The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-22

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 citations of the different states coatem-
 plate similar trips, G1aA 1t is probable
 that most of them will come to Atlanta
 during October.
 The Rookwood Pottery company, of
 Clncinnati, has engaged space for a
 magnificent display of their finished ware This firm makes some of the
 rarest and most beautiful pottery in
 America. The quality of stock used is
 such that they never know what will
 be the color of piece until it comes
 from the fire. An infinite variety of
 beautiful and delicate hues Is pre- duced,
 and the exhibit at Atlanta will be a stn-
 gularly unique and beautiful one.
 The Richmond Locomotive works, of
 Richmond, Va., have engaged space for
 an exhibit of their rolling stock in the Transportation building. They will place on exhibition two of their finest
 locomotives. A number of trains of the finest cars ever gede will ue dis played by various ranlodd companies
 in the large annex to the Transporta-
 ton building and the exhibit of en- zines will be particularly fine.
 MT. E. D, Libbey, president of the
 
 Ohio, was in Atlanta during the past week, arranging for beautiful exhibit of the products of that company. This company manufactures some of the fin- est glassware in the world, and their exhibit will be particularly interesting and beautiful.
 Among our decorative painters, MT. Edwin H. Blashfield is most prominent. He has painted some of the most dig nlfid and important canvases recently attempted by an American artist. His Christmas Bells" exhibited in Chtca- go, will be remembered by all who wis., ited the American section in the art galleries. He has recently painted a very strong and effective figure which represents an angel with the flaming sword at the Gate of Paradise. The light comes from the front and the wohle color scheme Is delightfully."- m en- aged.
 MT. Blashfield has promised to send either or both of these paintings to the exposition, and they will form a very attractive feature of the art exhibit in Atlanta. MT. BlasAfeld Is at pres- ent engaged upon an important com mission for the government-the decor ation of the interior of the dome of the new congressional library in Washing ton, which will not be completed until next autumn.
 The exhibit to be made by the war department wll include many rare rel ics of Revolutionary times and of the early days of the Republic. Historic flags used by Washington in t7S1, a Bunker Hill flag, and flags used ct White Plains, and by the continental troops will be on exhibition. Groups of lay figures will represent officers and 1 prfvates of the army in uniforms and l accoutrements used from the times Of | the Revolution to the present day. All | forms of army wagons, pack mules, am balances, etc, many of them used on | historic fields, will be shown There l will also be models of harbor and river | works, and 8 complete field signal out lit, including field teleg ~4phic and tele- | phonic instruments. Among the Arctic | exploration relics wdll be seen a hatchet carried to the farthest northern point, | instruments and equipments used by | General Greedy, and many other relies | of far northern corporations. The ex- libit of the department will be very | complete and fully illustrative of the history and growth of the army in the branches of service.
 The corner stone of the Woman's was laid last Tuesday with elaborate ceremonies,i Grand Master John P. Shannon, of the Masonic fra ,ernity conducted the exercises, and II. gI Collier of the Exposition company, MT. 5lark Howell, editor of the Atlanta and Mir. F. H. Richardson # the Atlanta Journal. A large crowd, of the elite of the city, with many representative women from oth- T cities and states was present. The Voman's building, which will be built .fter a design by Miss Elsie Mercur, of 'ittsburg win be one of the most beau- iful structures on the grounds, and rill house the most complete exhibition f woman's work ever collected in lmcr.ca. The money for the building as been raised almost exclusively by he ladies of Atlanta, with assistance rom representative women in different arts of Georgia and other states. The uilding will be completed by July IS, nd will be a substantial and commo- ious, as we'll as beautiful ediflce. A design will soon be adopted by the xposition for it's award medals for ex- ibitors at the exposition. By author y of congress, these medals will be \ truck by the United States mint, and \ , this extent the government puts the otton States and International expo- I tion the same footing as the worlds Iir, the medals for the prize winners which exposition are now being s ruck by the national government. s The Adler Art Publishing company of s hicago Is engaged in collecting ma I rial for the publication of volume T l the Atlanta exposition and the I uth, which, when completed, will be H le of the finest works of its kind ever W ,voted to the south. It will contain M ,rtralts and biographies of prominent N utherners, and a most elaborate pre- W ntation of the Cotton States and In- M rnational exposition, together with A @ most complete statistical informa- ,n concerning the same. The book " III be beautifully illustrated and will ' ready about the first of July. U MT. Frank Vincent Du Mund will send U