. Exposition universelle, 1900 : the chefs-d'uvre. ARCHITECTURE 29 which took part such eminent painters as Besnard, Maillart, and Rosset-Granger, was won by a young pupil of the Ecole Nationale des ArtsDecoratifs, M. Camille Boignard, only twenty-two years of age. Theengraving of his design was confidedby M. Picard to Adrien Didier,the engraver, but the design. DECORATION, BY FRANCOIS FLAMENG, FORM-ING PART OF THE PLAFOND OF THESALLE DES FETES. has not escaped ^^ criticism,—as is but natural. Among the general measurestaken by the administration for thepolicing of the Exposition groundsand bu
. Exposition universelle, 1900 : the chefs-d'uvre. ARCHITECTURE 29 which took part such eminent painters as Besnard, Maillart, and Rosset-Granger, was won by a young pupil of the Ecole Nationale des ArtsDecoratifs, M. Camille Boignard, only twenty-two years of age. Theengraving of his design was confidedby M. Picard to Adrien Didier,the engraver, but the design. DECORATION, BY FRANCOIS FLAMENG, FORM-ING PART OF THE PLAFOND OF THESALLE DES FETES. has not escaped ^^ criticism,—as is but natural. Among the general measurestaken by the administration for thepolicing of the Exposition groundsand buildings is one that has been found extremely efficient,—the installation of a brigade of inspectors incivilian costume, for the restraining of any undue exuberance on the partof restaurant waiters, lemonade sellers, the poiissc-pousscs of the rolling-chairs, etc., etc. The latter officials have been in the habit, on fete dayswhen the great influx of the populace diminished the call for their services. JO ARCHITECTURE of amusing themselves by disparaging comments upon the personalappearance of the peasants, bourgeois, and others in the throng, whichwere frequently resented by the objects of these remarks. On theseSundays and festivals also, the gar^ons de cafe, many of tliem supple-mentary for the occasion, have frequently been tempted to yield to the
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