The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-10-30
Miscellaneous.
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For THE HERALD.
BROADBlsEM'S PARIS LET
TER.
NO. "a.

mind us that the Exhibition is fast
drawing to is close. Everything
on the Champ de Mars is in mid
summer, perfection,-the exhibits
were completed long ago, each dis
play is carefully in it's place, and
the myriad wonders of this in
dustrial world never shone more
conspicuously than they do to day
with but two brief months more OF
O life left. Since the first Of Sep
tember the average daily attendance
has been above one hundred thou
sand. This sudden increase from
two thirds of that number is much
remarked, but it is a part of the
history of every international fair
that as it's last days approach, the
visitors multiply. We had dry
and fearfully hot summer ; the days
are now cool, and the whitening,
blistering heat of the low-roofed
Exhibition halls is changed by an
air pleasantly fresh and invigora-
ting. The Partisan, back from the
sea shore and the waters, who up
TO now has been content to read
his Figaro in the morning for his
quota of Exhibition news, appears
on the scene.
You may pick Paris out as she
loiters along in the galleries ad-
miring everything finding fault
with nothing, and absolutely sub.
lime in her self-satisfaction and per-
haps pardonable pride. The scores
from the provinces still continue to
arrive. They are warned, like the
foreigners, that it will not be many
weeks before this grand Exhibition
will be a thing of the past. Those
who have been putting off coming
find now that to procrastinate
longer means to miss the fair. The
Americans seem to be the only peo.
pie who came early, remained late,
and who have practically completed
their pilgrimage. The statistics Of
steamship traffic show that some
thing like twenty-five thousand
crossed the ocean during the past
summer, from the United States to
Europe. As for the English there
are many here now, but compared
| with the influx of June anu early
summer, only few. One remarks
| many Austrians and Hungarlans.
I do not think I have seen more OF
these people here at any one time
than I find to-day. They have a
good Court in the Exposition and
are interesting people, though
thoroughly different from the
Parisians, in manner, life and &C.
ton. To the French they all pass
for Prussians, OF Germans, and we
all know that our Frenchman has
not yet forgotten the little un'
pleanstness that eliminated by
| well, never mind, we will say, by
the establishment of the third Re-
public. But let US believe that
the wound of Sedan is being
healed. The German military Off
cials have accepted an invitation to
be present at the coming ma
neuvres of the French army, and
the Frenchmen have accepted a
similar invitation from the Ger
mans.
| We had this week, at the Grand
Festival Hall of the Trocadero, the
| first of three Russian concerts. The
principal performers were Mich.
Rubinstein, the pianist, and the
brothers Wienawski, one of whom
is celebrated the world over as a
great violinist. The Grand Duke
| Constantine attended and was sup
posed, by his presence, to give
ectat to the occasion. The audience
was not large. In this respect the
Russian concert was quite similar
to the former entertainments given
in the Trocadero Sale deS Fetes.
None have been great successes
financially. The orchestra OF the
Milan La Scala, probably the
greatest operate stage in the
world, made some money. 1t gave
us wonderful music. The musical
societies from Turin drew fairly
good houses. Their concerts were
orchestral, similar to the La Scala,
but not so good. Gilmore's Amerl-
can band, owing to misfortunes'
was an absolute failure, and the
English concerts were nearly as
bad. The Spanish mandolinlsts