The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-26
EARLY EXPOSITION EXPERIENCES
Great Success ofthe Opening-The At
tendance Gratifying-Nearly Ten
Miles of Exhfbits--After an
AmorfOou Modo poIooa


Philadelphia, Sept 19.-The first
three days of the National Export ex-
position have given the enterprise an
immense impetus. The fact that 10000
persons visited the grounds and build
ings on the day of the opening cere-
with them the most favorable impress
sions of the day has been highly graft
flying to the managers.
A combination of favorable circum-
stances conspired to give eclat to the
inaugural exercises. The day was
beautiful and bracing, the great Audi
torium proved to be equal to all expec-
tations, and the spectators who as
sembled in it were more than cordial;
they were enthusiastic.
The hall and its audience was a re-
minder of some of our great national
political conventions, particularly, 1t
has been remarked, of that memorable
one held in Chicago Is years ago which
nominated Blaine in the Exposition
Hall in Chicago, but in many respects
1t was much more striking. While
the decorations of the hall were of the
simplest character, the great audience
itself gave plenty of color to the scene.
Some one remarked. There are many
women here and sprinking of men. ;"
AS matter of fact. the audience was
composed of about an equal number OF
each sex, and it was this circumstance
which enlivened the scene and lent to
it delightful charm of color shading
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throughout, and the music was sup
erb. The personal participation of the
president by telegraph, from his desk
in the White House, gave complete
ness to the event
Since the opening the attendance
has been more satisfactory than was
| anticipated, all of the circumstances
considered. Falling from $4,000 to
about 5000 on Friday. 1t increased to
$4,000 on Saturday. This shows a
healthy interest at the very beginning
of the exposition, and indicates a
large enough interest in the future to
meet the hopes of the most sanguine
! friends of the exposition.
| Visitors have been surprised at the
number and interesting character Of
the exhibits, Notwithstanding the as
tonishingly brief time in which they
have been arranged The magnitude
of the buildings and the economy and
wisdom with which the space has
| been utilized has also been matter
| of remark For instance, in the Main
! building there is a length of main
aisles of over 1000 feet and a length
| in the cross aisles of IA 900 feet, so that
| one who has walked through all of the
aisles of the Main building will have
completed journey of about five
miles. In the other buildings of the
exposition there are more than four
miles of aisles, and thus to obtain even
glimpse of everything in the expo
| sition grounds the visitor must walk
nearly ten miles, AS all of these aisles
| are lined with a succession of all that
| is best and most interesting in Ameri-
can manufactures. from those of the
! most trif1ng character to those of the
| greatest magnitude and Importance,
some idea of what an interesting col
! lection in both variety and character
| is to be CLEANED from these figures.
| The exposition is proving to be pop
ular one in the limited sense Of that
expression. 1t has proved Interesting
| to the merely curious, those who give
but passing thought to what they
see, as well as to those who seek infor-
! nation and instruction. This was
! somewhat strikingly shown in the
| vastly different visitors to the EXPOSE
ton during the week, the one lady
looking for a patented needle in a sew
ing machine. the other an official Wis
itor from Japan hunting for a palace
| for the emperor, which he desires to
| build at Toxic This statement should
not be regarded as forced compari-
son. The Japanese commissioner is a
real parsonage, and he is an archi-
tect now in this country arranging for
the construction of a steel skeleton
framework for the imperial structure,
which is to be an earthquake proof
building, and is not the first of its
| kind to be erected in that country, but
will be the first to be constructed of
! American steel. Such incidents go far
to show the Importance and value OF
the exposition.