The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-08-02

hibit from the taInt of vulgarityand in
adequacy. And yet SPAIN colonies have
more and vastly more remunerative
commercial relations with this country
than have the British colonies, Canada
excepted.
Spain covers $4,000 square feet OF
space in Manufactures building. 1000
in Agricultural, the same space in
Horticultural, 1900 each in Mining
and in Machinery building. 1900 in
the Fine Arts palace, 1000 in Forestry
building, 400 in Transportation build
ing and 200 in the Woman's building
q, coo all told. This, of course, is not
as much space as the other large
powers occupy, but it is space every
square foot of which is taken up by
something worth seeing. Take her
exhibit in the Fine Arts palace first.
There are about 200 exhibitors; to-
Cether they show us about 800 oil
paintings, 80 pieces of sculpture and
a number of engravings, etc Col
lectively it produces a fine effect, and
though there is no Murillo nor Velas-
quez among those modern Spanish
painters there are such names as De
Ferreo, the professor Of the art
academy Of barcelona; Madrazo, man
who produces startling effects by
simple means; Diaz, Agrasot, Galore
Ollar, Herrer, Jimenez Amanda, Sierra,
Vallmitjana, Barrau, Cusachs, Mar
ques, Meifren, Moreno, Luna, Urgen,
Lorenzale, Sans, Sorolla, among them.
Portraits are numerous and fine, while
landscapes are weak-the Spanish
school never produced much in land
scapes, even in its palmiest days. The
somberness of tone in some of these
canyases is, however, positively fright
ening.
Next we take in the Spanish section
in Manufactures building. The loca-
tion-due TO late application for space
is discouraging. and the lack of light
in it is greatly increased by the curious
colonnades, constructed by the Spanish
government architect, Joaquin Pavia,
IN imitation of the Moorish colonnades
in the famed cathedral of Cordova-
The effect thus produced is certainly
picturesque and original, but unfortu-
nately everything was sacrificed to
that
One might Just as well label this
part OF the Spanish exhibit Bar
celona," for from that one live and
enterprising city on the Iberian penin-
sula have come nearly all the objects
shown-the silks and satins, the cottons
and cloths, the rugs and carpets, the
rope and sacking. the mantillas and
dainty kerchiefs, the books and soaps,
etc The other cities represented-Mad
rid. Valencia. Havana. Cuencia. Mallor
arc but an appendix 10 Barcelona.
But there are mighty fine things on
view. The black silks. for instance.
that are shown in 4 haDdsomely-carved
showcase, come altogether from a sin
gle house which manufactures nothing
but that one article. and il shows every
variety of black silk, too, from the
cheap grades mp to the very finest
Among the rags, too, are beauties. of
q style peculiar TO the countryside
dued shades, some woven, in pattern
that leaves spaces entirely untouched,
on cloth-of-gOld. Laces, too. are there
in plenty, and the book exhibit fur
ther off shows that both printer and
binder know their business in sunny
Spain. Some of the industrial estab-
lishments represented in this section
employ from 1000 to 5000 worllmen
and women
The most beautiful objects on view
are the products of Spanish woman's
ingenuity. Her name is Felipa Guis-
asola. and her address Madrid, and it
was her own idea when she began,
number OF years ago. a style of decora-
ton wholly OFiginal-solid gold inlaid
and hammered into steel. This new
style she has now brought to such per-
fection and has extended her business
50 enormously that she may be said TO
have created a new national industry.
The two handsomest objects she has
on view are two vases, one of Pom
peiian design valued at SEQ. .O00l and
the other OF the renaissance styls
worth $4,000. and four times the size
Of the former. The latter is the sole
work Of Seniora Guisasola herself,
who spent seven years in executing it.
The designs are first delicately traced
serting. in place Of the little hollows
made by the chisel. the solid gold be-
gins The designs are artistic and
diversified in taste, partly taking its
subjects from mythology and again
from history or popular tales. This
same process is also shown on watch
cases, jewelry, etc. and it is in all in
stances remarkably beautiful.
In Machinery hall Spain shows us
sewing machines, pianers, eorking ma
chimes, shoemaking machines, gas
motors. verrnicelli machines, machines
for cracking almonds, etc. Though
not Of very high grade OF efficiency
nor 50 neatly and elegantly construct
ed as the American. English or Ger
man machines. there are at least a
couple among them that our American
agriculturists in California could learn
from
Ia the Mining building the miner 81
wealth OF Spain is rather modestly set
forth. There are copper and iron from
J Bilbao. Altos Fornos and Celra: Gin