Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
Especial Correspondence
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All day long hammers rang sHl
saws coarsely arowled preparing for
The opening of the third season OF
jIe great Pittsburg Exposition.
twenty thousand visitors atts-ted
,Acir interest in the popular institu-
ton, aud expressed their admiration
IN word Recommendation and praise
at the brilliant success which at
t.ild . tha npcning Of the third and
Gsr, disposition Of the series. The
EX X.'o-i'ion is = great place to study
as331u nature, and it is not TO be
wondered 10 that exhibitors and
manager, alike, were gratlied that
thcir efforts to please were heartily
appreciated by the throngs of pco-
f,lc who completely filled the massive
buildings
Il requires half dozen visits and
much genuine work to get out Of the
Exposition the value there is in it
'or every visitor. The displays
hould be visited seriatum and in
~ lalical way As an enthusiastic
individual said last evening If it
.h1ud happen to night that the
whole civilized world, with all its ex-
lJits and achievements should pcrisl
by some cosmic catastrophe, like that
which engulfed Atlantis, and out Of
III the work done in the world
nothing should remain but the Ex-
position buildings and their con-
tents, it would be possible for future
science to reconstruct the whole of
our civilization Out of that colIcc-
ton the antiquarian of the tiftieth
century could reconstruct the citizen
Of the nineteenth, as though he had
lived among us. He could describe
the shoes we wore and the hats where
with we were covered F; the food we
ate and the couches we slept in; the
carpets upon which we trod and the
kind Of houses we built; the pie
lures we looked at and the books we
read. He could rebuild the writing
machine and the steam pump; the
telephone and the cash register.
These mammoth structures contain
the best expression of what the
American people are and what they
can do. 1t is an open book and
every visitor should read it from
cover to cover" The gentleman
stated the facts correctly and we cor
daily agree with him.
Every department Of the Exposi-
tion is full to overhowing with costly
and attractive displays. 1t is difficult
to suggest how the exhibits could be
improved either as to their character
or arrangement, and we do not won
der that the public was more than
satisfied and delighted at what it saw
and heard last night.
'The magnificent band of the IA
nous New York Seventh Regiment
seemed to play as players neyerplayed
before, and the musicians and their
accomplished leader quickly ingyati-
ated themselves into public favor.
They could not help but do so, for
certainly the music was enchanting,
and encore after encore showed how
highly ii was appreciated by the vast
concourse fpeople. Col. Cappa and
his band have evidently laid them
selves out TO please, and his immense
repertoire of music enables him to
meet the wishes of ali.
Then the fine Art Department
loan collection. Words are poweriess
to describe its wondrous beauty.
Nothing like it has ever been seen in
Western Pennsylvania; it is indeed
rare collection of gems, carefully
selected by men of taste and culture
for the Establishment of their homes.
Its value is represented by hundreds
of thousands of dollars; the rooms
are handsomely draped and every
thing which good taste could suggest
has been done to properly display the
magnificent canvases. We have not
spSce nor time in this letter to so
into details, but will reserve that fol
future time. We urge our readers
to personally visit the supurb GAL.
lcries and see for themselves what
has been prepared for them. We
are informed that the railroads cen.
teringin Pittsburg have made liberal
concessions 50 as to enable our
readers to take in the Exposition.
and we feel sure that they VIII i'm.
prove the opportunity to do So.
HAEEf.