Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-06-10
THE CENTENNIAL.
Temperate Estimate of Its Merits
BY the New York Tribune.

were unfriendly to the Internationa
Exposition at Philadelphia, until til
grand opening convinced even the rep
resentaiives of those Journals that tn
continuance of such course woul,
convince mankind of their hostility I,
/ it because of its locality. Now all III,
more prominent Journals of New Yorl
city are doing the handsome and ira,
thing by the Exposition. The follow
ing appeared in the Tribune of May Is
and we have been SO impressed Will
the force and apparent reliability of Ia,
I presentment and the wholesomeRess O
its concluding advice that we quote
quite largely from it The article
says:
The close OF the first week of the
Exposition still leaves in doubt the
question whether it Will pay for itself
i'm dollars and cents. But ITS success
is assured in points infinitely more i'm
pOrtant than any purely financial one.
In the first place, the accommodations
provided prove sufficient To insure the
absolute comfort of the public. The
buildings and grounds are so large that
a large daily attendance does not
produce crowd. The great cOncOurse
at the gates melts away into the vast
houses; every man has breathing room,
and that comfortable sense of license
and quie: essential to thorough com
prehension of the objects before him.
Another marked success is the
prOmptness with which the Exposition
is recognized and received by the
masses of our own people, not Us "A
show place but as school. There Is
very little idle sauntering, except by
new corners on their first visit In the
groups surrounding an exhibit the
faces Of Americans, keen, alive, quick
eyeG, are distinguished from all others,
and the questions asked by them are
usually shrewd and intelligent Spec
ialists, Of course, seek out their own
department of study; art, mechanics, /
agriculture. ceramics, etc. But the
multitude are in search of that general I
which everywhere sharp
ems the American mind To its eXcep-
ti0nal readiness and facility. Western I
colleges already are sending up their.
mothers bring their boys, !
young girls from the interior jOt down 4
points for study at home; the habit, in
Iced, of carrying notebook and pencil
IS common among all classes. The
French came up to their Exposition,
iS will be remembered by all who
7iSited it, as though it were a grand
ete; the Americans are going To make
Ill the practical use they can of theirs
The third point of success is that the
does not fail in any regard
% supply the information demanded
The exhibits are fuller in most classes
han was anticipated European ma
ions experienced in International Ex-
iibitiOn display great skill in the com
lleteness with which they represent
heir industries. In many cases maps
II the physical structure of the cOun-
~ are hung up, with pictures of It's
more marked landscapes, cities, etc,
which even To a child serve To identify
I with the red or yellow patch on his
tlas. Now its minerals, vegetables.
md manufactures are before HIM, and
representations of the houses It's people,
i've in, their carriages, clothes. house
Iold utensils, and in the midst. as a
ule, living native To explain il all.
child can learn more of the PHYSICAL
condition, the products, and ciyiliza-i
e Il L. 49,.
his Exposition than from years.
tudy of geography and atlas. 1t of
ers to the intelligent student the adj
antages of travel epitOmiZed into brief
pace and time. For this reason the
nance should be especially accepted
" the farming class of this country.
rhO travel less than any other. All
heir disadvantages, as they acknOwl-
dye, come from lack of friction with
len different from themselves. The,
'ribune knows how large its constit- ,
ency is among this class, and urges
lem advisedly To sacrifice part OF the
ears earnings and time for visit 10 ;
1t is not chance like
: To- occur again in middle-aged
lan's or wOman'S life. IL will lift
lem as nothing else can do out of the
ull, petty level of everyday thoughts.
hey will be healthier and stronger
I their days for knowing how large
the world they live in and how small
their part of 1t.
Another feature of success Is the
hOiesOme, hearty spirit of fraterniza- r
on in which Americans come up to-
lis national rendezvous. The people
Ieet in these great buildings with o
leerful, even joyous, good will very
lien to their usual temper. The beau
+ and space and grandeur OF the sur :
have their effect, no doubt,
temporary exhilaration: but each
ian feels himself host. and is proud
the stately welcome lac gives To the IA
Ider people of the earth. lie goes @
ONE more of an American and a :
User man than he came. What other e
Iccess can the Exposition ask. n