Milford chronicle., 1893-06-23
W0RLDNA FRAME
Grandeur Of the Art Palace at
the Worlds Fair.
graHT THOUSAND WORKS OF ART.

Al Ono Minute TO Each Piece 1t Requires
Twenty-two Days of Six Hours to Sec
Then, An-An That Is Beautiful in Ma
turs or Intense or Picturesque In Life
WORLDS FAIR, June 13. - [speciall -
1t il worth our while today to take little
run through the Art palace. We do well
to 30 carly in the morning before the
crowds come, for there is no place in the
exposition where the people congregate SO
quickly and in such vast numbers as here
II one wanted proof Of the love the people
even the plain, common people like our
selveu- have for pictures and stetuary, he
could find It in abundance here. l have
never been in the Art palace when it wa
not thronged from one end to the other.
Even early in the morning the people are
here, sittlngon the sofas or walking about,
as IL entraneed by the scene. 1t is easy to
see that large majority Of them are any
thR. but professional lovers Of art. They
know little about the history or the pro
cesses or the technical excellencies Of art.
They are the farmers, the tradesmen, the
mechanics, the busy, work-a-day people
who have discovered how great and glor-
ious this Art palace and its contents are.
Iwish my poor pen had the power of de
scribing the scene for you so you might
realize it. 50 you might see with my eyes.
But as this is manifestly impossible, there
Is nothing for you to do but come and see
for yourself. When you do come you will
be amazed and delighted, just as have
been. and as tens Of thousands of people
are amazed and delighted every day. Fol-
without hesitation 1 say to you the Palace
Of Fine Arts and its priceless contents are
alone worth a journey to ChicngO to see.
First as TO the size Of the exhibit. Size
doesn't count for much in art. You sec
that the first moment you are in the pal.
ace. Supposing you enter at the principal
entrance. one OF the first pieces to attract
your attention is a little bronze figure
which a man could almost put in the out
side pocket Of his overcoat. Though tiny
It pleases the eye as much as some of the
more colossal attractions which are to be
seen here. 1t is called 1.-THE Young Aero
bat.m and it is always surrounded by ad
mirers. 4 bronze forearm and hand stand
straight up from a, pedestal. The hand Is
held fat, and within it IS perched nude
infant taking his first lessons in balancing
with his fathers palm Tor a trapeze. II
YOU ever saw cherub in position like
this You will at once see how admirably
the artist, an American, Douglas Tildcn
by name, has done his work. On the face
IS an expression Of surprise, of timidity
and yet of pride in his power and Of in
fantile realization that it is not all Of life
to lie in a crib or in the nurses arms
How the artist managed to depict all these
expressions with cold, hard bronze is q
wonder to me, and yet there they are. An6
how life-like is the little chaps flesh, par
ticularly the sof5 rolls pressing between
the fingers which support him! No won
der the women gather in dense groups
about thfs work Of genius tp look, to love
to exclain.
But it was not to speak Of individual
pieces tLaC l began this letter. 1t was
rather, my purpose to write OF the Art
palace as whole and Of the manner IL
which it impresses visitors. 1 mentioned
the little Acrobat" only to show how