San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-08
OLD SOL SMILES
Upon the Alamo City and Her
Mexican Neighbor.
GETTING RID OF MUD AND GET
TING READY FOR BUSINESS.
The Things That Begin TO Be--The
Crowds That Already Are.

The general officers and the superintendent
of the several de- artments were more than
busy The grounds superintendent was all
over, every where, making provisions for the
speedy drying OF mud by draining the water
pools and arranging walks where before they
we're not needed.
The main building in the afternoon took
on quite a business air. there were not SO
many breaks between faces and the floor of
the hall was not SO lonesome. The chilliness
uf the air was diminished as the sunbeams
dried the dampness and more com Portable
feeling prevailed in all quarters. The Iadie 8
textile department was a scene OF pleasant
activity, all the exhibitors we're tightening
up and sigh of relief seemed to exhale it.
self so naturally that no one really remarked
IL. The people who came see had a good
time of 1t. There were few wise people
who fully realizeing that the coming crowds
would not permit very satiIfact Try exami
nation OF the many articles of q rare and
and so took time by the fOrelock and put in
several hours yesterday carefully examining
the most noteworthy exhibits.
The LIGHT vii! pay ITS respects today to the
and other outside matters later on.
WITHIN THE HALL.
The Mexican exhibit, the Ladies' textile
fabric exhibit, the Atwater exhibit, the San
Antonio and Kansas Pass exhibit, the Edison
exhibit, and the exhibits of Wagner & Chabot
thy of mention. Ou' city merchants, as has
been previously STATED, have not been very
active in coming to the front with their ex-
hibIts. Wagner & Chabot, kouff & Hewitt,
Rosenberg. the florist. G B Frank, the brew
cries. Frank, the saddler, PancOast, and the
business colleges are the principal home ex-
hibitoIs.
THE MEXICAN EXHIBIT
VIII cha lenge unhagging attention. Our SIS
ter republic has PLACID on exhibition in the
space allotted to her in the northeast corner
..f hf HrS Annr nft hx, uan h<r sk,.&.~
to the San Antonio International Fair and Ex-
position and it is well worthy Of her. 1t is in
every respect representative exhibit as we'll
Is one OF great monetary value. 1t is under
charge of Mr.. James Trueheart and is bonded
Tor at the Laredo custom house for $4,000
Texas extends thanks to Mexico for this truly
national exhibit OF her handiwork and skill
There are Two ladies always W attendance
and they seem special fitted fer their task
To see them AT work among the delicate laces
and embroidery from delt fingers, so Lightly
m ght parody the old words and say take
then up tenderly handle with care"
sp der web laces aud threadwork OF ar The
shawIs in this exhibit are something worth
crossing naif u continent 10 see. They are old
CREATIONS OF the hands OF tar workers before
the days when machinery was competent to
perform such WORK. They are from $50 TO 700
years old, OF heavy silk anu crepe and heavily
embroidered in double face ION both sdesI.
They are all OF one shape, a true square, but
the cOlOrs are as varied as those of q kaleide
scope an the var atoms of form are INFINITE
TIE Rebuzo. or national head gear of the
Mexican woman is there H. all it's glory. Some
of them are of imposing richness. one particu-
larry lin from end TO end with pure gold
bread,
The Scrapes, or Mexican blankets, also form
a very interesting part of this exhibit.
Tht ieatherwork, the little emb oidered ar
ticles, are also ,xquIsite. There are besides
tn II splendid collection If spurs, stirrup
irons. bells, chains, etc. from the days of the
conquest, which Beed to be seen, not de-
serb d.
Also there are nedallions, belts, buffers
lveri"s and regalia from the court Cf Max
mi ian. calling up memories of the il-fa ed
prince and his doomed consOrt who is beating
against the pris n bars of a madhOuse. There
are fans from Mexico and fans from Spain,
tiu'ed feathered and Iniaid, which have played
their parts in the love gam 8 of old and spUk
en- u lans uax which ewes could look but
gold and silver, ivory and tortoise, mother of
pearl and woods, jewels and all precious
thi gs. Tn re are card cases. Cigar casrs, |
cigarette cases and thousand specimens of
Gun ling ,handcraft.
K Ough has be said to give general no
ton of the exhibit and the eye of the visitor
must take in the rest
wONDE WORLD.
The most rare and valuabl" collection in the
hall is tn At of Prof. Atwater's wOnderwOrld
winch includes over 1000 yer rBre and some
very valuable Carlos Visitors can VERY
pr ttaby Sp nd half q day in this collection.
v,riel lie of wool il Guiding samples from the
U tied States wool exhibit which took the
prize at the London world tair in 1851, and
AustraI an prize wool for the exhibit of 1852.
His specimens o. rare and va CaDle ard sa-
dom seeu fabrics include d portion o the silk
dr. IS woven n England for Empress c ar
lOtte whe ehe visit, d that untry in 1870,
yarn from the wool of tn Cashmere goat at
IS per pound Pima m islin fr IN tn pin apple
finre OF the PHILIPPINE Islands. India mus
lin so fine that prlnt is readily read through
it. ather rop found IN the Cliff dwelIers'
caves used for wrapping the bodies of the
CHI Wfs IN for bur al. AMI of which O1y two spec
mems ar known to be in existence. Also,
cote cloth found in an ancient Imca tomb
in Peru which must be CENTURIES old and
proves that the old Ztec- were not unacquant-
ei with the art of cloth making.
H. ha- also great cOIlecti0" Of relies from
the Canni bal islands in the South sea His
collection of beautiful tropical birds includes
hundr DIS of rsrt plumage, among hem the
XII z bird or Paradi e. the Tyre bird, over 40
varieties OF hum ning birds and hundreds of
others. Ancient Roman, Greek, BRITISH and
Il di relics. The f,ing toad, the great
r'nmy ca. cd English mantran. E ypt'an
Papyrus, and infinite varieties of which de-
must be seen TO he even partially apr. ciated
Visitors .houd rot fail find this collection
mp stsi in the sou beast corner Of the build
ing.
Frank Teichs granite exhibit is indeed
creditabe.
The Parker County man stands before the
Arkansas Pass exhibit in amnzement.
No such -pecimens of commerce. on exhibit
ton within county o. ia lr 'ad space at the
DALAI fair rs can he found ut the Arkansas
Pass space, says a visitor fr I'm Kaufman.
Visitors are frank, and say that the Arkansas
Pass Exhibits shows patty that no better
farming untry can b. found anywhere.
Leon man looking yer the AraI sas Pass
eXhibir Ga, it settl"s tn" question with him.
He i going home and move to the land of,
hnl AFah