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

10 MAKE 4 suggestion 1t IS that these brass
beds are fine enough as works of applied
art to sell on their merits without being
cheapened by appeals TO American patriot
ism.
In wall paper and ali sorts OF house fur
nishings the British excel. TO thousands
OF visitors q pair of British billiard tables
are interesting exhibits. The English
| billiard table is Il very large concern. 1t
covers q good deal of ground and has six
/ pockets III it. If cue ball is somewhere
| near the center of a table the player has
to drop his regular sized cue and take a
stick that is about as long as small fish
! ing rod in order to make the stroke. One
! of these exhibitors shows a model OF a
/ mountain Of billiard balls, and the figures
! are interesting as showing the extent to
t which the game Of billiards seems TO be
! played in Great Britain. In this one heap
are 10000 balls, worth $50 coo. 1t is the
/ largest stock of billiard balls in the world.
/ Five balls are all that can be taken from
each tusk, and this little mountain Of
! ivory spheres represents the product OF
/ 1900 elephants. The tusks of 40 ele-
/ plants are used every year TO supply bill
! lard balls TO this one manufactures.
! Two more pavilions in the manufactures
| hall are worthy the attention of the Wis
| itor. One IS that of a soap firm, which
| shows q model Of Windsor castle. It's d
! feet long and nearly 2 feet high, and the
! lawn surrounding it is DEITY represented
/ by an arrangement of green baiZe. A
! chemical house has erected a pretty Eng
| lish shop, with doImer windows and lattice
work outside and caken rGfters showing
within. 1t is like bit of old England set
! down in our midst, and is very popular
among visitors.
! Victoria house, the special British hid
/ ing which was erected here by the royal
commission, is fine specimen OF sixteenth
| century wood house building, but unfor-
tunately some idea of eXclusiyeness on the
part of the commissioners keeps it closed
except during two hours each day.
The British make a fine showing in the
art palace They have not q large number
of pictures, but almost every canvas Is me
work of an artist of reputation. In the
British section there IS much less of that
commercialism which has has been critl-
sised in other foreign departments of art.
In the Transportation building the Brit.
ish have a splendid exhibit. y number of
English locomotives and trains, with pie
lures and models Of stations, work shops
and scenery along the lines, possess great
fascination for visitors.
Some OF tie finest models of steamships
ever made are shown here, too, including
the great transatlantic vessels and the
battleships and cruisers of the royal navy.
A model of the Victoria, the battleship
that was sunk q few days ago in the Medi-
terranean, Is now constantly surrounded
by large crowds Of visitors. The beautiful
model, the largest ever made, IS dressed in
black, and gives al who behold it better
idea than they ever had before OF the eX-
tent of that awful disaster.
In the Agricultural building England has
little, but Canada, Ceylon, Australia and
other colonies make q magnificent show
ing. One of the striking features OF the
fyghole British display at this exposition Is
the important position IN the world OF
commerce and manufacturers assumed OF
late by her colonies We find here ample
evidence that Aust raha alone bss become
u great empire, which one day may greater
than the parent country in wealth ana
population, as It is in area, and thus emu
late the example of the American colonies
OF the Great Britain of l25 years ago.
IN Machinery hall and the Electricity
building the British showing Is poor
one. compared to what might have been
In this electrical age the British, however
are not very strong. Electricity Ist new
a thing for them and they 90 not tAAe
readily 10 it. Most OF the electrlcai NorA
il England has been done after American
models and cften hy American hands
IN coming letters ! hope TO have some
thing 70 say about the displays q tbe
French, the Germans and others Of cur
friendly rivals from across the sea
WaLTEA u ELLMAE.