New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-25
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On the whole the managers would have done Oet-
Ter TO stick to their first plan. In deVlhSnB
they have sacrificed unity and orlgine Nor does
one see why fancy articles pass6men1le au ht out
should be admitted while pictures arc sn1 ho care
Holland Is rich in treasnrg psS on glad to come Il they
coufd have found under ono roof the master piote
now scattered throughIpublic galleries ana The
collections not all OF whioh are accesSioio.
EoTkmen for whom this exhibition seems specIa;tS
meant wonld have been mono the worse ior soo INA
coarse household wares Overhnng by the delca OH
subtle art of the great R4UCJH w.V attract The
Dntcb seem TO be at this day the most plaacIo't
thrifty hopelessly utitarian people on thg 70
the earth Their study IS to Keep out OF t%a;r
IGNORE their own heroic days, even to IenouOo W..
long rivalry in literature and art ihey nooP and
their endless daily warfare against tne OOe"d n,t
.,n NY to have seen one that looked new
They practice hOmey and honest vItu S 49,
where except on the Amsterdam Stoek n,sot
They know how TO work hard ana pear 49, ytyonSy'
You may see on all sides all you care 10 seeoi
worths plain living, but for the hgh inkmS W u
ennobed the PLAIN living you nesd in these DAYS
is separation of mechanic and economic crafts Iloy
want inspiration. DO not see that soeiay tholio
anything of the dull heavness 80 often mo
the Dutch The two things that most interested me
abont fine Expostion were the two crowds OF people
outside and inside Those who were 100 poor 70 pay
Their t mr. ItgSopsaDds The open railing
about the building was no hinderanCe to their seeing
the pleasures they could not shares the gay Ihrongs
in the cafes the curious inquiries az thg oOnved
all keeny and the spectacle was so mover thaI uale
saw il served them quite well as II they hau pea
admitted To INSPECT the confused heaps OF lnsced-
Moons objects in the building itself. Then the col
certs which were given in the grounds every aite,
noon and evening brought crowds OF weil-dteSs s
men and women with about as mneh capacity Dr
nninvinr themselves as if they had been Frendl.
What YOU might see by sitting near the IaE ni
after dinner was the true eXhlbltloh OF noI Sh
at its best The buTgesses OF Amsterdam lIooPeupy
Won honest hearty faces, with wives ana daughters,
among whom the traditional DutchWohlan,, uu1pA
and coarse seldom figures. Three or four Thousand
came every morning. 1t is a risky thing 10 ny'
suppose but dare aver that saw more pretty aces
in Amsterdam than in Madrid. The type oil P'a11tH
is near the English, and Is such as comes lroiii
and puTe living and superb specimens OF v uo
always to he found in Hyde Park Here IL lesS
highbred and dainty but II exists, ana PleaSe YOU
all the because You scarcely expected 10 nu ~
at all There was f6te one day, ana a regaga on
the Amstel which all the city came To see' mere
was real princess in blue silk. ana prince put no
had DO feather both on board royal yacnt, WIlon
was curiously like n canaboat. Now Amsterdam
and Venice both rejoice in canals, anu Ans eldam
has AT least one advantage over its more famous Tlya
that the houses do not oyeIhang Is caS, piv m
n street intcrycnes, so that crowds may gamer on
the line of those great basins of dark grecnWater'
The water the moving crowds the boats, tie iags
the quaint reddish brown and sometimes purple purple
| gable-ends against tho brilliant SKY, blended
| into panorama of matches effect. Almost
| equally gay is the promenade when
| Won NAV see every evening on the quay
that fronts the harbor Nothing shows the maritime
habits of the Dutch moro clearly than the fct that
they built and still preserve noble street on inc
edge of the water, where the SHIPS actuall ne ie'
ceying and dschaTging their costly lrcighis hOm the
| Fast. Here are many Of the handsomest houses OIL
the town. and this street seems TO he inc hVorite
evening drive Something like II, but with the PIC
| turcsdue element sadly wanting. may perhaps Dc
/ seen in London when the Thames embanhnent IS
| completed. You might have such prOihnhAuo III
/ Nrw-York along the Hudson from the Battey TO the
| Central Park If you would, and it would Dc incom-
! parable And IA there would Ice good deal q money
! in il, perhaps the Mayor and ms WORTHY COnhcil-
worthy of INN mean-may some day interest them
! selves i'm such scheme, " We