The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-12

while the day lasts. At every turn some
| new form of beauty will entrance you.
First it is the royal porcelain works of Ber-
| lin, displaying in attractive style the glor-
ious products of those sInrivalled furnaces
/ Here is dining room, complete, with
| porcelain service and solid gold knives
forks ard spoons. Near by are the Baden
/ furniture and terra cottas, already popular
/ in America At the left one is delighted
with the display of a Frankfort-on- Main
| firm who are announced as Jewellers 10
their majesties the Emperor of Germany
! and the Empress Frederick" They show
1 q jardiniere center piece in solid silver,
| valued at s., 100. The gem of their collec-
/ ton is the Columbian diamond, II karats
weight, and nearly an inch in diameter.
/ 1t is blue brilliant of first water, the
same color possessed by the famous Nancy,
! Regent and Great Mogul stones. It's value
| is placed at $4,000, and l believe it is the
! finest diamond TO be seen in the exposi-
| ton.
Some Of the rooms in the pavilion are
magnificent. They are used to show
Gobelin tapestries and the fine, heavy fur
niture for which Germany is justly IA
nous. One room is fitted up in blue and
gold, and to a certain extent, is modelled
after the reception room of the imperial
palace at Berlin. Another is fashioned
after the conceit of King Ludwig at Mum
ich, and naturally attracts much atten-
ton. Not fasHYay | saw piece of plas-
ter decoration executed by Ludwig 8
favorite artist IN that line, and card
which announced that the royal decorator,
having no further business at court fot
well understood reasons, would be glad to
fill orders from citizens OF the United
States.
The Germans excel in light iron work.
Their huge gates are only samples of what
they can do in this line. In hammered
iron and copper they are also adept. / adj
wise every visitor to the fair to see the
magnificent display of armor and decora-
tive iron from the works of Prince Stol-
berg in the Harz mountains. In lamps,
gas and electric light fixtures the German
persistency in national characteristics is
strongly marked. Many of these articles
are beautiful, though somewhat heavy.
Much of the space of the German section
is given up to the products of the great
chemical laboratories of the empire. The
Germans are the greatest chemists in the
world, and their big houses have here
united in q display which some people
might think mOnotouous, but which is in
tenseIy fascinating 10 anyone who pauses
TO reflect that chemistry is at the base Of
nearly all industries. Here we see the
wonderful variety of products which the
modern German alchemists have been
able to extract from coal tar. Any manu-
facturer Of articles in which chemistry
plays part, any physician or apothecary,
will tell you that but for the work of these
world S chemists our civilization would be
a half century or SO behind its present
state of advancement, In one of the strik-
ing features of German manufacture YOU
see the part played by the chemists. That
Is color II German printers, Autograph
ers. painters, fabric makers and other
manufactures excel in anything IL is in
color. You note this on every side. 1t is
to be seen in the finest Autographs and
the best printing inks in the world. II is
to be seen in the wonderful books for chill,
dren, in the silks which rival those of
Lyons, in the wooden stuff in which Ger
many leads all creation, in the famous
Chemnitz hosiery, which no rivals have
been able to equal. The latest American
tariff law raised the rates of duty on
Chemnltz hosiery, and the manufacturers
thought a heavy blow had been struck at
tbtIl CT AUc4T agent now
tells me their sales in this country are
greater than ever before, solely on account
of the fastness of the colors which their
chemists have enabled them 10 produce.
When you visit the fair be sure TO seq
the display Of German toys from Some
berg and Thuringia-a wonderful Christ
mas produced by 1900 people who do
nothing else from one years end 10 another
but make toys. See the great panorama
of Nuremberg, as big as the side Of /
house, and wonderfully realistic of the I
town whence nearly all our metal toys
come. See the intensely interesting dis /
play OF German machinery in the Palace i
OF Mechanic Arts, particularly the bread /
making machinery, the machine which I.
divides dough accurately according to the I
current price Of -four so that a loaf has al /
ways the same value, the sausage making
machinery, the enbroidering machines, /
and many more interesting devices.
Above ali things, see the display Of Ger I
man art IN both canvas and sculpture,
and note the strong national spirit, 4
the honest purpose, the domestic III /
stinc1 and love Of home there conspicuous.
A great people the Germans, and this grea: /
exposition would be farce without their
presence. WALTER WELAAS