The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-08-27
Correspondence FLoRIDIAN)
The Louisville Exposition.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 81,

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 81, 1885.
Have you heard. in the Flowery Land, that
another Exposition is in full tilt up here on The
Ohio
OF course it is t" complete vast" "slpetb,"
or il could never hold up its head in Keatncky,
for we have slight idea of what great Expo
siton ought to he and we cannot be l"',le' on
that point.
In the first place the Louisville Exposition Of
1885, is far ahead of the Southern Exposition OF
1888, held in the same spot, both in quantity and
quality. 1t is really quite significant repro
duction of the Worlds Fair so far as spare per
mils. Naturally thirteen acres OF floor room is
not quite good rs thirty three, but really
amazing amount OF information and illustration
and education is packed up and boiled down and
SKINNED off within that little area. To the ever
lasting credit of the exhibitors be it said that all,
with scarcely one exception, were ready on The
opening day-a circumstance perhaps unparal
lcled in the history of EXpositions.
A large part of the Mexican exhibit is here
from New Orleans not the whole bui sufficient
to constitute one of the principal displays oi in
tccst. Its Aztec temple rises the first object IN
'ICW HVII 'IC run LII ANtHuC CHuhhNE. ~ III
| il is the handsome display from France curious
| brlc-a-brac and mass of artistic tr1rs hn'l-
| died and hcaped in glittcring confusion. Italy
| is represented in this nc.hborhood with her cx-
| quisic mosacs and Spain comes in for her share.
| Russia has Il most interesting collection and
browning curiosity. There is Chinese Tea
Hong, where genuine Mongolians hand out the
| tiny cups of PC hong, their long eyes smiling
lazy and their slim brown hands dcflly raking
in the pcnnics-ior tea bears its price II, this ce
lestial Pavilion. These the foreigners; rs
to the home people they come and go forever,
and it is only when the visitors from across seas
are discussed and exhausted that We think OF
taking up America-which is worth the whole
alien crew tossed up together
Danroschs orchestra fills out the musical
programme for the first thirty days and il is do
ing its best now. Walter DamroscL is the
leader and he seems To DC aborng under the
| impression that as the son of his father absolute
impossibllites are expected OF him. He is Ger
| tainly the most mber-jOinted young man in the
country His gyrations and leaps and springs
absorb popular attention and the music il only
a secondary consideration. Ii lie could only bt
| induced 10 believe that orchestral Leadership
| does not mean gymnastics! An orchestra o
strlngctl instruments, it seems to be demon
stratcd, is hardly suitable for great Music Hal
seating six thousand persons and which is al
ways filled for the concerts Still il gives us
chance to hear this noted band and make oul
own comparisons with the other famous mlIsi
cal organizations that have come and gone be
fore it, 1t is yet too early for verdict one wa,
or the other, and it may possibly be thai this or
chcsra will carry away well-merted plaudits be
fore its work with us is over
The Art Gallery was opened for private in
spccton a week before the formal opening
which proves how completely in readiness ev
ciything was at the appointed hour. There is
no statuary this year and no curiOs nor bric-a
brac, but the collection OF paintings is unusually
fine and extensive. The principal picture in
point of merit and also the largest is Har rison's
"Crepuscule," twilight scene on the French
coast THIS exhibited in the Paris Salon
last year and received one of the e 800 prizes in
the American Art Associations Prize Exhibit
this year. In apporionng the prize pictures
this one fell to the ST. Louis Museum OF Fine
| Arts
/ Hardly second to this in merit or interest il
Louisyllcs prize allotment, The Last Sacra-
ments v by Henry Moslcr, which hangs in the
North Gallery THIS painting has been made
! familiar by an engraving OF il which appeared
Il short time since in Wurrr's Weekly
Such is merely bird's-eye glimpsing of IA be-
widerng collection Of priceless treasures; pos
sibly before they Shall be scattered and resolved
again into their elements as it were, another
random note may tell of their attractions and
the valuable lessons they must teach
FALLATTA