The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-03
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enough space for lengthy walks in ~,

enough space for lengthy walks in pur.
suit Of new attractions.
It 10 a great advantage 70 havs the
foreign displays brought into convenient
proximity to each other 50 that Que can
turn from the characteristics exhibit Of
one country and In a few steps reach an
equally Characteristic iisrlay from some
other country. Paris and Pefkm are
opposed to each other on the globe
But in the Southern Exposition here Is
beautiful display Of the finest articles
manufactured frcm Paris and IL fee.
away Is a display Of the curious ami
gorgeous work Of China. So italy ami
Mexico With the aame unfaillng marks
oi common stock, but widely separated
by the 5ea3 and with race characterlst,cs
modified by many different conditions,
are here side by side and furnish a
most interesting study Of the differ
enca3 occ2sioned by difference Of con.
ditions.
So /. 10 in the Art Gallery. Here are
American painting; here are French
poln::ny9, anl over there are paintings
by Americans trained in French and
presenting the characteristics Of both
countries. On the west side Is 4 fine
exhibit from the Sandwich Islands and
in It's examination one soon d!score,s
the effects Of the American influence
that has always exertei itself in the
Hawsain kingdom Here are the royal
portraits, and this stout looking king we
are told vas chosen from all the claim
ants to the throne on the failure Of the
direct line because he was the most
acceptible TO the Americans. Half
minutes walk brings enc to the confines
of the Russian exhibit that tells for
itself that Russia is looking to America
for encouragement in its industrial
developments.
These things make one proud oi his
country. The American begins 10 feel
that he belongs to one of the great and
Oldest Of civilizations. But passing on
into the Mexican exhibit he stands
before q full size model Of an Aztec
temple and the fact is thrust upon him
that what We call American civilization
Is thing Of but yesterday, and that
here Is relic of civilization that had
almost passed away when cur continent
was discovered. And the lessons Of our
own young though hearty civilization
do not end here. We think we have at
least the right to count new America by
four centuries, but as we stop before
the revolving tower from Rhode Island
and glance over THE Skeleton in
Armour" in the destructive pamphlet
handed TO us, our Amcricanisn receives
another shock as We look at the evidence
Of an occupation of our country
hundreds Of years before Christopher
Columbus was born.
As We pass through the crowded
aiales the American exhibitor lands out
his free samples and attracts us with
his beautiful lithograph card advertise
ments on every hand and seems TO be
giving away more than any business
could reasonably justify. Then we
drift into the section of the "Turk,"
who draws us with his plaintivc appeals,
and still further on the Hindoo mor-
chants sit in silence with their beautiful
work before them, never uttoringa word
except in response, and If unspoken to
sitting silently regarding the floor, con-
ducting their business and dreaming OF
things insubstantial, just as their race
has been selling and dreaming thousands
of years before the world dreamed Of an
American enterprise in trade that would
induce people to give away half they
have III order to sell the other half
An hours walk among these various
people and things teaches more than
years study OF the books. Here they
are, and here one can see and listen
through his own senses, aud learn how
variously the great world is made ur,
To miss such an opportunity when it is
offered almost at ones door. is TO reject
the best opportunity OF the lives Of those |
WHO can not travel abroad in foreign
countries and see those many people at
their homes,
AL these things and these people viii !
be in the old world exhibitions after
they leave here, and those who miss !
seeing them now viii read OF foreign |
exhibitions hereafter and regret that
they are not able to 90 abroad to see tue |
maryels Of the old world.