Arizona republican., 1893-07-28

erleS, faces, ncedlewOrk and painted porcelain on exhibition. The showing made there, in fact, is of small dimen- sions, but of fine grades.
 In Manufactures building, of course, Belgium appears much more massive ly, in conformity with the fact that of her seven millions of people over one-half are engaged in industries. There are the arms (made for war purposes only) from the big factory at Liege, which supplies the national government with it's rifles and ord nance. Liege has had great reputa- tion for firearms since two hundred years ago, and another renowned firm shows great exhibit of guns and re- volvers, down to the cheap article that can be bought for five francs where it is made. The china, porcelain and faience of Boch in La Eouviere, much of it in close imitation of Sevres ware, makes a good showing, but cannot be compared with Dresden, Berlin or Royal Worcester ware.
 Lacemalxing, of course, is we'll known industry of the Belgian women and girls, and the laces of Mime and Lavalette in Brussels, the Mechlin round point, the Valenciennes, black thread, Louis XV., Venetian point, point de Bruges, point applique, duchesse and other kinds make an exhibit to turn any woman's heap. Although the mode of slowly making this lace is calculated to reduce its cost to the lowest possible point--for women and girls in Belgium resort to lacemalxing not as an industry by which to earn living, but put in their spare time and leisure hours in the evening and holidays at it seated on low stool, with the lace pin cushion on their laps--the extreme delicacy of the work, after all, makes it high in price even over there. Thus, for instance, the most beauti- ful piece of lace on exhibition in the Belgian section cost no less than 15,000 francs (Sl5,000) to pro- duce in Belgium itself. This is the exquisitely beautiful bridal veil given by the Belgian women to their queen, Iienriette, on the occasion of her sill yer wedding not long ago. To pay for it popular subscription was opened, TO one being allowed to pay more than ten centimes 1.-two cents), and it thus took the aggregate gift of 750, 900 Belgian women and girls to make up the whercwithal to pay for their joint gift, and 200 girls and women, the most expert laccmakcrs in the coun- try, jointly worked on it for several months. This veil, by the way, is in the Woman's building.
 In furniture of the finest kind, carved in oak and ebony, gilt or natural grain, Brussels and Ghent show up especially strong. The style called 'bahut," of purely Belgian origin, can be admired in some sideboards, chests, chiffonieres, etc. These are exact reproductions of three hundred years ago, In bronzes Belgium ranks deservedly high, and the display at this exposition bears this out. Some of the bronzes are al- most as delicate in shade as the Japan csc wares, and a life-size figure of "Lconidas at Thermopylae, l" the group called Innocence and Love-" etc, are fine beyond compare. The most artis- tic of these bronzes are produced by the so-called lost wax process" i. e., the wax mold is destroyed in the cast ing, hence only one specimen can be obtained from each mold. Some of these on view are worth from S1 ,000 to 8, ,000 at home and about double that mount here. HIumor in bronze is like wise peculiar Belgian product, and some of these tawny-hued jokes as tonish by the vividness and natural less of the mobile-and yet unmobile- features, Cloth (especially green bil- .iard table cloth, in which Verviers, Belgium, enjoys virtual monopoly, pianos made in Brussels, and the photographers art, as well as col lective exhibit made by the beet sugar industry of Belgium, also deserve pass ing mention.
 In Machinery hall there is an inter esting exhibit made by a Mons firm ot portable railroads, such as used to good advantage in factories, foundries etc., including locomotives, etc, and another firm, Marie-Mont, of car
 riages, more distinguished by elegance of form than by their practical availa
 bility in this country. A great iron firm in Marchienne-au-Pont, employ ! ing 4,000 workmen and exporting 100000 tons of mineral per year, has also very comprehensive display of railroad and industrial implements An interesting exhibit, too, and one that probably could be utilized by new settlers and miners of the far west, is that of iron houses, such as are made at Belgium for the Congo district in Africa. A complete specimen of this sort of building is the building form ing part of the Belgian exhibit in Manufactures building) where the !, Belgian fair commissioners have their headquarters. By a very ingenious device perfect ventilation and both ! warmth or coolness are secured, just as needed for the exigencies of climate or weather. In conclusion can only say that it will pay to carefully ex anime the Belgian section of the great exposition.
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