. Review of reviews and world's work. THE SECTION DOMINATED BY THE ARCH OF THE EIFFEL TOWER. PARIS AND THE EXPOSITION OF 1900. 687. PALACE OP ELECTIlIClTy. building a wide sheet of water descends, in aseries of cascades affording opportunity for bril-liant evening effects with colored electric behind this brave front—witli itsriotous sculpture, its highly colored decorativepainting, its countless electric lights and its spec-tacular cataiacts—is a vast amphitheater calledthe Salle des Fetes. This is designed for con-certs, receptions, or other occasions whore roomfor many th
. Review of reviews and world's work. THE SECTION DOMINATED BY THE ARCH OF THE EIFFEL TOWER. PARIS AND THE EXPOSITION OF 1900. 687. PALACE OP ELECTIlIClTy. building a wide sheet of water descends, in aseries of cascades affording opportunity for bril-liant evening effects with colored electric behind this brave front—witli itsriotous sculpture, its highly colored decorativepainting, its countless electric lights and its spec-tacular cataiacts—is a vast amphitheater calledthe Salle des Fetes. This is designed for con-certs, receptions, or other occasions whore roomfor many thousands of people is needed. Oneither side of ilie Salle des Fetes, and continuouswith it, are the structures devoted to the dis-play of the agricultural exhibits of France andforeign nations. Even here the art spirit dom-inates : and the ordinary visitor will certainlyfind himself more inclined to study the wonder-ful freedom and fantastic beauty of the decora-tions of the Hungarian and Austrian sections,for example, than to go seriously into the evi-dence they give of progress in the culture of thesoil and in the method
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