Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-12
81 aRANDEsr YET.
The st. Louis Exposition Sur
passes All Former Exhibl-
tions Dazzling
Splendor.

,IAT. LOUIS, SEPT. 9.-The
zzli1 echoes of the past Exposi-
Sc ton have sounded in our
ears and we now welcome its sue
cessor with joy and gladness. The
are now all in place and
from every point new visions of
beauty charm the lingering visitor.
Every feeling of houest pride stirred
our heart as we looked again last
evening on the finest exhibition
ever given in this country, save,
perhaps, the Centennial. The
articles shown are the costliest
ever displayed under the EXPOSE
ton roof, and a general air of
elegance pervades the building.
Mermod, Jaccard & Co., jewel
ers, occupy the largest space given
any exhibitor. We feel as if we
had entered a foreign land. Here
are displayed the wealth of the
Old World-jewels, silverware,
statuary, brasses, potteries and
china fit to grace the table of a
monarch. The effect of the cleo
trio light here is dazzling.
Against the entire wall of Enter
tainment Hall the VIM. Barr Dry
Goods Co. has space, six rooms,
and each one has a moving tableau.
In a modern kitchen a neatly dress
ed cook, her face wreathed in
smiles, Ii engaged at the stove
preparing the dinner ; next the
dining-room, a family seated at the
table covered with a dinner set of
sevres china !; the host is actually
engaged in carving a juicy roast.
Then the library a talkative book
agent is just leaving, either with
full pockets, the result of a sale, Or
calmly ordered to depart. The
parlor is a poem in reality ; beauti-
fully dressed moving figures, ladies
in rich visiting toilettes, evening
dresses and lovely tea gowns, are
passing and repassing before us.
Last is the art room where lovers
of the highest artistic taste may
find a treat. The public appreci-
ates these accurate life pictures and
many are the wishes that they
could enjoy life in such luxurious
comfort.
There is no use of F. w. Humph.
rey, clothier, making a fight fol
championship honors, for the firm
occupies to-day an unblemished
name, second to none, yet not to
see their annual display at the Elk.
! position would be like gazing upon
a picture without a frame. Enter
ing the Thirteenth Street entrance.
the word Humphrey, in red carna'
tons on a background of ever.
green's, is plainly visible. An arch
way connecting his two business
displays around a revolving pyr.
amid of gold is arranged every
article known in the gents furnish
ing line, and d display of all the
latest styles in clothing. This firm
is well known for it's fair dealing al
we'll as the excellence of its goods
AS usual, the display is a credi1
alike to the Exposition and the
well known firm represented.
A mooted inquiry seems to be
how to pronounce the name of The
great Russian soldier-painter
Verestchagin. I heard a ninteentl
century dude remark to a fashion
able girl of the period, "That The
name Itself was a rare work of art
requiring careful study to bring
out its beauties" l congratu
late the people in Mexico and Au
drain county over the treat in store
for them in the art galleries. Mos
of these paintings were taken from
scenes in which the great painte:
spoken of above vas a prominen
actor. His life in India, in Turk
estan and notably In the Turko'
Russian war is faithfully portrayed
on canvas He witnessed thu
terrific attack at Plevna at the
time a staff officer with Gen
skobeloff; y was present in tn
bloody carnage at Shipka Pass
where he was severely wounded
and lay in the hospital severa
weeks. He paints for the love O
it, is quite wealthy and refuses al
offers for the sale of his works
The rooms have been dubbed tn
"Chamber of Horrors" and we
such is the fascination it is in thi
spot that the cranks r. always tn
greatest and lInger longest. Man,
of the canvases cover the entlr
walls and are hung in the room &C
cupied last year by the Missouri
Horticultural Association. Ricl
tapestries from foreign looms grac
the walls, looped p~ortiers dividini
each room. Think of it ALI thi
under the general admission fee O
25 cents. Come and enjoy it, an
as Henry Ward Beecher said
"Thank Providence for what tn
kind fates send" EY!,
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