The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-09-20
WHAT Il KANSAS FAMILY SAW At THE
EXHIBITION.

Peru section of the main building, noticed
gentleman, wife, and little daughter, from
Kansas, who were quite intent upon viewing
the horrible skeleton faces surmounted by
hair. The lady was quite talller, and they
had just come from the South Africa section I;
had seen the terrestrial collection of birds the
Chill section, where embroidery, leather and
hairwork, and dressing ceases had made her
envious ; from China, work boxes and
screens from the beauties displayed in the
Prussian, Russian, Portugal and Austrian
sections the lavish display of laces, silk, and
embroidery in Belgium and from the be-
wildering beauty of some parts of the Ameri-
can section.
"Don't stand forever before these mons
ters, Julia the gentleman remarked impa-
ticntly, holding up his watch to her.
The lady turned about showing bewilder-
ed face, and looking around hopelessly, she
remarked, 81 give it up. Unless this thing
remains here forever, and we remain with it,
there is no hope in seeing, as we wish to see.
Three days mean to stay three weeks, at
least"
T The gentleman's face bore striking re-
semblance to the lady's in the way of hope
lcssness. g You are correct. Wewill have
to stay longer. Come along |"
now followed the party as they bravely
strobe through the sun from one building to
another.
girl very sensbly remarked, "Wby father,
you are not looking at the outside of the
buildings at all. just look at them Did
any one ever see such beautiful buildings
We ought to take an entire day just to look
at each one from the outside"
made note of the little girls freely and
innocently given advice, and took 1.-THE
next day.
The great Corliss engine in Machinery
Hall could not be viewed by them standing ;
they decided to sit. 6 1t was worth it, the
lady rcmarked and SO thought, sitting al
so, feeling something like a private detective,
Watching the movements of three worthy, en-
thusiastc persons.
The water works came next, and the volume
of water falling from a height of thirty-fve
feet into the large tank beneath caused Mrs.
Julia to scream the little girl also. The
gentleman, | think, would havesdone SO, too,
had he not felt it might be more digniied to
and daughter
The machinery for knitting, weaving car
pets, cotton and wooden cloths indeed the
machinery Of all nations in operation, was
wonder and delight.
The little girl, think, took especial deli,h
in the mandatory of candy. l noticed that
all the girls and boys had partiality for that
portion of the great building.
! next followed the little party to the "Wo-
mems Pavilion and saw them gaze in wonder
at ornaments fashioned from fish-scales a
paradise of a dolls house quite bewildered the
little girl in its appointments, who had never
before realized that dolls were of quiet so
much Importance, and straightway it seemed
that the little brain was busy in devsing ways
and means for a similar one for poor, headless
Celestia Ann, away of in Kansas
A prayer-carpet and door-curtains, gorgeous
in embroidery and satin, from Egypt, next
caught Mrs. Julia's eye, and il | may be par
uOutu lOh So iCdhihS bhC piCooiSO AuNDt p'iO'o
arose a desire to possess similar one for
prayers-never uttered, possibly, but upon
carpet like that.
The royal family in needlework was also
duly admired, with numberless other beauti-
full things and the Kansas people hurried
on, and still l followed.
A delightful tour of the grounds upon the
railway, for five cents, came next and we
stopped at the Art Gallery. think we all
wished to stop there forever. Into the beauti-
full building, the party stopped before The
Gloom of Glen Ogle," a picture in the Great
Britain and Ireland section, while / wandered
on and on, through a wilderness of gorgeous
coloring standing enthroned upon "The
banks of the Seine,' and wondering how Ora
ham put wind upon the canvass. Again,
shivering before "a Norwegian Winter
Scene" and anon, lost in wonder before half
a dozen more charming works of great artists,
till a movement on the part of my friends
caused me to continue the march,, as they
madly chased from the building in search Of
Agricultural Hall, then ON to Horticultural
Hall, and we gazed again upon the objects of
interest there with open-eyed wonder.
The Japanese buildings, the Turkish cafe,
German and American kindergarten, govern
ment buildings, glass mandatory, State
buildings and others, were looked at longingly
from the distance. But, dear me" sighed
Mrs. Julia, "there are SO few hours in this
day. and truly enough, the shades of night
were fast gathering. SO babe an unspoken
goodbye to our Western friends, hoping they
have in part satisfied natural curiosity, and
depart as all must, filled for all time to come
with this marvellous, stupendous Centennial
Exhibition!
+" You see, said Uncle Job, "my wfe's a
curious woman. She scrimped, and saved,