Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-27
LOUISVILLE GLEANINGS.
THE PROJECTED COTTON Ex.
POSITION.

HUNS as lnOugn some time IN Jne future
we were going to have Cotton Exposi-
ton. The first notes of the prelude were
sounded some time ago, but it was only
after many meetings of the substantial
citizens solid old fellows who would
chink if they were thumped like a whole
mint full of doublOons-thatt the thing be-
came fixed fact. Much weight was at
tached to the fact that we had already an
Exposition building, admirably suited TO
the purpose, in the central part of the city,
awaiting the decision of the committees
sitting upon the question, and this was of
immense consideration. But it was a
good time for the committees all around.
Another conclave was just then engaged in
fiery debate over the custom house site,
and while the nabObs of the Board of
Trade leisurely smoked their HaVanas
over the problem, behold, the custom
house clique snatched up the Exposition
under their very noses, made off with it
to Washington, and had the whole thing
confirmed before the fat and apOplectie
old ruminants fairly caught their breath.
80 now IT remains to select new location.
Plans for buildings similar to those in
Atlanta have been forwarded by Mr..
Edward Atkinson and submitted to the
committee, and after eating through a
series Of expensive dinners and breaking
great many bottles of champagne, with
out which no committee ever receives in
| spiration, and probably after hurling
language at each other more fOrcible than
/ polite, by which all such debates seem to
1 be wonderfully assisted-as witness the
4 eXhilarating custom house discussion
there will doubtless be a settlement with
/ out actual blOOdshed, out of which the
Cotton Exposition will be evolved as a
/ tiXity among the things that are.
Mary Anderson has but lately closed a
/ most brilliant engagement here. 1t was
| her first visit to Louisville in two years,
and we have had the opportunity to mark
/ her Improvement in the old impersOna-
| tions, and to be startled into wonder at
/ the new reVealings in characters yet I'M
/ familiar to us. The old awkwardness, the
| quick, ierly movements, the angularity of
| style are all gone. She treads the stage
! to-day one of the most graceful, one of the
most unshackled in action, of any woman
! behind the fOOtlghts. But what shall be
! said Of the genius that has made such
! strides since she was last with us, and
/ the patient art that has clothed its bold
/ proportions with such exquisite grace and
! symmetry?
! Two of her new plays had never been
| presented here befOre-'The Daughter of
Roland" and "Galatea." In the latter
role she seems revelation of undreamed
Of possibilities. The classic myth itself
appeals with such strange and subtle
/ power to the imagination, its portrayal
/ was so eXquisitely delicate and beautiful
that from the moment the fair statue de-
scends from its pedestal, breathed upon
| by the gods and opening conscious eyes
upon the world, until it returns to the
/ insensibility of stone after its brief life
! gician's woven spell. Beautiful Gala
! tea! who will not keep the memory of it
set apart with things pure and lovely to
fill some musing hour with light? Such
| audiences as those that nightly greeted
Miss Anderson are rare at Macauley's.
From pit to dome there was never stand
ing room. 1t has been said over and over
that Louisville audiences are cOldly dis
eliminating; that whatever surprises
them into an outburst of applause would
| create wild enthusiasm anywhere else.
| True, the men never leap upon the cush-
! ions and throw their boutOnnieres on the
! stage, nor do the women strip of their
! diamonds and cast them at the feet of
/ genius. Women here are pretty much the
! same as elsewhere-they know the value
| of diamonds, and don't waste them. But
| on the closing night, Miss Anderson,
| as ParthenIa, was called before the
! curtain between every act to receive mag
niticent floral tributes, and when it fell for
the last time Manager Macauley requested
the audience to remain, while the Mayor
of the city-whO is, by-the-way, beauti-
full and accomplished widower-secOnded
| by Mr., Watterson, stepped upon the stage
and on behalf of the citizens, with a little
speech that was half way pOetical rhap-
sOdy, crowned the gifted and beautiful
woman with a laurel wreath. "FrOm the
citizens Of Louisville to its most famous
citizen" And who shall gainsay it? And
with laundering applause that OYerleaped
all bounds and prolonged itself into gen
uine, Old-fashiOned cheering, the Louis
vile public gave her its regretful fare
we'll,
Our Polytechnic Institute is gradually
coming to the front, making fame for itself
abroad as well as at home. The scientific
associations of Chicago, having taken the
Louisville Institute as a model, are COM
ing into shape, and will soon throw open
the doors of a polytechnic school Of their
own. We have lately added to ours a
school of design, something for which we
have long cried aloud, where the tuition
fees are very moderate, and where the
amount of patronage extended will soon
place that department on a handsome
footing. 1t has been the hope of the So
ciety to have in conjunction with the
school of design fine art gallery, but that
plan is still farther along, 1t is the con-
stant wonder of strangers that a CITY like
Louisville has no public art gallery, There
are many private collections that would
be real delight if people could only
get at them at will. One wealthy
gentleman, Il philanthrOpist and
true art lover, has made an extensive addi-
tiOn to his residence in the shape of a pic
ture gallery arranged by the most ap-
proved methods and with the best lights.
His collection is one of the finest in the
South, and comprises some noted paint
ings. and additions of the rarest works are
being constantly made. One day in the
week during the winter he issues free
tickets to the gallery, and any one who
applies is free to enter and enjoy. But
his example is not contagious, and with
the exception of Carl Brenner's studio
there is no other art collection in the city
open to the public. No wonder the Poly
technic is anxious to do something in this
direction. A feature of the society
this winter is the free lecture course pro-
vided, Prof. Tobin, the eminent scien-
tist, being the principal lecturer, some
times supplemented by Prof. Lawrence
Smith. whose name is tower of strength,
and others whose renoWn is vet of lesser
radiance. Prof TObin is q charming lee
turer, and he ranges over a very wide
field. 1t is surprising to find what a crowd
fills the lecture hall every Monday night
and Friday afternoon, and what a large
percentage of ladies are interested. PeO-
pie crowd over the river from New ALBANY
and Jetf'ersonyille, hungering and thirst
ing for chemical experiments and eager to
be filled with scientific facts. Now,
doesn't that sound like nothing if not
BOstonian culture? And wouldn't some
Of our Northern friends who believe we !
take delight only in uproariOus minstrel |
shows and t1ashy street parades, open /
wide eyes of astOnishment could they be |
convinced such a thing had been brought |
to pass with usS Oh, but we are coming |
out beautifully in the matter of brain. /
Perhaps they will even hear of us in |
Boston some day
Tom Buford, who escaped from the |
Anchorage Asylum and skipped across |
the river, is across there yet. He means 1
to stay. He boards at the Jacksonville |
Hotel, and comparatively lives in preten- !
tious STYLE Now and then his friends /
visit him. and find him quite cheerful and /
merry, The asylum where he was con-
fined was the scene of the recent scandal.
it probably occurred TO Ruford that his /
time to be ''ducked" was approaching /
and he ran away-nO, not exactly, He /
merely threw his rod over his shoulder 1
Il 90 a fishing" and posted off 4
to the city. Here, after visiting a rela-
tive, he boarded the ferry, and retired 10 /
the Indiana shore; sbrewd enough to |
know that the law could not reach him /
there. He declares he viii never come /
back to Kentucky, and cempIaoently an.
nounces his intention of purchasing a
farm in the interior Of Indiana. with the
assistance of his friends ond v1oo,;,1- a.