The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-19
HANDSOME TROPHY IN THE FRENCH FORESTRY SECTION.


enade that continues in straight line
from the Trocadero steps to the fur
thermOst end Of the Champ de Mars.
Being built, however, on the slope of
the hill just at the waters edge, the
architect designed a lower story which
should be on a level with the terrace
bordering the river This plan afford
ed a convenient and effective method
of presenting the general exhibit, fur
Their facilitated by the erection OF an
extensive gallery running completely
around the wide and long building.
The interior aspect as observed
through the capaciouS doorway tempts
the passerby to enter, and when he en-
tiers his eye falls upon such an inter
minable range Of interesting things
most interestingly displayed that ne is
not likely to leave the huge palace until
he has made a thorough tour OF 1t.
Looking out, as if awaiting the
chance to dash off into the open air of
freedom, one sees, here, a big herd of
deer, and there, peeping from behind
trees in a dense wood, wild bear, foxes,
wolves and the countless denizens or the
fo.est The branches of the trees over
head are weighed down with winged
creatures of every size and race, sO1ae
eye-dazzling with their plumaSe. This
Is a SORT u NESllbulc Su5St oNAOiA u eAAC
many things within.
The main area, running all the width
Of the building and stretching back to
depth of about 125 feet, is occupied by
the French exhibit Naturally it is far
and away the largest, but it is not by
anv means the most varied or compre-
hensive This is easily understood; in
deed, it is a matter of surprise, That
France. not much bigger than one OF
our states. and occupied by popula-
ton of Sc. 900 .000 should have any forest
stretches at all, or that there should
be any wild animals still left in coun-
try so overrun with the human species.
The French exhibit, however, is rich in
samples of timber and contains varied
and multitudinOuS representation OF the
sea, river and stream fish of the coun-
try that atones for the paucity of big
and little game.
French Art In Nature.
Nothing if not artistic, the French
have presented their exhibits in the for
estry. hunting and fishing sections in a
manner that captivates all visitors. At
every turn one falls upon some entranc-
ing stage setting, representing a dense
Iv wooded corner of the forest Of
Fontainebleau; a Normandy hshinS
beach; a wild bear hunt in Pic
ardy: a group of sponge Satherers
cutting the product from the semi
1aerged rock in a French colony; and
Erachon Oystermen rowing home az
ter a busy day. All these tableaux
represent their subjects to the life. the
surroundings to the mise-en-scene en-
HANGING the effect intellectually.
Then there are the latest things in
the way of fishing tackle, Cor be it
understood, three out Of every five
Frenchmen of the city and country
are ardent disciples of IZaak Walton)
and as fine display Of game and var
led implements of the chase as the
most enthusiastic sportsman could even
coniure in his sweetest dream
The timber exhibit of France is dis
played in several fashions. Photo
graphs are shown of the tallest, the
stoutest and the densest trees as seen
in life Huge blocks of wood are also
scattered artistically about to mani
fest the dimensions of some French
trees. And TO indicate the surface
POLISH and beauty of French woods,
a collection Of several hundred species,
cut in the form and size of books, are
shown back to back in a book case,
precisely as if they were component
parts of a library.
The French exhibit probably Occu-
pies One-eighth of the entire building
and, unlike the display of any other
country, has a space of the same
width and length on the two main
floors, and in the galleries overhead.
Frances well-beloved Russia is, of
course, her next door neighbOr in the
Forest building. The Tartar empire
is appropriately represented, although
one looks in vain for specimens Of the
strange animal races that people that
huge land. The Tavenous wolf, of
course, is shown trailing his lonely
way across a trackless waste of snow;
and Russian bears, white foxes, etc,
add an unusual character to the eX-
hibit Then there are furs, infinite in
variety and exquisite in beauty. The
collection Of Russian woods. lent by
the imperial ministry of agriculture
and domains, seems limitless in vari-
ETY.. A fine exhibit is also made of the
Russian cork industry, a conspicuous
feature being a Moscow church made
entirely of cork A thoroughly inter
estfng exhibit is also made of the great
Russian fisheries, embracing odd pro-
cesses of artificial models of enormous
establishments for preserving fish.
After the French and Russian eX-
hibits, infinitely the best national dis
plays are those of the United, States
Japan, Sweden. Holland, Hungary and
Canada The exhibits of England
Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium,
Denmark and Roumania are far below
the level Of the other countries, this
being particularly true of England
and Germany, which excel IN many