Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-22

With startling effect; but the c. inese portlI
requires close inspection, for the is an infin
| ity OF delicate inlaid work upoa il. In ivory
and in bone and precious wood the clever
| Mongoians have made landscapes of singular
graphic power. We see the mandarin taking
| his walk, surrounded by troops of obSequiou>
servants; the laborer In the ie d. Gu WAITING
| ice, or bringing water in the oldest of PAL $
! strung upon the clumsiest of neck. yokes: or
| The aimOnd-eyed damSel reposing in cool
| grove. with her maids of honor tanning her,
/ II uisiIacIIHg her ATTENTION from her love,
musings to the spectacle of pretty birds, or of
| Fi,iules Ola SCI OIL; Japan is China's neigh
! Tor, and has cCH biled u Seye e simplicity
! of exterior facade with richness OF eX
LII; within. The massive ga,es vi an an
! cfent temple are represented in the Jap
/ ai.eSe p, ra', and over the entrance hangs
heavy WOO, en- sign, the borders of which are
sIaocra ei! Carved, and on which il p.nled
| tie sill gle word japan Spain reSuscitates
| Moorish Sptenuors ior her frontage on the In
| telnatlonal Street, and her young monarch
| setmS 10 have determined TO make an i'm
posing show at Ia Is II he has 10 bankrupt the
! national treasury i'll Oh der TO do it. The Por-
! tug uese depal tment is marvel of cream
Willie plaster-v ok, the emit auce representing
tie door of Gothic cathedral. In this pavit
| Ion one may feel cool in the hottest midSum
mer hour. aiy and Russia are separated
from each other me- ely bya grand nave which
runs thu OGgh the palace para lei with the river
| ST inc. lie Russians have made elaborate
provision for this EXlibi ion. One knows rot
which to admire most-the great house, built
OF uhhewed timber, which stands at the en-
trance to The Russian department, or the rich
displays of jewels. furs, and bronzes, or the
Ell 0lmouS Collection OF CEREALS and agricul
| tural implements. The Russian house is mod
| eled after one which Peter the Great once
owned and occupied near Moscow. 1t has a
Peasant open gallery at the front, whence The
viSi obs can look down on the throngS moving
| reSileSSy up and down the Rue Inter- ationale
| The odd e liked euifice near the Russian de
par'meHt is the work of the Swiss. who proudly
isl lay heir ma n motto, and model of one
! OF the ancient gales at Berne. The BelgianS
have butt huge house of stone from the
| qualries in their naive hills: and this impus-
Ing structure is ornamented with numerous
statues. AuStro. Hungary has erected q SOM
bre coort construction, profuSely decorated
with imperial designs, and with the names OF
Ausilli and Hungarian writer's, painters,
! and Scu ptcrS. And Holland, Denmark Swc-
| DEL, AID Norway exhibit with their accuS-
,Hmea tastr. which is yely high praise. These
| lite coLntlle> furnish enormous exhibits 10
very nterhalional fair, and arrange them in
! TIE most DE- ligh full fashion. Denim k has
ny! ni an"snmr, 1.-THE young .'dsmen ou
! Ill bike aid White, and >trUking their straw
! coo! ca mus acueS with rdkiSh air. All coun-
| tries except, suppose, Prussia and the Othe..
| German Sta e. liz the Union, nave little speci-
! hit lis II their my on show in their ma iona
! sections OF the Champ de Mars Paiace. In the
| lniIed States department; blue Coated ma
! illes, v hue gioVe'i, dignified, ana evidently
| just d little bored, pace upand dnWn. There IS
| corpei with a dreadfu,Iy vivid Stlipe On his
ann, WI" is often called by yodtnfu officer
| i'll d hIaidtd aigue jacket; and this cor
! pula Witt II lie SuUteS, puts tito his arm a.
| Le >i, ots his hand cut from his cap. energy
! tEtueh 10 star a dozen difficult enterp. i,es.
