The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-04-12
THS PERMANENT SHOW.
Preparing Tor The Opening on the
Tenth or Msy-TFeSIdent Hayes 10
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On the 10th Of next month, the first
anniversary Of the opening Of the
! Centennial Exhibition, the perma-
nent international Exhibition will
be opened with impressive eeremOn-
les. The Exhibition Company IS
sending invitations to prominent na-
tiOnsl, State, municipal and other
officials to be present on the occasion.
President Hayes, in reply to the in
vitatiOn extended him, states that he
will attend the opening should his
absence not be necessitated by official
duty. The exercises are to be held in
the central trsnsept Of the Main
Building, Immediately in front OF the
great Roosevelt organ, now owned by
the company, where a gallery, eapa-
bic OF seating an orchestra and chorus
Of twenty-five hundred persons, has
been erected. The entire Exhibition,
comprising as many departments as
there were at the Centennial, scatter
ed over two hundred and forty acres
Of ground, will be contained in the
Main Building, which has been pur-
chased by tue Company. Tue build
ing covers tWenty.one acres, q 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 1t will be completed by the
opening day, and there Is every prom
ise that the Msin Building will then
possess greater attractions for visitors
than it bad during the Centennial.
A BETTER SHOW THAN BEFORE.
One particular In which the coming
show will excel the last is eomprehen-
siveness. Similar articles of the
same group will be exhibited close to.
gether, thus facilitating comparison
and study, and there will hardly be-
cause for the Oft-repeated complaint,
during the Centennial, that it was too
big and scattered. The display, al
though mainly American, will com
prise exhibits from most OF the for
eign nations which were represented
sc the Centennial. Brazil and Spain
will make industrial and agricultural
exhibits, and the fOlIOWing-named
countries general ones Australia,
Belgium, China. Canada, Denmark,
Egypt, Great Britain, Germany,
Italy, Japan. Mexico, Norway, Orange
Free State, Portugal, Russia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, Tunis and
Venezuela. France will be represent
ed by magnificent ''erystal court"
with walls OF plate glass. This glass
includes the two Immense plates eX-
hibited at the Centennial, which are
the largest ever imported To this
country. In rearranging the exhibits
the longitudinal avenues of the build
ing were made wider, it having
been noticed during the Centennial
that the streams OF visitors flowed
principally through them, while the
transverse aisles remained almost de-
serted. There will be four places of
entrance to the building-One at each
end and one at the centre Of each
side. The principal Ons-that on the
southern side-communicates directly
with the Art Department, where
there is large collection OF bronzs
statuary, comprising many original
models. Among these are Wards
General Putnam" and Baily's
"FrankHn" and "WltherspOon." Mr..
SartAin, Superintendent OF this de-
partmsnt, says that the display OF
American sculpture will infinitely
surpsss that made by home artists at
the Centennial, and will, In fact, be
the only important collection Of
American sculpture ever made.
MUSIC AND EDUCATION.
Musical performances will be q
prominent attraction Of the exhibi-
ton, special facilities being afforded
to societies and schools for public
concerts and rehesrsals. No charge
will be made for the use Of either the
auditorium or the organ. In front of
the orchestra aud chorus platform
and extending to the central towers
| of the building are seating aecOmmO-
dations for immense audiences. At
the centre Of the grand music stand is
to be placed the original model OF the
colossal statue Of America, which is
to be erected on Boston Common.
Broad stairways lead from the plat
form to galleries running from the
north side Of the building to the CEN
trail towers. Underneath these gall
leries are rows Of alcOves, in which
will be exhibited groups illustrating
the social life Of the people of Gsr-
many, the Netherlands and other
countries, as well as eOstumed human
| figures showing modes OF dreCs in
nearly ever quarter OF the globe It
is intended to make the educational
and book exhibits a speciality. Elab.
crate frame structures have been
erected in the form Of courts for the
display of appliances and works Illus
| trative of the most approved grades
and systems Of public education, from
the kindergarten to the Industrial art
schools. The structures referred to
are model school rooms, and near
them two models OF American school
houses are to be erected. The book
display will be very large, most OF the
leading publishers of the country
having secured space for an exhibi-
ton Of their publications. The
school rooms will represent: An un-
graded rural school with one room q
graded rural school with two rooms.
and also the following grades OF city
schools ; A kindergarten for children
from three to six years old q pri-
mary school for children from six to
ten an intermediate school for chill
drsn from ten to thirteen, and q high
school for children from thirteen to
sixteen. Each room Is to be q model
Of Its kind, containing every piece OF
apparatus and appliance needed by
the most skillful teacher. Various
systems Of ventilation will be also
renresentad