Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-12
WHITE MARBLE MART
FOR THE LYONS FAIR
Sterling Heilie Writes of Handsome Palace
Erected for Display of Luxury and
Jazz Of Modern Business.

palece grounds, backed by lovely
natural lake in the forest park of the
hind, the lake. and all around 1t flow
err beds. fountains and interminable
shady paths and noble drives.
1t is easy to see. France is v1cfo-
rious.
At Lyon. be sure. she is the grande
in 1870.
Only this-the world has grown
since.
Grown smaller. These fairs prove it.
astonishingly.
Here Is luxury and dignity of bust
ness men. like that Of courts and
diplomats of old-i.e. before the war.
1t is no exposition, no worlds fair.
that started annual and grew SO big
! in three years that they had to make
It bi-annual. where any business man
show samples and take orders all
over tho world, and find his pick OF
products that he had not known be-
fore from anywhere and everywhere.
In 1917 1000 French firms and $50
allies and neutrals did 100000, 900
francs worth of business.
In 1918 $500 French. 700 allies and
$50 neutrals double that figure (75o,-
100000 francs).
In 1919 they split the market. for
convenience. At the spring fair, 800
French. 1.240 allies and 25s neutrals
bought and sold S00,000,000 francs
worth of merchandise on sample; and
the autumn fair Gin its first season,
only seventeen groups out of fifty
six participating brought together
trails. who realized 235.000.o00 francs
worth Of affairs. Thus. 1919 totaled
billion and half Of sales or there
abouts. in which 1.736 allies and
neutrals took part, as against some
1000 French firms.
passed the billion franc mark. Yet
only seventy-four American Arms
shared in the cutting Of the melon
mostly shoe manufacturers.
Evidently. America will soon be sit.
ting in the game-as soon. let US say.
as somebody sets the alarm clock to
ring before breakfast
Here. say. is business luxury and
jaxs, In = meet undreamed Of before
the war outside of Leipzig and Mimi
Novgorod.
Only. both are tempered with new
elegance--it's Lyon.
The A. E. F. ought to see Lyon to-
day. They have discovered coal al
their very gates, from which they
produce cheap electric energy. Why
cheap? Because the white coal" cleo
| trlc power lines from Daupnlny wa
terfalls compete.
The population has passed 100000
And this thing started up by itself
so to speak. with the war. Lyon, you
see, is at the natural crossroads OF
the European trade routes. That is
from 1887 to 1889. Within easy reach
OF Paris. Bordeux and Marseille,
close to the Swiss and Italian from
tiers, good railroad service makes
Lyon the easiest center from Lisbon
Madrid, Algiers. the Mediterranean
and Holland. All this started up again
Gas in 14S7) when submarine fright
fulness threw trade back to the land
routes. But that is only one part of it.
The cookery of Lyon. the lobster a
IL creme. for instance. and certain
and the true poularde la-but ]
I came to see the palace.
Others have done the same-and struck
the lobster. You would be one if you
did not.
In October the palace will open
1000 stands.
when completed it will hold 1000
stands, all exactly alike, of twenty
lsquare yards each. except that special
concrete stalls have been erected for
tO0uiVAS0 Va esV~sS @~~N
1 say the erandest market house in
the world.
, It is three-quarters Of q mile long,
|curving with the river Rhone: regu-
Ilarly from four to i've stories high.
but of such spreading grace that. at
q distance. 1t looks like a park
It is costing above $4,000 The
corner stone was laid In 1918 by
- snd ah1 na X%er nsr
British. Belgian, italian. Serbian and
iRumanian ambassadors. 1t is sit
uated on municipal grounds. between
the river and the famous, park. The
Lyon q eneva main line runs beside
the p. L. n. line is building special
branch to the palace-with an equal
tcare Of landscape beauty.
Here 10 new esthetics for heavy
merchandise!
lcles in sheet iron, household utensils
land conveniences, tools and devices
lfof contractors and builders, me-
lchanics, 1ocksmiths, carpenters and
joiners.
There are groups Of metallurgy and
general mechanics, industrial con-
lstructions. metallic building skele-
tons and all kinds of building mate
rails. They buy and sell rubber In
all it's applications. electrical appa-
ratus, building trade novelties. can
lned goods, liquid and solid, agricul-
tural machines. furnishings and
materials. colonial products and ad-
ministration, transport, tourist and
advertising.
The spring fair is market of cleo
trio heating and lighting. general
ditto. pharmacy and drugs. surgical,
dental, optical and meteorological IN
struments, general chemicals. textile
land knitting machinery, embrolderlng
ditto, church decoration. music and
stained glass, natural and artinclal
silks, ft1rs, dyeing and cutting ldem.
linens and women's hats, feathers and
artificial flowers, ready-made CLOTH
ling. haberdashery. lingerie. gloves:
tparasols, corsets, notions, woolens ano
Tissues in hemp, cotton, horsehalr and
linen. shop and Office furniture, shoes.
feathers and morocco. porcelain and
faience, perfumery, soaps and brushes
games, toys. celluloid. paper. card
board, printing and binding. type
writers and office novelties. pho
tographic goods automobiles. jewelry
clockmaking, firearms, sporting goods
sewing machines and aviation.
That Is to say, you can do business
in all these lines.
Compare it with Leipzig.
At Leipzig's fairs only Limited
number of industries do business
The French idea is to let them all
come If Chinaman arrives with q
good line of birds nests they Will
find stall for him.
Evidently. Leipzig's Messpaias.