Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-02
MEMPHIS APPEAL


This ia 10 be a year Of expeditions and
public festivals, one Of which Is the APP
preaching Music Festival to he held at Mem
phis, when, under the direciorship Of the
leading musical director in the United States,
Thomas, the people Of this district will have
an opportunity 10 be present at tie presenta-
lion OF grand operas in a manner worthy Of
the genius that gave them birth. The peo-
pie Of the South have a profound love Of
music, and an opportunity 70 unprecedented
Of Witnessing the presentation Of some Of
the choicest pieces known, By consummste
artists, with every needed auxiliary required
10 develop all that music can display that il
fascinating and gratifying, will bring thou
sands to enjoy the occasion from a
wide extent Of the surrounding country.
Our country exchanges have notices Of pro-
ceedings that show how strong is the attention
given to the approaching occasion. At Gin
cinnati me great Dramatic Festival has
opened, with an attendance Of 5000 persons.
The occasion has drawn together the highest
class Of dramatic artists in this country,
and the success that is attending the cele-
bration OF the great festival shows how
much may be anticipated for the Memphis
and other similar celebrations. TIE great
May military drill at Nash7ille will be an
other delightful occasion, Astounding in mil
itary pomp aud displaying the marvellous
precision and impressive effects of military
skill and military tactics. Two thousand
poldierp, with their splendid uniforms, their
banners and sccouterments, and all the
pomp and parade of military grandeur are
expected TO take a part in the
exercises. The ladies take a deep intereat
in the grand occasion, and the inhabi-
Iants Of the districts from which the various
contestants come are all eager 10 see how the
youth OF their nsighhorbood acquit them
BelveP, and IS the railroad by reduced fares
Offer every facility, Nashville will be
crowded with an immense array of visitors.
On the 24lh Of May C5icogo will be the CEN
Ter of attraction. % that DAY the great
Exposition of Railway Appliances will be
opened there. The occasion has stimulated
an earnest rivalry among the vast contribu.
lore TO railway machinery, and every branch
of manufacture connected with the multi.
tudinous objects required by the railway
service. The exposition will continue open
jor thirty days, and when we rt1ect upon the
Vastness of the railway service, the inventive
genius whose best fruits il makes use OF, aud
the wide stretch Of the country from which
The various railways cau gather all that is
uvaallar7g kaatrtifgt1 I'D
with the important service that /. changing
the social relations of the giobs, We can
understand how Attractive the exhibition
will be, as it will also b. profoundly in
EtructIve. The iatsrest frlt in This exposi-
fion is increased hy Ia O. apathy that arissa
when We Sros sE4g lac ps,ece5s rrs 20 BE-
devoted 10 The establishment Of home for
railway men who are iuyslided from long
service, or from sccid,nia, so unfortunately
frequent in The business 10 which hey had
devoted themselves. As August opens, it
will usher in the grand Southern Exposition
Of Louisville, which is to continue for 100
days. "Old Kenuck" has fhtosn eli its
heart into efforts for The success Of Ibis great
occasion, and its fair dsughters-and where
ore there aweeter, truer, more devoted or
more beautiful creatures on the wide earth
than "the dear girls" of Kentucky?-sre
enthusiastic for the success OF the exposition,
and their enthusiasm and efforts, and the
numerous profoundly attractive objects that
will be displayed, will make the occasion a
most brilliant one. Then comes the cor
Guiding and crowning occasion OF the whole
year-the great Cotton Centennial at New
Orleans. This exposition will by no means
be confined TO cotton, its products, and it's
machinery and adjuucts. All the S.uth can
bring together that is wondrous or beautiful,
or illustrative Of Southern lie, Southern
nature, Southern sri, Southern skill aud
Southern inventive power, will be there.
Beside the great Father of Waters, on the
Hoil tro1den by the feet OF members Of the
old French nOblesse and the loug-ago Spanish
hidaIgos, amid scenes so brilliantly portrayed
by the graphic pen of Cable, where the
msgnolia displays it's vast foliage and
The live.oak spreads lite wide br inches,
and tropic howers dazzle the eye
with their beauty and charm the
Henses with fragrance, there the people will
gather on the great occasion. While cold
blssts are invading the North, here the via.
itors win bask in the beams of the warm
run, where roses are blooming and natnre i:
decked in her mature but winning charms
1he orange trees displaying the rich gold o
their fruit amid the shining green OF theil
plenteous leaves. 1t will be a grand suC
a happy occasion, aud Que open by the high
way of the Mississippi to the extreme NortI
and by sea 10 the whole coast from Maize t:
the mouth of the Rio Grande. This brie
detail of the principal attractions that will
be offered to the people of the U Lifted States
during 1888, shows that in the spring and
during the fall the tourist aud the traveller
will have no scarcity of attractions, while
he intelligent inquirer and the lover OF at
fractions will alike be allured By euch dis
plays as few years can boss: of embracing
within their cour.e.