Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-09-10
Deserving Displays.
MERITORIOUs MENTION OF SOME
OF THE ATTRACTIONS AT
THE GREAT EXPO.
SITION.
l Lovely Miniature Park-Scenes
From the sBard Of Avon"-A
Cosy Place for Literary
Ladies'.

L6OlGSs
Special Correspondence to the Ledger.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. SIN this
great modern steamboat race after
money and fame, amid the noise
and chattering machinery of busy
life, how refreshing it 10 to be able
to give ones self up to simple
pleasures, and this our Exposition
offers. Let US take in the beauti-
full significance of one display-the
Shrewsbury Park exhibit, beauti-
vi Shrewsbury. A rustic summer
house stands invitingly in the COR
ner, in the centre, q lovely house
in miniature but complete in all its
appointments, while here and there
are grass plots and walks 80 true
in coloring that they match even
natures tints. The exhibit re-
freshes the eye and visitors return
again and again, for the genus Of
the artist is here. We have grown
to look for the familiar face of Mr..
Nj. E. Lennon, whose faithful at
tendance for three seasons over
this really beautiful display is one
of the features of the Exposition.
To boom this lovely suburban
spot is a..favorite subject with him
and an old story well told. Friends
have dubbed him the "Earl of
Shrewsbury" not a misnomer if
courtly demeanor and unfailing
p~ollteness are component parts of
chivalry. We wish him the re-
ward his labors deserve.
f. W. Humphrey continues to
please the public for age cannot
wither or custom stale the popu.
larity of this firm, which chal-
lenges the city with its own royal
distinction in the list of gents fur
nishing goods. There are two
large cases, one filled with chains
of collars and cuffs, the other with
specimens of their fine clothing,
while a mimic drama with a famil-
lar subject draws alike young and
old who patiently wait for the un-
rolling of the curtain. The scenes
are familiar ones from Shakespeare,
the automatic arrangements per-
feet as the figures appear and dis
appear before you. To say that
this firm has a reputation stamped
by fair dealing and a stock of
clothing unsurpassed in the West,
but echoes the popular verdict.
Dainty feminine hands have
been busy identifying the par
lors of the Chaperon, our leading
representative magazine. Mrs. An.
ME L. Y. Swart,Is the talented edi-
tress. In the year that has passed
the success of the Chaperon has
been phenomenal and its energetic
editress has reason to be proud of
the compliments freely rained up
on her. To friends in Mexico and
vicinity seeking a good home mag
azine, whose table of contents
ranges from art to music, science,
literature, home decorations, fash
ions and the cuisine not forget
ting the childrens' department we
say Subscribe for the Chaperon."
Her "Sherman Memorial" in the
March number deserves a place on
every literary table in the land.
American house wives need no
longer be perplexed over the cocoa
question. Adjoining Humphreys
display we see q beautiful booth
with draperies of chocolate silk
and a blue satin banner inscribed,
"Walter Baker, Dorchester, Mas
sachusetts," and we know it repre-
sents the original chocolate firm
of world wide celebrity. Here,
each day and evening, delicious
cocoa is served free to the multi
tude in service of the daintiest china
by a bevy of ladies dressed in
blue satin skirts, chocolate color
ed bodices and charming lace caps.
These toilets are exact representa-
tons of the famous painting, "'La
Belle Chocolaticre," by Liotard,
now in the Dresden gallery. The
crowd does not know what to COM
pliment most. the quality of the
beverage, the generosity of the
firm, or the patience of the ladies.
AS they are strangers among US,
we ask the public's appreciation.
Among the new exhibits is the
"Writer's Club" in the southeast
gallery, q cosy little nook filled up
in excellent taste. I drop my
pencil and a dainty little shiver
passes over me in the presence of
these literary ladies, and yet no
attentions could be more courteous
than is here given to visitors, while
the clubs efficient secretary, Mrs.
e. B. Jones, must have laid in q