The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1900, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1900. CONFUSION MARKS OPENING OF PARIS EXPOSITION v e VR b2 e, A3 a $ g A, = \1 HE PINT ALEKANDER GENERALVIEW QF /; COM.GENERAL ERDINANDW.PECK UNITED STATES > RS U AT R ¥ B2 a8 ~ PRINCIPAL ATTRACTIONS HE Exposition authorities themselves do not know * SIS what will be the most popular and striking feature of * the Exposition, but it will doubtless prove to be one 5 of the following, all of them novel and attractive: 0 b * 1. The street of modern Paris, running along the em- » Dbankment from the Place de la Concorde to the Pont de £ I’Alma. This will illustrate the art and wit of France, and () will contain palaces of dancing, song, and all that is refined * % in the curiosities of Paris. The directors of the Opera and ,, another leading Paris theater are engaged upon its elab- oration. ; 2. M. Deloncle’s telescope, bringing the moon’s sur- face apparently within forty kilometres (twenty-five mile * of the spectator. % 3. A city of gold, near the Trocadero, showing every ) detail of gold production, with Californian miners and * models of the mines. 4 4. A gigantic turning palace, or revolving tower, 100 vards high and lighted throughout by electricity. ot 5. The grand and little palaces of the fine arts of all A TR o o o i % nations. 6. The pavilion of the press, and those of the spec * commissioners, which will be scattered over the area. x 7- An enormous terrestrial globe by the famous French geographer, M. Reclus, placed, owing to its size, outside the Exposition proper. * 8. Palace of the army and navy, and a palace of food, or alimentation. In addition to these there will almost certainly be a * Woman’s Palace, showing the development of fem- inine education, training and labor; a switchback; a colos- sal vat; an enormous bell; imitation of the ' Blue Grotto of entrance to the grounds, stands on the Cours de la Reine, * Capri, of the fountain of Vaucluse; captive balloons; a cy- % HE United States building stands on the Quai &'Orsay t de la Concorde. It is preceded by two grand A . : : 2 ? 5 has a frontage of eighty-five feet and a depth A g clorama of the war of secession in America, and other de- ( T ed by electric lig hough mod feet above the ground. The main feature is th 2 it is certainly one of the features of the expo- vices to interest, charm or amuse. cost of the building itself, aside from th n splendor of its decorations, between the Ottoman pavilion and that of the Austro-Hungarian emy B S e e N e closed by an ornamental and decorated at ork, on which are al | TAEUNITED STATES BUILDING. <k XN AT T R W N R A K K M R K T R R TR TR structures | of France, with its own inclosure, its 1889 fal administration—all the | Jul: T S S e ence dates from ; The whole is i ject was brought | palisade painted gre ntervals with tre of thes led panoramic view | gates, its spe od s an unriv: and dive 10t enter the expo but_will only in- [ will pres >t the s palaces I_) from the out- | to the nts of the Presidential barge | complicated services of an autonomous | befo: | Carnot _by g on that _the | on th up the Seine from the Tro- | city. Roche, then ister of Public | trained climbing vi 1d creepers, giv electricity, L £ th shells | Alexander bridge. | It is, indeed, a marvelous city; a city of | On Juiy 13 following President Carnot most pleasing effect to the eye. and is incon- r xt e 2% decided to celebrate the | a dream, uniquely composed of magnifi- | sued a decree b rty-six gutes in all give entrance to d th scadero morrow ti 1 by pardoning all army and | cent palaces rising on all sides along tri- | position of works of art a s the grounds, so situated' and of such size - 1 d the inter rs who are undergoing sen- | umphal way ivenues set with tre gar- [ and agricultural products. e was s to give convenient and ready passag: r nstallation will be re- ior offenses. All sailors and | dens designed with art and kept up with | fixed at May 15 to October 31, . but | to the vast crowds of people that will T s to receive a special ration of [ minutest care. subsequently changed to April 15 to No- | come from every qu rlvrr;.l the city at the im;n des In auguration ceremo- 1 MOrrow. 5 vember 15, 1900. Preliminary studies were | Rearest point of approach. | zone para D ny upon the weather | A list of about fifty decorations of the Monuments to Modern Skill. made, a fnancial scheme dévised and an | Within the Grounds palaces f ear- | Lo-morrc ily promises to be | Legion of ¥ erred upon French Everywhere are superb perspectives un- | administration instituted. o [-‘:4 inumy 2 rangi the | fine 1eexposition grounds | exposition officials, has been promulgated. | ceasingly raised, all the people in the | Generally speaking, the exposition, as| Looking at any map of Paris or plan of : of Mirtn, . will cc ue all night able slough of despon- | M. Alfred Picard. the commissioner gen- world-RaVing 00-operdted in the: comiit has been all the preliminary work, is un- | the grounds it is easy to form an idea of ariums, rhs- ited | 960CY eral, heads the list with the grand cross. omitian | 288 HRen & e S ho Minister o7 Com- u . many other when the invited ete condition of the — work and to it brought their skill, their | pif (1 0T B TG Cugh the working the situation and importance of the vari- isposition en " | Loubet will be able | Loubet Will Press the Button. taste and thelr typlcal architecture. It|head has been and is