Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-22
WORLD In A FRAME
Grandeur Of the Art Palace at
the Worlds Fair.
EIGHT THOUSAND WORKS OF ART.

At One Minute TO Each Piece 1t Requires
Twenty-Five Days of six Hours to See
Them Allah That Is Beautiful in Ma
ture or Intense or Picturesque In Life.
WORLDS FAIR, June IL. - Especial -
1t is worth our while today to taken little
run through tho Art palace. We do well
to 20 early 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.
If one wanted proof of the love the people
even the plain, common people like our
selves-have for pictures aud statuary, he
could find it in abundance here. | have
never been in the Art palace when it was
not thronged FROM one end to the other.
Even early in the morning the people are
here, sitting on the sofas or walking about,
rs if entranCed by the scene 1t IS easy to
see that large majority of them are any
thing 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.
wish my poor pen had the power of de-
scribing the scene for you so you might
realize it, so you might see with my eyes.
But as this is manifestly impossible, there
is nothing for you to do but come and sec
for yourself. When you do come you will
be amazed and delighted, just as l have
been. and as tens of thousands of people
are amazed and delighted every day. For
without hesitation ! say to you the Palace
of Fine Arts and its priceless contents are
alone worth journey to Chicago 10 see.
First as to the size of the exhibit. Size
doesn't count for much in art. You see
that the first moment you are in the pal
ace. Surprising you enter at the principal
entrance, one of the first pieces to attract
your attention is n 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 THE Young Aero
bat =" and it is always surrounded by adj
mirers. A bronze forearm and hand stand
straight up from pedestal. The hand is
helu nat, ana WlUnlu IL Is perCHeu nlue
infant taking his first lessons in balancing
with his fathers palm for trapeze. If
you ever saw a cherub in position like
this you will at once see how admirably
the artist, an American, Douglas Tilden
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 q 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. And
how life-like is the little chaps flesh, par
ticularly the soft rolls pressing between
the fingers which support him! No won
der the women gather in dense groups
about this work of genius to look, to love
to exclaim.
BUTT was not to speak Of individual
pieces that I 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. | mentioned
the little Acrobat" only to show how