The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-02

lress ol Tile Aurtutlc, anu Drought caravans 1919
the plains OF Persia TO unload the treasures OF inc
East at the feet OF the doges
THE ORIENTAL WORLD
Speaking OF the East and thinking of the days
when the stately caravans from ARABIA came to the
ports OF italy, how natural 1t Is to look up ana see
about us the familiar traces OF Japan and Cnina
speak OF China and Japan rs one because here they
side by side. You will nose how silent ana
busy our Oriental friends are; with what patent,
humble steadiness they work, unheeding TINS
| splendid procession Of starred and ribboncd ana
uniformed men who pass them IN review. People
talk OF the progress OF the nineteenth century, and
| how we are moving on in this path and thai path
and doing wonderful things We are hearing
every day about China and Japan, but you cannot
realize what advances these silent Orientas are
making unless you come and them ~ they are
here on the Champs de Mars. and compare their
exhibition with what they showed US AZ other ex-
hibitions-in Philadelphia, IN Vienna or the great
Eastern nations which exhibit here India 10 i'm
mersed and almost lost In the display OF England.
with nothing peculiarly indian but the presents IN
the Prince OF Wales pagoda- IL Is the marvel IN
studying India that her civilization ressts the Eng
sh influence. IL is Indian all the time, just a.
much as it was in the days OF the Empress OF
Delhi. In other countries, where you see nations
side by side, one conquerng, the other vassal you
see In time that the stronger the abs0rbs weaker,
hut India preserves an Individuality which thus 1ar
shows no sign OF yielding TO English influence
CHINA AND JAPAN.
CHINA and Japan came here untutored their own
masters without the impelling force OF a more
civilized Power. This renders their work valuable.
China makes a better display than ever before In
an industrial exhibition the only department
really ready, with every nail in It's place. is that
devoted to Japan and China. The decorations OF
I'M ~ re
The dragon repeats himself over and over again
in stenclied colors. There is some work IN snowy
wood, with wealth OF carving and gfetesque
tracery over wnch would tain lnger But
what time one has to spend In these sections must
be over these bronze and porcelain which
come from Japan and the exquisite tapestry
Swallowed with many . quaint picture Of Chinese
life. ~'t"ft
BRILLIANT SHOW. Af.a
Japan furnishes incon, estably the most attrac-
tive and brilliant in the Exhibition. not alone
quaint and beautiful. but useful showing evidence
III color and form that even Japan yields an influ-
ence on European art. China IS second alone TO
Japan IN interest lticans toward the barbarous
and grotesque In form, and shows less refinement,
but is still very striking The contrast formed by
these two ancient civilizations displayed side by
side VIII be interesting study, and we prophesy
that nothing will be more popular than these ex-
hibits from the tar East We note as we pass that
China and Japan receive almost as much as
the United States, as much as Russia and Italy.
more than Spain.
The Spanish exhibit is hopelessy behindhand.
Nothing Is ready. But judging, as well as we can,
from the lew boxes lying around opened the COL
lection promises richness and variety. Two or
three workmen in red Biscayan caps are at work,
and IN especial hurry They are more inter-
ested In the pageant which surrounds them than
in the humber office of decorating and arranging
showcases However, the young King has taken
great pains with the spanish exhibit, and wants 10
be neighporly as he with his French cousins,
even II they will not call the Bourbons to the
throne. Catalonia sends metals and iron and
grain. From Cordera We are to have y
| display Of coarse pottery-one jar, ut pres
ent unpacked, being large enough to have
accommodated one OF Ali Balas forty
thieves. In fine tempered steel, in silver traced
| with so much deicacy that the fingers Of wizaru
| might have touched II, there Is promise OF line
| display. We must come another day to Spain and
| explore some OF the recesses thatinvite US
AUSTRIA.
| We are now hidden to Austria and our welcome IS
reflected In blaze OF glass that shows the fneness
ana temper OF Bohemian artisans. The decorations
OF the Austrian department are more rich and
stately than any we have thus far seen. Heavy
curtains drape the doors and the walls painted
in honest fashion. Hungary, by the way, represents
by herself but beyond lew exhibits from Pesth
she has as yet nothing 10 show.
RUssIAs GREAT EFFORT
Russia makes an ambitious exhibit, not as large
as AZ Vienna, but more complete. You see the
Turk Is away and down, and all Europe Is talk
ing OF the poverty OF the Gar and how
weary he and his people must be OF war.
erick the Great-was driven to the wall,
and all Europe propncsied his bankruptcy, and 1t
was known that ms kingdom poor that 1t
onIy remained call in the crows, Frederick quietly
set about building new palace. You can see the
palace at Potsdam now The King did not need
it, hut It his quaint way Of putting an enc
to idle stories This story may have been in the
mind or the Car when he was asked to come and
exhibit IN the Champs de Mars lie would show
the world that Keeping armies In Armenia and Tur-
key did not prevent his sending Inc exhibit to
Paris. SO they have made prodigious efforts to
show the world that the war has not exhausted
the enterprises and genius OF the Russian people
Although behindhand all aiong Russia has
sprung up here within forty.eight hours ana
to-day is among the most advanced. But
once you are through with the Irvine, the talow
the inn, and the studied bear grasping pole, once
you have summed up these attractions, there
il nothing elt Of Russia except that 1t is coarse.
harl-avored country much iancied by wolves,
But In this exhibition Russia exhibits some articles
which show q workmanship that woum not dis
credit Rue Richelieu or Broadway.
SWITZERLAND.
These fine porcelain stoves cannot he Russian.
Surely we know that work-the white ground
painted with a delicate. iant almost fading blue.
The mountain scenes, Mattcrhorn and the Jung
he RI linn
| surface OF the lake. the castle pcrched on the
tower, exciting our wopder as to how people ever
reached IL; the open door, over which the flowers
are trailing; the gallant Ia Louis Quartoze;s gar
ment with his hand on MS sword bowling the way
10 gracious lady, whose garments are ample and
whose hair Is monument OF wigcrat. Have we
not seen this and again, and need we ltoS
| TO the cross that stamps the pendant banner TO
| know that this Is switzerland Her exhibit Is