The sun., 1890-06-01

ing chorus and soil. sung by the two ma
Alter Il ended. cloudy veil which illle tn
back Of the stngo was lifted and Beatrice an
Dante at b boaS her Snqee 6sS
che, too. sang her verses IT, praise OF reace 9nt
nnlvei sal concord the, chorus echoing hel
both great nations, great, beautiful and noble
and they SHOULD be friends not enc
rected agalnst tho triple alliance unpopular
| with Italian radicals. France and Italy sang Q
duet duet and then embraced % cach other amicatIy
color and light were all well managed. but the
music was rather monotonoua II was neither
| influence Of Wagner was too plainly over 1t
all, indeed. oyer the whole ranta!a,, and the
Gated as those "i Michael 3ngeie The grShes-
! traton was good. and the whole effort com.
hs wSTds wr5m by @ ndy her.
| cell. US well ~ the MUSIC. nre pretty In the
original French. The Italian version was less
But it is time we spoke Of the exhibits.
These, chiefly needework. are marvellous as
those sent from the northein towns and the
public a. distinguished from the convent
schools show also marked Improvement in
design and Invention upon tho work OF tha
past thirty years, evincing that education has
fulfilled some part " its aim in liherating the
LuGils from convention as well as from seryie
and intellectual iml alton. still as whole.
what waste Of labor time. skill The possible
and the impossible have been embroidered. and
to what end WHO wishes to sleep IN sheets
on which are sttcllod in raised work. no
matte! hoy ably scenes from the INC l1"WeS5 ,,,e os
imita,ion. Of Ithogrnphy in stitching with line
black silk. for representations in gSuLe raw
for artificial flowers, positive maryels OF
imitation. but yet an insult to the reHi
possible to Judge. oSing to the Indifferent
way in which the exhibits are displayed. there
is here good deal when might serve better
as n warning than az an example. The line
arts. too, show little that is Excellent, and such
work as thel is all smells Of the studio. The
absence Of LANDSCAPES is noticeable showing
that Italian women have not yet sun centIy
out Of doors: i is, however, fair to ad! hat
Thus the academies have sent moth,
i1s ys, Ssra5 VIZ +. n0 pr.s ns,
at the Florence Fine Arts School. lndee, the
inadeauately representatve character Of tho
who knows how active the women Of liza are,
for example in the matter OF inrm work. beo
keeping, silkTorm rearing Thus the straw ,tr,is
all day long the most admirable handiwork In
this material is plated y r., every Tms.
plies 10, silk weaving while, ilaA SPIN,
ming and the making o, hnr,iaHi Of hempen
hands throughout the length OF Tho land Ol
exhibits bearing on domestic hygiene dress
retical aud practical. on cooking on house;
hold nredlework, mending. dnrnipE; al
not the shadow OF trace. Indeed, a more |
exhibition thnn this Italian |
ho LsbGr ax1ieiont n Wonl1 Ge nara to to
part due To the TACT thnt there real il Yer lit
tie to exhibit. The higher education Of Italian
it was not possible it should have already
borne great fruit but large ,1% par m % the me f@T
with vii 1''G name % that Certainty Gould not G be
made to sand for symbol OF work and prog
NJ mi mn
want OF practical skill evinced by the promo
ers and the result is that those who would SEQ
what modern Italian women can do, should not
20 to the Beatrice e. hinitiOn' or they mnygeta
falsr and not too favorable IMPRESSION.
However il is not merely womnns handi-
work they have striven to present: she IL to
show her head work also. 4 room Is devoted
o showing what she has written since go.
10 American minds 1t viii strike marvel to
earn tnat these productions, sent by the Ma
iOnai Library. and; as We believe representa-
snccess sion Of competitions on Tetween piano
arp. violin. and mandolin pavers between
auihoresses and actresses. will be
IS well us the succession OF lectures OF which /
re spoke above. These lectures so far may he
Pronounced the most successful feature OF the
nterpri3e. The women have spoken well. TO
he point, with eloGuence and grace OF style.
ase and erudition, and have shown themselves
rec either from n'n"rdSe pn"te or from that
endency to emuty rhetoric which too often
lars the speeches of Italian men.
The competition performances so far have
OF proved n success. They were little mole
han ordinary concerts. TO have done any
hing really important ther" sho"ld have been
eaGing OF new music. or transposing. or some
uch test as WAS propo. ed Tor the competitors
S,r the post OF pianotorte Instructor in the
lorence Musical Institute. Each competitor |
'as obliged to learn nineteen Zach iugues by
cart and then luii number out OF Is Int and ,
i down and play the iuRue the number OF ,
hich had been drawn. ON the contrary, ut
~ Beatrice each lady chose her own piece.
qd 3S, took her time about learning It.
The most Interesting feature OF the whole
Is certainly that with which the
omen have nothing TO do. and which. for the c
atter of that. it did not need the Exhibition to I
low US. refer to the very perfect collection >
Dante Mss; and early edtious. lent bv the |,
lrious public libraries of Florence. and at i
tier times on view within their walls l.
Taken as a whole. it may be said that the Y
ea of holding this Wo'Uan'S Labor Exhibit h
on was admirable, but thai tho execution is y
adequata. and the idea OF attaching it 10 ,
ante's Beatrice not appropriate.