The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-04
Centennial Expectations.

CEutCuul0A IAHCCtosAuAcs
There are many people whose interests
are closely identified with depressed
manufactures that are looking forward
to the Centennial Exhibition and the IN
huences it will set in motion with eager
expectation that it will be the point OF
new departure, which will lead to re-
turning prosperity. With many it is
Only a vague and desperate sort Of hope
having no reasonable ground; but with
many more 1t is confidence born |
careful study of the cause of depression |
and means of Improvement. These gen |
eral remarks have been induced by H.
tie observation of the WOODEN and cloth
ing trades and their relation to the Cen
fennial. That there has been great de-
preston in the wooden cloth manufactur-
ing interests is very generally known
and that abnormal competition has in
iured the clothing trade very materially
is also fact But both Of these interests
| are looking toward the great Exhibition
with earnest and weli-grounded expecta-
| ton. The smallness of orders for fine
| woolens sent abroad for the next seasons
trade gives assurance to the better class
/ of wooden manufacturers that for the
next fall and winter they will have the
market largely In their own hands. And
this, with the lessons of the panic, ny
which they have learned the value OF
economy in production, and the recognl-
ton OF the fact that, to xii prejudice,
they must improve colors and quailties,
has awakened hopes for the future that
are finding expression in remarkable
preparations for the Exhibition. The
northeastern section Of the main building
has been assigned to textile fabrics and
clothing. Here the New England, Globe,
Auburn, ard other companies will have
elegant displays and are already fitting
up fine cases for their goods. Mnglns
among them are the clothicrs. who can
not expect great results from an increased
consumption, but who are competing
boldly among themselves for the control
of the trade. In this portion of the
building there is one structure that is SO
unique as to demand especial mention.
1t is the ''little palace Of ebony and
glass" built for the exhibition OF Deviin
& Co., the great clothiers Of New York.
Among the many very tasteful structures
yet put up it is peerless and singular;
being uncqualed in beauty of color and
design and totally different from any
thing and everything else. In form it is
oblong, with rounded ends; in design
Gothic, with half Moorish domes at either
end of the roof; in color mainly very
dark (nearly black; in ornamentation
gold and bright blue and vermillion;
while the great plates of glass on either
side are formed in majolica tiles. This
firm are celebrated for doing everything
we'll. The reputation of their garments
Is honorable, as it is profitable, and the
assurance that all their goods are supe-
rior in quality and at the same time low
in price is the secret Of their great sue
cess. In the preparation Of their Cen
,enpiai case tney nave more than sus-
tanned their great reputation, and we are
mistaken if their exhibit does not bring
return that will fully meet their Centen-
tennial expectations.-N Y. Indspe"dem
|
The AAantic Monthty for May brings
with it the final chapters of MI. Howells's
Private Theatricals," which has attract
ed many readers and will cause an eager
demand for this number. 1t has also Il
witty account of a visit TO the Pope, by
T, d. Aldrich, under the title "A visit to
Certain Old Gentleman" and closing
apcr On tie German Romantic School by
Professor Boycsen, in which he discusses
the poet and tale writer Ileck. Mis-.
kemDle's ''Old Woman's Gossip" is full
of entertaining chat concerning Lady
Byron and Mrs Norton, with other Eu-
ropean notablities. a very noticeable
contribution is that made up OF letters
written After the Battle OF the Wilder
ness" from Washington hospital, which
wildly recalls the horrors of our late
war. Charles IIale's Renaissance OF lie
n EgyGt and Of The khs3iye and his
bles in The Madness OF George III, Il
number of interesting details connected
with that topic Medical Fashions" by
| Edward Spencer, is diatribe against the
val ious froiics of physicians. Dudu
Fletcher contributes short story entitled
For The Last Time The portical con
tents include -Four o'Ciocks" a poem of
much simple pathos, by Miss II. +. San
ford, and The Antietam Statue" by
Rose Terry Cooke; and the editors dis
| cuss recent literature, art and music.