The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1899, Page 27

THE DAY CALL. t s almost easy > number of people e day up to about $5 S ference in rates depends not so much on of the room which one se- cures as on the number of flights o stairs one must climb before very few pensions in Paris which are provided with elevators, al- though most of them are from flve to Furnished rooms in neighborhoods, with good an be hired as it. There ar : Paris exposi- seven stories high. respectable attendance and candl that price the visiting American can go as much higher as he pleases. These are the prices of the ordinary Add to them 15 per cent and you will have an idea of about will be charged during the exposition s there will for sale at that ge prices will hand it will ult to form an estimate of t of a com- Paris Exposition With these figures t the lowest fortable trip to the and maintenance while here will cost. t cabin figures—$50 each —that gives $100 for steamer tick- to which must be added $20 for tips and expenses on the steamer, making in transportation over and In Paris, as explained, about the respectably e in a furnished room, taking In this way 11 francs can be made to f maintenance. cposition will cost 5 francs, or ge of being econd-cabin t as it does now, ake the low there always is, a e modes. of living in the One will be back on a ten-day boat. meals outside. And no matter how many of us come T here, we are all likely to be pretty gay and beau- t beautiful host comfortable. tiful at its and will be g: yer and more The exposition wi This will to a large extent be due to the fact that, FRE YOU GOING TO PAR JUST WHAT IT WILL COST YOU TO SEE THE BIG SHOW AND HOW MANY OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN WILL BE THERE TO engaged in preparing some of the de- signs for the French decorations, tells me that there will be thirty miles of streets more beautifully decorated than any were in London, and that the deco- rations will not be for a day, but planned to remain in good condition for the entire summer. The Champs Elysee, for instance, from which the main entrance to the grounds will open, will be flanked 1 decorated columns, some sculptured, some covered with bunting, and some decorated with cut flowers, which will be renewed daily. Out on the Avenue Rapp are the splendid offices of the American com- missioner. When I was there recently Commissioner Peck was away, but smooth-faced, pleasant-mannered Com- missioner Woodward told me that the plans for the American pavilion had that day been approved by the special fire department which had been or- ganized for the exposition. He showed me the design for the facade, but was not at liberty to permit its publica- tion just then. It will be reminiscent of the Administration building at the World’s Fair in Chicago, and will be quite the finest building erected by any visiting nation. Its elaborate —hite front, surmounted by a tremendous dome 180 feet high, will rise majestic on the banks of the Seine a little be- A Part of the Electrical Palace--By a Combination of Running Water and Electric Lights This Wiil Be Madz the Most Beautiful Building Evar Seen. Its site now is the pleasant s. Whatever v have been the eling at France rd rica at time of the Spanish-American war, and whatever general sentiment of the may be th rance t the people of now, F has cerainly wn the greatest desire to be agree oners and gener- ard she PP e ous to our exhibitors. Notwithstanding differing reports concerning the amount of space allot- ted to America by the Paris managers, the fact remains that America has been ENJOY IT American Statue of Electricity, Place de la Concord, Paris Ex- position. given a larger floor area than any other one exhibiting nation; and when the space on whi¢h our pavilion wi was dedicated in the presence missioner Peck and staff the Frenchman in charge turned courte ously to the commissioner and said: “Gentlemen, you are on American sofl; you need not cross the ocean to be in your native land. France welcomes the presence of this small plece of Ameri- can territory as she ever has and ever will welcome the citizens of your coun- trys” The American pavilion will have a floor area of 76x90 feet. There will be four stories, and aside from the offices of the commissioner general and his staff of twelve commissfoners for 1900 the building will be practicall for visiting Americans. There v resting-rooms, smok- rea ooms, ing: toilet-rooms, a bt for guides indorsed by the commissioner, a the York Cha.aber o Commerce, facilities for exchanging and offices of American express s. en with all these thin there will be space left to utilized It is probable that this will be divided separate States and , in which one of the es will be complete files of home papers companies. be for ups of State 1 asked Cor sioner Woodward what he thought would be the finest Ameri- can exhibit Probably machinery and electrict “I expect America to take > replied. re space in those sections than in s other. In one field, which was at the beginning essentially French, we have made marked inroads. Our ex- hibit of American automobiles will be extremely fine. “Another and very gratifying exhibit WITH YOU. will be that which our painters will make. Our share of the art section will unquestionably be a revelation to France. There is something fine i thinking that America, the newe: the countries, will come over here and do something in the very art center of the Old World which will be striking and meritorious. The man in charge of the work of collection and arrange- ment—John B. Cauldwell of New York —will, I am sure, please everybody. “Some of the State exhibits will be very fine. California is particularly proud of its horticultural interests: New York is anxious to show its great strides In the path leading toward popular education, Towa and Illinois have both appropriated large sums