Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-22

netist. win appear at the Palace every afternoon
| and evening until further notice. Little Jessie
| is an artist in her line. and will draw good
| crowds TO hear her performance.
The street railways are pushed to take care Of
| the patronage they receive these days. When
the time of opening and closing the Spring
\ Palace comes there is scarcely room to catch
hold of a car running to or from that place.
The number of exhibits outside the Palace
grows larger each day as the size of the attend
ance becomes known abroad.
It is difficult to make an estimate of the nnm-
Der of people who visit the Texas Spring Palace
in the course of a day. The thousands
Of chairs scattered over the lower
floor and the balcony may all
be filed with eager auditors of the music,
and it might be possible to safely estimate
those, but there are so many corners and hooks
into which vast crowds can pack and screens
behind which they can hide, and the building Is
so vast that a person cannot take in all the
thrOngs that congregate within it. And even
il he did he would still be at loss to account
attractions on the grounds outside the Spring
Palace building. But to say that between
5000 and 5000 people entered the build
ing yesterday would be setting low
figure. Up and down the rows Of prettily
decorated exhibits throughout the livelong day
wandered the groups, jostling and humping
ing each beautiful article that came
exhibits, each of absorbing interest.
that the visitor can use his eyes for little else
than to watch them, for he fears that if he
allows his vision to wander to extraneous OBJ
iects he will miss some sight richer and
rarer than the ones inspected. From the
time the visitor enters the main
postal and sees the word welcome in large,
snowy letters, he is absorbed in the decorations.
he looks about him and doesn't know which
way TO go, for on either hand appears equally
interesting objects. Looking upward he sees one
as far as the Sight extends Straight ahead is
the immense pool, in the center of which is the
hollow cavern, and in which innu -nerable Jets OF
silvery water fall, with the dulcet strains of the
Elgin watch factory military band floating
across through the misty spray.
1t is delicious, inspiring.
And when the visitor starts on his tour of in
spection he finds that he can move but slowly il
he desires to see all the sights. On every hand,
before and behind, are articles OF perhaps small
size, but containing merits and attractions that
demand attention.
The Texas Spring Palace cannot be inspected
in day, and many arrivals IN the city nave
discovered that fact, for they have made ar
engagements to stay over for several days.
Many who visited the Spring Palace exhibition
of last year were particularly struck WITH GER
tain features of unusual interest and a.
Effectiveness, and have been quite anziou
that they should have repetition OF
them this year. The one which perhaps
attracted the most interest last year was the
gold room, and it is gratifying that this should
be presented again at this exhibition, for it is of
such extraordinary beauty and loneliness that
many people would have been sorely disap-
pointed at not seeing it again.
In the subdued richness of its coloring, the
gold room at the Spring Palace is probably as
pretty sight as ever human eyes looked upon.
And there is little about 1t to produce such
sublime effect. room in which, by an
artistic arrangement OF the lights,
aver ieePs ,v on furnishings Of Unrest wbite
decorated with gold colored seeds-such is the
gold room. The floor is OF mosaic work made of
corn seeds, and placed in studied confusion
throughout the room are such arti-
cles of sitting-room furniture as are
usually seen in tasteful residences,
everything being made and decorated with the
white and gold. There are no other colors used,
and not a superiority of those mentioned. In
fact, the absorbing beauty OF the room is
t the avoidance dane Of fnfractiOn Of the
same. There is no straining for effect, no APP
parent effort at display of taste. The strength
OF the picture is in the avoidance OF jar.
The gold room is set in nook on the second
story and is come upon unexpectedly by stran-
gers, in fact by everybody, for the building is
so large that those who have been in it day
after day have not become familiar with its
many crannies. The first exclamation when the
meanderer first peers through the netting of
popped corn that guards the entrance to the
room is enc of delighted surprise, and then
comes silent admiration. The gold room can
not be described or criticised 1t can only be
admired.
Another room OF absorbing interest is the
JaDaQeSe room, OF more SOmDer but not less
tasteful coloring than the gold room, the Japan
ese room is one niche at which all promenaders
stop. The design of this room is 10 represent
q section of drawing room fitted after
a style peculiar to the Orientals; and well is the
idea carried out, for there is not smallest arti-
Gle of all the lavish furnishings which is not in
remembered the entire furnishings are the re-
suit of days and nights of tiresome labor devoted
to the cause of Texas by the ladies of Fort
Worth, the marvel is enhanced. The floors are
strewn with rugs of Texas growth and
manufacture, the walls are hung with richest of
tapestries, the niantel covered with most quaint
Oriental vases, the screen ornamented with de-
signs in all respects, carrying out the Japanese
theme The room Ia its entirety is q gem, typi-
cal of the quaint People after whose fantastic
The smoking roo{nSsis another delicious spot on
the. second story, where visitors are want to
ars the he's chief materials OF decoration.
to which are given the aid of
skins of various wild and domestic
animals. The room is made to represent a
smoking and lounging room. Upon the walls
are hung in careful abandon implements of the
chase such an idler would be likely to surround
himself with in his movements OF ease
to remind him Of past or future achieve
ments. Fringing the wainscoating to
all sides Of the room is 4 row Of horns with the
tered about the room, and at one side of the
same is lounge covered with soft and downy
rugs, which also cover the floor of the room.
On the lounge is tidy, in which is
cleverly worked cordial invitation to visitors
to enter and enjoy a Whit, but when the guest
moves to accept the invitation he finds his way
Barred by fine golden cobwebb of beautiful and
natural make and an arrangement which forms O
screen through which the room must be viewed.
The smoking room is Q point OF great attrac-
ton, and its dainty, artistic appointments are
the object OF much close Observance during these
days OF great crowds at the Spring Palace.
The enterprise of the managers Of the Texas
Spring Palace is indefstgable and has no
limits. The latest and most brilliant
coup to be made by them is to
secure the original OF the celebrated painting,
1.-THE Angelus," from the gallery in which it
reposes in New York city, for exhibition at the
Texas Spring Palace. The arrangement is not
fully perfected, but no doubt day viii bring
definite knowledge OF whether it is to
come or not. II is brought to Texas It will
produce such . Juror as has not been known in
these parts for some time The Angelus is that
highest priced painting in the world, about
which SO much has been read of
late. The purchaser paid $40. 600 for it in
Paris. and it cost great deal more to lay it
down in this country with the payment OF q
heavy duty,
The Temple Of Jupiter is an odd spot to come
upon Unexpectedly. 1t is on the second story,
south side. Like the other single rooms, the
visitor does not know there is such place till
he turns the angle near which the door Is To-
Gated, and the vision bursts upon him.
There is nothing elaborate in the decorations
Of the room but the amount Of delicate, intricate
work expended upon it must have been enor-
nous. On dark background are shown imita-
ton OF those old frescoes, such
fkad anti,