The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-07-07

OIO "a INC must H4uS4HS placeS
on the grounds 10 visit is the Turk
ish restaurant, just beyond Machin-
cry Hall. The attendants are all
dressed in full Turkish costumes,
and remind one somewhat of our
zouaves during the late war. The
cups, from which yeu drink your
coffee, will scarcely hold a moder-
ate sized egg, and the coffee is al
ways brought to you in little
brass ladle on the end of 3 long
stick. The amusing part is to see
Americans smoke from the Turkish
water bottles. Pipes, having stems,
from to feet long, and out of
which one can get q nice quiet
smoke, are furnished to those who
want them, but very few take them,
most people preferring to try
the bottles. On tho top of each
bottle is funnel in which the to-
bacco is placed, and from the bot
tom of which funnel reaches a pipe
down below the surface of the wa
ter in the bottle. To the side of
the bottle above the water, is at
tached the long flexible tube,
through which the smoke is drawn.
The air being drawn from the bot
tie, the pressure OF the atmosphere
forces in other air down through
the tobacco, which is lighted from
above by coal of fire, and with the
air comes the smoke down through
the water up into the bottle. A
Turk who is accustomed to the
thing, or one with lungs of leath-
er, may enjoy smoke from one of
these, but certainly all that I have
seen need either q small boy, or
blister on the back OF their heads, to
help them draw. A light suck
gives you simply a mouth full of air
and no smoke, and a heavy suck
brings the smoke either jumping out
through your nose, or tires you so
that were it not for the feeling that
you want to get your moneys
worth, you would give it up at
once. Very few can keep the draw
up more than minute or two. and
then the fire goes out, and SO enc
man is kept running almost con-
stantly bringing fresh Goals of fire.
A smoke out of one of these bot
ties costs you Is cents.
The paintings of Mr.. Kaufman,
representing electricity, of which I
spoke last week, haye been admit
ted and placediin the American col
lection, owing to determined fight
which the artist began with the
committee. A number of other
fine pictures have also been added,
and the collection has now
some very fine paintings. Taken
as whole, the English collection of
paintings is by far the best, the
German the next and the French
the next. The Spanish collection
is quite poor, though there are sew
eral pictures, representing the in
teriors of churches, which are won
derful in execution and finish, but
are all quite small. Many of the
collections have been divided, part
being placed in the Hall and part in
the Annex, so that one cannot see
them all together. This is unfortu-
nately SO with the American pic
lures, all of the better ones being
placed in the Annex, where large
part Of the people do not go.
In the Hall is a small room
which is devoted to Mosaic pictures
and sculptures from Italy. Stand
ing few feet away from the Mos
aics they look like rather fair oil
paintings, and it is only by a close
inspection that their true nature ap-
pears. They represent female fig
ures, vases of flowers, and views in
and around Rome, and vary in
price from $40 to $3.50, gold, ac-
cording to size. Two vases of
flowers, of ordinary size are $94O.
The maker of these Mosaics also,
sends life sized head of Washing
ton, as a present to the Centennial
Commission. l say Washing ton,
but simply guess at it, for it would
do equally we'll for a likeness of
Confucius, Cicero, "Boss" Tweed,
or President Grant. The color is a
dirty green, the anatomy bad, and
the likeness simply atrocious.
George has got his nose up in the
air like hog seeming a storm, or
as if he felt very much Disguised
because the people are too mean to
finish the Washington monument.