to- ward making their agricultural display perfect and developing the idea of es- tablishing experiments in kitchen and cooking work. These two States will especially emphasize the advantage of corn as a food product. Corn is little known over here, and the Frenchman— who always likes good things to eat— will open his eyes and smack his lips when he tastes our American corn muffins. The American Government and the various State governments will offictal- ly spend more than $3,000,000 on the ex- position. The Federal appropriation amounts to $1,200,000, and in addition to ) | { [ = o u buildings will be superb, two particu- larly—the great and "_ttle palac p will glare fine and almost virgi on the Champs = after the finished will be than anything that Chicago is not because of their impre sign, nor because of their tremendous size, but because of the fact that th have been con- structed of solid stone, without any ¢ the subterfuges usually resorted to | exposition bu n and planned to remain permanent after the Paris show of 1900 has passed into one of the memories of the great French capital From the same vast subterran in which the Catacombs grin g horrid beneath the city the stone these buildings has been ex tremendous blocks, soft workable as clay. to the air hardens it this pleasant sand- stone can be easily carved into those delightful designs of which the French sculptors are so thoroughly the mas- ters. You can saw this stone with cross- cut saws, as they saw logs in the for- est of Michigan. You can chip it with axes as the American carpenter chips his timber with his adze. for avated in and almost Before the exposure has the whiten ble after it has bee tion. The whole tre in which these great buildings are be- ing constructed shines and glitters blindingly from the white dust of this strange stone. These buildings form a group by themselves and between them will be the beginning of the exposition’s great aversie. From them it will reach to the Alexander Bridge, a magnificent structure of iron an carved stone, more than twice as wide as any other bridge in Paris. This bridge is ‘he very climax of the Russian frenzy needed to go arr tlon; the Paris rulers were chan Parisian of to-da Paris where intrigy conspiring only Across the bridge, of the Hotel de great avenue ul which at this = cap and tawd : by th Paris expc that unique thi of old tower, not in its ry of i wa n on trac . gay days and running wate: an exaggerated resemblance wild hilarity of Chi will also be located in this neighbor- hood. Old Paris—A Faithful Reproduction of the that almost every one of the States has appropriated a sum. These State ap- propriations range between $10,000 and $120,000. . The man who said that every street in Paris seemed to be called the “Rue Barree” (closed stréet) spoke wisely. French capital is literally torn asunder and turned upside down by the approaching exposition. It is pleasant for an American who knows aught of our World's Fair of 1894 to contemplate the exposition ounds in Paris. They w not com< pere with the great World's Falr grounds in Chicago. This may be wholly because of the circumscribed space, and it may be bécause the French do nct understand as well as we do how to lay out-the site for such a great show. There wili bé no such whole at Paris in 1900 as there was in Chicago six years before. Some of the which oppressed Parls two years ago when the Czar paid his respects to the French capital. Its iron work and its stone work are full of designs and symbols indicating the fact that it was planned in honor of the Czar. France is somewhat uncertain in her forelgn relations with the balance of the world, and what she would do with this marvelous bridge in case the cor- diality now existing between herself and -Riussia should suddenly cease is an interesting matter for speculation. Not far above it a great embankment has been built out into the Seine, which will carry one of the most interesting po- groups of buildings in the entire sition. These will represent Old Par Stuccoed and browm-beamed, about; the Paris where every high- peaked and pliant, they will show the visitor of next vear a glimpse of the Paris which Hugo and Dumcs wrote man @ncient City. The most elaborate preparations being made by the ties for handling the tric underground rz of construction and completed. It will consi lined with white ti course, because i powe and other di in connection street car lin will furnish a D trip, long or short, in a Ps 30 cents. The rate by the hour is ting the Paris ill be di stage of its prep: n s to see that it will be a great and mar velous show. EDWARD MARSHALL. world that thc ginally so nam. tresh peach, not the and In these days we The couplet from which drawn than d tender Denys “There lived a knight, when knighthood was in flower, o AN S Who charmed alike the tilt-yard and the xjous heart until she g found a bosom to Catherine, that not nd Sir Petard, Master And many a reader has been won by the is an excellent an titles from, for it runs the emotion known and un- For Miss Mar- tnviting sele source to gl soul of man. > it {s fortunate that Mr. lived and written, for Mr. Major, since his work i8 to_be dramatized, it is fortunate that Miss Marlowe has lived and acted. “For whom?" is a le: dramatization ““The Gadfly” Montanella is the most dra- matic figure, but since the play is for Stu- king him the central figure is not to be thought of. and “The Gadfly” will dominate, i ) cannot be dismissed of the quill. a few scratches juch of nature can clutch the heart more ofd Brother of hair in Gerard's offin was to be closed and put the t ‘Th than when ading question when cleared the cel 2 dead man’'s bo romantic novel from the publishers’ press, and still the busy playwijght reads and reads and . it may be sald in defense that we times luprove by golng bagck, and CHARLES MAJOR, Author of *“When Kpighthood Was in Flov{g