Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-25
IOUISYILLE's BIG SHOW.
Incidents which are Attendant with TIN
Progress of the Exposition.

I.OUISVILLE'S BIG SHOW.
Incidents which are Attendant with the
Progress of the Exposition.
CorresDondence of the Morning Netos.
LOUISVILLE. August 21.-The prOprie-
tors Of the Buckingham, Louisville's va
riety theatre. are determined to adver-
tise themselves by a sensation, and they
have gone to matchmaking. A troupe OF
midgets has been giving performances at
this temple Of the MUSES., and it Is the
grand nuptial ceremony of two OF these
Major Mite and Miss Nail-which Is to
take place a few evenings hence on the
stage. The managers are trying to repro
duce on a small scale the sensation that
Barnum got up for Tom Thumbs mar
riage wears ago. \ bridal chamber of gOr-
geous pretensions is being fitted up in the
museum. and its furniture and decOra-
tons are entirely the volunteer contribu-
tions of different firms in the city, one do
mating the carpets and curtains, another
the furniture. and still another the gas
fixtures and brackets. The bridal outfit
is to be contributed by large furnishing
store, and the floral adOrnments are the
offerings of a conspicuous florist.
4 prominent clergymen will perform
the ceremony on the stage of the theatre
and the Mayor and other city officials at
tend as hOnored guests. The Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad offers a special pal
ace car for the bridal trip. and the wee
things start off all alone to spend their
honeymoon in st. Louis. The Major is
not quite so large as Tom Thumb, and Is
about 80, while the poor little bride is
several years older and looks like con-
sumptiye kitten. The odd little couple
spend the last days Of their freedom in
frequently driving aNl walking about the
city. The groom is d Russian. and the
bride a native of North Carolina, and they
are said to be the smallest couple ever eX-
hibited.
The :. \. f. Society closed its cOnven-
ton at the y. NJ. c.. A. rooms after a most
interesting session. The GRAFTON of Mr..
Charles McCOrd, was highly compliment
ed. as was also fine essay by j. A. Smith,
of Emory College. The contest for ora
tors medal lay between Messrs. John ID.
Nell Of Athens. Ga, Davis Freeman, Of
Savannah. and j. a. Harris. of Sewanee,
Mr.. Nell finally carrying off the prize.
The orator for the next convention will be
III. Van Epps, Atlanta; alternate, j. II.
Young, Farmdale, KY; poet, II. VI.
Starnes, Marietta. Ga; alternate. j. ..
Wright, South Carolina; essayist, NJ. A.
Query. South Carolina; alternate, j. c.
Preston, Virginia.
THE CITY Is FILLED WITH SOUTHERN
VISITORS,
and naturally there is a joyful chink of
aggregated half-dOllars in the Exposition
Golfers The rush that was predicted bv
the first of September is sending in its adj
vance corps. Preparations are making
for a grand horticultural display, begin
ming August 18th, and lasting several
days. Two thousand dollars are to be dis
tributed in premiums. and entries are So
licited from all parts of the country. The
supervisor Of this department wishes. if
possible, to display as many as ten thou
sand plates on the horticultural tables.
Heretofore the entries on Saturdays have
been few in number, though fine in quail
ty. At night, after the display is over.
the fruit is auctioned, and the proceeds
divided between the Exposition manage
ment and the exhibitor. The prices
brought range from ten to twenty-five
cents per plate: the profits are then dlvid-
ed with due care 1t will be seen at once
that the managers are being helped out of
financial difficulties with great rapidity,
and the exhibitor is growing enormously
rich.
In the vestibule of the Art Gallery. I'M
der the shadow Of the palm tree and
amongst the more ambitious flights Of
sculptor and painter, is the little statue
= MOrning-glOry," which has been dis
played once or twice in Louisville before
it came to light in this collection. 1t is
one of the earlier productions of Joel 7.
Hart, the Kentucky sculptor, who died a
year or two since in Florence, Italy. 1t
represents a little child with its lap filled
with mOrning-glOries, while in one hand it
holds one Of the blossoms, into which it
peers with lips apart, full of innocent
wonder at the mystery in the heart of the
flower. The loose dress has slipped from
one dimpled shoulder, and the blossoms
have fallen from the clasp of its tiny fin
gers and lie at the bare feet. The sculp-
tor lived to do some grand work, but in all
his later creations he never caught the
spirit OF the beautiful and gave it shape
and form as in this exquisite child-poem
wrought in marble. There is nothing fair
er to be found in the soft glow of the Grim
son curtains and the stained light that
falls upon this spot.
The contents of the Art Gallery have
been insured for the sum of 81 ,000. 600 but
should anything happen to one of these
rare treasures money would seem a poor
compensation to the owner. 1t is stated
that when the Exposition is over this
pretty building under the trees remains in
Mr.. Duponts possession, he having made
that q stipulation when he allowed it to
be built in his park. Certainly a fire.
proof picture gallery built of brick and
and stone, in tanciful architectural
taste, and Of dimensions such as this, is a
handsome trit1e to remain as a souvenir of
the hundred days.
THE NEWSPAPER PREMIUM ARTICLE
scheme is moving finely to the front. The
date of awarding these prizes has been
extended to the 18th of September, and
90. floo
articles has also been extended one week
beyond the original date, All papers COM
peting for the prizes containing articles
descriptive Of the resources of their sec
tiOns must be trade issues and must be
sent before the 10th of September in num-
hers between 100 and 800 to Mr.. 5. T.
Jenkins in Louisville, who represents the
gentleman Offering the premium, we'll
known Georgia newspaper proprietor. In
the respective spaces in the Louisville
and Cincinnati EXpositiOns, where these
papers are to be distributed is
hung a Large geological map Of the
States of Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
and the contiguous portions of Tennessee
and Kentucky embraced within the area
of the Southeastern territory. On this
map are represented all the prominent
cities and towns, with their population
and elevation, railroads, mines and all
prominent natural features of the coun-
try. Fac SMILES of this map, which will
be furnished to newspapers making app
plication to Mr.. Jenkins, are to be in
serted in each paper whose articles enter
for competition. The design is unique in
conception and bears certainty
of being carried to successful issues.
BY the distribution of these pa
pers through the countless thousands
who will throng to these expOsitions this
fall, circulation Of more than half
million COPIES will be insured and a
scheme thus strikingly brought to the at
tention of the multitudes who could not
be reached in any other manner. While
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