The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-02-08
PU BLlSHED WEEKLY BY
HENRY NJ. WHITNEY.

room a gay appearance; then there calabashes,
shell frames and baskets, models of canoes and
grass huts, and some beautiful Niihau mats.
In the next room, passing through Brazil, we
find straw and straw hats, mat fans, kaIas shells,
specimens Of lava, and samples of rice and pulu.
f. Boehle, of Lahaina, sends samples of cotton
from the Sea Island cotton seed S. Savidge sends
Kona coffee, pia and sugar W. Fischer sends
box which Is made OF the beautiful woods which
the Islands furnish. Kegs OF sugar are placed
about the room, which are sent by the following
firms or plantations 5. G. Wilder, Makee, Wal
Iuku Sugar CO., Pioneer Mill Co., and Lihuc Plan
tation. The Honolulu rice mills also expose some
Of their samples Of paddy and rice.
In the center of the room there IS table on
which are placed a lot Of pamphlets with the fol-
lowing title, =. Les Isles HarGi.'' These can give
the Parisians 4 great deal OF information about
that distant corner Of the world. But this little
rno, like the country to which it belongs, is hid
in the great Exposition, and suspect the major
ity Of visitors To this great collection of wonders
are of the game opinion French lady who en-
tered the apartment as i stood there, and who
seemed to be - dOing up the Exposition IN
business-like manner. She passed through the
room with this remark, .'HarGi iei-Pdsses Gussi."
The next dernrtment which claims attention
is the
United States.
We enter first the Gallery of Fine Arts, where we
shall undoubtedly find n crowd. In this depart
ment the United States shines with considerable
credit to herself. But practical even in what re
CARDS art, she seeks not for great paintings such
as one finds in ali the museums of Europe; they
have n preference for - genre - paintings, fresh
and smiling, which so well ornament n saloon-
In the paintings from the United States one sees
those which confer pleasure on the eye and call
forth agreeable ideas. 1 would mention among
those which are greatly admired, rural scene,
" Old Kentucky Home" by johnson two re-
rnarknbIe eanvasses BY Church, :. The Niagara"
and :. The Rainy Season in the Tropics; n paint
inc bv Whistlers, The White Girl" This .
painting has in it something gstrange-repellinga at
first, and then attracting. Its qualities are in
contestable portrait Of Lincoln, by Hunt ;
- In the Woods by Durand; 50 The Consccr'- /
tiOn," by Lamdin '' The Republican Court in
the time Of Washington by Huntington, new I
picture greatly admired; "a Rocky Mountains"
by Bierstadt; and very finely colOred painting .
by Weir, 9. The Gun Foundry Church and .
Bierstadt's paintings are the most admired PIC
In regard to the rest of the exhibition from the .
United States, cannot say that it reflects much .
credit upon that country when compared with the .
numerous other departments which surround II.
Whether this is to be accounted for by the great .
distance that country is from the scene OF this
peaceful strife, the incaTacity of Mr.. Beckwith,
the American Commissioner, the fact that the
United States have but just emerged from a
propriated towards this object, will not attempt
to say; it is enough to know that the United
States have not done themselves justice mt the TX
position. The classification aDl arrangement Of
the articles in the building Is especially confused,
and in poor taste.
Great FAULT has been found with Mr. Beckwith,
the Commissioner, and complaints arise on all
sides from Americans in Paris. Through Mr..
Beckwith's instrumcntality the machinery in the
American section wa kept running on Sundays,
while that Of England was quiet in proper respect
E1r day that IL regarded sacred throughout
the civilized work., although not observed IN
Paris Nearly all the Americans resident IN
Paris signed n petition, which was sent To Mr.
Bcckwith, requesting him To have the machinery
covered and not run the Sabbath, but Inc paid
little attention 10 it, fearing probably that he
would dispIease the French authorities If be
grnntcd their request. The contrast between Eng
land and America in this particular thing is very
10 America
Many other things which Mr.. Beckwith has
done has made him very unpopular, and must
therefore unite with other correspondents in de-
nouncing him a man totally unfit for the posi-
ton he holds. and responsible for much OF the
poor show that the United States makes in the
Exposition. ErEorA.