ pavilian VIII be an ornate construction In
/ the style OF the time or Maria Thercse
/ and II will reproduce the architecture Of
| the palace of Prince Eugene and of the
| old university ar Vienna. II Will contain
| several collective exhibits One ~ these
I viii show by documents and pictures the
! development Of Vienna during the last 900
years. and the part Il has played In the
history OF the dual empire. The Austri-
! ans are proud of their postal and telegraph
| systems and In connection with an ex-
| hibition of their methods they will put
forward claims that win surprise many
1 ''''NNAHs Ahtg Aiullt II dN u peculiarly
| Austrian glory that the duplex telegraph
| system was an invention OF one of taelr
| compatrlots. They insist that the postal
! card was originally an Austrian idea, and
| that they also first used the pneumatic
| tube for the transmission OF mail matter
Visitors may also catch glimpses OF Aus
| TRAN royalty In this pavilion, for 1t will
have reception rooms reserved for the
! Arehduke Francois Ferdinand who viii
| be protector" of the Austrian exhibits
| The division of races and interests which
! crops out so often in the political and gov
| ernmental affairs of the double Kingdom
| VIII be strikingly apparent IN Paris. for
| there viii be two national pavilions Hun
| gary regards itself quite az important as
| Austria, and the Hungarians have insist
| ted on having separate building for the
| purpose of convincing the world they are
! equal partners with the Austrians and not
| subject race. They have emphasized
this attitude by locating their building at
some distance from Austria's. and with a
third pavilion between them. The Hum
| garian structure will be on odd mixture OF
architecture OF various epochs but the
drawings Indicate one OF the most strik-
ing of the national structures. The front
toward the Seine will be OF Gothic nrohi-
! lecture and will be copied from a famous
hungarian castle known as NaIda hunyad
The opposite side will be In Roman siyle
the motive having been taken from the
ancient church of Jaak. A third section
will reproduce the lines of a renowned
church in Koermocerbanga, and a fourth
quarter will duplicate the portraits OF the
chapel of st. Michel at Kassa The Hum
garians are striving TO show architecture
characteristic OF their country at different
ages since the Roman domination, and the
architects have succeeded In blending The
several styles into a harmonious ana peau-
tiful whole.
The Hungarian building viii contain an
exhibit of many OF the most precious relies
OF the Magyar race. Americans may know
little OF the history OF that grea, Slavic
people whose records go back 40 far into
antiquity. hut the heirlooms and national
treasures 10 be shown at Paris will be OF
such curious patterns as 10 command the
interest OF Transatlantic aliens. The name,
OF Countess Joseph Telekt and EaroneSa
Adre Bornemisa may mean nothing TO
Americans, but the fair sex from the Unit
ed States viii surely reveI In the collection
of the embrolderies OF those notabllties.
So also, with priceless iaccs and splendid
priesuy yestments that have historic ass
sooIa'ions with such unpronounceable
name az Szepes and Sxmreccsauye Then
thcre VIII be military exhibit, Including
old hags. arms. uniforms and paintings Of
battles. In the ciyil department win he
shown the treasures Of many famous Hum
sarian mobiles. Among these viii be gala
costumes. fancy work ana many curious