Grand Rapids herald., 1893-05-21

II ell told here.
In reproductions of cur earicst ears.
coaches and utensils bu, we stood
high in original desigu At the fsrss part
ef the century. - the many state
quarters attest. With their old portraits
and furniture
This II feature Of our exhibition of
the greatest interest 20 our own people.
the. state building~ That OF MAapa-
eha&-tts j. delight to go through.
with il ercpisecs lighted. its beds
mate up. It's utensils in place. as
Jchn Hancock owned them The
eldest sortions Of the nation seem
tn lave superior order and promptne>s-
Boston and Pailsdelphia are ready.
and New York Is nearly . month te-
hind The general government in its
beautiful exhibit sets the state lesson
Of discipline. Every part of the United
States building bristles with pictures
and Information. The great number
of Law human figures, clad in uniform
or OLD costume. rival the swarm Of
spectator, rowing among them Guns
a. long - a barn or mansion house.
horses and mules to- the life. models Of
barracks and seaports give the local
pupil q broad idea Of his country and
tas, fidelity of its government To the
people. This Ia an exhibition to sup
press ezotisin and confirm decent and
proper pride. We are doing well. but
are still inferior 20 Europe ia matters
where Europe deserves TO excel ux.
Our active and great contemporaries
arc Great Britain, France and Ger
many. Our greatest individual states
can hardly match Sweden. Switxer-
land. Spain, Italy and Belgium
The greatest testimonial To our place
among the nations is the strong effort
ell these nations have made 10 impress
M and obtain our market.
The best seusibiiity that il touched
in our minds 10 the real goodwill ws
have worked upon our older peers in
civilization We do lead IN exam
PIE of International peecc. bit the
mails and cypress trains were robbed .
night or two ego within twelve hours
Of Chicago. and the inofYrnsive passen.
gers made to hold up their hands,
picture Of barbafism hardly 70 be noted
Of Moroeco.
~ coarse you know that Pcdescwu1ri
bret Chicago.
Not the true Chicago. bnt tl,e yelgaE
and would-be Chicago. the huekstcr
fellow.
II was resolved out west that Pader-
IL. Il -.
that has been effectively advertised.
lie must take . western piano. because
the eastern pianos did not advertise in
our show or paper. Pan only took .
pipe and made the stones into men, but
there are no stones In Chicago The
sand. however. got up on its ear. and
blew riot la small plea and called
itself public opinion. A they lid not
show thoir piano shey shonId not have
Paderewski play il. Thus the pianist
faust be male the slave Of the piano
factory. the very thing exclsined
against The man Of genius should
not have a hearing 1T u worlds fair be-
cause h. brought his own INSTRUMENT.
The national commission. - il is
S'iscA. Va . t~hisssSA ihSAc'o ops s~S'~ the
eide Of the piano mechanic. The two
men who control thts OK hibition. Davis
and Burnhan. would not be- co~rc-d 10
90 such an uncivii and inhospitable
thing. II the piano got u great adver-
tiscmcnt. the western piano men paid
for i, i'm their own ears. Let us be.
ware of >ect,onalisn in every form. and
IL we desire art and it, spiri; let Us not
impose conditions upon il.
N., even in this episode one can see
'hc mistakes Of a strong pupil IL re-
minds me of 'hc innocence VI too
carefully brad child who was engaged
~ BE- married 10 young man. and
when the marriage was talked over at
n dinner ~ cougra'ulation she said she
should not - satisfied unless she had
some children. too. Some listeners felt
ashamed. but the young man who was
to be her hushand felt that the inno-
cence which spoke wss the assurance
of his fai.h. sad hc kisscd the woman
In tn. child The mistakes ~ new
people Ar innOceut, too. l. ~ill be
long time before the west - a. corrupt
a. the rlnsic clique of Europ, and the
piano makers. They have appeared AZ
svery worlds fair since issT. buying
reauvn which they might have had on
T.eri' alone. This western zysricious-
ue.s a tis piano circle j. merely mi
t.tion