Arizona citizen., 1876-03-11
THE CITIZEN.
SATURDAY, MAhCh H. lo'o'
The Greatest OrFairs.

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 Observer. whose opportunities of obser-
 walton and comparison of the worlds
 great exhibitions have been very ex-
 ,ensive and who can readily dis
 tinruish between an ordinary hurdy-
 gurdy and firstclass free and easy, on
 sight, gives the following fresh and IcomprehensIve foreiaste of the Centen- 'nial exhibition, in late letter in the Observer. The writer says:
 Having seen some of the European
 International Exhibitions, or Worlds
 Fairs. and having made a patient study flor several weeks of the one in Paris in i1S67.-the greatest of them all am
 free to say that the approaching Cen ,tennial Fair in Philadelphia promises Ito excel any and everything else of the kind. that the modern world has seen. 1 This remark will be readily set down 10 ;be American habit Of exagCeration, Tor 10 national pride, or to the fact that things at home and near by loom up in-
 to grand proportions, while distance ldwarfs the same objects. We'll, let Us spend few minutes in a rapid survey of what it required a busy but very pleasant day to see.
 In Fairmount Park, including 2,740 Iacrcs within the city limits, but really 1 in the rural districts, connected with the heart of the city by lines Ofstreet cars, two hundred and thirty-siX acres of land have been enclosed with a sub stantial fence This vast area lies on
 the banks of the Schuylkili river, spanned with beautiful bridges; the
 grounds are diversified with hill and
 vale and plain; forests of lofty trees, 1 gardens and flowers: fountains ever
 flowing: ravines, dells and pleasant
 walks: and in the midst of this wide and wonderfully beautiful domain, have risen, as if by enchantment groups of
 graceful and magnificent buildings, eX- |
 cceding m their magnitude, conven- fence. variety and architectural elegance
 and fitness for the purpose, the pre- .pa-ationS made fer any international eX- hibition in London, Dublin, Paris or
 Vienna. It is impossible to convey by ! description an idea of a building. or !
 group of buildings l had no more correct impression Of the Alhambra or
 the kremlin than a child has, until l
 saw them. But if you will fancy your !
 self on Georges Hill, overlooking all 1
 the grounds, with the trees denuded SD
 that they do not hide laS by-and-by they |
 wilD, with their diviner beauty, mans l
 handiworb, you will take in, at enc
 grand view, the many palaces of art l now shining in the brightness ofa win ! ter sun. For they are so largely built of glass, that they reflect the light, |
 while they receive it freely. And first
 and greatest of all Is the main build | ing nearly two thousand feet long and | 464 feet wide, and covering twenty acres ofground. The Great Pyramid Of Egypt encloses eleven. The proportion of this ! main building are correct, and the ! parallelogram is the best possible form for house 10 live in, or to store and ! show goods in. l. cuts up to the best | The Paris Hall was circu- 1, lar and it was a French fancy to ar ! range the several countries so as toll make visit 10 them all equivalent to a !, trip around the world Our American I house will have many mansions in it. where, from the East and West, the !, North and the South, the people of all !, nations may come with the works of their hands, and sit down to study the arts of peace |
 Near to thIs is the Memorial Hall. q permanent granite editicc, Of beautiful F surmounted by pinnacles and dome, the whole having cost the T vast sum of $l,j00,00O. This is for the Z exhibition of Painting and Statuarv |, lt will be the most constantly thronged ( 1f all the buildings during the season. C Statues and fountains. and the lowell Q ness of nature are all about il: the best f. works ot modern art will adorn il with m, and make it the central and crown Ing glory of the show. For after all is ' sad about utility and practical value, he ornamental and beautiful address the aS'eS oi the greatest number. delight ng inc cultured and raising the lrno- IT rant by the maglc of that refinementtba;l l ouches the soul through the sight of a he eye And so Art becomes a true means of good. and when $ nSpireu nypure sentiment it is amoral r nd in the culture of the people. a
 The Hall for Machinery is a stupeD- h ious affair, the great railroad traycrsps ., Is central aisle, so that the huge en- s ylneS are unloaded on the spot they are IT Q cover: and the vast Agricultural the most important. becausp .boye everything else. ours k an arri.I .ullural people whose acres are to feed md clothe ihe world; and not far off i, he Horticultural Hall, and the Build- ng winch woman has erected for The T. .lsPlay oi fabrics made by female hands And so l might go from house to bousc r O the beaulliUl restaurants. fotae bouoe n or the representatives of various States T md foreign countries, placed at noints l . helghleh Inc picturesque effect of fit he whole group; and when I tell won hat thls I~ to include about one 6up. fred and fifty buildings. you will nor. Il 'elve that lt makes rural city citr I T glass, m the midst of woods and q meadows, filled with the choicest worLs =, T man from all the kingdoms and I ountrleS of the globe. Japan and la -gypt are unloading their products in f, he waiting Halls China will be there md India and Burmah and the Isles of sl ! the Sea will have their delerates in ne Park Illustrating in dwellings of N her own, the mode of life peculiar to heir several lands To walk throurb ' U the alSles and take look at the Oh W ects m each one of these buildings. is 1 } travel seventy-two miles.
 But to wander from one to another of. lese palaces of Art, covering an area u f 236 acres, would extend the wall, sal lr beyond the seventy-two miles. tbat o ou are provided with easy carriare rom door tO door. 4 narrow railroad y .ouole track, with light dummy en- q me, ana fancy cars, will perambulate h ttt whole of fl. n