New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-29

flagree silver, Naples coral and other jewelry one
enters the department in which is shown what
Italy can do in the way OF paper and book-makng.
1t struck me that in this department Italy showed
TO very poor advantage and in this verdict fancy
most Americans who have inspected Italian book
stores and stationery stores will Join. The industry
OF paper and boOk-making. however, is without
doubt fully up to the demands of the country, and
IN Judging 1t one should take into account the fact
mat large percentage of the rs 000,o 600 Ct Italian
people makes little of paper books. Italy is
not like America, where almost every man is book
owner. The common school system which has come
INTO existence since the uniication Is however, oc
casioninS n gradual increase in the demand for
books The only American book that saw in pass
ing through this department an illustrated edi-
ton of Uncle TOMS Cabin" attention to which
was called by large sheet of engrayings, labelled
Beecher-Stowe,-La CampGana aeito eio Tom"
In the immediate neighborhood of the book and
paper department is the one in which, in addition
to other food products, is shown large assortment
of candies. The Italians certainly good candy
makers, and the candy-making industry is well
! represented in the exhibition. One man from
Turin chocolate maker, exhibited q miniature
village of large dimensions made entirely of choco-
late. There are streets and houses, parks, shaded
ponds and everything else that goes to make up q
village except the people. When the exhibitor
asked where the people were, he laughed till the
| tears came ont OF his eyes and then said " How
long do you think that village would last if lot of
! hungry people got at It I"
! From the candy counters one looks down long
gallery filed with carriages of various kinds of
| Italian make. Some OF them arc very handsome.
Milan is noted the world over for her carriages and
| she sends great many handsome specimens of her
work to London and Paris and the other European
capitals: and she sends few to America.
There can lie no disputng that the Italian carriages
are elegant and subs antlal. Some OF those shown
for kings and queens | wish | could speak in rs
COM imentary terihs of the leather which is shown
close by. Italian leather is COED to look at. and il
smells as strong and perhaps stronger than any other
leather; 6ut | know by sad experience that its
made of Italian leather will last couple of years If
Kept IN heretically sealed glass jar: but put to
they make decided and exaspei atim@ failures.
fortnight will take the shape out of the best of
them. and two months will exhaust their goodness
wHEREwIrnAL TIE PEOPLE ARE CLOTHED.
After the carriages and leather there very little
to see till one to tho department in which are
shown fabrics OF the loom and articles made wholly
or in part fIomthoSe fabrics. The display in this
department. is made in three long parallel galleries
AID the centre gallery, in which are shown silks
and velvets, cmbroderies and the like is the most
interesting This gallery is full of beautiful
things. There hundreds of showcases stocked
with gorgeous silks. velycts aud satns all of Italian
MANUFACTURES. There are also great many eases
containing tunes dresses hats bonnets parasols
and gloves The prices at which many of the
goods i'll Theses offered make the American
women who look at them open their eyes in wonder.
1t costs comparatively little to keep u la,ys toilet
| in good condition in Italy l saw a beautifully
made black silk suit, all of materials of the best
quality, for 9l7. saw a dinner dress. a combna-
ton OF peacock blue silk and satin. the entire front
of the dress the train and the major part of the
| waist all satin, the whole embroidered in gold
thread. 1t was q beautiful dress made up i'm ,post
artistic manner. The price of 1t was just SOL TO- One
| case contained a brides dress made of exquisite
! white corded SILK and moire antique for S75. For
| more ordinary dresses the ranged Sl2
u S. For example, short dress OF celestial bue,
| light wooen stuff, trimmed with white silk with
| blue lines in it, was offered at so SO. A suit of
| light wool stun. which | was told was the latest
novelty. trimmed with granite colored silk was to
be had for s2s 20. and dress of white wool stuii.
elaborately trm"ed With maroon-colored velvet.
ready-made but the dressmakers who exhibited
| them woald duplicate them at the same prices,
| manner Dressinak,ng at such prices would not
pay III America, for 1T Is not possible i'll New York,
a day; nevertheless | fancy tie Ncw-York dress
| makers mi ali rule considerably lessen their
prices and still have very satisfactory bank
| counts.
At the end Of the gallery of which am speaking
one comes upon another of the very interesting fea
lures of the Exhibition the department in which is
| displayed household furniture of various kinds |
do not believe the display in this department conld
| be surpassed by any other country. There was a
large number of alcoves completely furnished some
| as parors some dnr g-rooms and some as bed
rooms and i'll addition there many single pieces
such tables, sileboards, chairs bureaus and cab
inets. There were cabinets of ebony inlaid with
| ivory and mother-of- pearl beautiful that they
seemed almost priceless, and they certainly would
| have been enormously expensive if they had been
| made in Il country where labor is properly paid for
| There sldchoaIds the fronts of which wcrc
| completely made of beautifully carved wood each
superficial foot of which represented no one could
guess how many hours OF patient skilful and at the
| same time poorly remuneratcd labor. There were
chairs fit to be kings thrones There were beds that
| seemed TOO fine even fOI kings and queens, and
! looking at them one could not help thinking how
| nice it would be if the managers of the Exposition
could have brought back for Il few montl lis a dozen
or two of the gods of ancient times fccliue ON the
| white satin mattresses, beneath the plush aud vel
| vet coNerds, and there reclining 10 drink anbrosa
| from some OF the imitation antique vases in the
| ceramic department. One set of pai Tor furniture
was exhibited containing several pieces which had
| been sold 10 her Majesty the Quern Of Italy. One
of the pieces ete-;-tctc in the form n letter
| :. The fronts OF 1t were yellow satin upon winch
| in raised worh was embroidered in the best Italian
| STYLE bouquet OF flowers of which the pre tilnp
| color red. The backs of it were red embossed
| plush There were also two small arm chairs to
match and an easel, about five feet high, made of
wood covered with olive plush, the easel holding a
| large mirror of Venetian glass with fram. of
| leaves and flowers. Upon the table about which
| these pieces We're arranged. the loyal furniture
| dealer we'd photograph of her Majesty framed
| passing the exhibit of billiard tables. They we're
| line things to look upon. elegantly carved aud
| otherwise handsomely Ornamentcd but like all the
other Italian billiard tables, their beds were made
! entirely OF wood
| POOR SHOW OF MACHINERY.
| considerable portion of the Exposition build
ings is given up to machinery and to the exposition
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