The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-12
His Pleasant SojOurn and Future
Programme.
PARTISAN PROFITS.


FINE ExHTBIT.
Tiffany's exhibit is attracting universal
attention for beauty and originality of de-
sign and perfection of workmanship.
| Nothing of the kind in the Exhibition ap-
proaches their models Their Illuminated
silver combinations and niello ware are
themes Of general admiration.
THE ScHooLMAsTER ALL ABROAD.
The. educational exhibition, with its va
rious appliances, which will be ono of the
most interesting features of our department,
has not yet been located
RAILROAD INVENTIONS.
| A beautiful model OF Pullman palace
car cxcites general curiosity in the ma
chinery annex. Our steam engines, our
compressed Dir brakes and labor saving ma
chimes equally sustain our character for
practical ingenuity.
EDIsox's INVENTIONS.
Sphce has been reserved for Edisons tele-
phone and photograph and other inven-
tions, which will be daily exhibited.
OIL PAINTINGS.
The fine art collection Of the Exhibition
is remarkable both for the number and
high quality of the works exhibited. Some
idea may be gathered from the fact that the
artists and art patrons of the various
countries have contributed the following
number of oil paintings France, 8G1 |;
Great Britain, 2S3; United States, So !;
Sweden, 80; Norway 80 (; Spain, lis Hun
gary, Gil Russia, 144 4; Switzerland, 03 J;
Belgium, 300 Greece, A; Denmark, 7G !;
Holland. 102 Italy, 1866; Luxembourg, 2;
Republic of San Marine, 2; Peru, 3 japan,
q Hayti, /; Uruguay, 4. The German
collection has not yet been opened.
WATER coLoRs.
| Besides these there are innumerable
water colors pastels and architectural de-
signs.
SCULPTURE.
The statuary, and particularly the Italian
contribution thereto, includes many fine
specimens of the sculptor's art.
MECHANICAL WONDERS.
Among the many mechanical curiosities
of the Exhibition is an automaton swimmer,
who natates in tank with the grace of a
professor OF the art and tho tirelessness Of a
Society Islander. There is also an automa-
ton preacher, who has only to be wound up
and off he goes, carrying out Carlyle's idea
OF cast iron parson to the letter.
| SOCIAL REJoIcINGs.
Dinners, balls and fItcs succeed each
other with bewildering rapidity. Minis
terial and private entertainments innumer-
able are given. The event OF the week in
this respect was the grand ball given to tho
Prince and Princess of Wales by the Prin-
| cessc do Saigon Ii was q magnificent
affair." Twelve hundred invitations were
issued.
BRILLIANT EFFECTS.
| The electric light plays great part in
these i6tes. In the garden its effect is per-
fcctly fairy-likc. 1t has just been intro
duced on tho stage at tho Theatre du
| Chatelet
GOOD ron PARIS.
The Exhibition is doing q world of.good
to Paris. The returns OF the ocfroi show
an increase in the impost duties on goods
received at the Paris barriers since the open
ing of tho Exhibition OF 100000 francs
(s300.00O over the corresponding period
of last year This means that Paris is lay
ing in provisions to feed an immensely in
creased population during the Exhibition.
The receipts from wine alone have been
enormous.
GENERAL GRANT MAKING CALLS.
General Grant and his family arc enjoying
the amenities of Paris life to the full. On
Thursday tho cx-President paid visits to
President MacMahon, the Prince OF Wales,
the Due dAosta, the Due Saxe-Coburg, Don
Francisco dAssis, the Project Of the Seine
and the Project OF Police On Friday he
called on the English, Turkish, Swedish.
and Japanese Ministers.
AT POLO GAME.
On Friday afternoon he drove to the Bois