Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-06-15
Our Radlx Letter.
Matters ct Philadelphia - amer
lean Nanslais = A hungry
Howl = The Dead Head
fS0guc's Gallery
Financial.

LA pOsi1Ions ~SOLle"leIe, ana Tor
Dldden to stir oat of the enclosure
under pain of Instant death till
he had written Il description there
of, there might then be some
chance of his holding himself
down to one thing long enough to
get 1t on paper. But, ul.iortu-
nately, there are no friendly Jail
ers to hold me still, aud as con-
sequence, ] roam wildly around at
each visit, seeing such a multiple
ity Of things that my feeble intel
lect is weighed down 10y an ever
towering sense of is inability To
properly tackle the sulj el.
The main building is at lust in
pretty good shape, the Russiau
exhibit, which was about the tar
dlest OF the lot, having arrived
and being nearly set up. The 9th
er halls are well filled and are in
line shape, with the exception of
those containing the Art D part
menl, where the delay in exl iblts
and tie culpable neglect Of the
authorities in placing the neces-
sary guards about the paintings
and statuary has worked terrible
mischief.
Americans are avery smart and
bright class of people, but they
are too unaccustomed to art gale
ries TO be trusted therein without
keepers. When every town in
the country OF 10000 inhabitants
boasts its collection Of canvas and
marble, our people will have learn
ed how to behave themselv !;
but, at present, their pertorman-
ces at Memorial Hall and vicinity
would put to the blush the mean
est peasant in all Europe. Aside
from their boisterous crowdingand
clownish antics over the nude fig
ures displayed, our vnndnls must
needs have poke or pull ut ev
.erything within reach. The con-
sequence is that numbers of valu-
able paintings have been broken
through by canes and umbrellas
and the delicate portions of vuri-
GUS statutes broken OF, to ray
nothing OF countless dirty finger
marks and the like which cover
the old lnces, tapestry and marble
The Director of the Austriau Art
show has Indignantly and proper
ly closed the portion under his COLI
troll until suitable protection is pro
vided for his art treasures. The
whole Art Department is already
much crowded, and what to DO
with the stream Of statuary that
continues to low in from Italy is
a question which puzzles the d.
rectors.
And now while sam on the
growl," let me relieve my mind
on one or two other points. One
lis the slowness with which those
who have the unfinished smaller
buildings in charge, get along, and
the other is the extortion prac-
ticed by the restaurant keepers.
They started in with charges 50
terrific that the authorities order
ed them to reduce them to,a least,
the capacity of an ordinary peck
ct. book. The Williams smiled a de-
ceitful smile of compliance and
made some reduction ON the bills
of fare, but at the same time
brought down the portions served
to ultra Homeopathic doses, so the
hungry public is no better of than
before. To be sure, there are, out
side the enclosure, plenty Of mod
crate priced restaurants, but the
fun of that is, that once outside
the fence you can't get back with
out the loss of another 80 cent
piece. So you have your choice
of going hungry or Fquandering
the savings of laborious lifetime
on Centennial sandwiches, which
are SO light, that when dropped,
they float to the ground like a
feather. This matter is such
nuisance that it will doubtless be
soon remedied.
The number of tickets issued to
the noble army of dead heads is
quite large probably near 10000
in alp, and by being transferred
by the holder to parties who have
no right to the courtesy, have re-
duced the receipts quite percepti-
bly,. To remedy this evil the
Commissioners have hit upon the
plan of making the free list sort
of "Rogue's Gallery" and in pur-
suance thereof have ordered that
after a certain day no free pass
will be recognized that does not
have attached to it the photograph
of the person TO whom it is issued.
This will put an efectual quietus
upon the use of the same pass by