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The Chinese Exhibit
THE- ILLUSTRATED BEE.
At the Paris Show
(Copyright, WW, by V. Clrlbuyedorr.)
I'AUIS, July 28. When a French orator
wants to apply tho biggest words In his
vocabulary to tho unlvorsal exposition ho
styles It a "festival of peace, uniting all
tho nations In the brotherhood of labor."
To the cusunl visitor, or to tho poroon
who reads about the big show from afar,
this limy seen n fanciful and exaggerated
phraoo, but now and then, as ono wandors
through tho grounds, ho boos a spectnclo
that realizes tho preclso sort of Interna
tional fraternity to which tho Frenchman
refers.
A striking Instance of this Is vlslblo at
the foot of tho stairway leading from thu
Trocadero Into the exhibition grounds. Im
mediately on the left is an enormous lur
retcd castle, tho Imposing facade of which
runs about 200 feot along tho thoroughare,
and whoso Irrcgulnr sides stretch twlco as
far back and end In n forest of detached
bulldlngH of most plcturesiiuo effect. There
Is no need to try and figure out tho na
tionality of tho cdlflco from tho big In
scription over tho main portal, printed in
letters of n strange alphabet, Tho general
architecture of thu big strucluro tolls
plainly as words that It lu Ilusslan, yut
In the wido vestlbulo you sco a sight that
makes you doubt tho lnforonco. Seated
thero aro half a dozen Chlneso In their
flowing robes of silk.
No IIomIIIII)' Here.
Tho newspapers aro full of startling talcs
these days from Pckln, and tho pivotal
point of most cablegrams Is tho Intonso
hostility that exists between tho Chlneso
and the llusshins, English uuwspapors
persistently hint that Tartar machina
tions have brought about thu Iloxor
troubles, so that Russia might have a pre
text for rushing In anil grabbing territory,
and tho samo Journals gtvo tho Impression
that tho Flowery Kingdom Is less Inimical
with dragons, Insects, Hashing, mnny-hued
birds and effigies of tho funny-faced llttlo
men and women familiar to our oyes since
childhood, carved In stnlned woods, project
ing from every Bide. In doorways and
window sills, on balconies and in tho
gnrdens, thero aro flowers everywhere ; nnd
tho pagodas nnd painted roofs overhead
blend with tho thick-leaved branches of tho
trees, lending Irresistibly to tho thought:
"This Is tho land of tho picturesque, the
verltablo Flowery Kingdom."
l.'liliiiiiii-ii al Home In I'iii'Im,
Sitting on tho porches before their houses
or shops, or strolling nonchalantly through
tho gardens, aro almond-eyed Celestials
precisely us they may bo seen In tholr native
land. This Is Chlnn, Idealized, If you will,
but surely having llttlo in common with
tho squalid, dirty sights that affront tho
visitor to tho Chlnntown of many an Ameri
can city. In nil tho vista roundabout there
Is nut a single laundry, and no John China
man, with his queue tucked up under his
dilapidated "Mollcnn" cap nnd lu his
slovenly blouse, squirting wntor at a
wriggling shirt. Hero tho whole picture Is
different. Tho yellow men at tho exposi
tion aro nt tholr best; they comport them
selves with dignity, making It understood
thnt they como from classes In tho vast
empire which hold themselves far above the
sordid specimens of Celestial humanity that
havu given Christian nations their Impres
sion of tho ancient raco.
Viewed as an enscmblo or In detail, the
Chinese exhibit at Paris manifests extreme
cleverness on tho part of Us designers In
presenting an effect thnt Is true to life at
tho samo tlmo that It Is most artistically
picturesque It was a difficult undertak
ing to construct a Chlneso vlllngo that
would prove ono of tho most thoroughly In
teresting features of tho great show nnd
vlo In attractiveness with tho countless
novelties exhibited by the whltn races.
OHAND ENTRANCE TO CHINESE SUCTION AT I'AUIS EXPOSITION.
to Christians la general than to voracious
Hush In lu particular. Tho man from any
where who conies down those Trocadero
steps nnd tumbles upon six Chlnnmon sil
ting placidly happy In tho Uusslan vestl
bulo Is likely to think ho Is dreaming.
