The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-02

desired more protection for their sole'
from the roughness OF earth had wood
Ell soles, with hinges, II the wearer'
were very elegant, without If they
were only ordinary folk, and leather
toe piece nailed on; while Others had
the whole shoe cut out of one solid
piece of wood. These last two varieties
are still worn in many parts of Europe
and were to us now no novelty. Shoes
with pointed toes and high heels were
of course, abundant:
Among the most interesting objects
in this room was model OF the first
sewing machine, running two spools OF
thread, and presenting in its simple,
even clumsy appearance, u marked
contrast to the elegantly finished ma
chimes of to-day.
A collection of ancient pianos and
other instruments of music occupied
the next room. There were Beetho-
ven's piano and Mozart's violins, the
latter for sale. And here, too, is lit
tie piano that looks like the one we
saw in the apartments of Frederick
the Great, with the keys of the natural
scale in black wood, the sharps and
flats in white. How queer 1t looked
We touched the keys, but only faint,
uninusical sound responded. Who in
former days has awakened glorious
harmony from those quaint keys?
What merry feet have danced to its
tones? What joyful voices sung to its
accompaniment? But to-day, like
"The harp that once through Tara's hall
The soul OF music she'd"
it stands as mute as "if that soul were
dead" But we are thankful the soul
of music can not die. The mortal
hand may decay, the instrument be-
come silent and worthless, but the
soul of music is immortal.
In connection with this additional
Exposition is the display of "Womens'
Work." as separated from that Of men.
Here we find the embroideries done in
girls schools, the laces made by the
peasant women of different provinces,
under-clothing and outer-clOthing, in
fact, everything imaginable that can
be made with the needle. Many Of
these are sent from the institute for the
education Of girls as teachers, in
Prague, or from the "Woman's Busi-
ness Union," of the same city. Others
are from like Cuisines Union" in
Vienna, and accompanying them are
books descriptive of their methods of
teaching. Also, books giving cuts Of
garments, with measurements and de-
scriptions for cutting; books with
specimens of work from the "Wo-
mans Business and Telegraph School,"
and specimens of bookkeeping by the
pupils of such schools. The necessity
of such institutions, as well as the good
results, are shown in all branches of
mercantile business where women are
largely employed.
But women, it seems, do not confine
themselves to the needle, or to trade.
They also busy themselves with art In
various forms. Lead pencil drawing,
beautiful architectural designs, oil
paintings, photography, mosaic work,
OH porcelain, straw braiding,
fabrication of flowers in different ma
terials, breeding of silk worms, weav-
ing, painting of fans, and wood carv-
ing. One most exquisite model of
Gothic church in wood carving, being
sent by an Elise Muller.
Women are found in confectionery
steel pen factories, in
manufactures of chocolate, in fact,
there seems to be but few things in
which woman has no hand, from the
production of the raw material. to the
fully completed article ready to put in
to market, and then in the selling of
it, and afterwards in making up, using
or wearing it. And when we speak OF
woman's work, in connection with this
Exposition, we must not forget that
this great building itself, is to certain
extent, the work of woman's hands.
Rough, toil-worn hands, to be sure.
They could not WELD the delicate en-
broldery needle, or the brush ofthe
artist, but they were wOman's hands,
nevertheless, and we will not withhold
from them their need Of praise, for
they toiled faithfully in the carrying of
brick and mixing of mortar; also,
helped in the grading Of the grounds,
and are exponents of one division Of
woman's work here in Europe.
One never knows when one has seen
all that Is to be seen at the Welt Auss-
tellung, because there are SO many sep
arate buildings scattered over the
grounds. All my visits had been made
to the main building and transepts, and
Yesterday / concluded to go on an ex-
ploring expedition among the smaller
Exposition buildings.
Entering the grounds at the east gate,
we saw around ns many small pavill-
ions which proved to be places built by
different firms for the display of their
wares.
One was small house Of threerooms,
genteely furnished with iron furniture.
Flowerstands of beautiful design and
finish, marble tables with iron STAN
dards, iron tables painted to resemble
fine wood or marble, iron chairs, sofas
and hedsteads = everything complete
and in good taste, In the small yard
before the house small fountain, with
iron statues, iron garden chairs, cover
ed by small tent that rolls up under O
small iron roof to protect 1t from the
weather. Back of the house a model
stable, in which the divisions between
the stalls are Of iron, anda surmount.
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