American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-27
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would advise all who expect TO
visit tha Exposition not to stop at
hotels in ibe city Of Philadelphia.
Average distance fom the hotels
and boarding houses to the Earl.
+ ia about four miles, and the ride is
anything Lut comfortable and pic
turcs1uc. After having tiled it for
week, 7 have determined 10 move
nearer the Exhibition grounds.
have spent nearly two hours each
/ day travelling to and from the Park,
lin crowded, Uucom Portable street
/ cars. seldom able 0 end q seat, ana
when SO fortunate, holding It with
violence to my Conscience, for there
inful lilly appears some ancient
! Quaker lady to whom tboo viii feel
IN duty aud CALAMITY bound to
offer Thy place.
There seem to lie scarcely any
young Caakeresses in poiiade'p hiH.
| have met bUt one. This morning
I went into q store TO buy q pair OF
socks; and pretty, black-eSed
Young girl behind She counter said,
''Wiil thee have them PLAIN or
striped ?" Now my particular vani-
i'y is striped socks, but / told her
plain, Tor | was anxious TO make a
good Impression.
1t costs twelve cents to ride on
the stTeet-cars TO and from The EI-
position. 81 in a cab, the time made
is about the same. but life is too
short for either, and I would ad-
wise those who desire to make the
n ost of the show, to take rooms as
near the grounds az possible. The
hotels erected near the disposition
buildings have accommodations
quite az good as those in the city.
indeed better, for they have been
built with special reference to sum-
mer comfort, and for thiS special
occasion, and have spacious, airy,
| features that caunot 10 fond in
he inns Of the city built o quarter
of 4 century ago. The prices are
Tue same as at the city hotels, but
those nearer the grounds arc really
| less expensive, when the economy
of time, car and carriage hire IS
considered, for the visitor to the
wonderful microcosm in TairmOnt
Park may step fresh from his bed
! and breakfast into the main build
ing, while those who have slept in
the city arrive an hour later .jaded
by an u1comlorta bic ride. and feel
ing more like going to bed than
undertaking the fatiguing tramp Ct
forty miles involved IN a journey
around the various exhibits.
| OF these hotels tho Grand Elk
! position" and "Globe," the first on
the European, and the latter on the
American plan, are perhaps the
most desirable; the others are the
"Trans-Continental," % uited States, !"
and others.
Although it is now ten days since
the opening, it is yet too early to
sketch the condition of the Exhibit
ton for much yet remains 10 be
done before the plans and arrange
mPnts will be completed.
or the leading exhibitors in the
main building, France and Ger
many seem TO be the most dilatory.
! The American and English exhibits
arc very compieta Their displays,
both ia selection and arrangement
are ma1yaIs Of taste and beauty.
Tie displays of the various PhiIa-
delphia manufacturers are yoluuin-
Gus and handsome.
Sweden las superb showing of
iron and furs, ard tho best sreci-
mems of 1iiigree ornaments in metal
are to be found in this department..
The Italian collection is distinguish
ed By q display Of some fine AIosaics
and carvings Germany has been
much behind hand in arranging her
exhibits, her display of porcelain is
good and attracts nuch attention.
Austria has L rare display Of Bohe-
milan glass, amber, meerschaum and
Heather goods. Tho Japanese col
lection is large and varied, and is
distinguished especially forits cary
mgs, lacqaercd ware and va76;;
The Chinese exhibition is lArGe@ho.
creditable, rs are also fJ@ OF
Egypt, Brazil, Holland. fnn@rk
and Canada. 4
|, In Machinery Hall thfeynosure
of attraction is the CorFs engine.
To see this Titan VITAE strength
OF q volcano, tie graz ~ d serpent
and the docility Of 20: Rcy Iifiilsii-
ling the motor for/rintlng the New
| YORK HeraM, sThplAg Centennial
ora erooiin/sillk thread, and q
i i',,, III useful manufactures,
-, H. Host ponderous TO the !
,noSt GIatc, all hero under one |
roor ie% itself liberal education.
NJ United States Government /
hpIngs attract fair proportion |
! Visitors, but part of the display ! |
TnrOt bat consider extravagant |
ana frivolous as, for instance, |
stuffed arti.iaryIaen mounted on I
wooden horses, and other stuffed |
hgGres representing the changes in |
military costume since the reyo.u> /
tion. The school histories abound |!
in pictures that Illustrate these
changes quite IS well.
The larger number of State bald
in%s arc not yet completed. Il is
difficult to see Why they wero ever
begun. They illustrate nothing
that is distinctive in tie arcFitec-
ture Of the States, because there is
nothing distinctive to illustrate
aud they are 1t best bat barren
points of diversion from tlat which
is web worth seeing. The visitor