The Portland daily press., 1895-08-27
A FINE DISPLAY.
Is What Visitors to City Hall Will See
Today.


Is the Cream of the Goods''-Beauti-
Display of Electric Light VIII ihuihih-
ate the HaII-Music Played in Boston
Will Be Heard in Portland.
All day long yesterday ana lar lh'o 0no
night the sound of the hammer anu sd"
was heard in City Hall, and confusion
was worse COMPOUNDED as the throngs OF
exhibitors, workmen and uhe curious
public iostled each other in the narrow
allies left for promenaders, decorators
were standing on high steps arranging
this glory of flags, or putting the last
touches on some particular design; dray-
men rolled in boxes and barrels, great
nieces of iron work, and such like heavy
material. EASY now, easy" cried out
the movers of pianos and Epictures sect
off of that coil of rope" sung out anoth-
err man, who bore the emblems of author
ity.
A reporter for the PRESS approached
Secretary Dennison and asked him If he
had spare moment. ''Spare moment
replied, g don't know whether I'm on
my head or my heels" And yet with all
this seeming disorder, when the hall
opens at 10 a. m. today and the fair Is
really begun no one in the audience Will
have an idea of the rush and worry OF
the last forty eight hours.
The decorations are fortunately IN
light colors, SO that they do not absorb
the light Pale lemon, pink, green and
blue streamers radiatc from the centre OF
the hall to the sides. Great clusters OF
flags, interspersed with handsome ban
ners, and festoons of roses and fernery
decorate the side galleries, the stage and
the rear of the hall. The corridors are
brilliant in the display of the national
colors arranged in every conceivable
form. "Welcome" in great letters greets
the stranger at the door, and beams upon
him from over the stage. The front of the
city building is brave with festooned fiags
and banners. III
The stage proper will be taken mp with
as fine geological COLLECTION as has been
seen in Maine. Mr.. Clifford of Skowhe-
gan says he has almost everything in the
line of beast and bird to exhibit and judg
ing by what was going into place yester-
day it looks as if he was about right.
There were among others "a great polar
BEAR who looked fierce enough to swallow
Peary and all his party. An immense
alligator, some seven feet long, with a
fearful mouth; deer and mounted deer
heads, moose and moose heads; bear that
seemingly invite you to come and be
Rugged to death; catamounts, with
startling visages; rabbits, woodchucks,
and, in fact all kinds of beasts.
The Belknap Motor Company will dis
play the search light, mentioned in yes
terday's. PRESS, every night, and throw
all the colors of the rainbow to every
part of the hall Their exhibit is very
elaborate'sand cannot fail to interest all
students of electric works. On the right
of the Belknap Company is the fine dis
pay of Loring, Short & Harmon in blank
books, stationery and fine art goods. and
at the left is f. A. Bakers hand painted
screens and Norton, Chapman q Co.'S at
tractive little BOOTHS the one for the
Crystalline Salt display and the other Tor
the Fields wheat germs.
Anon the exhibits that were put in
place yesterday was the fur display OF
L. H. Schlosberg, the furrier, corner of
Free and Cross streets. The Plymouth
Rock Phosphated Gelatine; Company OF
Boston has booth prettily draped in red
and white, the company colors, and here
arranged in all styles are fancy forms
of iellies, clear as crystal, that attract the
eve of every woman in the hall. The
Swasey Stone WareCompany make very
,0Jd display of their goods. There are
bean pots, butter jars, cake jars coffee
and tea pots, preserve jars, and jugs OF
every description. There is one table de-
voted to the J. L. Richardson Company S
fennel cream, and another to the soaps OF
the Kendall Manufacturing Company.
These creams and soaps are all arranged
in fantastic designs.
Hooper, Son & Leighton have but a
small space, and only show novel bath
tub and cook stove The bath tub is
designed after the plan of folding bed.
1t can stand in the bed room and looks
prove
glass mirror in front This front when
let down, proves to be the tub, and the
back has two tall tanks, like boilers, one
for the cold and the other for the hot wat
er, and the heating arrangement under
the hot water tank is very simple and
very easily worked 1t is one Of the most
satisfactory and attractive bath tubs, that
we have ever seen The cook stove has a
handsome exterior and doubtless us all
that can be claimed for it. The Auto
matte Gas Machine Company OF Boston
has booth. In the western corner of the
gallery F o. Bailey & Co. show very
handsome double sleigh, richly uphol-
stored, drawn by pair Of high stepping
iron gray horses. Cress ey. Jones q Allen
also will make fine exhibit. They will
show the Everett pianos Mr.. Wheel
wright will exhibit the automatic piano
that plays some 200 compositions, in a
STYLE that cannot be surpassed by the best
concert performers.
One of the most interesting exhibits
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