Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-07-27

that the gIories of the land
centuries past gave So much
,rld-in literature. art, science,
e, as well as arIns-are not
xtinct. The great heart and
Spain are slumbering, 1t is
rich, red arterial blood is ebb-
( and forth in the stalwart
d one day she will awaken to
and activity and astonish the
ner wonderful vitality. Any
10 will walk through the ex-
and comprehensive exhibit
at this exposition will
ughts of this kind forced upon
he leading feature, the char
c mark of the whole, is the art
re, chastc, elevated art--that
5 itself on the eye, the index,
.ciousness of the beholder.
hardly a thing in the whole
shich is of poor quality or in
j design. The national pride
"a feeling, by the way. which
tensely alive there, despite all
was, of course, aroused by
liar circumstances that called
5 Columbian fair, and SO she
doubt. done about her level
am sorry to say that her col
ye not, in this offering a strik-
-ast with the English colonies,
one have saved the British ex-
IN the taint of vulgarityand in
Y. And yet Spain's colonies have
I'd vastly more remunerative
.ial relations with this country
re the British colonies, Canada
covers $4,000 square feet of
A Manufactures building, 1000
cultural, the same space in
tural, 1900 each in Mining
Machinery building, 5000 in
. Arts palace, 1000 in Forestry
400 in Transportation build
'e00 in the Woman's building
/ told. This, of course. is not
a space as the other large
occupy, but it is space every
loot Of which is taken up by
az worth seeing. Take hei
Kin the Fine Arts palace first
ire about 200 exhibitors; to
they show us about 800 oil
S, so pieces of sculpture anc
,er of engravings, etc. Col
:; it produces fine effect, an'
here is no Murillo nor Nelas
nong those modern Spanisi
there are such names as ID,
= the professor of the ar
1,' of Barcelona; Madrazo, a mar
oduces startling effects b.
,aneaus; Diaz. Agrasot, Galofr'
errer, Jimenez Amanda, Sierra
ana, Barrau, Cusachs, Mar
ifren, Moreno, Luna, Crgell
e. Sans. Sorolla, among them
are numerous and fine, whil'
es are weak-the SpanisI
ever produced much in land
ven in its palmiest days. IN
'eess of tone in some OF thes
d is, however, positively fright
~
we take in the Spanish sectio
fractures building. The loca
. tc 10 late application for spac
I ouraging. and the lack of ligh
realty increased by the curiou
des, constructed by the Spanis
nent architect, Joaquin Pavi'
Ttion of the Moorish colonnadt
famed cathedral of Cordov'
let thus produced is certainI
koue and original, but unfort'
everything was sacrificed
hight just as well label tn
the Spanish exhibit "Ba
for from that one live al
tsing city on the Iberian peniI
We come nearly all the ob1ec
z the silks and satins, the cottoi
tbs, the rugs and carpets, Il
i'd sacking. the mantillas ar
'kerchiefs, the books and soap
e other cities represented Ma
encia, Havana, Cuencia, Mall'
! ssut an appendix to Barcelon
rdre are mighty fine things {
oIIIhe black silks, for instanc
re, shown in n handsomely-earv'
r se. come altogether from a 81
lese which manufactures nothir
It one article, and it shows eve
st of black silk, too, from q
an.rades up to the very fine'
;, the rugs, too, are beauties,
OF peculiar to the country su
= ades, some woven, in a patte
lives spaces entirely untouche
n B-of-gold. Laces. too. are the
id1ty, and the book exhibit Fl
/. shows that both printer a
NJ know their business in sun
,e, Some of the industrial esti
c dts represented in this secti
oc from 1000 to 5000 workm
5pmen.
!, most beautiful objects on vi
=. products OF Spanish wonal
iitv. Her name is Felipa Gu
and her address Madrid. anf
,r own idea when she began
,r of years ago, a style of deco
holly original-solid gold inli
ammered into steel. This n
,he has now brought to such ?
n and has extended her busin
mmously that she may be said
treated a new national indust
.wo handsomest objects she
Nv are two vases, ono OF II
j design valued at s2o,o 900 {
rhcr Of the renaissance 81
B. $40. 900. and four times the 5
. former. The latter is the 5
of Seniora Guisasola hers
81. G Location, Prices Reason