The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-18
rLAN OF TIE EXH 8lTIoN,


PLAN OF THE EXH BlTIoN,
" The conceit Of this tuc .uye was the
compression Of its articles III the smallest
space consistent with an intelligent c'assii-
cation of them. The oval or nllipical form
was the best for this purpose, as it admitted
of Running the DDS Of corresponding
KIND around the concentric rings fit, and
running the nqiionS across them
Take n round einge 'brc II with hole III
The middle. The hole represents garden.
Around the hole de aribe, With n knife, ci!ht
on ten ciyclcs; Eli of these is an aisle ran.
ming quite around the Exhibition. Across
these concenric Gil cles Jraw, "'om the hole
10 the circumference of your engcrbrc ID,
thirty OF forty ssrAi"ht lines or radii. These
separate the nations. Now, il you want to
look at machinery be in with the q It outer
ring or circle, and you will pass, in their
order, the machncr.cs Of every nation. The
Yccend interior ring is devoted entirely to
furniture. Go round it and you can study
the upholstery of mankind. The third is de
voted to clothing. Follow this around and
ali the fashions Of the world and the weare"S
will be demonstrated.
l!ut if you want to find one particular ma
tlon and study all its collected art, products
aad Inventions, 90 to the garden in the mid
die the hole III your gingerbread-and you
will see siidcd mp the name of the nation al
;br end of its street, Follow this along to
Ia,
conccntIic rings Of the products. This is
,eligltlully simple and eXpeditious-a de
ci,led improvement over the London Fairs,
whele YOU could GnI nothing, lost yourself,
and, ia fine, s:lw labarynth instead of n
1brater. The gingerbread plan which | have
explained gives little opportunity for hand
some architecture. There is boiler like
materially about il; but iii the monster
liahl and size Of the building you forget is
lack OF ornament.
1t is the ,piainlca, of all exhibitions, en-
l,acin.. not only the works but the workers
at work OF every race, with those exceptional
tribes that, IN the midst OF the industry OF
The world, viii produce nothing
of the curse greater than the great curse o
to.l ga fugitive and ya%abond thou shall
Nc.
AslATIc CIVILIZATION MEASURED.
These are the widest people Of all III the
Worlds SHOW. TO us Americans, who are
Aattenirg out and moving down God
,otrre ut the rate of ten million horse. power
:, minute. absolutely generating cities inateac
If sons, aud squaring all the business Of lii'
10 IL, lntics. lcccucias and productlveIcsscs
II ,ea new 5ensG unsealcd 10 see COLLECTED
here representatives Of RACES, over who's
heads thousands Of years Of civilization hav'
burst, and left them the same peculiar
nomalic and Interchangeable people. Begin
with the Arabs. Ifyou c2neove them to b
thick Tipped, brutal Of face, or even homely
,ou must, in The presence of these speci
mems. be startled. Their color is pur
olive their mustaches and eyes are beauti
lul easy good .humor dwells IN their eoun
ienanccs; neatncss regns in their. pictur
.soue dress. They have q cool cafe, wit
tubaned servants, TO make it home like.
JOHN crnNAMAN AND his WIFE.
Here, also. arc the Chinese, the oldcs
people in the world, wearing the plg'ta
imposed upon them by their Tartar cor
auerorsA and they have thcater, tea ga'
den, pagoLa, and dwelling houses built
bamboo, hung with paper lanterns, and {
might .lieir exiytest jugglers make merr
,ncnt for the barbarians. In this cloistc
you may see the Mandarins, sage in myste'
,ous books, reading away the noon; an
near by, couple of Chinese merchants
among the smarest in the world, contrac
,ng to purchase muskets and exchange IL
ihem Canton mating and iirc'crackers
There are soldiers under arms, servants
,haEmp6rqr Of the Sun aud Noon, with tt