The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
THE WORLDS EXPOSITION.

Special correspondence Of THE cLARIos.I
Where to begin ard where to end i,
the pulling question to all writers Of
Exposition Letters" and hence the same
question Is causing me no little anxiety
should one begin systematically ct the
Main Entrance, and attempt to &c
straight through, the end of both time
paper, and ones descriptive power:
would be attained before that Main En-.
trance is lost sight of. So, as ana writ.
ing to Mississippi paper, think shall
hrst give my impressions of
orR own DISPLAY
at this great Worlds Fair. Much has
/ been said and written Of what our people
are doing here, but to really see what
the capacities Of our home-State are. one
must come and see for ones self. Amid
so pany sights from foreign lands, It's
but natural that feeling of strangeness,
| little akin to home sickness. should
come over one, but all this is dissipated,
and charmingly sat home" feeling
takes ITS place as soon as We enter the
familiar Cotton House and see evidences
of home all about us.
1t IS pleasant feeling. to be in your
4oIiNC idhh again. DC assured.
30 much has been said of "Cock
Robin" that fear my letter will seem
incomplete without some mention of it,
and yet, 1t must be so, for during the
past week, the crowd of admiring spec
tators has been so dense about the case.
that passing glance of sympathy was
all / could bestow upon the disconsolate
little widow leaning over the coffin Of the
dear departed
Mrs. Shields map-quilt, too, has re-
ceiyed its just amount of admiration,
and Is really very ingenious pro-
duction of art-needle work. In fact
the ladies of old Adams have placed
themselves at the head Of woman
work in Mississippi. The screens of
Miss Blanche McManus-one a map
Of Wilkinson county, painted on satin,
and one formed of blocks of wood native
to Wilkinson county, each block bear
ing flower done in oils-are, in our es.
tlmatiOn, the best display at the Expo
sltion, made by one woman. Miss Nc
Manus 1t must be understood, has never
received any instruction in painting
her gift is simply God-given one.
vi the cotton and grain and timber, !
50 much has been written by more ex-
perienced correspondents than |, that | |
Shall touch the subject lightly, leaving |
to their practiced pens the minute de
scriptions.
Quite an addition has been made dur
ing the past week to the artists work.
Miss Saunders handsome piece, Ginevra,
is attracting much attention, and the
study by Miss hurry of Hero Watch
ing for Leander," is greatly admired.
These pictures, however, would show to
much better advantage had they a bet
ter light-the lights on them are misei-
able
From the crazy-quilt display, a stranger
would be left under the impression that i
every honest vile in our State, consid-
cred her household goods incomplete,
without a dozen or more of these fash
ionable covers. However, notwithstand-
ing the crazy-quilts, any Mississippian
may be proud to pass through our
exhibit and feel, that this is my native
State.
Not least in that which calls forth
pride j, the display of courteous, atten-
tive clerks and commissioners in Oura
For their equal we chal-F
lenge any department in the building.I
And now, should | attempt to cross
into