The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-15
FEATURES OF. THE cExrENNTAL.


OBSERVATIONS or Al roHEraNnR EVER
SAW so MANY WE'LL DRESSED PEOPLE
MISTAKEN NOTIONS ABOUT AMERICANS
WHERE ARE THE pEAsANTsg-wORKo OF
WoMES's HANDs-ssKILFUL Use or
CARVING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. aEGu-
LATIOSs--A GRowL FROM THE THEA
REGISTRATIONS SCARCE.
Those who are least acquainted with
American ways and American character
were particularly impressed with the
marked rcspectability OF the crowd that
came together. Standing in the diplomatic
section OF the grand stand, and looking out
upon the vast sea OF well-dressed men and
women who listened with rapt attention.
and what was better, with evident enjoy
ment and appreciation, to the perform
ance OF the Thomas orchestra and the
grand chorus, member OF the Ger
man Commission, who has only been
few weeks in America, said to me,
IN amazement, "But in my life I
have never seen so many OF the better
classes assembled at one time. We have very
mistaken notions OF you Americans"
Then, after moments pause, he continued !:
Zone thing wonder at, however. You
talk so much about your liberality to all
classes, why have you to-day excluded all
the poor people? In this crowd / see no.
thing but the rich and very well dressed"
| assured hin--as was the fact-that men
and women from all classes were we'll rep
resented in the throng. This was, indeed,
the truth. The multitude was made I'D OF
all kinds Of people. Rich men and women
there were in plenty, but there were also
workmen and working women; car
penters, shcemakers, and blacksmiths,
clerks and statesmen, lawyers and doc
tors and ministers, bricklayers and lager
beer saloon keepers, farmers and manu-
facturers, were all mingled together in the
good American fashion. When this became
clear to my German acquaintance he was
almost beside himself with establishment.
"What!" he said, "those well-dressed
women are not all rich ladies; and among
those men all with cloth coats there are
many farmers, stone-masons, and cobblers /?
But, Acin herr, where are your common
people, your peasants?" owe are all
common people," replied, "and we have
no peasants. - Again the gentleman looked
at that American crowd and continued to
do so, shaking his head in amazement and
muttering at intervals, ssDer leber Himmel,
what country! A hundred thousand peo-
pie in a crowd and not one peasant y
Correspondence NeU York Times.
ANEW ART INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN.
In the next section beyond I was fortu-
nate enough to find Mr.. Benn Pitman pilot
ing Governor and Mrs. Noyes, Of Ohio, Mrs.
Ole Bull, and 4 Japanese professor through
the products Of the School Of Design Of Gin
cinnati, Of which he is the teacher, and pos
sibly the founder-certainly the founder OF
the artistic wood-carving which now forms
so prominent part Of its work and study.
This display is as yet the most interesting
part Of the womans exhibition. 1t shows
conclusively what can be done by women
in an art quite new to them, but specially
adapted to their strength, their intelligence,
their appreciation OF use as combined with
| beauty.
| Most of the work is amateur work, not
made for sale, but by ladies, wives, mothers,
daughters, for gifts or the adornment Of
their own homes.
There is small stand with mirrow BEAU
titully decorated by lady for her son, and
presented to him when he first began to
shave.
There is bedstead carved by two young
ladies with emblematic figures taken from
their own garden. The head forms square
medieval lattice, with vines trailing over it,
and surmounted by border Of peoples,
closed convolvuli, and other objects signif-
cant Of sleep and quiet; at the foot OF the
bed, so that the eyes rest upon them on first
waking, are the "morning-glories" ICON
volyuII in full bloom. This bedstead is a
marvel Of patient workmanship, and is the
only article for sale. 1t is considered cheap
at five hundred dollars.
A hoic IN, oh
inlaid with ebony, is charming, and was de-
corated by lady for her first grandson.
The headboard shows the following words
in German text: "Morgunstunde hat Gold
i'm Munde," which meant that the first
hours of the morning have gold in them.
At the foot arc panels representative OF Ger
man fairy lore.
A sideboard, the most severely simple in
form, but carved with the most wonderful
delicacy and precision, was made by a lady
for her own home, and puts Eastlake in the
shade. The designs for the lock-platcs for
the strap-hinges OF oXidized metal are all
made at the school; nothing come from out
side but the metal handles.
But perhaps the most important piece Of
work is piano, the carving OF which, in
Guiding the massive supports, was all done
by Miss Agnes Pitman, only daughter OF the
| professor, IhT. DEM truman. a manu1aC-
turer offered her the piano if she would deco
rate one for him and exhibit it. This piano,
with border Of superb carving emblematic
of the four seasons, and ornamented tracery,
is the result, and is her own, now that it is
completed.
| In the same way an organ-maker has pre-
sented fine instrument to another young
lady on condition that she executed the
carving for it, which she did. The interior
is magnificent, the works are the finest pos
sible, and the finish OF satin wood.
There is the greatest possible variety in
the objects and articles. Among them are
two doors carved by Miss Pitman's own
hands, and unhung from her room, in order
to show how exceedingly practical the idea
is. There are exquisite cabinets and brack-
oas, and mantel-pieces, shelves for china,
picture-racks, bread-plates. and a thousand
things for household use and ornament
which it is impossible to enumerate.-Jen-
ME June IN Ne,o York. Graphic.
..... ABSURD REGULATIONS.
A change is evidently needed in the
regulation prescribed by the Department
of Admissions, which obliges every visitor
| to pay fifty-cent note. The absurd
ity Of refusing a dollar for two persons
or two dollars for four, is too evident
and annoying to be long continued. Hun
dreds were turned back from the gates,
which they had gained by patient waiting in
| line and obliged to fall in at the end Of q