Standing thereabouts ho sees men In
Uusslnn uniforms, botween whom nnd tho
subjects of tho son of heaven tho best
of good feeling obviously exists. Then tho
visitor renllzcH that tho French orator
must bo right and that tho exhibition
ronlly is a festlvnl of peace and brothor
hood. Following tho oxnmplo of nnturo, which
made thorn a sort of geographical neigh
bors, tho exposition authorities, with tho
cordlnt concurrence of both nations, havo
allotted tho Russians and tho Chlneso ad
joining strips of torrltory that Isnlato
them from tho rest of mankind nnd onnblo
thorn to llvo In a harmony thnt Is mot
picturesquely effective.
Movlnur I'liiioriiimi.
Tho visitor has scarcely renched tho foot
of tho Trocadero stnlrwny before ho Is con
fronted by a corner tower of tho Russo
Asiatic palaco, over tho door of which Is
the notice:
TRANS-SIRERIAN RAILROAD.
Voj'iibo from Moskow to IVltln.
There Is a train lusldo thnt carries travel
ers ovir that long route in an hour, tho
trip being nccolerated by Imagination In
flamed by a moving panorama. When tho
train runs Into tho sacred city, or tho do
luded traveler fancies It has, ho descouds
from tho luxurious Pullman, passes through
tho railway station and then out Into tho
streets of whnt suroly looks like tho loveliest
corner of a Chlneso metropolis. Tho most
'stolid European or American Is bound to
bo enchanted when ho looks around and
to forget that ho Is really In Paris. On
all sides one boholds captivating specimens
of Mongolian architecture housos that look
llko pictures cut from a Chlneso screen,
brilliant In color, odd nnd fanciful In shnpo,
fascinating or weird In their decorations,
AllRUHt 5, 1000.
Humor in the Jungle
"Ocneral," said Lieutenant Muchnfrnldo,
ns tho descent of tho shades of night made
It posslblo for him and his august com
mander to poke their bends out of tho cave
for a breath of fresh air, "why are you llko
Niagara falls?"
"Glvo It up," said Agulnaldo, after a
hard think, "unless U'h becauso no one has
over succeeded In shooting me."
"Nope," said tho subaltern, edging ott
behind n pile of rocks, "It's becauso you'ro
running nil the time."
Thus will merry staff ofllcers drive dull
euro away, even from a fallen lender.
REPRESENTATION OF A CHINESE FUNERAL.
Other countries were nblu to send to Paris
products of tholr latest manufactures In
every conceivable lino of Industry nnd In
vention, but lu those respects China was
handicapped, for tho China of today has
nothing now to show, nothing thnt It could
not havo exhibited Just as well one, two or
even ten conturlcs ago.
Whllo other nutlons, Japan among them,
forwardod to tho unlvorsal exhibition sam
ples of tholr most recent dovolopmonts in
tho way of army and naval equipments and
conntructlon, armament, otc, tho govern
ment of tho dowager omprrfui had nothing
of thnt kind to show, or at least nothing
that It cared to let tho world kuow about.
Moasured strictly from an up-to-duto stand
point, thcroforo, tho Chinese exhibit was
overwolghed from tho start. This fact,
howover, only emphasizes tho Intelligent
enro and ability manifested by Its designers
In limiting It what it unquestionably lu one
of tho moat Interesting and attractive
features of tho groat fair.
At tho head of tho Chlneso ncction Ib M.
Charles Vopercnu, a Frenchman, who has
spent thirty years of bis llfo In the Celestial
omplre. Few foreigner know that great
country so well as ho and when appointed
rommlstdcncr general of China ho not about
hl work with energy, zeal and knowledge.
Mo solected thu best models of architecture
for tho various buildings ho proposed to
construct, conscientiously doturmlned to
make thorn represent China to tho lite.
Tho section assigned to China suited the
purpeso admirably, for It embraced a bit
of rolling ground that wna deemed fairly
characteristic of u Chlneso landscape, nt the
samo tlmo containing many flowering trees
nnd shrubs that fitted to perfection tho
nrchltocturo of tho buildings nnd tbo ar
rangement of tho gardens.
Tho various structures nro grouped
about In a fashion that In nowise sug
gests tho idea of boing ovorcrowdod for
spaco. Four of these buildings aro ex
clusively dovnted to tho exhibits of tho
Chlnoso government. Six others aro used
to illustrate various phases of tho com
mercial, Industrial and social llfo of tho
emplro.
