New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-09-01
Paris Letter.
Irregular Corscspondence)

Paris, Aug. Stl, 1880.
The Central Association Of Fine
Arts applied to Industry is at pre-
sent holding it's sixth annual exhibit
ton in the Palais de l[ndustric,
where valuable and interesting col
lection of useful and ornamental
works Of art has been got together.
''Fine arts applied to industry is a
comprehensive term, and the exhibit
tons Of the numerous articles for
which French manufacturers are
celebrated have accepted it in it's
widest sense. This years show is
especially devoted to The branches Of
industry connected with the work
ing Of metals, but apparently no re-
striction has been placed on the en-
try Of other specimens of French
taste and skill. Every kind of art
istically -treatcd metal, from cast iron
to the finest sold, is exhibited to the
best advantage, while the sundry ar
ticlcs belonging to other categories
range from historically clad dolls to
marble chimney-pieccs In fact,
the whole display is not unlike the
French section at any universal ex
hibition on reduced scale, the COM
parison being the more applicable,
in as much as the present show was
not nearly ready on the opening day,
and is now though the doors were
thrown open to the public OIL Satur-
day, far from being complete. The
various metal industries represented
do infinite credit to their exhibitors,
the specimens Of heavy iron works
being highly artistic. Excellent
copies of ornate mediaeval gates.
lanterns, locks, and CRATES, abound,
and one stand | particularly noticed,
on which every article, but for the
absence Of rust, and the marks of
time, might have been taken from
some fifteenth century baronial cha
teau. An art apparently forgotten
that Of artistics locksmith's work,
has been revived in all its quaint
originality, and is here represented
by many beautiful specimens. Imi-
tation bron zcs abound, but arc seen
at some disadvantage in company
with SO excellent display Of the re-
al metal. One Of the most success
full exhibits is a stand Of chimney
pieces, vases, clocks, balustrades,
and other articles, made Of Algerian
onyx marble, species of stone hay
ing all the soft appearances of por.
phyry, but Of rich yellow and orange
tint beautifully veined. A new in
dustry, the manufacture Of articles
de ve1tu III sharks]lin, is we'll repre-
scented by some elegant artistic cabi-
nets aud mirror frames inlaid with
silver, which blends extremely we'll
with the grey and white tubes Of
the skin. Surely this is an industry
which ought to be encouraged, If for
no other reason than that, if carried
on to large extent, it must, in the
fulness Of time, tend to diminish the
number of those scourges of the deep
whose hide it utiliscs. The exhibit
ton includes a good]y display of
French porcelain, glass, and terra
Gotta, the latter being perhaps the
most worthy of remarks while the
show of goods such as one expects
in the Palais Royal, consisting of
light guild articles, papier mache,
cheap, &c., is unlimited. Some
stands of excellent carved wood fur
niture are also exhibited, On many
Of which | noticed decidedly pre-.
dilection for the revived ''Early
English style so generally adopted
on the other side the last few