The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-10

DescrIPtIon OF lhe Centennial.
The following ore extracts writ
ten to Mr.. A. Howard. of Americns,
by his daughter, descriptive of the
Centennial
To give you some idea of the val
ne of things at the Centennial, /
will give You the prices of very
few lace handkerchiefs. from $50 to
81, 900. In glass case was a wax
doll, nearly as large as q child a year
old. The cape was of blue MerinO,
Embroidered with white silk; price,
$50. The dress was white Merino,
embroidered with white silk; price,
S25. Pillow shams, Of very fine
muslin, lace aud insertion, 500.
Chemise yoke, embroidered by
hand, SIS. A beautiful suit OF white
silk, for child from two to three
years old, embroidered with white
elk, SAT-. A dress OF Paris muslin,
insertion and embroidery, muslin
cut in squares Of about four inches
and pulled across three times, then
insertion around II, very deep en-
broidery on the bottom, only $500.
I put this down just for pas sake,
knowing that he is interested in all
such things, and that he can see how
much he would have to pay for
dressing Centennial child. A white
blanket for an infant, embroidered
with white silk, price $25. A dress
for q woman, Of cream colored silk,
price $500.
Each country in the world had a
place in the main building. From
Sweden was a family-the gentle
man dressed in felt coat trimmed
by having little strips of leather
slashed and put on in the style of
fringe, buckskin knee pants, slip
pers and long stockings. The wo-
man was dressed in buckskin. The
baby was fastened in q very small
basket, just large enough to get its
little clothes and limbs in up to its
arms, which were left free, but il
had to remain standing all the time.
From the same country was rein
deer, stuffed and. harnessed, and
hitched to a sled. just like the pic
lures you see. The sled turned up
before, aud was just large enough
for man to sit In and stretch out
his limbs. The man was made of
wood, painted and dressed in fur.
There was an iron railing around
the man and deer, and inside the
railing white cotton was put down
to represent snow. 1t almost made
me feel that was in the snowy cline
of Lapland. From China there was
a great deal of hand work. There
were screens for fire-pIaces. They
were three feet wide and four feet
high, made of white satin, birds
and flowers, worked in different
colors of silk. To match these there
were bed screens, of the same
width and six feet high, set in very
nice frames Joined together, so that
you could open or close them. They
were formed into quite large room
in one corner of the building. There
was a blue, figured China chamb er-
set, consisting of q wash bowl,
pitcher, &c.; price $1,000. There
was a case of ivory cut into a great
many different curiosities by the
Chinese, and a perfect ivory tower,
very nicely carved and delicately
carved. There was also a ship made
of ivory, and it seemed as though
it was ready to put to sea. 1t had
cabins, rigging, sails, SO. From
Austria there is q glass ship made
in the same style; some thread that
resembled silk, bonnets, hats, how-
ers, and nearly everything else you
could think of. Turkey had case
of goats, and Egypt a case of silk
worms. In this case were mulberry
leaves aud branches. The worms
we're alive and doing their work.
They get up in the branches, and
spin the silk good deal as spiders
spin their web. The silk was fine
and resembled spider web. The
silk worm in appearance is not un-
like the green tomato worm, being
about the same length, but not as
large around. The natural color OF
raw silk is cream or tan. The
worm raises its young in cocoons,
that look a great deal like peanuts
A boy had box full of these and
was selling them at ten cents per
dozen. In The Kansas building was
g nice case of silk worms. In the
same building was an inlaid table
that attracted q great deal attention.
Il was a large round centre table,
inlaid with wood OF various colors
forming houses, trees and birds.
There was also pretty case of
she'll work, the shells being little
larger than fab: scales, which they
rssembied somewhat. Ont OF these
shells flowers, crosses, and many
other curious things were made.
This work was from the Polynesian
islands in the Pacific ocean. We are
taught in our Biographies that the
tpeople on those Islands are almost
| wild, but however this may be, they
seem to have an abundance of skilI
and taste, as those delicately fash
Toned articles go to prove. And
there were some curious things cut
ont of cork, among them q castle,
with a tower, and steps leading to
the top, and doors and windows,
through which one could see into
the house. 1t was nicely carved on
the sides and roof. Here let me say,
that from each of these countries
we observed that the men were
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