In tho official buildings nro shown superb
collections of Chlneso nrt works, embrac
ing objects du virtu In metal, wood and
precious stuffs. Exqulslto paintings repre
senting Chlneso landscapes, some of which
were tho handiwork of tho greatest artists
whom China has over produced, aro shown,
it would requlru volumes to glvo oven nn
Imperfect description of many of tho su
perb pieces, but ono may Imagine their
character and priceless vuluo from tho
lesser collections ono sees In tho great
museums throughout tho world.
llliiNlriilo Sitelnl I. Uc.
An Intorcstlnp feature of tho olllclal ex
hibit Is tho wax figures, standlug, In tho
most llfultko positions, hero nnd thero
about tho building. In general appearance,
In fnclal traits, In the shapes of mous
taches and beards, In tho vnrlous fashions
of wenrlng tho quoue, nnd, particularly. In
thu costumes, these intoresting mnnnlklns
Illustrate the ninny social grades in China
nnd tho Inflnlto provincial races of which
the vast emplro Is composed.
To tho averago visitor It Is by no means
nn enoy thing to distinguish a living
Chinese from ono of theso Imitation men.
In complexion nnd in the passivity of his
expression tho living Chinaman whom
you may sco stnndlng about often looks
more llko n wax flguro than tho wax figures
themselves. About tho only way to tell
them npnrt Is tho label that Is hung from
tho front of tho Inanlmnto men. It reads,
In French: "Please do not touch."
If you seo n silk-robed Chjnnman with
out this sign you may nssutuo ho Is alive.
All visitors, howover, do not know this
rule, nnd consequently tho living nttend
nnts who stand guard In the buildings In
eloso Juxtnposltlou with their wnx country
men nro dally subjected to funny mlstnkos.
A row of Chlneso shops, attended by
morchnnts from Pekln, Tien Tsln nnd
Shanghai, ndd another attractive fcaturo
to tho section, and further heighten tho
Illusion thnt tho stranger has really boon
cnrrlod Into tho heart of tho land of flowers.
Far and away tho most conspicuous
olomont In the Chlneso oxposltlon Is a huge,
pngoda-Blmped building modeled after ono
of the country palaces of tho emperor. On
tho ground floor Is a general mart, where all
sorts of native curiosities nro exposed. An
oxterlor stnlrvvay, with tho bannisters
brilliant with (lowers, lends to the second
floor, where u big hall, beautifully decorated
in the Chlneso fashion with wall paintings,
curtnlns, mnttings, chairs, etc., Is devoted
to tho purposes of a theater. Here
picsttdlgltntcurs and miracle workers give
four exhibitions each day.
Overhead Is the restaurant, not only the
gem place of the section, but one of thu
most popular nnd fnshlnnnblo spots lu all
tho exhibition grounds. Tho Interior decora
tion Is sumptuous In thu extreme, nnd tho
silver dragon, employed profusely In nil tho
decorations, shows that tho building Is n
literal reproduction of nn Imperial abode.
A wide, pagoda-peaked balcony is spread
with tables, nnd from that spot one realizes
an additional reason for the exceptional
popularity of tho Chinese restaurant.
Stretching away off in the distance Is nn
exquisite vlstn. You bco tho inflnlto variety
of the foreign representative buildings, the
Seine flowing by; beyond It the graceful
lines of the Eiffel tower, forming n frame to
tho gardens of the Champ do Mars, nnd
tho wholo picture, walled, far away, by the
beautiful Chateau d'Eau, from which falls
a mighty enscado of water, flashing In tho
sunlight, or still more bowUchlng nt night
when dazzling lights nro flashed upon tho
Nlngnrn-llko waterfalls.
When you stand thero you understand why
It Is neccssnry to secure a table a wholo
week ahead If you want to dlno nt tho
Chlneso restaurant. And when you dlno
thero you may bo told that tho cooks nre
Chlneso, but you nre sure they havo been
well taught how to cook a la Francnlse.
And nnothcr thing Is certain, though you
mny forget many things nt tho Paris
exposition, you nre likely to remember for
many years the Chlneso section.
Wouldn't Worry Him
Chlcngo Post: "Of course, If you want to
go Into politics, that's your own lookout,"
said tho wise citizen, "but I think It's fool
ish for n man who Is ordinarily successful
In any other line. You know they eay
politics makes strango bedfollows."
"Oh, that won't worry mo In tho leant,"
ro turned tho r.mbltloue man promptly.
"Why, I woe a commercial traveler with n
routo that took In smnll towns In tho west
for seven years."
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