Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-10-03
VOL. XXI.
THE EXPOSITION.
Another Interesting Letter From
The Ledger's Exposition
Correspondent.
Correspondence of the Ledger.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
drsGYT. LOUIS, September 25.-
q!ZnOSome one has said: "There
sgs is nothing of value but its
price must be paid" This
is not true OF our great Exposition.
With the native curiosity which
Eve inherited from her husband,
and which has since been trans
mitted to our sex, I found myself
wondering what nightly drew the
crowds in front of Bollman Bros
elegant display of pianos. / soon
learned it was the electric piano
on exhibition there. Here, by
the aid of science, every night is
heard the most mysterious music,
almost supernatural. 1t can be
heard all over the lower floor and
plays as varied a repertoire as any
one might wish. This is the only
piano played by electricity in the
United States, having been de-
signed in New York for the Paris
Exposition. Not being finished in
time, it was secured by these en-
terprising brothers, bold stroke
of advertising which will pay them
well, besides giving enjoyment to
hundreds.
NJ. J. Steinburg, furrier, has the
most costly display in the building.
A mammoth house is built entirely
of fur, the pillars, floor, roof and
steps being lined with these ex-
pensive articles ; besides, he has
stuffed representatives OF all the
animal kingdom. One set of fur
niture, covered in fur, was made
expressly for his display and
cost $3.50. 1t is by far the finest
array of furs ever seen in this city.
Lions heads costing $3.50, buffalo
heads, 1925, Bengal tigers, $500,
and a natural seal, $500, all speak
their fabulous worth. They were
awarded the prize in the balloting
for the finest exhibit, and richly
deserve all honors accorded them.
A firm which occupies an exalt-
ed position in the business circles
of this city is Frank Bros, dry
goods, whose tasteful display
draws nightly from friends and
visitors fattering expressions on
their taste and skill. Their two
show cases-one devoted to millin-
ery-are connected by an immense
silver dollar, the famous trade
mark so well known to st. Louis
ladies. One design, especially,
has won for them unqualified
praise. A church organ, made
| entirely of silks, plushes and vel
vet; the pipes are perfect in color
and outline; the keys, music
rack, chair and steps are composed
of goods, samples of the elegant
stock sold by this enterprising
firm. Their experimental test of
establishing a retail dry goods
house, thus meeting the wants of
every customer, has been carried to
a successful termination, their
crowded salesrooms being the
surest evidence of p prosperity.
A novel feature, entirely new, is
the Exposition chicken factory,
where $50 chickens, turkeys and
| ducks are hatched daily. There
are small yards for the chickens
and ponds for the ducks. Two
ring doves were hatched yesterday
The little orphans are veritable
Topys, as they were ''never born
lust growed." AS I heard little
girl say, ''they never had no moth
ers; )" not a grammatical speech
but to the point.
| Mr.. Baker, the genial popcorn
king, ordered 5000 bouquets
of red, white and blue, one O
which was presented to every lady
Tuesday night as she entered the
hall. The best authorities say it i:
the proper thing to take the girl O
your heart, or of some other fellows
heart, and armed with Bakers
candy and popcorn, march straight
to Music Hall and enjoy Gilmore
Not to eat Bakers delicious pop
corn argues yourself unknown te
fashionable society.
Praises and congratulations wal
on Gilmore with absolute servility
and yet he remains unspolled by th'
little world of which he now forms
an exalted part. Did he not pos
sess the largest stock of politenes'
] he could not so gracefully RESPOND
to SO many eacores.
/ We invite your readers all tt
come. To the busy housewives
after their rounds of household
cares to the tired business man
whose every day is filled with
crowded life-work, we offer rest
full recompense. Fay.
Il If young ladies were as spunky
as they should be, they would re-
fuso RI aconnt an avoort haroa froy,-