Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-29
THE SPRING PALACE.
The Idea Conveyed by the Karporama
the Texas Product Picture.
Ali the State Invited to be Present in This
Grand Representation of the Re-
sources Of the Lone Star.

called q segregating tendenoy-s collect
ing together of people for the purposes OF
enjoyment, gratitude, and an exchange
of thought and action.
We find the Jews -instituting the pass
ever as q mark Of gratitude, mingled
with joy, upon theiN deliverance from
the bondage Of Egypt, when the destroy
sng angel ''passed over' their houses,
sparing the Jewish first born.
OF the numerous gatherings of the
Greeks the olympia were the most i'm
portant - chief of all their national
games. A detailed description of these
would be out of place here; they were
mainly athletic - trials of physical
strength, or mere animal proves.
We find the same sports, games and
gatherings among. the Romans. OF
these the saturnalis were most impor-
tant, and the most remarkable feature
during the continuance OF the period was
the enjoyment OF a certain untrammeled
freedom. The slave for the time was
upon equal footing with his master.
The'chaTRcteristic feature OF all these :,
especially the Greek and Roman, was
really q trial of physical force. And
through the middle ages the same GUS
toms, varying in details, but essential in
purpose, are found.
Within the recollection Of many Of our
own people we come 20 the worlds fairs
and international - exhibitions New
York of these may be said 10 he. the
pioneer (lS52) with her famous Crystal
Palace: visitors 500, 900 (then a very
large number Paris follows (IS55}
with 4, 533 ,46S visitors; London (ls62)
with 6 ,2ll 200; and Paris again {1s67)
with 9, 800 900 visitors; Vienna (1S72l
with ,254 1867; Tin visitors Vienna falls
short of Psris); in QS76) our centennial
Of independence, Philadelphia, the Sec
ond Of such great gatherings for Amer
lea, enrolls larger number than the
continent of Europe. at any of her pre-
Vious exhibitions, having 10 200 600 viz
Itors. France Q87S) breaks even this
record, and claims the presence of Ig,
600, 900 people; and again last year
similar International exhibition was held
in Paris. 1t is with no little pride that
mention the fact that to this the public
schools of your city sent their contribu-
ton, and which was favorably men-
toned.
Upon a smaller scale, but in spirit with
these international exhibitions, we have
state fairs, state drills, ice palaces, corn
palaces, and finally, at least TO Us the
latest and the greatest,of all, in concep-
ton and kind, in scope and intent, we
have
THE SPRING PALACE.
As have said, the idea prominently
set before the Greeks and Romans was
cultivation of the manly spdrts-athletie
games-the tests of mere physical
strength.
The idea intended to be set forth in the
Worlds fairs, upon this or a foreign
continent, is a test of the handicraft OF
man, aided or unaided by machinery
his own device.
The ice palace of St. Paul ia to show
simply one natural production. 1t is
true this structure is beautiful, Is grand,
Is gorgeous, but it EsmeIteth away be-
fore the god OF day. -
The corn palace of Sioux City is a mon
ument out Of, End intended to magnify a
single agricultural product;
Our Dallas state fair is L, collect to-
Sether the handicraft,- the'tmachinery
the fat cattle and the fast horses; TO test
more the speed OF the latter than the
excelleneies of the grains, the adapta-
bilIty OF the machinery to the demands
of labor saving, or even the superiority
of one breed of cattle over another.
These fairs, too, whether in or cut
of Texas come in the autumn-the fall
of the year, when nature is in
1.-THE scar the yellow Leaf
Our Palace, born OF a youthful city,
inspired with, as it is, the antieipations,
the hopes OF youth, the very decora-
tions will be designed to carry out this
idea.
Hence cur Palace VIII be opened whom;
''The soft green grass is growing FseAia
,y, Ger meadow and Ger osie;
THE silvery tOunts are aOwisg
Upon the verdsnt vale;'
When: 3s.,..,-,c.s
'"The psle snowdrop is spriDg:n S,Sss ~
TO greet the glowing sum-
When:
1.-THE trees are in their blossom, r,sSs - =
The birds are in their song;" 20
and when:
''The holy spirit of the spring.
Is working silently" s6m ,sssI
throughout natare's realm; fHFs Is
when oar Peace will be opened--iusi
the spring time.
''The decorations will be designed az
carry out this idea Tie fruits, tie
flowers, the minerals, the produce of
earth are all to be set as It were-are to
be wrought into pictures, thus present.
ing to the visitor a sample OF all the
products of Texas, and these in quality
as well as quantity will be the best ex-
ponent Of the soil products of this mighty
empire.
The workers in brass and other metals
have a name for the pictures wrought By
hammerinR from behind This they call
'repousse very appropriate, but IL is
unspeskiug. Our collections shall bsSef
the fresh fruits, the flowers lsdsH w1thl
sweet perfumes, telling OF theis homes, I
whether from Eastern or westeEn Texas,
WHISTLER from the wales of the Rio Grande |
or the mountain gerges Of Carflzo. ~
For this picture scholarship has siFE |
nished the name
KARPoRANA. 4
This one, or grand whole, will be made 4
up of numberless little Karporamas, SIT |
the whole shall be in execution as in de- |
sigma picture conveying to the mind at
once the production. its home, and its
peculiar characteristics.
Fort Worth urges all Texas to take |
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