, 1876-05-13
Thirty Thousand People to See
the Show Yesterday.
Unprecedented Exhibition In ma
chinery Hall.
An Art Collection Ecipsing ANY Prev.
ious Worlds Fair.
The Women's Pavilion a Thing Of Beauty
and All That Sort Of Thing.

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ably not'more than thirty thousand The guest!
have mostly departed, or, at al events, ver1
few Of them were visible on the grounds to-day
Some Of the politicians are staring over to the re
ccption to MIR. Rlainc at the Pennsylvania Clul
tomorrow evening, and some who can atfort
the time arc still looking around th'
Exhibition. More foreigners are visible
now than on the first day, and
the amount Of French, German, and Italian
that one hears while stro1ling through tht
buildings is really quits surprising. 1t is inter
esting to note tho attention given to the objects
in
I MACHINERY HALL,
| and the attention is not curious stare In most
instances, but careful study. The great Cor:
liss engine is an object Of admiration and re
spect, and it certainly pays high compliment
to American skill. It is far more imposing
| and magnificent, and better piece Of work In
every way, than the Austrian engine by the fa-
nous Sigl which drove the machinery at Vienna
Machinery Hall steadily improves in appearance
and on acquaintance. To-day met m English
man whom knew in Vienna, and asked how
our machinery would compare with that OF the
after looking through our Machinery Hall, and
attempting to call to mind the English exhi-
bition Of twenty years ago, it was like recalling
the antiquated uachineryin the British Museum.
Probably the machinery department shows more
progress in invention and industry than any
other part Of the Exhibition, as there are many
new machines for saving or perfecting labor
brought out every year.
It Is also very interesting to note the interest
Art MATTERS.
among those who besct the Exhibition. Next
to Machinery Hall, the Art Gallery is point Of
attraction to those who have come here for
something more than idle curiosity. Thisafter-
noon Memorial Hall and the art annex just be-
hind it attracted . large crowd, and for part of
there. Exclamations Of surprise were fre-
quent, and it was evident that many
Of the visitors Tere not oyer-famiiar
with paintings and statuary. It is probable
that this exhibition will prove a great educator
in art matters, and will put pictures IN the pos,
session OF individuals who otherwise would
have never dreamed Of buying them.
THE ART-Exu1BIT1oS,
when everything is in place, will be the finest
ever seen at worlds fair. Many OF the ptct~
and many that are unpacked are not yet in
place. The United States storeship Supply,
which has just arrived from the Mediterranean,
brings q quantity OF goods for the Exhibition,
anu aEloDr tntn AEe many Torda OIL HL WHICH
cannot be in place for week or more. She has
been detained by adverse winds, and her delay
has caused much anxiety.
RoTuEREL's "DATTLE OF GETTgsBuRah
continues to excite much discussion, and Iiti-
cism-thc most Of 1t hostile. Much Of the figure,
background generally are poor, and the whole
picture has confused and gummed appearance.
It Is fortunate for Kothcr1nel that there arc no
Burncts or Camphausens in the same gallery.
Sr4
HAyMERNG AWAY.
and this state Of things Is likely to last for
some time. The heavy rain drove the ]aborers
from some Of the anncxes where tho roofs
are not yet Oh, SO that their completion will be
DELAYED in consequence.
THERE IS UNIVERSAL cosfaEENDAT70N FOE THE
woMES's PAVILION,
and the ladies mag. be greatly proud Of what
they have accomplished.
D1sTKESSEs.
Complaint continues among the holders OF
season tickets about the arrangements at the
gates. There are only few gates where those
eau enter or receive return
checks, and the system II very far from perfect.
some Of them charge cxhorbitant prices when
eyer good opportunity occurs.
Several pickpocketS nnd 6Eindlers known to
to the police hare been arrested aud invited to
leave town, and most Of them have promptly ac-
cepte0 the imitation.
TUE SUNDAY QUESTION
continues to grow instead Of decreasing, md |
many persons predict that within mouth the
Exhibition will be open on the Sabbath. Two
meetings to consider the question and give an
expression of opinion viii be held tomorrow |
evening, and q movement is on foot to have d
grand open-air meeting some time next week. |
One Of the papers to-day contained two editori- |
als on the subject, and most Of the others had !
to say about it.
There IS also movement to have the adnis- |
sion fixed at Is cents instead Of So but it excites
very little discussion, ther are few people who
consider the Exhibition dear at the present 6g |
lres- !
ILLINOIS ToMEy.
Mrs. Gov. Beveridge arrived in town to-day. ]
She said, III regard to tho nlinoi Is department OF
he Wonan's Pavilion, that it was at present
'mall, owing to to the fact that numerous arti-
:les intended for exhibition had not yet been
lad been among the last to respond to the
invitation of the Executive Committee, and, |
therefore, they were behind in their preparations. !
When, however, the goods were au here,
be State would be more than fairly represented.
kilograms had just been sent to Chicago in
tructing the Indies in charge there to send their
Exhibits ut once Among the expected exhibl--
ors were Mrs. Scott, her pupils OF the School
i Art, Mrs. Kate n. Clark, Of hyde Park;
lfs: DE; Patton the Champaign Industrial
thcra Edmonia Lewis, the colorcd sculptures,
+ Springfield, will exhibit busts and statuarv.
nd Miss Annie Shaw paintings By the way, t
7ould like to mention that
THE EXCELLENT PICTURE BY MISS SHAY
ntit1ed "An Illinois Prairie has been ad-
lifted to Memorial Hall where it has de-
cryedly prominent plhee. 1t vas pro-
osed at first TO have Miss Sh9w's pro-
uctions in the Womcn's Pavilion, but |
be pcremptorialy declined, saying that, Il they
'crc not good enough to have place in the
Lrt Gallery, they were not good enough to put
. the collection Of woman's work. Gen. Smith |
rotc to Director-General Goshern about the
latter, and the result was TINT the
bore mentioned painting was irnmedl-
Lelg brought to the attention Of the |
[anging Committee, who unanimously awarded
place. Among other Chicago artists repre-
ented is Elkins, whose "Shasta' may be seen
,ere, as also portrait By Healy.
4 CATALOGUE I
In decided contrast to the miserable apology |
>r catalogue which Is being circulated now |
uder its title OF "oficial ~ IS the catalogue Of
1e British section, got up by the British
and printed in London. It Is
fine, substantial volume Of over 400 pages,
eatly bound in green and gilt. It Is prefaeei !
ith an e1cellently colored 1ithograph Of the
ritish staff quarters on the grounds, and about
lirty-dve pages are devoted to an Interesting
say BY Hugh Wiloughby Sweeney on the
.igin and progress Of exhibitions.
GILMORE's BAND
ade their first appearance yesterday A stand
,c hqnn oract aH in the ca1%ra ~ ( j