The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-29
IN CITY HALL.
The Attendance Large in the Morning,
Crowded Rest of Day.

Reception Hall the Mecca of the Ladies'
A Number of Patented Devices on Sale
in the Rar-Jack, the Great Trick Dog
Gives Exhibitions.
The second day of the New England
Fair opened warm and bright, ana the
crowd from the country towns and dis
tricts made a Decline on arrival for City
Hall to see the floral parade. After the
parade started numbers sought the cool
retreat of the City Building and enjoyed
the exhibits there displayed.
We have already spoke at length of
most of the hall exhibitors. In addition
to those already mentioned the Portland
Stove Foundry Co. have put in an At
lantic Combination heater, which is well
worthy careful inspection.
The Walter Corey Co make a display
of furniture that is well worthy the well
established reputation OF this house.
Wherever one goes in the United States
it is ten chances to one that if he strikes
a hotel in town that in its furnishings
displays very attractive and comfortable
article of furniture that article was MADE
by the Walter Corey Co. of Portland.
The surroundings of the exhibit all snow
a refined taste. The chairs, lounges,
tete-a -tetes, in fact all styles and varie-
ties, are most luxurious, and each one is
a sample Of its class. Probably no trm
in Portland has enjoyed a patronage
more extended than the Walter Corey Co.,
and that too of a character that has done
su much 10 make the public acquainted
with the excellent character OF their
work.
The exhibition of war scenes seemed to
take the public yesterday, and especially
good elderly females, from out OF town,
to whom the Rebellion meant SO much in
the past.
don't intend to be left out in the salt
competition, for yesterday they had
erected pyramid of bags of Gennesee
salt, for which company they are the
agents.
A very curious and attractive feature
is model of four masted schooner,
large size, exhibited by E. NJ. Lang 3
Co, the solder firm. This vessel, l1s
rigging, furnishings, cargo, are all made
of solder, and the exhibit took the gold
medal at the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Close by this exhibit is another schoon-
er, under full sail. of large size, that
bears no card but on the quarter is the
name Lena q.
In the west gallery will be found a
system. whatever that may be.
Cressy, Jones & Allen are well patron
lied, Their little salon is prettily draped
and carpeted, and here they display fine
specimens of the Blasius pianos, the
Virgil pactice claviers-now all the rage
and used by all teachers OF the plano-a
superb Wilcox & White self-playing SYM
phony organ, whose rich full notes yes
tertlay floated through the hall, attracting
every ones attention.
The Oriental Turkish booth displays
beautiful work, both Turkish and Chinese
in silks and gold and silver thread. Mr..
A. G. Sherzozi has charge Of the booth
Miss L. M. Hill of Brown street has
O dress making parlor that interests the
ladies, and adjoining is another where
Miss Aldrich displays polish for ladies
shoes and gives practical illustration 81
it's virtues on those who wish to have
it applied.
extensive in its display of seeds and all
matters that relate to the farm that the
booth is surrounded constantly
The exhibition in Reception hall Is the
Mecca towards which every woman's steps
are turned There is a wealth of beauti-
full work of every description, and the
cards are SO small that in many instances
where the work is hung on the walls, as
in the case of oil and water color paint
ing, and crayon drawings, it is impossible
to tell subjects, or artists name. Much
of the beautiful work in all kinds OF
fancy and lace work, embroidery etc..
must consequently go unnoticed.
Mrs W. P. Hastings displays hand.
some white embroidered piano cover, and
some very pretty paintings OF dogs heads
painted on satin.
Miss Emma Twitchell has display OF
beautiful hand painted china.
Miss Ida NJ. Leayltt has an attractive
exhibit of fancy work.
j. H. Shaw Green street, shows a
hands ONE quilt.
Mrs. Grostuck displays three sword
fish blades prettily fastened together with
bright ribbons, the blades handsomely
decorated.
sMr Kicker shows a mirror, the frame
prettily decorated with roses.
Mrs Wilson Sprague, Is Atlantic
street, shows a series of photographs
that reflects great credit upon amateur
work, and they are all prettily framed.
Mir. George Mcconnell, whose work
was mentioned yesterday, has collec-
tion of forty pictures ON exhibition, prob
ably the largest display OF its kind IN
the fair.
Mrs. j. Baker shows very handsome
quilt in nautical designs.
There is a velvet quilt made by MI.
Field, a disabled veteran of the goth
Maine Volunteers, that is highly credit
able to his taste and skill.
Mrs. Rebecca Jordan has quilt and
rug on exhibition, a tribute to the re-
markable powers of an old lady, eighty
years of age. :,
e. f. York shows a handsome silk
quilt.