Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-15
CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.
Progress Made for the Opening Next
MOnth--What the Foreign Nations
are Doing.
4 Splendid Array Of Architectural
WOnders-The Fancies Of all PeO-
pies and TimeS-Etc.
View York Tribune.l

! New York Tribune.l
PHILADELPHIA, April 7.-Durirg the
past week all departments OF the work
OF organizing the exhibition have moved
! stes'liIy forward, tut the most notice.
able progress has been in the erection of
special structures and in the preparation
OF the foreign sections of the main build
l'lg. The grounds are now covered with
a town so unique in its appearance that
1t might seem to be the fantastic crea-
tion OF an architects dream. One who
has never seen worlds fair can form
Dut FAINT Ides OF how IL looks, for the
reason that ne other occasion ever pro.
duces such strange mixture Of srchi.
tecturai forms, and even visitors to the
great expOsitions of Paris and Vienrc
Will find much that is strikingly r,opnI
IN the separate features, and ec,osn,oiI1
IN the t0aH ensemble of this n1srvoio1gs
collection OF structures -lsnrasaytirSr ~
most R.I imagins, ia stgIas and eli
epochs Of the w,rli's history. A desorin-
ncn OF the various forms and tvnes Of
archlteGture thrown into iuxta66sition
would give the impression OF discord.
ant JI1nhle, but the effect produced upon
ING mind is not Unpleasant, Like those
,|onderful patchwork quilts which cid
( ladies used to make IN the country
there is a certain harmony of ef.
feet in the whole picture, in spite
OF the many apparently in
harmonious details, An Amari-
can log>cabin does not seem appropriate
In the neighb0rhscd Of Moorish pal
zee like the horticultural hall, nor q Js-
paneso dwelling in the shadow OF an
Etlzabethian manorhous9, nor an un-
couth structure Of corrugated iIcn by the
side OF the perfect granite proportions of
the art hall, nor modern Italian villa
IN sight OF construction in the medic
val German style; and yet one does net
get the idea OF incOngruity in looking at
these structures. Perhaps it is because
tnere is sense of fitness in their pres
ence there. A worlds fair is kalei6o.
scope OF the products Of all nations, and
nothing that is developed by human
skill is foreign or out of place. AS all
colOrs blend to produces white, go al
these various architectural forms unite
to make the tableau of the life of the
world which it is one of the chief aims
Of such an exhibition to present.
Spain is Tivsling England in the num-
Der anu cost OF the special structures
she is erecting on the grounds. Her Oc-
tagonal building, to be used as barracks
for the detachment of engineers she has
sent here, is now finished, and near it is
queer affair composed Of two circular
pavilions Joined by long gallery open
on one side. The pavilions are to be
kitchen and pantry and the gallery a
diniDg-rOOm for the soldiers. On SaIur-
day Colonel Fabra, the chief Spanish
commissioner, filed the plans of build
ing that will be much the largest erected
by any foreign nation. 1t Will contain
articles sent by the Madrid government
for which there is no room in the regu-
lar exhibition buildings-srms, maps,
models OF public works, etc.-an official
national exhibit, in short, and the only
one that viii be made except that Of the
United States. TIE BraEilians have
nearly completed q graceful pavilion
containing three rooms, which will be
used by the Emperor Dom Pedro for rest
and reception purposes during mis- visits
to the grounds, and for the headquarters
Of the commission. A small pavilion
has been received in parts from Morocco,
but as yet no one has arrived with au-
thOrity from the government of that dis
tRnt State to set it up. The German
pavilion, a substantial brick structure,
well typifying, in it's contrast with the |
many pasteboard buildings near it, the |
solidity Of the German character, will |
be finished next week. The Japanese |
have completed their quaint country !
house near the English buildings, and |
have gone over to the neighborhOod of |
the art hall where they are now raising |
the frame OF bazaar.
The State headquarters buildings are |
being constructed rapidly. Ohio's stone !
mansion is up to the second story. New |
York's elegant villa is extremely COM
plete, and looks like s handsome Hud.
son riverresidence. Massachusetts odd |
structure, covered with shingles all down
the sides, like the scales of fish, might |
be likened to Newbu:ypOrt cottage of |
the last century, swelled by magic to ten |
times its original dimensions. Indiana |
seems to be Initiating Persian architect !
ure. Arkansas has the foundations down |
for something that will be big if moth |
ing more, and West ViTginia's house |
will scarcely be redeemed from its un-
couthness by external ornamentation. |
COnnecticutt's little cottage is dwarled |
by its surroundings, but it is as home
like as it is homely. Illinois, Delaware,
and two or three other States, are doing |
something on their lots, but it is too |
soon to tell just what. Pennsylvania |
headquarters are not yet begun, but her |
building for an educational exhibit is al !
ready well advanced. New jersey has |
tine largest and most picturesque OF all !
the State buildings
Among the many business structures
none is more striking than the Oriental
pavilion, with its brillisntiy.psinted Gu
pOla put up by Fuller, Warren q Co,
the Troy stovemskers. Equally large,
but much palmer, is the neighb0ring
building of the Liberty stOneWOrks.
Rowelps newspaper pavilion promises
to be q spacious structure, of unique and
handsome design. The Boston Adver-
tiSeT and the Boston Herald have
brought on a ready-made cottage for the |
joint occupancy Of their correspondents,
and have put it on the western side Of
the lake. The Tribune is building a
small Octagonsl office between Belmont
avenue and the lake, and the Philadel-
phia Times has selected q site near by
for a structure of about the came size.
Dtsk-room for newspapers which do not
provide themselves with offices will be
furnished by the commission in the jury
pavilion. 1t is unfortunate that the
space around the art hall is to be so in 4
numbered with inferior structures as TO
cut of sli view OF it from the plateau
that will be the center of the life of the
fair. The ugly building OF the carriage
makers and the large wooden structure
OF the department of public comfort
cover spaces that ought to have been
left open, not only for the sake Of the
view, hut to prevent an appearance Of
the undue cToWding. There is such q
massing Of heavy structures within a
stones throw Of the principal entrance
to the grounds that an uncomfortable
sensation OF lack of elbow-rOom is pro-
duced on the visitor.
There begins to be an unpleasant GER
tainty that machinery hall is going to
be in a stSte OF chaos on the opening
day. Not q one-huDdredth part of the
machinery is yet in place, and not
tenth part has arrived. If every article
were now on the ground it would re-
quire q month to get things together
and In running order. It takes time