New-York tribune., 1876-05-17

TIC GERMAT ErsrhURtNr-BRIrIs IrIsu COLONIAL DIS
PItY-GOYERSWENr soUYs NfEs-AUsrgiAN ART.
rrgoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRibuNE'l
PHILADELPHIA, May 16.-Blick, low-saIling
clouds that seemed to trail ter srs over the ground
s,no,u down now a brisk shower and long-conunued
dTeary drIKze, made the Centennial inclosure rather
lonesome today and set the members of the Board OF
Finance at work on some unpleasant mental ciieu'd-
lions of receipts aud expenditure Not that tie FAR
was tenantiess. for thc-o were sil Vsors enough To
give 10 the interiors Of Nam Building aud the Art
Gallery a popuous appearance, bui the less attractive
siructurcs Ike Agricultural Hal, and even the
Machinery Han, looked rather desoate Many
of the walks on tine grounds were condition to repel
pedestrians not nossescd OF courage and strong boots
Nothing has been done yet 70 make B'nontaFe' pass
able aud visitors who comPclt TO traverse 10 Se'
To Tie Government Bgding Wonan's Pavilion Aggicui'
tura Hall and score OF other structures, must ethef
wade In mud anhlodocp walk the ties OF The freight
railroad Tuoro Is one Improvement so urgently
needed much the laying OF board or cement walk
on this chief tholoughdrc and the lonS delay Is unae-
couutib
AT tie restaurants to-day the walters cutnumbcrcd the
quests An exception was the German establishment
which Is always full al noon. Moderate prices and good
fare have already secured FOR the rroprctors ofthlS con-
cern an uniailng run % custom. The place Is far re-
moved from the frequencd parts OF ne grounds but is
GOOD reputation this disadvantages small
orchestra plays and the German guests, who largely pre-
dominate other natonalites, enjoy the pleasures o
tyo senses at the tine. ior while their paates are
oc.pcd with Hamburger steaks, wrincr schuetzei and
Erlanger beer their ears take IN the lasI "'IeS ol
Strauss or q symphony ~ Mozart.
The British Colonial exhibt IN the Main Building ls
now nearly complete Besides tue colonies previously
noticed in THE TRIBUNE, there now lbo Cold Coast
with IT, mats. wooden bowls looking like pottery and
IRON leopard skins, and savage implements; GiIana
with eurar Of many qualities, cocoanut oil, isingass
asee. ll
wood biumcn In cakes baskets, and gutta pereha IN
chunks lust as IL comes from the tree; tie Bahamas
with some lovely work In small pearly shells, Dullt up
I'm the form Of baskets, crosses aud manel ornaments
and similar nery wor1 OF little brown seeds; inc
Ecrudas with Shells corl pretty baskets and hats ot
palm lea es model OF the great hoaing dty Dock anu
many interesting photographs AMI maps.
In the Government Building which by the way s Tor
s size the best frcquenod Of any, peculiar souvenirs OF
the Exhibition are furnished at small cost, when
yitors can send their friends. These are stamped en-
yeopes made the building AMI printed with three-
cent stamp designed To commemorate the Cehtehh'u
anniversary The stamp Is good everywhere. 1t Is In
the form OF green shield with embossed figures aud
letters in white. At the top seen the figures ITO
ON the efthand the letter w. and on the right
tnc letter "s." Underneath this on n scroll Is the
word Postage" Below boy mounted on
horseback representing the old style OF posthorseS
this design about dividing the shield into two
n,rts The ton OF tho lower half contains telegraph
wires and poes and beneath in the broadest part Is
locomotive tender, and ear, representing inc last
mail OF the present day. Under the train, On SCROLL
are the words Three cents in roman letters the Whoie
design being finished with the figures lS16' Ihe en-
,lones arc sold only at the PostOfce section OF the
Government Building.
rho cast room of the Art Gallery containing the Aus
,roan collection was thrown open to the pdblc today
Hams Makart's great picture OF "Venice dorihs
homage TO Catherine Cornard overshadows all the rest
by It's superiority well as It's Size and makes IL dhcuit
to do full Justice to the merits. such az they are OF the
many pictures by minor artists. without pretending
to critical knowledge. l should say that taking
ont the Makart the collection would about come up
10 the average OF the German gallery adjoining
Among the most noticeable canyases Is JOSEF
Fox's Man with an Ape;" Eugene Felix's " Bacchantes
wreathing statue OF Pan with flowers and with their
sken mantlcs and offering IL cup OF wine;" an excel
lent portrait by Charles Probst; Rosa Sehwenlngers
Head of Neapolltan :" two heads OF peasant girls by
Ernst LATTE; Tyrolcse landscape by Robert Russ;
number OF landscapes by Mary aud Louise Parmenter
and a picture by Rudolph Guyng called . La LIBERIA
represeuting an Italian boy with basket OF fruit sitting
on a doorstep, with a newspaper bearing the name
of the picture at his feet, on which has fallen
a broken pomegranate. A marble bust OF the Emperor
Francis Joseph by Prof Zumtsusch is much better as
work OF art than portrait for it atters that not par
tcularly handsome monarch IN manner that ought to
have earned for tho sculptor the best decoiaoh he nau
at ls disposal.
The German gallery was for some reason unknown
closed to-day. In the chief American gallery the blood
and fury picture Of the Battle OF Gettysburg continues 10
frighten children and disgust sensible people