but also abroad, where merit had already
won a profitable trade.
Appeals had to be made to the patriotism of exhibitors to induce elizabeth nude them to
incur outlays elizabeth nude promising no immediate return. This was especially the case
where it became needful to complete an industrial sequence or illustrate a
class elizabeth nude of processes. One manufacturer elizabeth nude after elizabeth nude another had to be visited and
importuned, and at times, after a promise to exhibit in a particular
section bad been obtained, it would be withdrawn, owing to pressure of
trade orders, and a new quest would have to be made.
The installation of exhibits, too, encountered elizabeth nude many obstacles and involved
unexpected cost. elizabeth nude the exposition was far from ready at elizabeth nude the date fixed elizabeth nude for
its opening. The French elizabeth nude transportation lines were congested with offered
freight. Belated goods had to be hastily installed in unfinished elizabeth nude quarters
with whatever labor could be obtained in the prevailing confusion. Nor was
the task of the Commission lightened by the fact that, owing to the scheme
of classification adopted, it elizabeth nude was impossible to have the entire exhibit of
any one country in the elizabeth nude same elizabeth nude building or more than one group of exhibits in
the same part of any building. Our elizabeth nude installations were scattered on both
sides of the Seine and in widely remote suburbs of Paris, so that
additional assistants were needed for the work of supervision and
arrangement.
Despite elizabeth nude all these drawbacks elizabeth nude the contribution of the United States was not
only the elizabeth nude largest foreign display, but was among the earliest in place and
the most orderly in arrangement. Our exhibits were shown in one hundred and
one out of one hundred and twenty-one classes, and more completely covered
the entire classification
than those of any other nation. In total number
they ranked next after those of
France, and the attractive form in which
they were presented secured general attention.
A criterion of the extent and success of our participation and of the
thoroughness