Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-23
THE EXPOSITION.
Tennessee Makes a Good Showing,
Advice to Visitors.
What Q Correspondent Has 20
Say-Spicy Communication.
LOUISVILLE, AUGUST p. lssa.

we'll to postpone their visits q fe'
weeks later. When completed th
! Exposition will be a creditable afFai
upon which Louisville may Justly prid
! herself. l looked in vain for an art cal
alOgue to-day. They are not ready; s
say the powers that be, Why, / knov
not, and unmindtul of Herbert Spen
GERS parting advice to American.
"Grumble, grumble," l do not grum
bic, but am silent and patient, eve,
though the beautiful pictures look a
me, pleading to be known, aud | Loo
at them, hungry and thirsty to know
This much i can say to you, despit
my disappointment: The art gallery i
pretty and the collection is larg
enough to furnish pleasing
variety and small enough not to be
wilder ones senses. If recollection
OF the great Centennial crowd in upoI
the memory, or if the gems of til,
IGNORE are still fresh in the mind
this one little collection must shffel
BY comparison and no help for i
surely. But to all whose artistic sen
sibilities have. been cultured in thu
Memphis Loan Exhibition say
"come here and see Bierstadt's ex
ouisite studies Of mountain and sky
Millsis' beautiful Harvesting thu
divine and yet sweetly human Head
Of Christ. "A Scene Near Venice anC
Mr.. Cotlier's great pictures, "A Hot
Day and the Mother and Child"
Bougereau has q characteristics pic
ture in the collection. His style il
as unmistakable as that of Bier
stadt, Rosa BOnheur, Mussonier anG
Turner's pictures, too, are amongthC
art treasures. The gallery itself il
pretty and unique; it is some distance
from the main building, on one Of the
most favorable sites OF the beautiful
grounds, and may be reached by a
pleasant walk through the shaded
grove or By ride on the little car
whose electric power spins one around
the grounds in less time than it takes
to tell it, ...
Thanks to the ingenuity, enterprise,
skill and taste of Commissioner Nc.
Whittier, Tennessee stands In the
front rank of exhibitors. Alabama,
ArkansAw and Tennessee alone of the
Southern States are represented. Ism
that q shame2 Arkansaw has magS
nifcent exhibit, complete in every de-
tail. Alabama makes an artistic
display. Tennessee stands out bold
ly and effectively with her coal,
iron, marble, grain and cotton. The
center pavilion, representing the Tenn
pie of Ceres, is octagon-shaped, sup
ported BY eight twin columns made Of
the different commercial woods OF the
State. More than $50 specimens are
contained in the collection of native
woods, The marble exhibit stands
alone; nothing touches it in the Ex-
position. Through the public spirit
Of MIR. Daniel Bond, of Brownsville,
Haywood county makes a fine exhibit
Of her natural products, Including the
best cotton specimen in the Exposition.
Did | say that right" Memphis cot.
ton men2 Should | say Specimen
or sampler How isit2 Haywood
county alone furnishes thirty kinds of
wood. If every county in the State
had done as much for the Tennessee
exhibit as Haywood has done, what a
grand display our State would have
made. turi III g-f IA
Tennesseeans should know that not
one dollar was appropriated for this
work. Colonel McWhirter simply OBJ
tanned permission to use two thousand
dollars Of the Agricultural Depart
ment funds for this object, feeling sure
that it would come back to the State
with interest compounded hundred
fold. So it will. Mr.. j. G. Guild
has charge Of the whole, and is at.
tentive and courteous to visitors. The
close observer will see through it all
the unmistakable evidences of q
Woman's hand, and if you ask
her name, as | did, they will glad
ly tell you, Perhaps, too, you may
catch glimpse Of her bright face and
busy fingers, as | did. Tennesseeans
&ill do we'll TO make their headquar,
terS here in this attractive corner Of
the Exposition. Register, and then
make yourself perfectly at home,
The arrangements for comfort are
very complete, including pretty,
fresh looking cots ia a little room
called the"ladies hospital, where one
may rest, lounge or nap. The thing
which was most needed out there to.
day was a good stiff breeze, and the
same is much in demand Tonight,
o, for an hour in Saratoga, and 9
draught Of the sparkling water But
all things, even good things, must
have 40 end. Tonight S4elter, and
am thereby reminded Of q gradual
grayitation toward the tropics. Louis
vile is making its best floral display
out at the Exposition tonight, lbut
I'm a woman, in the conservative
Southland, and | may not co. alas
y, for the convenience of q man to
tag on !" II | we're in dear old
conservative Memphis tonight, I'd
dare do as please. Well, | shall be
there soon. And, in the meantime
- plague on conservatism and-buI
promised not to "grumble, didn't
Yes, bfe'E too short and two precious
70 waste in fretting, so L bid you I
happy GOOD bye, in anticipation Of the
welcome which you are soon TO bid
me, old Memphis. q. O. |
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