Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-06-01
AT THE WORLDS FAIR.
A Utah Lady's Impressions OF tine
Great Exhibition.

snaciaI CORRESPONDENCE of the DEMocRAT.]
New ORLEANS, May %, 1885.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT For once l eA-
perienced a sense Of relief in leaving our
sanity city with its turmoil OF Jurles,
ouibblings of lawyers, subterfuges oil
witnesses, ct i'd onone genus, pertaining TO
the paraphernalia of courts. 1t was
real enjoyment to whirl away through
the purer atmosphere of the hills and be-
hold the glorious scenery from the d. q
R. G.-grand, majestic and harmonious,
contrasting in strong and agreeable relief
with the chickering's Of puny man. One
gazes in speechless wonder. A little
enrine, a whirling train of cars and tow
ering above and around us, the most
sublime, awe-inspiring and grandest en-
blems of Gods handiwork.
A FEW DAYS TRAVEL
Brought us to scenes very different but
no less enjoyable in their way. An
undulating country covered with luXurl-
ant vegetation, tropical trees and shrub
berry. and any number OF our darker
brothers and sisters peering out from
among the vines and foliage, or staining
in groups at the railway stations, or
lounging in lazy contentment IN front OF
their tumble-down cabins. Approaching
the Crescent City, everything takes on
buster aspect, and the trains are crowded
with strangers and passengers going to
the Worlds Fair at New Orleans. From
the numerous articles l had read and
from all | had heard of the Exposition, L
thought knew what | ought to expect.
But one can form no idea of its immensely
until he has spent several days in one or
two of the buildings, and is then over
whelmed with the thought that, with JUS
tice to himself and the exhibition, he
should give his attention a week or two
| longer to the minuter details of at least
a few of the exhibits.
MEXICO HAS REASON TO BE PROUD
OF her contributions. In every building
and department her exhibits rank among
the best that are displayed, and give evil
| dence of the fact that Gin progress and
development in the arts and sciences, in
industries and manufactures of all kinds,
the land of the Montezumas is following
swiftly in the wake of the United States. J"
| Apart from the main building, but In
itself forming one OF the chief attractions
OF the place, is the panorama OF
THE BATTLE OF SEDAN
The first and irresistible impression upon
reaching the circular platform from which
| the panorama unrolls itself in living per-
spective is the sense of immensely. So
realistic is it that it is difficult to tell
where nature ends and art begins. The
canvas is APO feet in circumference, 80
feet in height, and is the result of three
| years steady labor of two artists who wit
messed the battle, and made their
sketches as the scene presented itself to
them. In giving an idea of this painting,
l can do no better than to express it in
! the words of one of the leading art critics
of this city, whose criticisms are accepted
as the most careful and correct and thor
ough on all works of art
Zone imagines being on the summit of
some lofty hill, from which all the surround
ing scenery can be distinguished, and the IL
fusion Is made complete by the perfect
naturalness of tints in the perspective from
| the real grass-covered slope under the feet
as it ,WondroQslY blends further on with the
painting to the distant blue and gray of the
| horizon"
The next impression is that of action.
Everything is alive in that immense land
seape-the hfe-size artillery horses with
thelr Hanoverian drivers, the artillerymen
at their pieces, the bursting shells and fall
ing riders, the charge of cuiraseurs in the
distance, the skirmishers stealthily moving
under cover of the trees, and even the mo-
tionless reserves waiting at a rest behind the
protecting walls of the village houses. All
this is remarkably true to nature, and the
idea of motion everywhere strikingiy ap-
parent"
Many of the numberless details of this
painting deserve mention and praise, but
it would be an almost endless task. ''Of
its kind it is splendid piece of work,
|. showing not only ingenuity, but talent,
and we'll adapted to give clear, correct
and even eloquent idea of the battle
which cost Louis Napoleon throne and
france two provinces. S. U. E.