Middletown transcript., 1876-05-27
Correspondence Of the TRANSCRIPT.
The Great Exhibition.
woMEN's DEPARTMENT.

tributions. and ere long will prove one
of the most noteworthy features of the
great exhibition In many respects it
is already leading attraction. and we
have promise Of numerous desirable ad-
ditions to its art treasures. Among
these may be named the intended con-
| tributions from Miss Hosmer, whose
fame as sculptor is matter Of national
pride. In letter addressed some time
since to Mrs. Gillespie, of the Woman's
Centennial Committee, she announces
her intention Of sending among other
works Of art, group Of sculpture which
will occupy space Of four and half
by six feet iu area, and eight feet in
height; representing Emancipation, or
as suggested by the inscription upon the
plinth, 1.-The African Sibyl forshadow
ing the freedom Of her race" the largest
ideal statue yet executed by Miss Hos
mer.
There will also be copy Of Lord
Brownlow's gates, which measure ten
feet in width by seventeen feet in height,
and present seventy-one figures. repre-
senting the animal and vegetable king
doms. In addition to the above there
will be marble fountain. executed for
a patron Of art in San Francisco; to-
gether with bronze copies Of some pre-
vious productions of acknowledged
merit.
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
The natural expectation is that on
the approaching Fourth Of July the city
of Philadelphia will present an extra
ordinary blaze of glory; in fact the in
tention is to extend the anniversary GEL
ebration over a period Of some two
weeks, during which time unlimited
manifestations Of patriotic exultation
will be the order Of the day-and night
and in order to afford the American
Eagle unobstructed opportunity to take
birds eye view Of the scene, it is pro-
posed to illuminate the entire city-not
BY ordinary gas lights and tallow dips
but by an aerial irradiation which will
permeate every nook and Granny and
bring every object Of admiration into
bold relief
This grand scheme is to be effected
by Mr.. W. F. Schroeder, of aeronautic
celebrity. who proposes 10 the Pniladel-
phia City Fathers plan of Illuminating
the entire municipality by means Of cal
cium lights and reAectors, displayed
from bis "air ship" at an altitude Of
Of some FIVE or six hundred feet. The
cost Of the operation would be less than
one thousand dollars, and aside from
the question Of economy, the novelty Of
the idea would be in appropriate keep
ing with the countless wonders which
fascinate us at every turn in the great
est exhibition the world has ever seen.
GENERAL PROGRESS.
While verbal descriptions of the great
Exhibition are "thick as leaves in VOL
lombrosa," good pictorial representa-
tions are by no means equally common.
The illustrated papers contain many
creditablc productions, but in the
whole range Of the engrayer's art we
have seen nothing to surpass the beau
tiful illustrations in Harper's Weekly.
An efficient corps Of artists and en-
gravers is maintained at the Exhibition
and all the most attractive features of
the grand display are promptly and ac-
curately represented. As an evidence
of newspaper enterprise this may be
considered as of equal interest with the
most attractive features of the great
show itself, and parties living at dis
tance and unable to visit Philadelphia.
should not fail to procure the successive
numbers, and thereby preserve a COM
plete record of the Great Exhibition.
Since the opening day such progress
has been made that we may now safely
assert that even the most extravagant
anticipations will meet with DO disap-
pointment in the attractions presented
by the Philadelphia Exhibition. Order
is rapidly becoming evolved out of
chaos, and with the lapse Of each day
new and beautiful novelties are devel-
oped By the time that natural enthu.
siasm eliminates in the celebration of
the Fourth" everything will be in
such perfect order that we may we'll in
dulge in manifestations of no ordinary
character, and if the "Bird of Freedom"
should scream little louder than usual.
extenuating circumstances may justifia-
bly, be plead in defence Of such unwont-
ed exultation. Seriously, however,
there is ample cause for congratulation,
while at the same time we shall benefit
by comparison with the progress Of for
eign nations. and the interchange Of
instructive information help forward the
onward movement Of human develop
ment. RADIX.
Our New York Letter.
Nru Xopu Nov 1915