New-York tribune., 1876-07-01
TIE SWISS EXHIBIT.

TIE SWISS EAliiBll
WONDERS or TIE warren DePAETMENT-wooD
CAGvINGs-sCHOoL APPARAIUs-LACE CURTAINS
-ENBROInEEIES.
lFroy THE LEGULAE CORgEsPDNDENr oF TIE TRIBtSE.i
PHILADELPHIA, June 29.-At first the Swiss
section d-apponts 10y its small extent bat the visitor
loss I'm, feeling when he now much Is crowded into
liiilc sacc aud how comFactiy and Systematically
the articles are disposed With few exceptions
all The important export industries of the
Nouutrin Republic represented tn" section
rs ara lgcd In a series of courts mcoscd by show cases
c scYorDst planncss. the iron frames being PAL ted
4 Quaker drab color. uurcicyod by any ornament
Taking them in their order from the main aisle toward
the wall these Enclosures might be called. from the
urluclul exhibits they respectively contain the court oi
watches OF education Of cmbroderie OF textile fabncs,
and Of wood carvings and chemical products
In the latter stands a pretty little oho-si0Ty
chalet used a.. an Office for the Commission. In the
lsst century has become the dominant in
dustry in The Participating Of switzerland
More than 100000 watches, representing value OF over
s2OOUo ooJ are produced annually. II Is no wonder
HAT this great manufacturing interest ID given the
most prominent position In the Swiss section.
There are 45 exhibitors OF watches, cAr0uomc-
tcrs and paris of watches, and their products
embrace the whole range Of pocket timcpicces,
nom the cheapest silver cylinder cSrJpcment up to
wonderfully elaborate pieces Of mechanism hat strike
thc hour and ald tell the day Of the month
and the phase OF the moon There are watches, too 70
small tat they are Inserted iu ngcruc7 and in charms
fpr ladies' cnans and miracle Of mnutcuess u con
tanned 10 gold pcnLodcr. 1t has three dIas Of three
sixtcenls Of an inch diameter clch indicating the time
lhe day Of the week aud the date OF the month. The
price $500. Tho watChc, set in gold rings are little
larger. cost In the uc-!bcrAood " $500 Tho most
valuable watch shown hcld at $1,000, gold. II an
houl. quarter and minute repeater; has an lHde-
pendent second hand and calendar Of the. day,
MONTH, aud year. aud shows the changes " inc
rorn~ Hsuh-"ue r.i-rrr"t work I'D Eol"''
~ din.rcut c0iors. is displaScd IN watch cases,
catalogue is copy o' Ggcug,'s Morning" The inner
.r Of watch; 80 il voud sesm mat what lite art
tu,Ic IS iu switzerland Ih the servant OF time People
3D. Lo arc curious about en- Iyom,n's' Jewels aud
fIor features OF tho irsld,s 81 watches study the
.ln-rf di uj,t,pl Jlr case, of "Ia4t.' exhibited
i"e jevcl' by ne way 'e not .,'' A. iII} .',g ] no
-rt ol wt,rh., aqua m.f ma is scd for better bthes
-l,llrt., uuj ruN-s for tie b,,L
-ricauHr Instrument, for tic making NJ which thc
-gIs. celebrated electric clocks, and nH.i,nUA' are
-I".u 20 ,a' same court " ".iu iLr "g",, IT.. 4.''I
u-ic-HcN !. iu 'he form 70. -iinholri plays 49, 'u",-
and COSTS s1oHJ. a ama,.c! one, playing only ''=Hi
aUrs bat combining ai.h the ord.nar, nlt.y-,, ,N r-
also valued at 5000. ,la.t of carved oak contain
u- CLOCK. mu,icaoH, -Ai singing b'd' s pfr''y
Ioo group o. cdrcaJonl Is e.p,rnly interesting. w''h
federation represented Nc gee urI, frap1h',iN oi
100 hit -, I. ..'- "l ~ .''- l.t" 10 I ,''' ~
.,rr.. piece. Of the sl,gs oi anI"ai-, .nurirr ns-
, N.IIttH uiItfl tl Gus
l.,i t' i'.n o. g. 'HI' '' ,"' -'h.t %. Nt, t ,
.s.!ej luaI. p.u- y.rli 1'i'. .,f", I.i' "i -''n'
tdl.' ~ I"' p'.-' '..'r' &C. ...'.! i,
.,,h's i.s u"u -. rn oi t"r.'iI." "a' "
.oguHy among tI.H. ll tine -IoJp of engineer
U-, maternal lHr many days "i eiuF j. IIi-
ui,ucu it .t' hlH"i"-, Ih".o.iAtI-, 'h" Nouh'' 90
Ip ..H col lu" SIS .u ui I.fetCUuuu.' "t.tA
na, oyr.a". tac great obstacles present., W nature DO
ihr Aiinu" ranges 'iu co.'!gi l", '"'... W., & t
@'." O., i..,". ..Y % o.. , ',I m ' ~ ] m % 81. ,r fr.