THE ROMANTIC but lttle he can use, because much that is so styled is romantic in name only. Volumes of short stories are a grateful boon to the busy man and woman in this workaday world, and when they are pow- erful or interesting or cieverly written or full of delightful thought grateful. George Cab most decorative langu s given us in “The Solitary” a s! ¥ of wonderful allegorical beauty. It con- tains the moral biography of many struggling human souls whose only salva- tion lies in finding out in time that the the temptations of life are too strong for many, and that “they must keep their world trimmed down to where they can run barefoot on the sand,” if they would rise above the brute. The story is found in_“Strong H swhat re publication. ni Emerald.” oy Mrs. Burton Harrison, is another book of short stories. deriving its name from the least interesting tale in the publication, possessing dramatic but no literary value whatever. “An Author's Reading and Its Consequences’ is by far the best of the group, and an excellent best it is, giving a singularly human coloring to a phase of life familiar to us all—the struggle for supremacy in a women's literary club. The names selected for the characters are yerv bappy hits. “A GIrl of the Period and “A Stolen Stradivarius” are also very clever tales. The short story, the multum in parvo, is not for all to write, but it is good for man to find when he is lagging and beginning to be bored and Inclined to take & pessimistic view of life at large. CHARLOTTE THOMPSON. hort story In last Sunday's Call b the authorship of “The Jungle” was attributed to A. Conan Doyle instead of Dr. Charles Do; Dr. Doyle is a physician of Santa Cruz and #as born at_a little hill station of the Hfma- layas. He spoke Hindustani with his first babbling accents, and therefore knows his jungle of the Teral. Hence the charm of the little book. The mistake i3 to be re- grotted. New Books Received. MEMOIRS OF THE CAMPAIGN OF SANTIAGO—By James A. Moss. (The M%sell-flolllnfl Col'en(;)an)'. San Francisco.) he following dedication fully explains the purposes of the work: ““The publication of this unpretentious booklet is actuated by the sole desire of placing a fitting souvenir in the hands of the officers and the men by whose side the author endured the hardships and faced the dangers of the campaign—the gallant officers who did their duty with ecoming modesty: the brave negro sol- diers who never hesitated at the command to advance, nor faltered at the order to chflrfie. but who, with implicit faith and confidence followed wherever their white officers led. With affectiogate respect, an_oversight aming of the these pages are dedicated to the memory of the gallant officers and the brave men who followed the flag into that realm where “The war drum throbs no lo And the battle flags are furl The work is a complete _itin enty-fifth Un Company G, nited Infant August 18, A DUCAL SF N—By Heloise rant Rose. (F on York.) A story of a mother's self-sacrifice for the worldly adv »ment of her chi The book giv of Oxford life HARI G. Se « ennyson New York.) An American story of home life in New England and the South. The char- acters are fairly well drawn Southerners before the war. in tone and somewhat dramatic in inci- dent. THE MAID HE MARRIED—By Harriet Presco jofford. _(Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago and New York.) A republication by courtesy of Messrs. Harper & Bros. One of the Blue Cloth Book Se The ry of a rough dia- by woman Uncle Apr refinement, gate holds but mond polished wit and beauty the stage nc y and freq finally endears himself to us by h for his niece Josephine and his anxiel for her domestic happiness. The tale short but full of charm of color and atmosphere that all Mrs. Spofford’s stor- fes contain. THE LADY OF THE FLAG FLOWERS Florence Wilkinson. (Herbert S. “0., Chicago and New York.) 12mo; % cents. A story of life in French Canada, based upon the peculiar superstitions of the Hu- rons and childlike peasants of the lo- cale. The title has reference to an indian myth of a water witch of the Riviere du Grand Resert. To pronounce the witch's name at midnight on her river causes her to appear and prophesy one’s doom. A French-Indian child by her temerity in- vites this calamity, and at the close of a love romance meets a tragic death. The story is well handied. THE PEDAGOGUES. A story of the Harvard Summer School. Stanwood Pler. (Small, Maynard & Co., Boston.) A story depicting widely differ- ent types of character. such as one would expect to find in any summer school. George C. Gorch and Jessie Deagle come from Peru, O., to study at the Harvard Summer S¢hool. Goreh comes for pur- oses of serfous study, and Jessie merely ecause he does, the two being affianced lovers. Jessie falls in love with Palatine, the English instructor, who seems at first something of a prig. She believes Pala- tine reciprocates her affections and leads poor Gorch on to the same bellef. Gorch seeks revenge through the medium of a theme, and thus Palatine the oppoTIURitY to show the betjer By Arthur The w character sends J haw and ready Jess. a st attempt ftable. Literary News. The only contribution by General Mer- ritt to the literature for its reve Aguinaldc cans followi fiction illustratic An_eight will be issued by Rand, McN the following titl lads, De -volume by Deodars and the Tales From t Appleton’s Populir Science Monthly August will contain an article by ton Morgan on the result of the I vears islation A manuscript for earl Mr.. Fisher Irwin_is vaslon of Russia." It is from ih Mr. Clar! Adventure,” in the hands of Jam den for publication, the best book he ever written. At least readers support this opinio nounce the work superior to * of the Grosvenor.” It is estimated that M ‘have made $500,000 out of th tion of “The Little Minister. authors are writing with a view to pos- sible selectign by playwrights.