New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-26


as opnoslto the enormous structure which Jacksonville
has built In what they have named tho Exposition PARK
Beside tho avowed and prascworthy intention OF oS
playing Florida fruits and flowers there Is also tho WIS.,
to mako another attraction another object Tor cAcur
| slons from tho North Tho other day ! mot loan
sallow native born Florida woman who had once bccr
the heepor OF lodging house hore She was disposed
TO be very confidential sho said she'd just as lives
| tell the truth as not, and tho truth was that What
| Florida meant to 1.-Two on Yankees Yankees they
must havo Since the freeze two years ago she recRono
they had kinder fought shy OF Florida and gone 10 Ca
orny II was in tho reczo that sho had TO give up no
house. for everybody had packed up and como up Nor
! where they said they knew what to expect "ha'
| they expected" added tho woman, with a langud en-
| phasis "wss to freezo n hopo thoy frozc' ms
Sub Tropical and them s'cursions from the North III
| bring them now In droves between this and APRIL In
| sorry give up my house"
Tho day we visited tho Exposition tho "s'cnrsions
had not yet appeared to have done mnch for fiou
and tho fair. 1t Is vast space and my first impress
sion was that looking at nnumeraoo tables on
all Of which were arranged. In different shapes. piles
of oranges OF all shades OF yellow. Now felt that
was not getting tho worth of my money, and that l
must set nv Imagination at work There Is a young
man In one OF Dickcns's boolstt may have been tho
young man Of tho OF Chvory, but am not certain
as TO his dentty-wbO would sometimes 60 INTO the
backward where tho washed clothes wcro drying on the
limos Ho would sit down there and think that II
groves" AS stood just within the entrance ana
colod about the OF building 0t Is stated that tho
portion devoted exhibits hero covers an acre) fel
that now was tho tmo for mo to think 1t was groves
"Craci0us !" said my companion, at my elbow here
arc pneapples growing something liko oabbagcs and
always intended TO pluck my first pine from
tree No ono has boon ablo to persuade me that
they did not grow on trees. Tho 'SubTropicaP has
,.lN,tS I'D
used to read about Paul and Virginia was always
sro they 10 * shelter from those sud lon storms under
pineapple trees Really, 1t seems to mo that st.
Pierre expressly says so"
Bot whatever may have been st. Plerre's idea OF
this frut here 1t growing at our foot on short
stalks hon contre of tn" low plant Tho sShi of
these rich and odOrous pines was stimulating TO my
fancy There wero a eroat many Of them: hero and
there tho whole space patches of pines doing
duty as we'll as hey could for all that lush and Southern
lavshncss OF foliage which stern truth compcls to
say is no, attribute Of this fair But 1t ought to
be- or why tho namof stlll, when came TO place
whore sono thcksicmmcd banona too, ,o"t out their
long broad and vivid green leaves, we hascned to
stand beneath that foliage and found that, for tho
moment, It rather easy to think 1t was groves
One banana blossom hung our heads, and wo cou
DO enthusiastic over that for Its opulcnt loneliness
cannot DO described
In tho rear Of tho main hall there Is tho figure OF
vast female who stands with upllftcd and extended
hand, In benson, suppose, upon this show do
not know whether this shape symbozes tho genius
of Florida or Is porsonncd blessing OF the citrus
family II misfortune not to see her at all
until wo exploring among tho ma"hncfy, nnd
were startled by the magnifed vision of what thon
seemed like levathan kind OF rag babylon tho rags
and cotton with Which she was stuffed were coming
out Of her as II somebody had attacked her with
view toward seeing II she like other dolls, were filed
with sawdust In justice to this inanlmatc creature
must add that, few rods away, She only looked
seriously benignant and entirely unconscious Of what
sho was made Which is a way, think, with some Of
US humans, fortunately.
speaking for myself ! could wish HAT they had put
fewer oranges into this great building and made 1t look
less like an iTmepso orange G,trkrt At almost any
turn you have tho privilege Of buying this fru
prices somewhat In advanco Of he prcts you would
pay In Ncw-York OF course a thing IS moro valuable
the spot whore 1t is raised and you won't get any
satisfaction II you argue the question; all you Will
get is TO get angry.
No fair the faco OF tho globo, suppose, can be
complete without mammoth turnips and bcets and
squashes and here they presided by tanned
mon who beam on tho vegetables, and turn and pat
them tcndeiy. T, thu agricultural mind these arc
doubtless objects Of interest but in the average mind
vegeably ncllnedsavo at the tablethe sight OF
gigantic turnlp Inspires rapture though IL DO
seen In sub-Tropca Exposition In Florida, Instead OF
a county fair In New England And tides and lamp
mats these things which surely ono noed not
come down TO Florida TO sec. 1t may DO, however,
that these things arc myscrously necessary to tho
Internal economy of every fair that in short, fair
is complete without them.
My friend uttered exclamation Of Joy soon after
we had seen tho inevitable engraver glass who WILL
while you walt creravc your name tumbcr
which you shall carry away fra reminder of this
day Of Joy.
" Hero is tho bed quilt" said my friend taking
hold OF something which hung down the drapcry
OF the presiding genius Of the place. SEQ 1t is mado
by Mrs. Blank of Blank, and It contains 900 pieces
Sow cd together by hand All Woman need never
expect any rights in this world when they VIII delib
erately cut up 900 pieces Of stuff and them to.
gether again. And a woman who will do It has no
right, save the right to be called donkey.'
am afraid we do not belong to that class who APP
precato labored bed quilts But we waXcd well nigh
enthusiastic the crotons which hero occasionally
find places They are something suggestvcly tropical
tho gorgeous shrubs OF such richness OF variety take
to their habitat the South Sea Islands, and mako It
plain why Lady Brassey tempted to describe
them. Could there not have been q nook In this show
where luxuriance OF ctotons and bananas and all
tho vicious looking cscti might have mLde a truly
tropical corneri II needs some such corner. For
Of all places Sub Tropical fair should have lavish
look, and not es this does, q kind Of baroness In
spite OF the many individual specin ems Of Southern
growth. Tbcre oranges enough as ! have said
but there is not enough OF anything else that special
y characteristic Above all, thore is dearth Of that
magnificent foliage which alone make dream
Of everlasting summer. II excurslonIst
would como TO Flrda but / would warn people
that their hfty-oent pieces VIII bring them fun
II spent for some other object than for tickets 10
this exposition
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