t.t- ft nfH.lI Ia .ls s BE- I
- -""'i 80 . nm. ii., Hi .,gsi.-,',.r 30 .la-
orIIc 90 "details 10 -how every depression ana rrFa-
lion n te surface of t'r country anu every chalet and
Tnc thrd court contains the lace curtains and The
rrud,I,5 fIu.I jur CIlfUut uf lt and 80. D-uru-
yrr Ic. l Sura .gi tuc ru-ytjrlu curtains.
c!iri al d Ittl- distance rrund Oh, oi nothing much
as Ui delicate uDsug on SASS. The raised patterns,
IrudHccd ~ builaluE up Tho figures such on st,cA
'Uu NOV sand ovt in bold RELIEF. also
exceedingly attractive, and the emb."derics upon
yciyc,s I've 81 an incr tnt leaves nothing 10 he ic-
sired SOM Of the woTd is done By hand aud some by
machinery; Da 80 r'Hr,t are lhe MaalncS now III i"e i"e
that It b. aiuust Impossible u daimlHl.h one kind Of
wori from the other. Evidently the slow aud lgDori-
Gus process oi lmndthJrohrry VIII soon DE
tang o. the past, Ike hand-wcaying aui hand
knitting. Nc, The ieaai admirable. prcGariy of e cur
marked 80. So, SO ard So The wpnd-Do pur-
cn1scr little disappointed to ind that the du'y must
n6W JAeil prica au argument asinat our tiiih
IL = pornans 4lO. How caclp" you cxcllim. +" Yea,
very cheap answers the exhibitor, bat your Govern
1.-THE du.y Is 30 per cent"
ia the fourth court the silks Of ZuTch-handsomo
coloIs aud good fabrics bat not OF as fine hns as tho
Lyons sDUd-lC straw goods, Tie hrnG5 of mixed straw
and s.lk paper and strips al metallic tJ used iui hats
and fancy boxes and the hUrschir hfids that 10 10
P!, To bc made into has. Her, too, are tnc Blk
bU.tIugcO'hs-1 swiss specially thdt Is considered
great iuhu Of the wraycrs at-cnar-c, cheap cotton
brc,, lhc color known Turkey red, abound Ihty
have little merit beside cheapUess, ahd tine nuGct iOr
them is aim r. exclusively Turkey, Arabia, and the
North African countries.
Penetrating into the last court we come first o the
carved wood work from tho BCrmeoc Ob'rimd-'prci-
men, winch pirtiy ,uc 10 I'LL good deal OF space
ihu franks % American tourists returning irOih swift
iand All ng5c pretty urtlcrs-chairs, clocks. chess
ntU, boxes, and mdhel ornaments, a,e cut Out by mama
40 me colt s OF The peasants high up among tht APPS,
IN tgc Nnict season, wucu they can DO no outdoor
WpI.. Gcw, linden, walnut maple, pear, ch"HtnuI,
cherry, ana uak, tie wu"s used The ART Is auded
down from generation to generation. and The children
begin while quite young 10 help their parents
in ths simpler kinds OF carving. The best
specimen IN the collection Is booL-hoiier IN
white maple, with Apac and cdHlw,is', carved IN
cIUsrs imitation Uf uaJurc. Surrounding tlc chalet
~ TIE tx RENE OF thr stctun sAcycs where con
dcuse mIK ate, auiliHc dycs and fancy iqnOls
iGug'o cuIiuusiy with photographs There are also
few urercH loading guns 0f the regulation pattern used
Iu h- swiss arnya manifest ADAPTATION OF the Anier!-
can Inventions Of Winchester and Henry.