Middletown transcript., 1877-04-14
THE PERMANENT SHOW,

2ENEa EGkAAAAN ELNsN E&MONNs
Preparing for the Opening on the Tenth 0
May-President Hayes to attend-Fresl
AttractIoRs-A Compendium Of The Cen
tennial.
On the 10th Of next month, the frs
anniversary Of the opening Of the Cen
tennial Exhibition, The permanent In
ternational Exhibition will be opened
with impressive ceremonies. The Ex
hibition Company is sending invitations
to prominent national, State, municipa
and othor officials to be present on tht
occasion. President Hayes. in reply
to the invitation extended him, states
that be will attend the opening should
bis absence not be necessitatgd By off.
cial duty. The exercises are to BE-
held in the central transept Of the Main
Building, Immediately in front Of the
great Roosevelt organ, now owned BY
the company, where a gallery. capable
Of seating az orchestra and chorus oI
twenty-five hundred persons. has bsen
erected. The entire Exhibition, com
prising as many departments as there
we're at the Centennial. scattered over
two hundred and forty acres Of ground,
will be contained in the Main Building,
which has been purchased by the Com
pany. The building covers twenty -oDe
acres, space as great as that occupied
BY the first Worlds Fair at London.
The work Of preparing the Exhibition
is so far advanced as to leave no room
for doubt that it will be completed By
the opening day, and there is every
promise that the Main Building will
then possess greater attraction for visi-
tors than il had during the Centennial.
BETTER SHOW THAN BEFORE.
One particular in which the coming
show will excel the last is comprehen-
siveuess Similar articles Of the same
group will be exhibited close together,
thus facilitating comparison and study,
and there will hardly be cause for the
oft-repeated complaint during the Cen
tennial. that it was too big and scat
tered The display, although mainly
American, will comprise exhibits from
most Of the foreign nations which were
represented at the Centennial. Brazil
and Spain will make industrial and
exhibits, and the following
named countries general ones: Austria,
Belgium. China, Canada, Denmark.
Egypt, Great Britain, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Mexico, Norway, Orange Free
State. Portugal, Russia, Sweden,
Switzerland. Turkey. Tunis and Veue-
Euela France will be represented by
a magnificent "crystal court" with
walls Of plate glass This glass in-
cludes the two immense plates exhibited
at the Centennial, which are the largest
ever imported to this country. In re-
arranging the exhibits the longitudinal
avenues Of the building were made
much wider, it having been noticed
during the Centennial that the streams
Of visitors flowed principally through
them, while the transverse aisIes re-
NAMED almost deserted There will
be four places Of entrance to the build
iDg-one at each end and one at the
centre Of each side. The principal one
that on the Southern side-communi-
Gates directly with the Art Department
where there is large collection Of
bronze statuary, comprising many
original m ,dels. Among these are
Wards General Putnam" and Baily's
Z franklin" and Witherspoon Mr..
Sartain, superintendent Of this depart
nent, says that the display Of Ameri-
ian sculpture will infinitely surpass
hat made by home artists at the Cen
ennial, and will, in fact, be the only
important collection Of American sculp-
ure ever mada. \
-PhiIa. Times.
rhe Author or ssI Would Not Live Al
way" and His Noble Life.