New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-15

force rather than of natural growth. The Praer III
! Vienna was a much moro advantageous location, III
the way of space and full-grown trees yet It's dead
| level beside the Danube defed the weak attempts
made to vary the surface. Every shower
made pools which filtered away slowly
through the moist soil. Farmount fark'
on tie contrary, offers situation WHICH
could hardly be improved. With It's grand ou tieo7
its slopes of mellow turf its high, breezy pateaus,
divided by the picturesque hollow OF Landsdowhe
Glen; its airy outlook from Georges HILL ana It's
shining reaches of the Schuylkill between slopng
walls of foliage it seems to have been designed by
nature for lust such an occasion. The first level,
nearly mile in length, adnl of spacious opan-air
court with trees, flowers and fouIsains, between
the Main Hall and the Machinery Building wnlle on
the sofyrisng slope beyond the latter the detached
buildings native and foreign, have found their per-
feet site At the head Of Landsdowne Glen pictur-
esque little lake has been formed; on the second
plateau beyond stand the u. ). Government Buiing'
the WOmen's Pavilion, and in the MIDST OF
a fair and howery lawn, the Horticultural
Building. Then follows another shallow glen,
beyond which rises the queer composite Tor rather
nondescripD towers and roofs of the Agricultural
Building. which covers ten acres Of ground. Nj the
main points are thus nearly on level, yet each Is
brought into prominence by the hollows which
river. do not see how better disposition conld
have been made Of the grounds. When the alchemy
of the warmer sun shall have been felt. when the
last scalfodng is cleared away, and all the rubbish
of the final preparations removed, when the new
grass is thick and the mounds Of flowers hasten to
bloom, and the fountains are lei loosc,-whoeyf
comes hero viii dread 10 comparison with the large
undertakings OF other lands.
STATE BUILDINGS.
Few of the National or State buildings arc COM
pleted, but The latter, at least. are mostly slight
structures, requiring only few days OF carpenter
work and plenty of paint. II viii be "A singular.
may say an unprecedented collection OF styles New
Jersey has nearly finished something male mp CT
gables. peaked roofs. and balconles-qualnt If not
characteristics Connecticut has Il modest little old
fashioned cottages New-York, a villa that suggests
calico; Massachusetts, an astonishing fabric, of the
most exclusiSs Boston Brahminical aspect; and In
diana something which can only interpret MS repre-
senting the railroad car placed atop of the old can
yas-coyered wagon and crushing down its bows"
Illinois and Wisconsin are less ambitious and more
agreeable; but England and Japan are simply per-
feet Those old Saxon houses, honest and true III
side and ont, with the utmost integrity OF form and
decoration seem to have been taken bodily from
Chester or Shrewsbury. And have seen cxac'ly
such Japanese country houses on the green slopes
above kanagawa.
Outside of the Main Hail. the United States prom
isc to be very fully representedand in fact taking
the total of the Exhibition have strong hopes that
we shall make an impressive shosing. The Govern
men in respect OF pgomptness, is no better thah It's
citizens. Ii has erected spacious building, with
monitorturo on one side OF the entrance, and 20
inch Parrot gun on the other; but tho interior Is
still very vacant and barn-ike. The Womens
D.:
for everything but its color which is that of con
gested liver relieved by yellow fever. 1t is well
placed alsO1 at one end of the lovely lawn
leading to the Horticultural Building, the
"soe and entire chrysohte" of tho EXhib-
ton. / here thank Mr. Schwarzmann for
giving us a structure neither quite moresque nor
aral esque nor directly copied $50 far know from
anytbpQ e!so in the world: but suggestive of Fairy
land of the Thousand and One Nights, OF all things
graceful and delicate yet happily more substantial
than dreams. Wo,shall miss, this Summer, the
Khedives palace. the Tunisian coiiee-house tho
golden fountain of Stamboul the camels and the
transplanted palms, the Horticultural Building
however. will make amends for all. Luckily it Is
not to disappear when the great pageant neits again
into air; it belongs to the city, and is to be a
thing OF beauty for many years 10 come.
SUCCESS or THE EXHIBITION ASSURED.
had 10 time to enter the Agricultural Binding
and never saw anything SO enormously bizarre as
the outside; but am informed that the design was
inspired by great cheapness and the Of the Howe
russ They are now painting the huge tin roofs a
brilliant grassgreen il they are 70 remain so, woe
TO colorscnsitive eyesl With the two exceptions
have mentioned, and the black and bood-rcd House
of Massachusetts, the buildings arc unexpectedly
agreeable in color and viii show to still greater ad-
vantage when foliage comes 10 give them the proper
relief
These are my first strong impressions, alter SIX
I hours of uninterrupted inspection, may frankly
| say that in common with many Others, at trst
preferred that the Communication of our Nations
| hundredth anniversary should be exclusively of a
national character. doubted whether Europe and
the East would travel so far to enter into new IL
vary of industry and art, after their compe-
| titon at Vienna In fact, have not until to-day
been able to Judge of the extent of their particpa-
ton; but am now satisfied that the coming Inter
national Exhibition, instead of being inferior 10, OF
| a copy of any OF the preceding ones VIII be mark
edly superior IN many important features, and Will
have, moreover distinguishing stamp OF ITS own
II will be international yet also dstinctiyely ma
tional. The members of the Commission have done
| their whole dnty, faithfully and unwearediy'
| Their work can only be fairly recognized, not by
rigid criticism of this that detail but by overlook
| ing its entire scope and achievement. Ii word
they have already conquered success. IT.
| PROGRESS DURING THE WEEK.
| APPEARANCE OF THE MAIN BUmDING-0RNAMENTAi
| sHoW-CAsEs-ENRRGY or FOREIGN CoMMis-
sIONERs-BACKwARD STATE OF SOME EXHIBITS
THE ART BUILDING NEARLY READY-MACHlNEkh
HALL RAPIDLY BEING OCCUPIED.
! ryBoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
PHILADELPHIA, April 13.-Such rapid prog
ross has boon made during tina past week with the Cen