Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-22

the day. At the close OF her scene on Thur
day, she was again and again recalled, and the
stage was fairly stTewn with magnlnceat bon
quets. To achieve such success In the lace Of
sueh an audience, and with Nilsson aud j
ton OF the public, was an achievement Of
which The young artist mey well be proud"
The Exposition.
| A very large greatly in excess
OF any previous evening-visited the Exposi-
/ ton last night, IL having now become almost
| as attractive as IL wei can be maize. Nearly
| ali the available space Is now filled, and Wis
| itOrs exprt - themselves Delighted at alu4Gst
every turn. On entering the nail after you
have paid your respects twenty-five or nity
cents, or even a dollars WORTH 70 the chaIita-
| bic institutions there represented, you pass
! on into the interior Of the building where
you md yourself in q per oct DeWildeInent
| Of beauties OF art aud nature. Those
/ who were daily VISIT s. last nignr
/ found new bssutiss aud new attractions
| even In the Departments that nave
occupies space since the nrst opening SNOW
| Ing that our merchants aud artisans arc NOR
| oughly imbued with the deieifunauun 20
make the Exposliit q pleasant and enter
talni ng place o. Tssof,. IN 90 a,s 800
| tons, and this dcpar ment IS now becoming
tles feature OF the shOw. some very nm sptcl-
on exhibition IN Floral hail. that attract The
| admiration of our suDui ban cinHsns. New
5sxs ee m sa9 way % IN me fSea
tains, and In ami about Tue cascade and It's
surroundings, where the-piay OF tue brilliant
| HBhN uNol tue sli-fAAAus jets o. water hufoMu
from the fountain presents a picture Of in
| tensined beauty that Is perfectly charming.
bewitching, and around anu about which
gather the yorng aud the old, each giving ex-
preston 10 their delighted senses IN words OF
commendRtiOn TO the genius and enterprise
that created and ARRANGED the work and con-
tributed so much 20 making tue Exposition a
a success. Among the notable additions last
night we noticed display Of the tran lorma-
etc, that have become o. such alInost indl5-
pensable use on the farm, In the machine
| room, and mandatory. There the beholder
sees.the cot On-seeu, which first uDdergOes the
process Of Uniting, then huled, cracked,
pressed, ground Into meal, cooked and
pressed into cake, from which the OIL is taken
IN its crude state, red 1ed ana becomes ut tor
use IN all its variety Of applications. This
being a CON aratiVely new enterprise, Is ne
cessarily interesting 20 those, who nave
thrown away enough seed IN their lives 10
nave made themselves imm ensely rich II they
could realize the proceeds OF the sale even az
present prices. BUTLER, the artist, and his as
si-sants, were the most industrious persons we
saw N the building. He was last night at
work on a back scene, representing street IN
Venice, presenting pf riiol OF the ltlaiiO, the
scene taken from Ltcretid B.rgi This COM
pletss the scenery for the stage which Will be
occupied tonight by tbs Bluff city min streis,
who will give a performance, consisting OF
superior vocal and Instrumental music, sODg
dances, negro comiealities and eccentrlcitss,
banjo solos, etc, prog ANNE Of which VIII
ha found elseubere Anotber interesting and
truly beautiful addition TO the treasures OF /
our Expos ton are the wax flowers made by
D.
the well-known Alabama street schools. |
There are i've specimens, every one OF them
gem, such as would do credit % any artist |
In wax IN Europe or ms country. AIs-
stew lt may justly pride herself upon Ter !
Work. attesttng as Il does fidelity 10 nature {
that Is rare n any art, and most Wondertui IN /
plastic art. There is a Lily OF the Nile, bon ]
Quet OF exOtics, a cross nWreathed with roses, ]
and plate with an oyster and other good !
the spectator viii take them one and
all for rare specimens OF their Kind, selected |
with care. We nave no space % do Them Jus- !
tiee in this issue, and will take an early occa
sion 10 write more at length upon art specl- /
mems that, in our judgment, are entitled 70 !
place on the ceDUs table Of the art gallery. /
E,s pass mt, this department Is completed aud !
to-dsy VIII be arranged IN IL some splendid !
works in Oil-paiutiugs, which viii display TO [
better advantage than has hitherto been al [
iorded-a better Ignts and odFantagaA tef /
posing and hanging that VIII constitute thls !
most attractive feature Of the Exposition. I
Among the works already ia this department, I
we noticed last night one that viii inter So 1
he Old Folks 1T Home, entitled LIgdiHg Of |
Marquette and Jolie' dg JGckSonS lf15S betslg /
history or me event. and some notes
about the early navigation OF the NssIssi Phi /
river. Visitors to-day will hud the art gall /
iery worthy Of a visit. The giass-D over d. eW 1
a gOodly crowd last niG hL, Who in turn drew Z
each an envelope. which denoted ceTta q 4
piece OF his Workmanship that could be OBJ 4
tanned for The small sum 0ftweuty-hve cents. /
As his work mos y consists Of tOy-snlps, birds Z
with flowing tails OF span glass, ete.. many a I
young gallant invested n.a lAsa stamp 20 ]
please the fancy o. The fair damsel that hung \
lovingly on his ann As the Tempting box OF /
envelopes were showed over TO nm by the 4
pol te attendant. IN a word, the Exposition /
is grand succe s. 1lr wulcn The /
man ayers deserve great credit in having 1
struggled against the most fOgmid able bar /
riers in the get-up FOR this fail. The /
people Of Memphis m4nlisst their appreCIa- /
ton OF the efforts Of these gentlemen by the /
interest apparent n the liberal ,OutribuiioLs /
OF the best displays IN each department Of |
trade and manufacture that attract such large 4
crowds Of visitors. We have not done our /
duty until We commend the spirit that /
prompted the employment OF the Old em- 4
phts brass band, which, 1t proper intervals, /
discOurses sweet music, TO which the moving i
m ass OF humanity keep step and march in /
beautiful time throughout the building
and tonight.