ENTRANCE TO THE FRENCH SECTION IN THE MANUFACTURES BUILDING.—In artistic and elaborate finish, the entrance to the French section in the Manufactures Building would compare favorably with the entrance to the pavilions of any of the great nations in that structure. There was a great porch, which was a semi-dome, supported by Corinthian columns, between which appeared mural paintings of a striking character. The general style of the architecture was a modified Corinthian, yet too ornate to be so classified. Upon either side of the entrance graceful caryatides served as supports. Beneath the semi-dome of the entrance appeared the Statue of the Republic which has so often been described, holding in one hand her appeal to the nations, demanding an effort for universal good by universal concession if possible, but suggesting, as an alternative, the sword, held firmly in the other hand. To describe in detail the ornamentation of the entrance would be but cumbersome, since it has been so often described elsewhere. It was graceful, and a credit to the accomplished nation to whose pavilion it formed the portal. It was Gaelic, but even to Anglo-Saxon eyes extremely beautiful. Very pleasant, not merely from the beginning of the Fair but from a date some time before that, were the relations between the French Government and the Fair authorities. Full of hearty good-will in aiding the undertaking by the United States was the European sister republic. Had all the opportunities been earlier understood, the showing made by France would doubtless have been on a scale even more imposing.