Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-12

of Stationery are beautiful and con-
venient modern buildings; but, being
scattered over city. they lack the
commodity and grandeur of the pal
ace at Lyon-as the skyscrapers of
American cities offer superior COM
modify to business and professional
men. Witness London, of old hide
bound custom. actually copying New
York in this respect! And, also:
At Lyon the meeting of buyers and
sellers is tranquil and dignified. 1t is
not characterized by Leipzig's noisy.
clamorous. boisterous, turbulent, OBJ
streperous, blatant. clustering and, at
times, tumultuous and almost riotous
publicity. however sanctioned by an
cient habit.
At Lyon the business man who
wants to buy or sell, or both, takes
out a buyers card or sellers card.
This being granted on a certain
scrutiny (Dun's and other agencies
are on the spot), regularizes and, in a
pfima facie way, certifies, more or less,
his position
The sellers find long suites of par
t tor odnGes. which are their own. Par
tlcularly during a certain week, they
receive any parties who have buyers
cards-and talk it over, exactly as if
at home in their own Office. Only
there is this difference. The buyer
may be from Brazil, South Africa or
VI SdudUd OF from
Paris. London. Rome. Brussels. Stock
holm, Bombay, Jersey City or Wich-
ita, Kans.
No goods are sold on catalogues.
me samples must be here, in full
oaylght. This is claimed to have
already cinched important guar
antees Samples, under scrutiny of a
thousand eyes, often of specialists
ana competitors. during weeks. in
one place, are claimed to be prefer
aoie' In this sense, to pass-pass in a
dfummer's hands-and trunks.
X \ K
The market building is itself a
novelty and wonder.
It's backbone is the famous covered
street running through it's center for
Itnree-quarters of a mile, fifteen yards
wide, four-five stories high, with a
glass roof. paved in oak, and furnished
with double track of standard rail-
road gauge, permitting the circulation
OF freight cars from end to end
Sticking out on either side of the
covered street like ribs are the multi
tudinous wings holding stands and
stalls, between central rotunda and
terminal halls.
| Thus. the palace can be enlarged
indefinitely dixie a sectional book
case) by adding ribs at each ex-
| tremity, and in this case each ter
1
comes an added decoration through
out. That it can be done without
numbering utility or detracting from
| grace is due entirely to the noble
| curve of the river Rhone whose
curve its long. slender lines follow
This curying grace, and the unity Of
river. palace, park and lake, relieve
the vast construction of any cent?
| pede suggestion. and leave the Wis
itor only to admire it's bend of white,
in forest green and pale blue waters
Mayor Herriot is a great man, and
| they are great men around him.
Lignon; Rivoire. Cabaud. Victor
| Rigallet. Tribollet. Wiernsberger, De.
| hors, Meyssen. Chalumeau. Renebeau
and Arlaud (the original promoter OF
the fair) were of themselves simply
| great manufacturers, wholesale mer-
chants. architects. engineers or ad.
ministrators, holding high civic re.
sponsibilities in senate, chamber
Lyon municipality. chamber of com.
! merce syndicate of initiative or high
| commercial courts. 1t was the wal
| which brought them out in this WORLD
| stunt.
Also. as Etienne Fougere says. ii
was ready, to come of itself.
| There are such times. "a
Sight drafts and letters of credi,
originated at the Lyon fair of 1856
| In those days. merchants from al
| over Europe. the Levant and parts Of
Africa travelled at risk by caravan
| to buy and sell in this French city
| which was situated at a crossroads
| of the natural trade routes of land
| During four centuries Lyon was the
| commercial center of gravity of q
| vast area-a sort of free city" where
all moneys and merchandise had lib.