Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-02

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woman from the interior should buy any
single commodity in this city who does
not first visit Exposition Hall, to learn
where the cheapest and best of every
thing is for sale. The wealth, and mer-
i.chandize, and art, and industry Of this
and neighbOring citiesi is exposed to view
within the smallest compass, and the
great hall becomes a depository of SAM
pies, directing the examiner, with in
fallible certainty, TO the proper sources
Of supply. Information thus Civ
en- to purchasers is worth infinitely
more, then, than the trifing sum twenty
n five cents, exacted by the doOrkeeper.
Memphis tradesmen and manufacture
ers never before discovered such an
agency, outside the pages of newspa-
pers, by which to make themselves and
their triumphs Of taste and skill uniyer-
sally known.
A WORD FOR Us FROM A CITIZEN OF
LOUISVILLE.
We copy the following from the Louis
Vile COW~rieT-JourldL Of Thursday:
MEMPHIS, October 2S.-In behalf Of
the officers of the Memphis Industrial
Exposition, who advise me of a severe
criticism upon their efforts from the pen
of one of your correspondents, 1 beg
your indulgence in a few lines. These
/ gentlemen, under similar auspices to the
managers of our Exposition, have had
many barriers to contend with in the
pTOsecutionNef their project, but have, in
my humble opinion, successfully sur
mounted the impediments 70 their IN
d~ertaking and reflected a credit TO
themselves that should be conceded by
any one who has visited their exhibition
Al e H. U~anf~ q NAA
Doubtless your writer would agree with
me had he been present on that occa-
sion. According to information given
me, he must have been there before
many Of the exhibitors had brought
in and adjusted their articles, attribu-
table to which cause may have
been his untimely remarks, the
substance of which l have never seen,
but hope may be corrected by a more
deserving notice at some future day.
Suffice to say the Memphis Exposition
compares quite favorably with our own,
and did the citizens of Louisville but
fully know the cordiality with which
they would be received in person, or the
attention that would be given TO the
articles they might desire to display,
they would certainly be more extern
sively represented. 1t affords me pleas
ure, however, TO state that some of our
leading business men are handsomely
represented through their agents here,
and / feel confident in saying it will
most assuredly result to their interest, as
the people of Memphis are closely allied
to our city. Very respectfully yours,
OF McCaleb q Wright, Louisville.
LowENsTEIN.
Things Of extraordinary beauty and
extraordinary value will always have q
| charm for Iadykind. The men, though
subject occasionally to some peculiarly
of that nature are not as a general rule
given to the extraordinary admiration
of the costly in silks and laces and other
etceteras Of dry goods. But to the lady
of taste. she who has some RsthetiCal
knowledge of form and color and cOnsis-
tency will always be delighted with soft
and delicate fabrics. We could not help
forming, or rather recalling, those ideas
to our mind last evening as we leisurely
rambled past the hallOwed spot where
stands B. LOWenstein's case of select
things for ladies wear. Seeing the num-
Der Of fine ladies that were gathered
round it in evident admiration it would
be rude, nay culpably negligent in
us to pass without aScertaining the
pretty cause of the delightful fiutter
evident in their eyes and faces. A half
q glance sUfficed to enlighten the Opaque
masculine intellect, which it is our mis-
fortune to complain OF. We were happy
enough TO make a favorable impression
on an elderly lady Of great knowledge
a stately dame she is, reminding
one of Tennyson's "dream of fair
women.' Though her cheek be
sunken and pale, yet when she
raised her azure orbs, she " filled with
light the interval of sound" The
case is entirely rearranged and filed
with entirely different articles from what
it was two days ago. The design is net
only new, but also very graceful and
even captivating. The four corners are
/ draped with silk dresses, the two in
1 front being Of moir antique, one a beau
tiful corn color, the other a delicate pink
or rose color. The corners in the real
are hung with lilac and gros graine.
From the cOruice, OF upper portion OF
the case, is suspended many folds Of
point applique, twenty inches wide, for
fOuncing, worth seventy-ive dollars per
yard, and arranged in festoOns are sew
eral measures of duchesse lace, valenci-
ennes and real point, from sixty to one
hundred dollars per yard. These are
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northern and southern sides Of lhe case |
is in valencienne. The eastern side is
hung with duchesse lace, sixty dollars
per yard, aud on the west real point
worth one hundred dollars. These are
Topped Upin
THE CENTER
over a figure dressed in green satin, with
4 lace Overskirt, apron and three %lounces.
| These are in the finest point applique |
white lace, draped in such style that the
tout ensemble is an Irresistible thing.
The colOrs harmonic so well, and the
whole figure seems so graceful, that
dozens ofladies said they were bound to
/ have that dress if it cost one thousand
five hundred dollars, which it is likely il
will. 1t forms a fitting center-piece for
/ so gracefully arranged surroundings.
The floor of the ease is enriched with
/ three or four dresses in pure rose tints,
lilac and other grOs-grains silk, with real
lace handkerchief, satin fans, trimmed
with lace, lace collars and cuffs, and
other costly and beautiful articles o ffab-
ulous value. When viewed by the light
of the chandeliers and ~refieetors, this
| showcase of b. LOwenstein appears |
what IL Is, in fact, a thing of %extraordi-
nary value and rare beauty. 1t stands not
farfrom the head Of the eastern stairway, |
10 the right Of the Court street entrance. |
There was no lady visited the Exhibi
ton last night that did not express her
self ~captivated by tins "thing ofbeauty.n
No words can adequately describe the
beauty and richness of that display. 1t
must be seen to be appreciated.
ART.
Among the new things in art are some
designs with the pencil There is a
portrait Of an old philosopher, a nan
that lived seven hundred and seventy
two years ago, done IN pencil, by Mrs.
NJ. ID. j.. Stewart, which shows skill.
Il is a work Of merit.
Faust of the COurieT-J0urndL has
been to see the gallery. He does not
admire figures unless they are nude, nor
does he admire landscapes unless there
is an old oak or apple-tree in the fore
ground, and some babbling brook rush
ing and warbling along, making music.
He loves to read those moist books Of
the running brooks" He does not say
a word at all about the glorious copies Of
'the virgin" from the old masters,
which are beyond all comparison the
finest things in the gallery. such eoncep-
tons ofglorifed female loveliness do not
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The faces Of the eberubs that look into
the wonderful eyes Of the virgin in
"Murillo's Annunciation" are eOncep-
tons of perfection, in facial form and
expression, that must have been the
result Of Divine inspiration. Then look
at the picture of the virgin mother bend
ing over her divine infantl 1t is the
ideal Of maternal pride aud solicitude
combined with alteration Save that
there is a little too much color in the
infant cheek, the picture IS an admirable
copy Of a great original. Let us have a
little more liberal and generous criti-
cism, Mr.. Faust. Come out and say
that our Exposition is a wonderful thing
after all.
FIREWORKS.
The grand display Of fireworks viii
appear on Jefferson and Court streets
tonight at eve o'clock precisely, by a
shower Of star rockets, after which a
splendid illumination will take place at
the Jefferson street front Of the EXPOSE
ton Building. Many of these pieces are
gotten up especially for the occasion,
and Will surpass anything heretofore
seen in Memphis in beauty and elegance.
Bring out the children. Let all come
and see the great display.
CLOSING OUT. +,
In order to close up or business, we
offer our stock Of I,
AND FANCY STATIONERY, Z