The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-12

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EFFoRTs 0FwHfTTrER ANpLANrgR CRrrr.
so1zED-sAsErLEs OF THEIR vERsE-TTIE
MUSIC ON wEDNEspAY-A MAN WITH Al
BIG volcE-THrRTY THOUSAND PERSONS
!! IN ATTENDANCE YESTERDAY.
II viii not be advisable to secure lodgings
/ in advance through agencies unless you are
familiar with the city and have made up
your mind as to the quarter you wish to live
in, or have friends to choose for you. Other
wise you may find yourself biiletted of in a
hot and unsayory by-street, at long dis
tancefrom che exhibition and from all other
points OF attraction. II you intend to stay
only q few days, the hotels near the exhibit
ition will be, on the whole, the most desira-
bic; but II you mean to remain longer
than week, so first to one Of these
establishments or to one Of the hotels
in the city proper, and then look up
lodgings to suit You in private house. Do
not come with the idea that you are going
to sec an enlarged State Fair that can be
"done" in 8 single day. Nothing less than
q week OF steady application will suffice for
rapid survey Of the great show. In the
main building alone there are eleven miles
OF asies and paSsage-ways between the
lines OF showcases. If you are absolutely
limited to three or four days you wSuld
better divide your time as follows: Devote
the first day to taking general look at the
o. interiors OF the six principal buildings-in
: six or seven hours Of hard tramping he can
get through them all-then MAKE UP your
mind what department you most Wans 10
see, and devote the rest OF your time 10
!, seeing it thoroughly so rs to take home some
clear and lasting impressions. Ii you roam
about aimlessly, your recolectlons OF
the fair will be wholly chaotic. In case you
are fond OF art, two days spent in the Art
Hall will be to some extent an education in
the STYLES OF the modern schools, whereas
an hour or two Of hurTying from gallery to
gallery will leave in the memory only a
tumble OF color and forms. II your spc-
I cial bent is for machinery, or farm products
and processes, or mineralogy, or chemistry,
or ceramics. or whatever it may be, after O
general glance OF the exhibition, SUCK TO
: the department that interests and Dement'S
you most.
a The maximum price for hotel board is s.
:, Der ,lav. There are plenty Of excellent
c houses where the charge is from 80 to 81,
y and in many good, comfortable hotels 1t Is
l. Is low as s. or $3.50. Boarding-houses
;, charge from IS n week up for room and meals.
:, At the Changers Encampment, about seven
? miles out on the line OF the Pennsylvania
y railroad, rooms in rough, shed-llke struc.
n tures are furnished for fifty cents night
and meals ut an equally moderate price. In
II short, there are all kinds OF prices 1or al
r kinds OF people, Just us in other cities Where
= there is no Worlds Fair.-Ne11 Yorc Tn
> 6une.
Is CENTENNIAL POETRY.
"a The Baltimore Gazette says "The Cen
tcunial cantata, whose words were writer
!! bv Sidney Lanier, of Georgia, was severely
= criticised by some of the northern papers fo
IL incomprehensibility. But those same pa
IL pers might with more justice have criticised
as Mr.. Whittier's poem. 1t is very 1eebl
;, performance in the way Of ahymn, Oh a dcat
y level of stagnant mediocrity, without on
L single redeeming line. This is not strange
1. for even Tennyson has failed in some OF hi
~ poems written to order. But for tlabby, tie
IL bid prosiness, we consider Mr.. Whittier
=, Centennial hymn will hardly be eXcelled.'
~ On the other hand the Baltimore dmer1
= can, declares that s.there is q long stride i
"a the way OF merit between Whittier's grand
10 simple hymn sung ut the opening Of tn
Centennial Yesterday and Mr.. Lanier's can
y tata afterwards performed with good def
= of musical pomposity. In the one the poe
j. was equal to his subject, and his verses ar
8 filled with its glory and sublimity. In tn
- other the author has gone astray after mer
J; effect, and has got himself so involved thu
~ failure is apparent in every line" lwtf
!. Whittier's hymn begins
-, Our fathers God from ont whose hand
VI The centuries fail like grains Of sand,
OF We meet to-day. united, free,
And loyal 20 our land and Ihee,
"A TO thank Thee for the era done,
~ And trust Thee for the opening one.
". Here where OF old, by Thy design,
~. The fathers spa Ike that word of Thine
he OF rended bolt and falling chain,
TO grace our festal time from ali
I'll The zones of earth our guests we call.
49, And so on through three other stanZas.
"a These lines give fair idea Of Lanier'
Nv Cantata: g..
From this hundrcd-ter-aced height
Sight more large with nobier light
III Ranges down yon towering years;
Ne humber smiles and lordlier tears
'Se While old voices rise and call
ed Yonder where the to-and-fro
Wetering of my Long-Aso
i. Moves about the movcless base
)tt Far below my restlng-placc.
TO- Mayfo&er, AIaynowcr, slowly hiher,nyin
W Trembling Westward DER yon baking sea,
ns Hearts within Fare,gell, dear England, sighnl
d. Winds without BIT dear in. in rq na replying,
III No! It shall not be!
y, jamestown, out of thee
n' Plymouth, thee-thcc, Albany
on Winter cries. lie freeze: a1oay!
Hunger cries, Ye Stdrre. dtody!
Vengeance cries Your 9rapeS Shat stay!
F. A SINGERS GREAT EFFORT.
ut lit The music throughout the programm
al was the great feature Of Wednesday, ellcl
" ing hearty applause and communication
- from the cultivated auditors on the gran
- parliamentary Of whom, the foreigner
e. especially, were amateurs and judges. Tn
oil cantata, the words Of which are by Sic
nd ney Lanier, of Georgia, was the cor
~. ns spicuous feature of ali. The music is b
No Dudley Buck, Of Connecticut, and is
~ ~ composition OF much more merit than th
va words. The chorus parts are spirited an
fantastic. 4 baSso solo belonging to tn
~ cantata was sung by Mr.. Myron w
:. Whitney, Of Boston, Mass, who wa
- heard distinctly all over the vast area, AM
- was applauded vehemently, and obliged t.
~ obey the encore, which he did gracefully
Il, His lowest notes were like the tremulou
= vibration OF an organs pipes, causing tn
-, excited listeners on the grand stand, 1iv
ia hundred yards in front Of him, to exclain
ne "Superb - ':Bravo! !" and to declare tina
5 it was the best thing Of the hour. TIL
nc singers second effort was rewarded wit
70 cheers, and Mr.. Buck, the composer, VIII
~ was on the orchestra stand, was called t