The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-10

was 10 be the signal for the opening II you have fol-
lowed the programme you will remember that 10 set
down that amer the ceremonies on the platform, tho
President shall como here with mis- following Every
mechanic in the building who has machines 10 man
age will be a hts post The President will
press the lever which controls this engine. and In
cash every machine viii start upon liz o1ce-searing
hemp combing WOOL spinning cotton, throwing on the
printed pages, vhirng tho shuttle through she web
The pressing OF this lover will be the formal opening.
the mating which brings the great EXPOSE
ton into fe Il seemed to singulariy appropriate
that an exhibition which represents more than any
thing else the grandeur and strength OF the Anglo
Saxon race should ind its embodiment this stupen-
dous engine.
VIENNA Ann PHILADELPHIA.
The question il often asked Chow does this Exhi-
bit,on compare with tho others, and especially with
that at viennai" Il ID difficult this ques-
tion aud then only In general way. Hero figures
which tell you that have dy-six and half acres
under roof, while Vienna had thirty-eight and eight
tentha They will tell you that IL Is nearly
twice large that Of Paris than twice large
that Of Hyde Park, and eleven times large
little Worlds Fair behind the Reservoir which Presi-
dent Pierce and his Cabinet opened with much state
nearly quarter Of century ago. These figures are
deceptive many buildings within these grounds
are not essential the Exhibition Tako these State
buildings, for instance They are only many houses
In various forms Of architecture and most OF II bad
In this that architectural enecta They mean
nothing. You might well take = cluster Of houses
from Yonkers or New Rochelle, some OF your West
chester suburbs and call II Exposition. II the
money spent these State buildings had been devoted
to the collection OF tho mineral agricultural indus
trial Of each State in OF the main halls
Il would have been moro useful There were none OF
Tor the free minded American citizen to discuss the
Presidential canvass during the warm summer after-
moons do not SEQ their value. Vienna was
remarkable for the variety Of outside buildings
which had true interest In . worlds fair There
were cottages for showing how the peasants in Hungary
and Syria lived There was Russian house, famous
for its architecture and It's beer and its caviar lunches
There was the Khedive's palace, built before people
knew he was bankrupt abeautiful building, showing
an exact idea OF Oriental life from the farmyard to the
harem. There the exquisite Moorish
house, with It's open court. almost doll
house-it was so small There was our American
schoolhouse which all self.respscting Americans used
to 60 out Of their way 70 avod and Swedish school
house, which was gem. There was the pavilion Of
the Prince Of Monaco, pretty a. boudoir, and ex
hibits like those Of Prince Schwartzenburg which
worth going to Vienna to see. With few exceptions
in Vienna which did not have positive meaning as
part OF the Worlds Fair
wHHRs BEHIND VIENNA
II is not so hcre We miss tho Khedives palace and
much OF tho Oriental outdoor life that made tho long
evenings in the Prater grounds attractive We miss
the hundred booths which lined tho road to the Aus
TRAN show. We miss the beautiful approach to the
main and that wondrous rotunda DOME under
which the visitor never tired ofngerng We have mono
OF these Paramount ana nothing compensate for
them The main building bulges up the sidewalk and
you lose all the advantage OF perspective. Tho
building is not - nne a. IL was in Vienna, but Is
lighter In details and moro graceful Where our Exh-
bition surpasses Vienna Is in its compactness It
days journey from America At one end, 70 China at
the other and when you had taken that trip there
still another to the Art Gallery beyond We have .
horticultural Hall, which surpasses Vienna, where
flowers wore shown In the open air. We
miss Greece. whose poverty keeps her out OF this
company Of nations As recompense for tho Khe.
dives palace we have the English buildings, which
among tho gems OF the show. In Vienna there was
plain cottage and lew frame buildings for workmen.
In grounds we have dwellings copying faithfully
the architecture OF the sixteenth centurythe tile roofs
tho quaint red brick chimneys the rooms panelled
dados-a complies picture of the home Of an English
gentleman 800 years ago There was nothing Of this
Vienna, and shall never to the apathy
OF Philadelphia II her authorities do not purchase this
superb exhibit and retain permanent attraction
OF the Park The Japanese house novel and curious,
and although Japan did well In Vienna her display
nothing TO what 1t is with u.s.
WHERE WE ARE AHEAD or VIENNA
do not sec attractive exhibition ~ the one
at Vienna in the sense Of show and comfort. There
will be Of the temptations to idle the after
noon away. For work. study and observation II will
be much better There are none Of the oxhausting
journeys that the sght-seer compelled to make in
the Prater The buildings hcre grouped together
moro easily. We have q Machinery Hall
much inner than At Vienna: an Agricultural
Hall which stands Alone The American build
Ing that which shows the history and progress
OF nation, is inner than anything OF the kind in tho
Austrian show II We miss Roumania, Persia, Turkey
and Russia have q better exhibit from England,
and, moro than all, wo have her colonies in glorious
completeness. France is only . shadow OF what
she was in Vienna Italy. Switzerland and
Belgium, attractive as they arc do not com.
paro with what they did in 1873 But Spain
and Brazil are richer and more imposing, aud
Tho Netherlands madc no such impression upon me
then as they do now. We have our South American
Kepublics-Ch, Peru and the rest-which wore not at
Vienna at all II remember. We have nothing In the
way or art TO compare with Vienna. The great
Powers, Russia, France Austria and Germany, only
give portion Of what they gave Vienna; but wo
make up for them in this, that wc have many coun-
tries which were there absent altogether.
GENERAL COMPARISON
To sum up tho comparisons would say that this Is
truly worlds fair than that ~ vienna-than has
been before in international exhibition.
For the two or three nations We miss have dozen
who were not the Prater. II miss the prodisous
shn of En- lion No hay ouvhto
what It Is. Above aIl things have our
own country ID her strength This is enough
to rejoice the heart OF the American, who was
taken TO the dingy collection Of sewing machines,
false teeth and California wines, and asked to regard
as IN american Department" This Is nrst OF ali
American show, and second an AngIo-saxon show. We
what have done In q hundred years We see
wherein consists the greatness Of mighty England and
the group OF colonies which already threaten