Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-09-26
EXPOSITION ECHOES.
The Attendance at the Great Exhibition
Larger Every DaJ-Beautiful Bey-
ond Descriptinn-Exhibits,
Etc.-. v. williams'
Sunday School
Talk.
Correspondenee of the Ledger.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
dIgG1T. LOUIS, September 49,
1llS0The Exposition is one of the
Ss few things which is equally
gg as pleasant in the reality as
in the anticipation. Last week the
sun seemed to shoot all thu golden
arrows held in his quiver, but the
intense heat failed to dampen the
public's interest, as the attendance
was much greater than the corres-
ponding day oflase year.
Beautiful ana interesting as it
all is, there is one display I must
Sonnenfeld Millinery
Co. inside the great panels of
plate grass are samples of their
we'll known taste and skill in the
art of millinery. A huge ocean
shell, covered with bright green
moss, forms the center-piece. The
shell gracefully opens and We dis
cover fairy water queen, wand in
her hand, presiding as patroness
of this charming scene. The pic
ture is bright with color; nature
and art here blend in harmony, for
underneath a gretto Of plants a
tiny stream of Water flows. This
firm is the pride of st. Louis la
dies, and visitors from a distance
need go no further seeking styles
more varied or prices more reason
able.
BaImer & Weber, music dealers,
who occupy the space in the GEN.
ter of the west nave, still arouse
much fattering comment. This
firm has earned, by fair dealing and
years of practical experience, the
name of "Old Reliable" a deserv-
ed compliment attained by few.
Among a great variety of instru-
ments shown is a grand piano
where Mr.. Chas. Balmer, Jr., and
Miss Hulda Falkenhainer, both
accomplished musicians, give daily
concerts. On the top of this firms
pavilion is on old piano three hun
dred years old, the figure of an
old maid seated before it. This ex-
hibit is of much interest in the Ex-
position, and 1t affords visitors op-
portunities of inspecting their va
rious instruments and the courte-
Gus attendance of some member of
the firm.
The two breweries, 'Wm. J..
Lemp and Anheuser-Busch Brew
ing Co., form combined display
this year. Its gorgeous colorings
and moving figures attract much
attention.
Day and night the grandest music
is heard in perfection at Music
Hall. Every one seems glad to
welcome the old favorites, and we
realize they still possess the power
of touching the tenderest chords
and awakening all the old enthu-
siasm. The sweet and tunetul airs
that are found in the works of the
best German and American COM
posers, as well as the bright spirit
of melody which dwells in Scotch
and Irish history, here receive the
highest artistic treatment. 1t does
not seem to be generally known
that Gilmore is the author of oul
popular national air Columbia, y
and the statement to that effect in
one of our morning papers has
created again the pride of interest
we all feel in 1t, warming the heart
and kindling anew the purest emo
tlons.
A curious and attractive feature
Is the aquarium, under the direc'
ton of Capt. H. G. West, Fish
Commissioner of Missouri. Two
large tanks of plate glass are stock
ed with curious specimens and ar.
tistically ornamented with rocks
ferns and water-lilies. The tanks
are the largest aquariums in this
country and when filed hold &c..
600 gallons ofwater. Another beau.
tiful attraction of the electrical ex.
hibit Is the foundation and water.
fall given in the basement. The
water foams and sparkles over hun.
dreds of incandescent lights. When
the fountain is playing it is a beau.
,iful sight, with its illuminated
prisms and rainbows of parti-col-
ored lights. The basement was
never so eagerly sought and never
SO interesting as this season.
This Exposition will mark an
epoch in Juvenile history,the Board
of Education having decided there
shall be no public school days as
holidays. There is much com.
plant, for the little children of the
olden days were not as wise as
those of the child-world now.
I had the pleasure of listenine
last Sunday evening to Mr.. J. v
Williams, of your city, on the sub
iect of "The Individual Work o
the Sabbath School" He argued
that organizers and hard workers
| we're needed; that men and womer
work together in behalf of a noble
and common cause; while hi
touching appeal for little childrel
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