New-York tribune., 1880-01-01

| The traditional ill-.uck OF New-Y0rkeIs in New
| Years weather seems not to have deserted them.
Whether the skies are smiling not to-day. thcro
can be little donbt about the nnfrrndliness of the
| sjdcwalks Yesterdays snow will prob
| ably be found to have settled that.
| Indeed the first instalment of the New Year is 80
| regularly and invariably uncomfortable. that the
| veteran Ncw-Yorkcr would hardly know what 20
make of clear sky and clear sidewalks in dazzling
conjunction. Tho year just closed opened with u
| heavy sn0w-stOrm which poured down upon the
| pcrscvcring callers steady shower Of dis
ouragemcnt through most OF the day and
much of tho night Now Years Day,
in 1878. for wonder showed no more disagrceablo
| feature than n very raw air. perhaps because it's
| predecessor had furnished than its share Of
| bad weather for 1877 came n like lion with II
bad temper The air was old and raw, and n
| wb,rling drifting snow-storm lasted most of tho
twenty -fonr hours. The Centennial year. which tho
Weather Burcll should have welcomed with smiles,
began with fogs and general discomfort Perhaps it is
hardly necessary to continue the catalogue further
except TO sny that it was recorded of Ncw-Years
Day in 1879 that it the first pleasant day pro-
| vded for those who adhere to the knlckerbOckcr
cust ON of calling, in five or six years" But the
veteran New.Yorkcr, after MANY years expert
| enco. has grown stoical. lie expects tho
-
thraves them chccriuly in kcepipgss up the
kindly custom which had tho cspecisI sanotipa Of
Washington in tho times when he was ofacially 8
| Knickerbocker himself. And II the caller Of to-
day finds the air inhosptabe, while the sidewalk is
too hospitable. let him console himself with the
thought that the day will furnish generations of
New Years Days have done before. and W i'll again.
an ample supply of entirely new and original jokes
| upon tho weather.
| When the project for Worlds Fair in Berlin in
| 1888 was first announced it was reported in this
country at least that it had the support of the Ger
man Government This report turns out to have been
| unfoundcd. The movement originated with the Ber-
liz Chamber OF Commerce, and the Imperial Ministry
after considering the matter for several weeks has
declined to give it either its assistance official
sanction This ends the business, for it Is impossible
| to hold great Exhibition In any country without
Endorsement and considerable material aid from the
| government The promoters Of our New-iork Exhibi-
ton can now 90 ahead and fix their date without fear
of foreign intcrcrcncc. Some excellent suggestions
| on the arrangements Of future exhibitions, which
they would do well to consider, are contributed
by Representative Oechelhser, OF the Prussan Par
Lament. to a recent number Of the Berlin National
Zeifuaq He protests against the constant increase
in the slzs of worlds fairs. by which their cost is
| enormously augmented without any gain In the way
of practical utility BY the admission Of all objects
of productive industry thoy have become,
lie says, immense shops and storehouses
! where ordinary merchandise largely FREEDOM
| mates. He would have international ex-
hibitious restricted to objects of art, art industry
and luxury, machines, tools and scientific instru-
| ments. Raw materials and products, halfmade
articles and all familiar commonplace commodities
should be excluded BY following this plan he