The New York herald., 1873-09-17
Imperial Visit to the American Agricul-
tural Hall and to the Rural
School House.
What the Kaiser Has to Say About
American Schools.
MOWERS AND REAPERS.
American Inventions on the
Imperial Estates.
LESSONS OF THE ExH1RyTroN

VIENNA, August %. 1873
The Emperor Francis Joseph fs certainly the most
industrious and conscientious visitor of,the Expo
sltion In Austria. Twice or three time e. week
we meet him and his little suite, preceded or &C.
companied by Baron Schwarz-Senbcrn now wan.
derlng through the gallery and transepts of the
Industrial Palace, now examining the products OF
human genius and Invention In the Machinery Hall.
now passing In and out OF the curously constructed
paviions and peasant cottages. The Kaiser,s face
mas become one OF the most familiar on the
grounds. He always wears . hopeful look when
ne comes apparently not wsrrfed about pr j.
spective deficits charming and agreeable to every
one introduced to him, listening attentively to any
explanation that may be offered making lew re-
marks himself, but evidently desirous of doing all
in his power personally to make the Exhibition
success to Austro-Hungary, by giving his mobiles
and manufacturers and, indeed all his subjects,
an example of painstakng fidelity in endeavorlng
to learn as much as possible from what the world
EXHIBITS In this capital. AS q rule, His Imperial
Majesty drives down to the Prater about ten or
eleven O'Clock in the morning, and spends three
Iour or more hours In examining some special de-
partment, which is selected for him beforehand
whittier the commiss oner or commissioners OF the
land in which the department is situated are in
vlted TO attend. Baron Schwarz-Senborn formally
presents the commissioners to the Emperor, one
OF the number is requested to act as spokesman
and thus the rounds are made.
FRANCIS JOSEPH VISITS THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT
AGAIN.
The Emperor designed originally that his visits
to the Exposition should be limited to eighteen: 4:
finding this number insufficient, he has apparently
determined to keep on coming as long as the thing
lasts. Or this number he has paid four visits to
various sections OF the American department.
His first visit was to the Machinery Hail. over two
months ago, but was incomplete. inasmuch as His
Majesty was already tired when he reached our de-
partment, and, alter examining Q few objects and
expressing some complimentary words on Ameri-
can machinery and manufactures, he left promising
to renew his visit Then came the visit te our much
abused department in the western transept of the
main building and In the covered court when His
Majesty spent over two hours in examining OBJ
jects and listening to explanations about firearms
and pig killing, red Indians and corn whiskey and
looking at the cunning handIwork OF the young
gentlewomen OF the sewing machine department.
leaving the exhibitors with pleasant feeling that
the department was not SO gloomy and miserable
and shabby after all, and that If we did not make
big show ia articles for padding. the genius OF our
country was correctly appreciated by the Emperor
when. through Baron Schwarz. he said that In all
departments or industry American articles bore
upon them the evidence OF intellectual labor and
skill
THE SCHOOL HOUSE.
And now we have two more imperial visits to
chronicle-the one made on Friday last to our Ag-
r1cultural Machinery Hall, and the second to that
charmlngly cool loungng and gathering place OF
everything that claims to be American on the
grounds, the much talked of and abused rural
school house. All your readers will know OF the
location OF this temple OF education by this time.
Emerging from the southern transept Of the Ameri-
can department, the first thing that greets your
eye Is this unpretending structure, nestled costly
amid group OF agreeable shade trees. All day
long groups OF Americans can be seen chatting on
the steps, while others take possession of the
schoOmarms apartment, the coolest room IN the
Prater, where a delicious breeze fans through,
bearing with 1t from morning till night the weird
sweet-melancholy strains Of hungarian gypsy
music from the Czarda. The schoolroom proper
Is a breezy, high room, fitted up with desks, the
walls decorated with maps and charts and pictorial
Illustrations; the desks and tables covered with the
books and educational publications in use in our
ordinary country schools. From our own people
the school house has frequently been decrled as not
representing enough. The viennese critics have
nevertheless written much in its praise, in the
correct appreciation OF the TACT that schools con-
Quoted so simply, yet admirably are not found
either In Austrian or German rural districts. and
models Of our larger educational Institutions and
courses OF instruction are to be seen in the
American transept II l am not mistaken it
was Lyman Bridges who conceived the idea of
erecting the building. and carried 1t into execution
In spite OF much opposition and many obstacles.
Mr.. Bridges was one OF the Artisan Commission.
ers-a loyal worker, who was obliged to take his
wife home to the states time ago on account of
hart ho in thatI
ton Of delightful reading ana egregious errors
published by the Imperial Commission and entitled
the ''Oflcial List OF Prizes" we find the name OF
"Leeman,n with a decoration OF "diploma of merit'
or honorable mention for building the American
school house," Turkish magician, well versed
in cunning methods OF examining the depth of in
telicct displayed in the English pubca-
tions Of the Imperial Commission, is OF
the opinion that this "Leemann Is but
Germanized English--which, God be praised, is in
so many instances too much for modern Anglo
Saxon nteects--for Lyman, which the complers
OF the catalogue had imagined to be the surname
OF Lyman Bridges. SO much for the builder.
THE EMPERoRs VISIT TO THE SCHOOL HOUSE
was BRIEF scarcely occupying quarter OF an hour.
He was dressed In the Uniform OF an Austrian field
marshal, and was accompanied, as usual, by Baron
Schwarz-Senborn. He was received at the entrance
Assistant Commissioner, and who has won many
laurels here for his championship Of American
education in the assemblies OF his juror
group. where he procured no less than four
diplomas OF honor and do not know now many
progresses merits and corporations. Besides
Professor Hoyt there were three other Of our Com
mssioners-Dr. Warder Mr.. Mernsee and Professor
Beck, of the University OF Virginia Professor Hoyt
was requested by Baron Schwarz-Senbo to con-
duct HIS imperial Majesty through the school house.
and to make the necessary explanations, which he
did Francis Joseph showed considerable interest
in the interior arrangements OF the school room,
especially in the forms OF the seats and desks and
the Guyot maps and charts exhibited on the walls.
His Majesty was unusually liberal in his expressions,
OF commentator and in his questions desiring to
know the age at which children commenced to
go to school with u.s. how many hours of study per
day, and 40 on, TO all OF which Professor Hoyt re-