Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-03

may be sure of getting their moneys
worth, The American pavilion Is COM
| pleted is far as the exterior is con-
cerned but the interior is still bare
| of furniture with the exception of the
| United States poStotfice, which is in
stalled ana ready to begin business
when called on. rhe equestrian statue
! OF George Washington. which is 10 be
/ placed at the entrance OF the build
ing from the Quai d'OrSay, is still in
complete The horse is finished and
the seulp,ors are now working on the
statue of Washington.
The record of the cross Atlantic ex-
hibitors is one worthy of mention
Charles H. Simms assistant director.
of liberal arts and chemical industries,
said The United States At the Paris
exposition will nave approximately
the official record of 1000 exhibitors.
which is returning France three for
every one she had at the worlds fair
in Chicago in 1898 and which number
is over three and half times as
many exhibitors as any other foreign
nation viii have. the United States
/ standing next to France herself in
number of exhibitors This has been
| accomplished in spite OF the fact that
! the exhibits had to be gathered in a
country reaching in breadth from
Maine to California, taken from fifty
cities in this territory, transported
| frDp, NNyN, IN
miles, disembarked at Havre and
| brought to the exposition ground in
! Paris. Representative exhibits will
| be made by the United States in
every group of the exposition classih-
cation. There are 47 distinct Ameri-
can exhibit spaces, occupying 329,052
| square feet of space Thirty-three of
these spaces are in the main grounds and
| fourteen are at Nincennes. This area
of sQaCe allotted to the United States
does not include that occupied by the
| national pavilion on the Quai d'Orsay
The United States has built many
| beautiful facades in connection with
its exhibit areas"
rs oSHt'i IiAS POI 70 VI lhN SNFpSAIlob
which are furthest advanced are
those due to private enterprise. All of
| the numerous side-shows are either
ready or nearly So Those which are
most popular up-to-date are the Swiss
| village and the grande roue, or, as an
American would call it, the Ferris
| wheel.
The day of the opening was fete
day in Paris. All public buildings
in the city, as well as throughout
France, We're decorated with national
dags. All the large business houses
| were gaily decorated in bunting and
! flags of all nations 1t was intended
to have a general illumination on Sat
urday evening but this feature did not
materialize. The proposition was
made in the chamber of deputies to
have the day made legal holiday but
| this proposal was negatiyed as the day
preceding, Good Friday, and the two
days following Easter Sunday and
Easter Monday, are all legal holidays
and the government feared that four
holidays in succession would disor-
ganiZe business.
The plans for the restoration of che
Theatre Francois have been submit
ted to the higher commission of
theaters. These plans were drawn by
the regular architect of the theater
and the scheme Of reconstruction will
maintain the size and shape of the
building as it was before the fire
The architect has promised to have
the building ready by the middle of
July so that it can be roopened on
July 14th, which is the national holt
| day corresponding to our July 4th.
rhis promise is, however. a rash one
and it is practically impossible for the
French, slow as they are, to finish the
| reconstruction in such a short time.
Now that the exposition is running
the guards who were brought from the
| United States have begun their duties
at the spaces to which they have been
assigned Their duties are defined
! by their captain, Paul Bowen, who has
had military experience in the regular
army having served in troop X Of the
1st cavalry for several years, The
guard has its headquarters in a build
ing near the exposition and is obliged
to report there every morning for roll
call and occasional drill. One-sixth OF
the entire force constitutes the re-
lief which. from day to day, relieves
the remainder of the force and which
mas the seventh day for its own relief
thus giving every man one day off
each week. In the buildings which
are open till midnight there are two
shifts of guards one from S a. m. to
D. m and the other from 4 p m.
till midnight. All other guards work
from a m. to p. m, There are at
present 60 guards and it may be-
found necessary to take on more later
The uniform is dark blue and re-
sembles In cut the undress uniform of
the United States navy. The guards
do not carry any arms being pro-
hibted from doing 50 by the French
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