Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-30

mental nations, France, Italy, Germany,
Austria aud the French colonies, are well
represented; and Belgium has built itself
Il gigantic monument of its articles OF
production and export, which * a central
object and must be seen by all who
enter the exhibition building The
| interest manifested By the people, even
the peasants, is very great the crowd is
so great after 10 O'Clock IN the morning
that one must wait IL long time and stand
some rough pushing to gain entrance.
But this Is only the experience of straug-
ers, nearly every resident of Antwerp
has provided himself, his wife, and one
or more members of his family with
season ticket which admits the holder at
any and all times at Il first cost of twenty
francs -four dollars and must be kept in
case with card photograph for Identified
ton. Single admissions are one franc.
The scenes In and about the exposition
are as interesting and diversified as the
exposition itself. The variety of cos
tune among the soldiery, the peasants,
the visitors and the residents, the diver
sity of tongues, the curious distinction
of ways aud methods are all heightened
by the occasion and the Importance at
tached by natives and the population
OF surrounding ncighborhoodS. The
peasants are often attlrcd I'm
all their holiday bravery; and one old
woman, evidently a peasant proprietor,
displayed fine, antique, Belgian neck
lace and II cap with immense rings of real
old Mcchlin lace above her short woollcn
pettcoat and thick sabots one whole
section OF the French exhibit Is devoted
to Il magnificent display of Lyons silk,
and IL is also rich in bronzes, one OF the
finest Of which is the work OF young
woman-Mllc Mathldc Thomas. The
Italian section Is one huge bazaar, whore
real and imitation coral and carved
stones can be bought at what seems IN
Credibly low prices There Is also much
beautiful glass and faicnce, and in the
Belgian department carved and inlaid
/ furniture copied from the antique
which makes one long TO keep house
where such things can be bought at
prices that are not annihilatlug. Think
of u carved oak hlgh-backcd hall
chair for forty francs, aud Il hall bench,
with antique chest and back, for ninety
irancs-the carving copied from the four
tceuth century. The linen Is wonder,
hui The laccs from Brussels are marvel.
one could spend whole days Just looking
at them. SO many of the order designs
and forms are never exported, and we do
not see. Very interesting exhibits are
made by the French colonies In the South
Pacific ;,nd they are guarded by hug ne
grocs, black MS darkest night, In pictur-
esquc and gorgeous costumes soft silks
wrought silver, carpets and rugs, fans
and straw work are among the articles
| displayed, ali of curious manufacture, and
could pc sold over and over; hut OF these
nothing will be sold till the close of the
exhibition Everywhere else "yendun
tSold) meets you, and attached to some
specially interesting objects, in brass and
iron work, are long strings of cards con-
tanning the names of persons who have
ordered u reproductions
The exhibition of paintings in conncc-
ton with the exposition is exceedingly
Interesting, The Belgian exhibit is natu-
rally the largest, though France occu-
pies nearly rs much space, and Italy, Ger
many and Austria are represented hand
somely. Time being limited, we saw
little besides the Belgian pictures, which
In their strength, variety and finish do in
finite credit to the Belgian school. only
one American u rcprcsCnted--Mr. Walter
Sanford He has two pictures on exhibit
ton, 1.-The Luccmakerh and the Hensive
picture Of Il Young girl representing Gle
comcth not, she said.n "The Lace
maker" Is Il tlnc bit of Rembrandtcsuuc
painting. The face Is in shadow, the
light falling upon the hand as IL grasps
the bohbins, which are suspended from
the cushion, an amber glass bottle serv-
Ink as reflector Mr., Sanford has an.
other picture upon the easel In the same
slyle-a Waterman lighting his pipe the
Hight falling upon him from the lantern
which he carries and uses for the pur-
pose. Time and space win not admit
OF detailed reference to even the most
noted painters and pictures, but there
were some whose familiar names could
not be passed by. Nerlat, Nanderhagen,
jean Robbie, Joseph Louis, lie nrun
, Geots, NlcaiSe, De Kcyser, DE Bmckcllcr,
Lanscinicre and others as well known,
The latter has but one rival as land
Scapo painter in Belgium and Is at the
head OF his school. The most promising
OF the young artists is said to be Charles
Mcrtcns, who is only nineteen, and has
already produced some excellent pictures,
natural without cNuggemtiOn and good
IN detail, There are many more large
pictures than we are accustomed 10 see
upon the walls of our Acadamy, and mil.
itaN subjects are naturally more sought
after. Avery striking picture is the Bat
Tie of Trafalgar and Death oi Nelson, by
Hendrix Schaefcls; and very thorough
work Is also done by jacques lie Comtc
de lalarig, young man of rank and for
tune, but a faithful student and a gen.
uine artist, who can paint horse
and chasscur, and both 10 life.
Quite number of women are
represented, among them Char
lotie Mmgers, the portrait painter of Ant.
wcrp, and Georgette Meunier of brussels,
Marguerite Dumont boulevard Leopold.
: has marine picture, and Marie De Key.
ser Miguon.
We left Antwerp with regret and some
difficulty, for all the lines OF travel are
taxed to their limits, and the confusion IL
worse coniounded when one has strug-
gle with a foreign tongue, hut we GOT
away at last, aud enjoyed greatly the ride
through thrifty, well cultivated garden-
like country, until we approached Yer.
Viers, when 1t becomes wilder, and more
picturesque We did not reach Cologne
until eleven O'Clock at night, and were
thankful the custom house officials are
less cSigeant aud cNacliug than our own,
and quickly passed us and our belongings
I AZ i've Il, m, we were awakened hy the
elang of the great cathedral bell,
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