The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-14

Ing the immense dimensions Of the main build
Ing, the managers Of the exhibition apprehcni
the impossibility OF bringing within it all the
objects destined to form part " the show. for
they have gun already to erect Temporary
wooden shed along the magnificent iron and
crystal edHce. a shed which, extending a. It
docs along the cldc which Hrst strikes the
traveller on his approach to the grounds,
threatens to totally d sagure the aspect OF that
palace.
All these. however. are matter. Of no great i'm
portance, and TIC French saying that " In cri-
tique est ais6e, mais Fart est dinciie," might be
admirably applied to any critical remarks on
the architecture Of these buildings. Keeping In
view that the country has had but little expe-
Renee 10 the way OF constructing exhibition
buildings, aud that the originators Of the Cen
tennial show had neither much time, an
abundance Of money, nor the disposal OF the
powerful resources u the Government which
have done so much 10 the case OF the exhibi-
tions Of London, Paris, and Vienna, all the lead
Ing buildings Of the Centennial grounds must
be pronounced marvels OF skill and industry.
or the minor private structures belonging to
the various nationalities Represented at the
show little can be said yet, for few Of them are
completed. Some OF them promise to be hand
some, Others threaten to be ugly, but all OF them
VIII unuOuDteOly be curious, az showing INC
architectural fancy Of various countries. II Is
to be feared that In this contest for taste In
matters Of building the various States Of the
Union will be badly beaten by the foreigners.
Most Of the dwellings In the course Of being
erected for the headquarters OF the State Com
missioners remarkable for their cumsiness.
II the building Of most Of the great exhibition
edinces Is completed, aud that OF all the minor
separate ones promises to be SO ia a week or
two the same thing cannot be said Of their in
ternal arrangement. All OF them present as yet
aspect OF perfect desolatlon inside. Some
few boxes and cases OF foreign goods scattered
here and there through the main buildings, and
a few plants lodged In the hothouses Of the
horticultural hall, form nearly all that Is yet to
be seen In the way OF actual pre- para ion for
the show. Only one months time Is left for the
final arrangements, and the amount Of work to
be gone through is simply immense. Hardly
any Of the American exhibitors has yet sent In
anything at al, and but few have taken posses
sion Of The space allotted to them. II Il a curl
Gus fact that two nations supposed to be the
most backward are In this case the most ad-
vanced These are Spain and Egypt. They have
both completed tho construction Of handsome
Enclosures around their space In the main build
ing, and have brought In mass OF cases, bar
rels, aud packages which suggest the idea that
they will be about the only ones actually ready
to open their exhibits at the appointed time.
Apparently well-informed persons say that
whatever may be the efforts OF the Commission
ers, the Exhibition-though It will be opened
on the 10Th OF May-will not be brought TO any
thing like state Of completeness before the