now M. Alfred | OuS parts of the exposition, which is di- > immensity te bor of cleas- | toenjoy th The first | g g vposition Universelle Interna- | 18 the entire world in summary. It is also | Picard, commissioner general, assisted by | vided by the topography oo Bngp . vt T g soldiers have | ¢fom the Troc i d'fta | tlonale de Paris” will be officially inaugu- | the resume of the history of an age of | Secretary General Hentl Chardon birect- | joj.ldent’ of each other, vet intimately whole ¢ to begin at 2| With artistic side and | rated to-day at 6 a. m., San Francisco C"A‘]‘l'z‘a;éog-e"‘ of the closing century, ali | Belleville and six other directors of the | connected with the general plan and with | without missic 8 more o begin & e cente by e ense e. a cere v ars e Sl 0 - ot v a . enjoyable T ds ) p Mille Minister of | anches of the it ' by the immens | time. The ceremony will lalkeh Dla.;e In | ipe countries of the world, have adorned | Various sections of the work. Rt e oF e P J ; beogpil « ke augural ad- | The second Is the vista from the Champs | L1 jmmense Salle desFetes of the Champ | these palaces and filled them with the Extent of the Big Enterprise. Elysees, the Petit Palais, devoted to I be avolded. % across the mew Alexander bigbs | de Mars, which occupies the center of the [ most perfect productions of thelr arts and French art alone from its origin to the jcati s "M15° | former machinery bullding of the exposi- | sciences, of the innumerable branches of | The actual land area “’;_‘h"} the In- | ., cent time, and the Grand Palais, de- The Intercommunication. »f Napoleon I rising | tion of 1889, President Loubet will press | human activity. - And from all parts of | closure of the exposition of 120 is consid- | yoted to the fine arts generally, form a | Perfect easy passage be- an electric bution and the great exposi- | the world gather the multitudes who-peo- | erably greater than that of 1889, being | homogeneous whole, distinct from the rest | tween th ing oh oppo- tion of 1900 will be launched. ple this glorious city. about 268 acres, of which 72 acres are |of the exposition. 'Across the Seine, yeu |« . ,me 2500 yards to the new es of handsome edifices, in To-morrow, KEaster Sunday, the gates| Though it will vanish like a beautiful | covered by buildings. The site occupied |closely connected by the Pont Alexandre X ent bridges and ich he will be collected the exhibits will be thrown cpen to the public. dream at the end of six months, the expo- | includes the public grounds on both sides | 111, the Esplanade des Invalides, with its | T rary structures The exposition | der the varied industries, these facs This grand manifestation, a worthy cor- | sition of 1900 will be the consecration of a | of the Seine from the Place de la Concorde | palaces of “divers industries.”” and of the | for foot purpose the ) v the remainder | being embellished by groups of sculpture | onation of the ciosing century, easily sur- | date in the industrial history of the world. | to the Pont d= I’Alma, which area includes | “‘decoration and furnishing of public / Pont Ale ental work the 0z mal opening to the pub- | and by huge and effective paintings of al. | passes in splendcr all of those which have | The exposition of 1900 is the fifth of the | the Champ de Mars, the Trocadero, the | buildings and habitations,” forms another | of most lay legorical subjects, preceded it. It s the result of a colossal | series of irand expositions that have been | Quai d’Orsay, the Esplanade des Inva- | not less autonomous. structed. covered The third prospect is the scene looking | sum of ideas, of which the best have been | held in the “city of great devices.” The |1jdes, the Quai de la Conference, the Cours | The Rue des Nations—that is to say. the | planade ¢ ong the Seine embankment, upon which | preserved by a series of happy selections | first was in 1855, the next in 1857, the third | de Ia Reine and that part of the Champs |double line of palaces of foreign powers | nue be: are erected the national pavilions of the | and realized by six years of material ef- | in 1878 and the fourth, commemorating the | Elysees on which until recently stood the | —which siretches along the left bank of A Grand debris of every | foreign nations, forts. These efforts have brought into | centenary of French independence, in 1889. [ Palais de I'Industrie, and the grounds ad- | the Seine, between the Pont des Invalides | low it co e Il the arteries of | production of some famous building t existence a veritable new city, forming an | The idea of a_grand exposition ‘for the | jacent as far as the Place de la Concorde, (and the Pont de I’Alma. presents likewise | lides. the Pont de I'Alma and the Pont P This is only to pre- fying the national architecture of “the | agglomeration, distinctly separate and | closing year of the century was mooted | where stands the principal entrance, the |a peculiar physiognomy and finds "se"l de Jena, which latter has been consider- series of tableaus for the President ' country it represents. The bright colors ! apart, in the midst of the grand capital ' soon after the close of the exposition of | monumental gate. localized in a distinct zone with the palace ! ably widened. Loubet will re- | Elyse 1 v[hw'u o w :’]k to the Hotel des In 21K | ed dome of the tomb rounds and aft- | yp at the farther end and flanked firstly er craft, he an avenue of trees and then by e mp For thi char lies in the axis ¢ des and t pare a