The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-01-27
ACROSS THE WATER.


HOW Vuey manage UxpOshSsVuss
4 Keen Interest nlanlfeted BY poo-I
pie % Al Grades and Conditions.
The Cincinnati Centennial to Sur
pass Them All.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 21st. 1888.
A Cincinnatian who has just returned
home after several month"; absence IN
the old country, where he went on d
tour Of observation. was met recently.
This gentleman. who, by the way, isl
avsrse to having bic name In print, kept
his eyes and ears open while travelling.
and his experiences would all . volume.
lie paid particular attention during his
absence 70 the way they manage public
Expositions In that country, and having
been connected with similar enterprises
IN his native city, HE interest In matters
or the kind was heightened by that fact.
His travels embraced oil the principal
points during the Jubilee year where dis
plays Of this kind were In progress, and
TO these he paid particular attention.
spending several days each. ~ Man
chester, Liverpool. New Castle. on ryne,
Sxltaire, aud ether points. Sail he, In
speaking OF the Manchester Exhibition.
which opened IL doors 10 the public last
May. and which ran six months:
"What impressed me most remarkably
was the keen interest displayed by the
people OF al grades and conditions. The
object OF this Exhibition was to Illus.
trstc. as fully as possible, Tho progress
made in development Of arts aud manu-
faclures during the Victoria era, COM
memorating the jubilee year Of Queen
victoria's reign. Such Was the interest
manifested, that Il was no trouble TO dll
the space, and, In fact, many exhibits
had TO DO declined which were Of great
merit, and which were intrinsically
equal 10 those which were accepted
The tradesmen seemed 10 fully appreci-
ate the advantages sure 10 accrue from
participating IN the display. and. In con-
sequence, no trouble was cxperie need In
getting the best Of everything
''The space allotted n n,machinery alone
covered no less than l76 00o sqdare ;cet,
aud in iis completeness of plan, and
symn,etry of attangethcnts, IL is archi-
(. .tecturai features. IL Art decoration. III
perfect collection Of pictures, and Ia
provision for comfort and enjoy meat ol
l visitors, the Manchester display wal
perhaps tho most complete and Interest
ling or any We visited.
u Il Vas chsrmed With the machiner!
J department, especially. II struck me y
sla happy thought, which led The Com
Isnistes %. sxhiblt modeis % -old 'sud out
'lol-datc machines side by side with ths
y marvellous crenii0ns Of engineering ant
\ mechanical skin aud ingenuity which
have done % much 10 rcvolulionixc ths
trade OF that country, and 10 give 10 i
the pre-eminence which IL now enjoys.
4 Take II oil ~ al, with its textile fab
J rics, pottery, glass, metal, wood, marble
stonrwotk. its acres of machinery j.
motion. lie thousands Of specimens o
handicratt IL process OF production, tt
Il fine art collection. the Examinations and
u decorations. aud The myriad of other o.
Iitractions, Manchester eclipsed them ell
and don't suppose there was ever any
thing 10 compare with Il since the clos'
Of the Centennial Exposition at Phiia
delphis.
4 III would be impossible to give jus
conception Of the magnitude Of the en-
terpriss. Every department was fuI
land complete. While the Expeditions .
New Cssile-onsTyne. at Liverpool and
Sallaire, were charming. and im which
passed many instructive and piessan
hours. the one At Manchester came near
er my ideal Of what IN affair Of this kind
should be-
1 did you visit the American Exhibi
lot London?'
i II did. And cay II with . natura
regret. the so-caIled American Exhibi
lie not worth mentioning only TO con
Idemn II. II waa nothing but an i'm
memse building filled with advertising
schemes, and the only thing there tha
ATTRACTED much attention WAS Buffalo
Bill aud his Indiana. In other words
lthe sO-called American Exhibit 10
4 nothing more than IN annex to the Wilt
Il West show, and seemed 10 be who'll!
given up 10 advertising quack uostrum
and other wildcat schemes.
.Hecurrimg again to the Mancheste
'Iexhibit, one can form On idea Of the pop
ular craze for this sort Of thing wheI
Iy0u remembes that the area covered b,
liz IL thirty three acres, while the hhiId
!. ling area 10 fourteen acres mores aud lha
the general charge for space was hit
'lcents per foot, and that every Inch
lspaco was taken. The minimum charg
tor entry fees was $3.50 This vii
give you On Idea OF its popularity. AM
|, lit deserved I'll the attention paid Il, for
more varied aud comprehensive colIec
ItiOu Was never made.
"Will the Cincinnati Centennial Ex
position, IN your Judgment, compare G
lv0rably with those you visited Z"
.Most undoubtedly. Judging fror
. the resources controlled hy the Comnis
'sioners. the area of territory directly Ia
: lterested, and from the tact that the novs
ideas impaired by : Thorough iuspeciIo
OF the sl0ws across the water. not foI
, getting The ability, enthusiasm ~
!. push OF The gentlemen In whose hsnd
Z the enterprise has been intrusted, thes
J IL no doubt In my mind - 70 the chat
! Iacter, extent and InsgnifIcence of The di'
1 play"
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