The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-23
L IL e APOOIllON
An Interesting and Graphic
Letter From the BazoO'S
Correspondent.
Children's Day at st. Louis
Great Art Exposition
and Fair.
A Graphic Description of the
Splendor and Beauty
of Art Hall.
Some Famous OIL Paintings 10
be Seen There, are Fully
Described.

St. Louis, Sept 16.-I Correspondence
As predicted in my last letter, the event of
the exposition was the attend snce of the
public school children of this city, yester-
day and to-day. Early in the morning the
children took up their line of march In
souadrops, battallions and almost regi-
ments for the exposition building, and by
10 o'clock the restless tramp of their
eager feet echoed and re ECHOED
through the wide halls and swept up the
long stair ways with a roar like miniature
ocean. Like most children, picture cards
caught them with fascination not to be
resisted and wherever these were given
there most did they assemble. To the
credit of the children, it may be said, how
ever, that they were, without exception,
we'll behaved and the mauy articles exhib-
tied in the countless show cases, absorbed
minute and careful attention Al III O'Clock
q. m. new sensation seemed 70 stir the
youthful mass, and grand rush was made
for the windows where il was soon ascer-
tanned that good view could be had of
Barnum's circus parade with its twenty two
monstrous elephants, charlots, ETC., which
was Just then passing up Olive street. How
these children enjoyed themselves and how
they united the pleasures OF the exposition
and parade would have stirred and warmed
the heart of Pompeiisn exhume had il
been there to see.
NOTABLE OBJECTS.
Among the most notable objects at the
exposition may be mentioned the Corticelli
exhibit of silk culture which starts with
the egg, thence to the larvae, the chrysalis,
the butterfly and so on through the many
transformations required to bring ii to the
perfect silk. In addition to this there is
machinery used for the purpose of winding
on the bobbins and spools, In constant OPP
perstion.
THE MERMOD-JACCARD
Jewelry Company exhibit is always sur
rounded by an admiring crowd, and surely
il is worthy. Large cases completely filled
with solid silver tea sets, water sets and
many novel and curious creations of the
silver and goldsmiths art greet the eye of
the gazer on every hand.
Among these latter, an attraction Is a
solid silver salad set, representing a per
feet oyster shell in the silver, lined with
gold, and corresponding fork carved like
q shell and also gold lined. This pattern
is an exact copy from 8 set of implements
carved by the Indians from the veritable
shells. In this collection there is also a
salad bowl in the shape of a large fish,
made of solid silver and gold finished a
magnificent punch bowl of solid silver,
hammered and applied, the market value
being only $3.50; an epergne with gold
and hammered silver standard, bear
ing four fruit and flower holders in the
new inlsid and arabesque work snd any
number of solid silver pickle and cake
stands, as we'll as a case, which is not solid
silver, but only the clever imitation which
is most conspicuous at the fashionable
weddings of the day, and which causes the
young housekeeper to groan In anguish OF
spirit when it is necessary to remove the
half mourning robe" which has somehow
draped itself over that which glittered but
was not silver.
In this exhibit also there are some ex-
quisite bits of decorated bisque, a scene
from Lucia" entitled LA Rupture"
painted on porcelain and some richly |
carved candlebra and card receivers in |
solid brass.
Brass is seen everywhere in decorative |
work and some of the more magnificent |
bed room sets shown by Barnes & Weider-
holdt and others are inlaid with brass SO |
deity and heavily as to seem almost en-
tirelv made of the metal.
In the exhibit of
sCRUeGs, vANDERvooET,
the great dry goods merchants, is one large
case which contains q bridal party, COM
plete life size. The bride and groom are
standing before the officiating minister and
the bridal guests are grouped gracefully
about. The brides toilet is a dream of
beauty and grandeur, as follows Dress of
white satin de Lyon made with a court
train, edged with a bsyeluese of vslen-
ciepnes lace and trimmed with deep point
lace founce the front is en- tabier and en-
tirely covered with an embroidery in lilies
and leaves formed of seed pearls; the bot
tom of the tsblier is finished with fringe
of pearls and the side panels are embroid-
cred with the same. The neck :,
square and filled with point lace, Medici
collar embroidered with pearls, and sleeves
of point lace. At the left of the neck are
two magnificent ostrich tips, while similar
ones are worn In the hair and at the right
of the lightly looped puff at the top of
the train.
The accompanying guests are also attired
very handsomely, but In one instance, at
least, the combination of silk is not pleas
ing, for above a myrtle green founce on
the underskirt is wine brown puff, over
which is a tsblier, draperies and train of
sea foam blue brocsde. The waist of this
toilet is made OF the myrtle
green with tight fitting sleeves of black
velvet. In connection with these dresses
one cannot help being struck with the pc
culiar idea of coloTs which, In some in
stances, are most exquisitely harmonized
and exhibited by some of the real artistes
in the dry goods line, as, for instance, Nile
green brocade and peach blossom pink,
cream satin and silver brocade, etc.
THE FAMOUS EXHIBIT
occupies immense spaces, both on the