The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-04
The vienna EXHIBIT ton
Our American Colony on the
Danube.
VISIT OF The PHIL ADELPHIA COMMISSION
Lessons To Be Learned by Our
Philadelphia Friends.
Hints, Hopes and Good Advice for
the Centenary.
What We May Expect from
Europe and the East.
Will the KhediVe Build Palace on
the Sshuylkill!
The Appointment of Mr.. Garrettson a.
Chief Commissioner.
DEPARTURE OF VAN buren,.
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"A Statement Of His
Case.
Let Us Have Fair Play All
Around.
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AMERICAN GOSSIP In VIENNA.
"A Statement Of Ills
Case.
Let Us Have Fair Play All
Around.
AMERICAN GOSSIP In VIENNA.

AMERICAN GOSSIP In VIENNA.
VIENNA, July II, 1879
summing up Of the situation here, so far as
American AFFAIRS are concerned, may not be with
out value In these midsummer days of the EXPOSE
ton. We have q commission Of Phiadelphans to
look after the Centennial In 1879. 1t Ia composed OF
gentlemen VINO 60 about their work with patience
and cOurtesy-men OF presence and character,
Philadelphia should be congratulated on sending
out 80 wise commission, and am sure its men,
bers will carry home abundant fruits They viii
tell our Philadelphia friends many good things to
initiate, many foolish things to avoid.
MISTAKES IN VIENNA. tr
Much could be said on this subject. There are
mistakes in the Vienna Exposition that should be
avoided In Philadelphia. In the matter Of conces-
sions, for instance, there are irritating regu-
tatfons which 60 far toward marring its
pleasures. II you are tired and wish to
ut upon q chair, you care to hear
the music under the trees. II you crave a. glass OF
water, II you have any necessary or natural duty
Tor comfort or pleasure 1t ia taxed harsnly taxed
And this came from the vicious idea that 1t was
necessary for the financial advantage OF Austria to
obtain the largest amount of money from the Ex-
position-to "make it pay' as a money specula-
tiOn TO gain this end concessions were granted
to private parties giving the right to sell papers,
TO retail soda water to furnish chairs to supern-
tend toilet apartments and retiring rooms. All
these rights were given to ingenious SPECTATORS
for so many thousands OF dollars; and, OF course
the persons who obtained the monopoly impose
the largest tax upon the visitor. While in the
confines of the Exposition Itself there Is every lux
ury and comfort that the body can crave, you are
compelled to pay largely for their enjoyment
There is also o distinction in the admittance fee.
On three days OF the week twenty cents is paid-on
others forty, being necessity perhaps In society
Of caste and privileged classes, where my lord docs
not care to be disturbed by his coachman when he
goes to see the show. Therefore, it seems that the
nrst lesson to be learned from this Exposition by
our friends in Philadelphia lie that no concessions
should be made to any party involving tax upon
the comfort necessities Of the visitors; second,
that the admission should be as low as possible.
To this You might add that there should be no free
admission and that the President himself and the
always welcome members Of the press, the clergy
men and school teachers and other classes, who
supposed to exist upon free tickets should pay
their admittance fee every time they enter the
building.
ADVICE AZ TO THE PHILADELPHIA PALACE.
Another lesson to be learned is in the mechani-
cal construction Of the building. This Vienna Ex
position is stupendous affair." 1t little city In
itself, or rather Mosaic composition OF all the
Industries and achievements of the nationaities Of
the world pressed and packed in this Prater
FOrest-a gem by itself something that has never
been seen before. and probably will never be seen
again. So, while you admire 1t as WHOLE say as q
picture or o gem, you feel 1t grow upon you from
hour to hour, as you wander through the Corridors
among the trees and the little villages that sur
round 1t. But it is an inefficient building for pur-
poses Of study or observation. IT, for instance, you
where our sewing machines are in operation, to
the Turkish department. where there are spec-
mems of unique and wonderful embroidered work.
done by the rude but cunning Oriental hand, II, as
n quite probable, you desire to compare the
achievements OF modern science In America with
the quantity wrought ancient industry OF Turkey,
you have to walk for half an hour-a journey as far
should think as from the Battery to the City Hail.
There Is no way to avoid it; that to take hasty
stride through the Exposition building beginning
ut the American quarter, stopping nowhere, but
simply taking in general impressions OF the Exhibit
tion, is in Itself long Sabbath days journey.
now THE PHILADELPHIA PALACE SHOULD BE con-
HrRuCTED.
30, for purposes OF study and observation the
exhibition defeats ITSELF The plan lacks harmony
There is no logical arrangement OF its resources
no way Of studying ont any particular group or
selection Of objects without going from country to
country and seeking 1t out. In other words, you
have q series OF pictures of natonalities and ma
tional manners and not an explanation. IL Is
splendid dazzling, vast palace, and you go around
che world In going from one end OF the building to
the other, because you 60 from America to Japan.
In France, in 1857 it was better arranged. Instead
OF aparaneogram, with ms or WINGS like Vienna,
there was circle with series OF concentrc circles
II you tired Of Turkey it was only a minutes
! walk to Norway. The central rotunda was the
heart, and the blood came and went from the heart
IN regular, easy motion. Here the rotunda noble
Nedifce in itself, Ia given to candles and rub
Der and models that mar the effect and tumble the
mind. and you hurry through under the Impression
that there had been fire in some great storehouse
and the goods suddenly huddled In to preserve them
Let our Philadelphia friends, avoid the parallelo-
gram In their mechanism maze the palace like
star or an 0ctagon or q square or o wheel with
spokes, az compact as they can. Let them take
the spider as model and build as he builds his
web, and those who come to see will bless the
maker.
FOREIGN AID TO PHILADELPHIA
What win those nations do for Philadelphia That
u question anxiousy asked. Much will depend
npon the washington government apd the manner
In which the diplomatists serve us abroad. We
must arrange our laws to suit the exhibition. We
Ihould make the palace bonded WAREHOUSE and