The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-07
THE EXPOSITION.
Another Excellent Attend
ance Yesterday.
Preparations for "Cincinnati
Day."

any Otner Qay IN Cne week. IL DelnS now
ever flower day brought of course large
attendance of our own citizens and all
the strangers who were here. The
show of flowers was really very
fine, although carried by only two of our
resident florists, that is to say by Mr..
Critchell and the Cincinnati Floral Compa-
ny. There were in all some over one hun
dred and fifty pieces exhibited, many OF
them large and brilliant in style, design
and execution. Among them Tyre nine
feet high, pyramid not less than eight,
and another of five feet, besides fine show
Of gladioli. 1t is now finally and definitely
announced that the show closes on Satur-
day night next, the 18th inst. so such of
our friends as expect to see it must GER
tainly do so this week.
Preparations for next Thursday are being
Made, when the brilliance of the grand dis
play, both of flowers, and in all the other
departments, will be something extraor-
dinnry. The balcony devoted to flcral
displays is to be festooned with evergreens
In the most attractive manner.
The military band of seventy-fve pieces
under Currier gave such universal satisfac-
tion on the 2,000' day that it has been
decided to re-engage it as an additional
attraction. Holders of the dollar certif-
Gates" are exchanging them for admission
tickets, good for Thursday only, so that it
II anticipated that it will be the
nnBt successful day in point of at
tendance ever witnessed in the history of
Cincinnati Expositions. The admissions
yesterday were IA, 412, making grand total
ct 528. 17S.
RECEIPTS.
Treasurer Simpkinson reports the receipts
In full up to Saturday night as follows:
Nunber of railroad tickets................ 1854
Tnssl receipts for admissions, privileges,
DO
The receipts for "privileges' during this
Exposition have been about SIC, 900, and all
cuasracts for privileges have been promptly
msA Keppler, for his restaurant has paid
xDu,e So, 800, but has, it is said, done we'll.
THIS others are presumed to be doing we'll,
or least have paid up their subscriptions
in fall.
We append the official notice of the date
Tor closing the show:
CINcINNATI Oct. 6, 1879.
30 ste Editor OF the STAR
President Pendleton, of the Exposition,
desires me to say that there is a very gen.
erug report out that the Exposition will be
continued open after the announced day
for closing, namely, Saturday night, Octo-
Der llth. AS this report may mislead many,
cnHSing them to postpone their visit till
too late, the President will feel obliged to
y0B II you will state in your paper that
there positively will be no deviation from
the published date of closing, and that the
Esyenth Exposition will be over at 10
o'clock p. M Saturday. Oct. 18th, 1879.
Respectfully, w. D. DEMPsTER,
In charge of Telephone.
THE FLORAL DISPLAY.
Yesterday the flowers were beautiful, of
ovnsse, and the number of pieces. consid-
ering that but two contestants appeared on
the list, was quite remarkable. The Gin
cinnati Floral Company exhibited ninety
pisces all good and some of exceptional
elegance. Mr.. Critchell was not so largely
represented but had between sixty
and seventy, some really very artistic, but
NOT mp to his usual standard. The finest
piece OF work shown was a most exquisite
Hrn Of white flowers, in imitation of an
alabaster two.handled vase, that was Of
feEed by the Cincinnati Floral Company.
This beautiful urn was not large,
scarcely exceeding eighteen inches in
height, but stood on base perhaps
Q foot in height and some twelve
or fifteen inches square formed in tine same
material as the vase itself. This square
base stood in shallow wicker basket,
around which were placed in damp moss
beautiful rosebuds, white bouvantia and
blue sweet violets i'll the greatest profusion.
The base supporting the vase was solid
mass of pure waxy tuberoses nearly to the
top, where a narrow band of candytuft
with its milk-white petals formed deli
cate line about the block. Above this in
turn ran line of Sofrano rosebuds. Tie
dat tops of the base consisted of candytuft,
carnations and tuberoses The slender stem
Of the vase was delicately wrought in
featherfew of pure delicate white. The
body of the urn was white carnations
except ring of candytuft near
the top and above this ring of pale straw.
col0red Isabella Sprunt rosebuds. The
neck of the urn is white featherfew, and
the rim row OF Sprunt rosebuds, below
which is another row of candytuft. The
handles are carnations, tuberoses, and
Bprunt buds once more, in keeping with
the vase, which is in perfect taste and pre-
Bents tout ensemble that Is charming.
Behind this and quite near was broken
column formed of pink balsams in solid
work with white base; but possessed moth.
ing striking The variety of baskets SINH
lar to those frequently shown before, and
Of pieces familiar was necessarily consider
able and while many were exquisitely
pretty, yet few were really striking. A
plow was, however, quite so, being
formed wholly of white and pink balsams,
the beam and tips of the handles of this
color, and the framework and share OF
white balsams. The back was of green
geranium leaves The whole was simple
and effective, and almost reconciled one to
the idea Of a floral pillow. A really very
elegant piece of work was cross, formed
Of flowers mostly white and all exquisitely
fine. This was perhaps two and half feet
in height, with the cross arms gracefully
inclined. Nothing could be more simply
elegant than the fair white flowers of this,
with a few pale heliotrope sprays intro
l.