Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-12

that grace any theatre in New York,
..by large majority" Dir. Florence
has made the greatest hit of his career
in the character of the Hon. Bardwell
Slote. The pOmpous, bibulous. good
hearted. but entirely mercenary pOliti-
clan. equally ready for a stump speech
or little Congressional speculation it
is an enormous exaggeration, it is true,
but an exaggeration so clever and so
palpably on line with the reality as to
be simply irresistible. From all appear
ances 1.-The Mighty Dollar will be fore
ed to remain here for several months, so
great is the rush to witness it. After
the withdrawal from here the couple will
enter upon trans-continental tour which
will take nearly year to complete. Of
this tour | shall have occasion to speak
in a subsequent letter.
PHILADELPHIA, June 3.
If fellow could be shut up in, say
hundred square feet of the Exposition,
somewhere, and forbidden to stir out of
that enclosure under pain of death till
he had written a description thereof,
there might then be some chance of his
holding himself down to one thing long
enough o,get it on to paper. But, I'M
fortunately, there are no friendly jailers
to hold me still, and as consequence,
l roam wildly around at each visit, see
ing such multiplicity of things that
my feeble intellect is weighed down by
an overpowering sense of its own inabil-
ity to properly tackle the subject.
The Main building is at last in pref
ty good shape, the Russian exhibit,
which was about the hardest of the lot,
having arrived and being nearly set up.
The other halls are well filled and are
in fine shape, with the exception of those
containing the Art Department, where
the delay in exhibits and the culpable
neglect of the authorities in placing the
necessary guards about the paintings and
statuary has worked terrible mischief
Americans are very smart and
bright class of people, but they are too
unaccustomed to art galleries to be trust
ed therein without keepers. When every
town in the country of 10000 inhabi-
tants boasts its collection of canvas and
marble, our people will have learned how
to behave themselves but, at present,
their performances at Memorial Hall
and vicinity would put to the blush the
meanest peasant in all Europe. Aside
from their boisterous crowding and
clownlsh antics ovor the nude figure;
displayed. our vandals must needs have
poke or punch or pull at every
thing within reach. The consequence i
that numbers of valuable paintings hav,
been broken through by canes and um
brellas and the delicate portions of va
, rious statues broken off, to say nothing
of countless dirty finger marks and tn
like which cover the old laces, tapestr
and marbles. The director of the Aus
:, trian Art show has Indignantly an
!, properly closed the portion under hi
control until suitable protection is pre-
-, vided for his art treasures. The whsl
o Art Department is already much erOwC
6 ed and what to do with the stream
l. statuary which continues to flow in fro
10 Italy is a question which puzzles the d
rectors.
e. And now while | am ''on the growl
er let me relieve my mind on one or tW
rt other points. One is the slowness wit
q. which those who have the unfnisEe
e. smaller buildings in charge, get alon
". and the other is the extortion practic,
A. by the restaurant keepers. They star
IS. ed in with charges so terrific that t
I'm authorities ordered them to reduce the
all to, at least, the capaciey of an ordina
W. pocket-book. The villains smiled q
nv ceitful smile of compliance and ma
en- some reduction on the bills of fare, b
he at the same time brought down the p,
lse tons served to ultra homeopathic dos
ew so that the hungry public is no bet
tn. off than before.
get The number of tickets issued to |
tep noble army of deadheads is quite lal
sy- probably nearly 10000 in alb and
being transferred by the holders to p
one ties who have no right to the courte
7er- have reduced the receipts quite perceE
his bly,. To remedy this evil the Comm
ters siOners have hit upon the plan of IN
nge ing the free list sort of ''Rogue's G
ms lery," and in pursuance thereof have
80 dered that after certain day no 1
fee pass will be recognized which does
Ons have attached to it the photograph of
person to whom it is issued. This
sing put an efectual quietus upon the use
ter the same pass by several persons.
low photographer outside the grounds is
able ing fine trade in consequence, tai
able pictures at lightning speed. in the L
/ to business-like manner possible. The ST
J to of people standing outside his little
end Establishment is an interesting sight.
Ition hibitors, employees, reporters and col
The pondents, male and female, all have
faol fall into linz and nro n,,oo..u:---1