Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-17


what is right is ingenlso orls aud intellecJ
Ftual. X. ibii,se.
! q A. Paris xhibi itions
a Paris correape lent eaya g Among
prospect during the next two months of
.oned first the sExhi itionl OF Fine Arts
as applicable to. 5manufa turers, which
ia this year being organized on an rlii-.
usual scale, and which promises also to
be OF unusual interest, in the Palace of
industry, ID the Champs Ialysees. Pre4
yious to the late war this exhibition had
begun to develop stseJs very successful
~, and had annually attracted much
public attention, and ,drawna o. consider
able influx of visitors, both from other
countries and the provinces. no the
latter esp pecially it al ways pr oyes .a
source of great eatisfa 10 otion and curiosi-
ty, both because IL afford ed an oppor-
tunity fur provincial houses TO exhibit
their specials ties in the capital, and also
because it enables them to profit by ftiie
occasion of studying tho best samples
ces 2fsss;;ss:.an art nianufa faeture Almost
all the specimens of new objects of dec
| orative furniture and household orna-
Ementation Bach as the Substitution Of
dyed pearwood Tor ebony, and the beau
tifhlEcarying OF which, the former is
fnnnd tne hA
the introduction of FreRoh ea,aitr. Co.'s.
onnes in Imitation of the Chinese works
OF the same character ;SLnese; as we'll as
new art models for cand elabras and
bronzes and castings OF every deserip.
ton, have generally made their first
appearance g and gained their earliest
notoriety and reputation at these yearly
exhibitions. They Eweres ,6f course, dis.
continued the year of the war, and for
two years afterwards, and only made
their reappe pearaness in greatly diminish-
ed form last year for the first time.
This year o very successful effort, SO
far, seemsto be making to resnsoitafe
Them in their former brillian6y; and to
Americans coming oyer TO EuEope:in the
fall they will be fonnd, i doubt not
we'll worthy of o visit. Some hundreds
LOT workmer are at this moment employ
led in the spacious frame and ground
plan OF the palace in erecting The gIass-
cases and stalls for, the reception of an.
tlstic specimens ofyhrious manufa facture,
4 These very erectione9 Themselves are.
land are intended to be- MOD dels of taste
and utility for the purpose for which
j they are to,serye. They are In the high
/ est degree ornamental, as at present
seen, even before receiving the costly
tembel llishment OF the articles they are
made to, contain. But the most strik.
4 ing object Of all, perhaps, at the pres.
ent moment in the place, is a gigantic
double staircase now In the course oi
erection Mt one end of, the nave, and
leading to the eIupper galieries. On His
more than sl26, 900 faancs, I'll s are m 4 I'll a Be 5
ranged q mass of drawing room marbles,
i statuetteH ETC., by the chisels of the
4 best ParlsIan sculp tors, a Il iIltArspersed
with vases and br057s9s dart. The eff.
] fect promises to be really beautiful and
tOlmake the staircRseI an exhibition il,
itself. But it is far from being confined
toithis use only, for it leads, as IL have
already said, TO the upper galleries,
j where is being prepared AN exhibition,
OF costumes, of q most varied and GU.
4 rlous characte It is to .consist, first,
OF royal, pontifcal, military and civil,
and ancient theatrical costumes of all
nations; and secondly, of such ancient
4 works of art in thef Bliape OF statues,
paintings, frescoes, medallions, vases,
stntf, ETC., which shall best reproduce
and be an authority for stch costumes.
4 And, laetl in the grand gal lefy irnn-
ming round the nave will he exposed the
4 principal drawings of all the schools oi
4 design, both Of Paris and tho depart.
ment. The installation of the exhibi.
i ton in the above locality by the Central
j Society of Fine Arts will cost upwards
tof 100, ,ooo 90 francs an s Z
Us Fall Head Gear.
No change is announced for autumn