! he Whole American charac er-the dd ,h, the
| letk >sEcHS, the nerves emb died in that
| salute. The members OF the American army
alt objects Of curiosity Tor the F.ench esp6-
| clsly, WHO study them Win a keenneSS born
| .OubIlt ~ of tine knowledge OF the failure of
| Leir own hoops. The Canadians and the
| English are ucle Sans nearest lei hborS on
| he Champ de Mars. and little Canada has ret-
! sob TO be proud OF her smart display OF Eng
| Land much was naturally to be expected Is she
| Is only, a most days journey flum Paris
! and as lie most eAtrlyagaut sums have been
expedited on her exhibit, there is a kind D.
defiance in the lavish manner in which the re
| sources AID Spen"orS OF British India are
-hoWn forth. The vast hal at the Ell rance of
! The mp de Mars Palace on The right hand
| Is cOnseci ateG To fms, and Lord BeaconSfield
| nee 10. be one " hit ASHAMED to welcome into
| such gorgeous museum the sovereign lady
| Wien he has made Impress of India. Under
| the Lofty Gene ailSe pagOdaS, baZadrS, houses
Which are dTea ms of Asiailc luxury and taste,
III. uels OF public works III India, and silks and
>atilS, ana pearls, Inc very multitude of
which fa,lsues the eye. IntO this place En- gland
mas aisO MP. lea the ln.iian museum of Lon
cor, as she did into The Pniiadelphia Main
! Bul ding" hi addition to this gem, England
| OF GItai Britain occupies about six times the
pace aiiO, ed 20 the Uni ed Sta eS. Oar De ,pl.
would gladly lave made an exhibition which
| would have con pared fdyUrahly in quaEtityaS
Well as qua ity with that of the mo- lie .-cOun-
! ry, lut The stupid delays of an inadeIut te
Cong ess We're powerful pTevenIiveS Yet,
| was IL not UNIV Use 10 allow our country in this
great colg reSS OF ma ions, TO be III The slightest
! dcelee OvtrShaCowed, especially by he power
whose commercial rival she is, and must be
| for lundred years to come? America has
| lost the test opportunity likely to be afforded
her for perhaps a quarter Of a century for
making an adequate display in Europe of her
| allows to Go some hing, and sends 4 thor
nuthiy satisfactory series of contributions:
ue SanneN' which contains the contributions
to the agriculture. group from the United
| rOpmS
crowds of visitors. But every branch of in
DUSTY, and especially the mechanical ones.
the present sca'e: Our display at Philadelphia
was CON prehe n>ive, but it was seen only by
our own people. Those whom we wish to con
chanic arts are the European and South
! An Ell lean populations, who are to be our Gus
ton ers in nealer future than some billiards
| in agine.
Tie French occupy fully as much space in
| the Champ de Mars as all the other ma ions put
| together, and certainly their department Is
VOL derful museum. There is scarcely any
quick Wiited people have not peered-not one
which they have not embellished with their
instructive taste and. in cOnnec: ion wi h this
exhibition, and thti share in II, it may be we'll
| TO call to mind the fact that, under the work
ing OF liberal institutions, there has been an
enormous increase Of inventive and initiative
! force among The wOrkiDg-claSSeS here The
standard OF intelligence is also rising far more
rapidly than it did before the workman be-
| lleYed that the trammelS which hindered him
fro ON rrofiIing by an education, even if he
! acquired II, would be removed. In painting
the Salon shows a fine advance ever other
Vt arS Oh the part Of the French. But decidedly
! the best contribution that our Galhc friends
have made to the fair is their organization of
| tie numerous accessory features. Never was
| exhibition so varied so rearly interna ional,
before. Congress after congress is held, inter
! spel Sed with musical literary, and scien ific
| festivals. The ST eetS OF Paris are crowded
| with specialized sdrdntS from all paris of Ell-
rope and from remoteSt Orient The Celestial
! ambassador stnt from China to her Majesty of
| Ell gland has been delai ed hither so report
or all that is rare and curious, and a mos fa h
| full reporter he is, for l remember watching
| him at lecture delivered by Mr.. Stanley, in
London, as he labOriouSly traced down, on
! grandly-fgured paper, he outlines of the
| great African map of the Royal Geographical
Society. The eccentric Shah is on his way !;
and it would be certainly surprising, in case
| peace should be the outcome IF the present
| European dilemma, to see the Car of Russia
and the Sultan Of Turkey hobnohbing together
in the salons of the grand vii r. Royal visits
are but OF minor consequence, however, by
| comparison with the arrivals of the distin-
| gufhed composers, singers, actors, painters,
| musicians, from all parts IF the world.
In the great theater in the Trocadero
falace-a hall which can seat many
thousand persons, aud which has an
| organ run by Steam-there is a gathering of
| tel I'D oil