Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-03
L0UISVILLE'S EXPOSITION
THE MERRY TOUR IN QUEST OF
ART TREASURES.

less brlc-a-Brac-SCme of the Picture
which were Secured and other New
Notes.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June 29.-The com
mittee of Louisville gent lemen who wen
to New York in the interest of the South
ern Exposition, and ate and drank anC
made merry generally on the trip, have
returned home, filled with the cOmplacen
spirit born of successful effort.
OF course there was the banquet at Del
mOnico's-what stroke of diplomacy
could be crowned with success without a
feast somewhere in the backgrounds p
where the menu was superb, and the ar.
tistic bill of fare was sketched off by the
loveliest of the Louisville dudes who
helped to comprise the party, in a style
of high art which covered himself
with glory and reflected honor upon his
native city. As the result of all this we
! have the promise that the art gallery of
I the Exposition is to be enriched with the
best things from the private collections of
| August Belmont, Jay Gould, Mrs. A. Il.
| Stewart, Ed Stokes, the Astors, the Van
derbllts, in fact every one whose name is
| conspicuous as collector of art gems and
| whose galleries are famous in art circles.
stokes much talked of picture in the sa-
loon of the Hoffman House has been Sc
cured; it is also rumored that upon sec
| 0nd consideration it will be rejected. The
/ art gallery is very nearly completed IT
is built in the form of cross, of brick
over stone foundations and extends into
the Park. The fact that Gen. Grant
has promised us the loan of his museum
after having refused heretofore all over
! lures of a like nature, was received here
with mingled emotions. The collection
is to be given the most prominent place in
! the building, so that the public will be
able to see for itself the treasures of his
Golfers and decide what is genuine and
What bears the stamp of the dollar store.
| There is something fraternal i'll thus tax
! ing the Southern Exposition under his
wing and giving it prestige, so to speak
! There are some persons spiteful enough
! to lnsinuate that General Grant wants
something from the South He is
probably hopeful of being made president
| OF base ball club-not vaulting an BIZ
tion, considering the propensity of base
balllsts to get whipped when they venture
| away from home.
Naturally there is great local excite
ment and much ado of preparation. The
opening of the Exposition is in reality
the pivot. upon which all other events
hinge and turn; all things of Importance
! or interest are set apart for the first of
| August. A leading musician of the city
has been entrusted with the task of train
| ing 0OO voices for a mighty chorus,
which is to supplement the
! Gilmore and Seventh Regiment concerts.
Among the thousand articles to be placed
on the home list of exhibits, is a magnif-
! cent silk quilt now in preparation by a
Louisville lady, for the Ladies' Depart
ment. 1t is on the Japanese order
OF architecture and is fear
| fully and wonderfully made
| Ii the respected grandmOthers of past
! generations could open their astonished
! eyes upon the peculiar arts in quilt MAX
ing over which the present age has gone
mad, they would be convinced that patch
work had fallen into extravaganza and
! unseemly ways. The one in question is a
! sort of national affair, the scraps forming
1t having been gathered at great trouble
from every State in the Union. 1t is ele-
CANT in material and enriched with the
! finest and daintieSt needle-wOrk and pre-
sents gorgeous appearance. 1t will be
rallied at the close Of the Exposition.
There was recently a lively little epi-
sOde i'll the Board of Exposition Direc-
tors. Mr.. Dupont, the President of the
company and the owner of the Park,
''spOke out in meeting'' and objected to
having a Sixth street entrance to the
| building. Were there only one entrance.
and that on Fourth avenue, there would
be only one line of street cars of any avail
in carrying passengers. Herein lies the
beautiful little plot of the designing Presi-
dent, for as this same railway line, the
Central, is owned by Mr.. Dupont, it would
be the sole dependence in transit. all
other street railways being placed out of
the question. Between the Sixth street
railway and the Fourth avenue line there
has always been waged a bitter and re-
lentless warfare, and to close up the Sixth
doors Of 70 81,
ply be playing handsomely into Mr.. Du-
points pocket, while the visitors and the
other railways would be the helpless vic
TINS. 1t did not take the board very long
to see through this little man9uvre, and
Mr.. Dupont was promptly eXtinguished,
while the EXpOsitiOn's back doors are just
as wide as the front, and will remain
open.
The exodus from the pulpits begins ear
lier this summer than usual. The churches
are, almost WithoutpXceptiOn, to be over
hauled and renovated, and the ministers
are going into retirement for the purpose
OF working up some thrilling sermons
with which to dazzle the stranger within
our gates. He who comes with his grip
sack and limp ulster to tarry a day or two
need have no fear that his soul will be neg
lected. A new plan will be adopted: in
vitatiOns from the leading clergymen will
be sent to his hotel, and he will discover
amongst his inundatiOn of circulars nu-
merous offers of spiritual food without
money and without price. The plan has
already been tried by one church and
works beautifully in filling up the empty
seats with strangers, while the members
find it too warm to come to church.
At last the long neglected grave of
Zachary Taylor is to have monu-
ment. 1t has been customary each year.
when the soldiers graves are decorated,
to turn aside and lay an Offering on this
one, alone in its wildwood seclusiOn. 1t
has been only in the past few years that
the rail fence surrounding the grave was
torn away and wall of masonry built
around it. The marble statue has arrived
in New York from Italy, and will be
placed with appropriate ceremonies ON
the first of August.
Selena Fetter is at home again after her
Chicago debut. She will not go touring
yet, but instead will pass the summer
season in New York in hard study. MANY
of her Louisville friends and admirers
went to the Lake City to witness her first
appearance. The audience on the OPEN
ing night was large and brilliant; it was
the Southern colony turning out in full
force to do honor to the brave young
SOuthron who had gone ON doubtful ven
ture, far from home amongst the crowd of
careless strangers and the glances
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full thing to give her an ovation
on that first night as a grain of comfort
when the Chicago critics dealt her out
strict Justice without mercy. The path of
genius is so often thorny, it needs such
brave and hopeful spirits to tread it.
Perhaps after all there is a more equal
distribution of things than we are prone
to imagine, when it appears that it is
usually but clever mediOcrity that has its
way made smooth and pleasant. Miss
Fetter finds that she must give more at
tentiOn to "stage business;" when she
went before the fOotlights she was fresh
from the tutelage of the eIocutionist, and
undrilled in all else save the first princi-
pies of her art.
Very encouraging reports of Miss Cora
Anderson, who went to New York about
a month since to enter a dramatic train
ing school, have come to her friends in
this city. She is pupil of Balasco, and
the FrOmanS intend bringing her out next
autumn in "YOung Mrs, Winthrop
"Hazel kirki and "Esmeralda," She has
given but one year to study at home. and
it was during that time that she so i'm
pressed the manager of the Madison
Square Company that he secured her for
thorough training under his own SUPER
vision. Surely 1T is a gracious and hone
full sign for the future morals of the
stage when so many young girls of
gentle birth through the country are
transplanted to il from quiet and Sc
cluded home circles, where they have
been nodded into pure and noble woman
hood by the refinement and good breeding
that comes of careful home training. It
must be that such as these, strong in their