The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-02
Mr.. wALrEns ARRIVES
He Reached New fork wednesday
From a European Tour-He CONFIRMS
the Purchase OF Property In Baltf.
more For the Walters Art Gallery.

"A special dispatch from New York
TO The Baltimore sun OF Thursday
says:
Mr.. Harry Walters. president Of the
Atlantic Coast Line. was among the
passengers who arrived today on the
White star steamer Oceanic Mr.
Walters is fresh from a four-months'
European tour on his yachr Narada-
The yacht started ahead .f Mr.. Wal
tiers and arrived today 81 New Lon
don, Conn. On the trip over she yacht
threw one OF the fianges OF its pro-
peller about 100 miles east Of tho
Azores. but n injury was only trivial
Mr.. Walters said TO a corresponding
OF The Sun that he hal spent = de-
lightful summer and. with n sunburned
countenance. appeared u picture Of Wig
orous health.
"Whe asked abou; the purchase OF
property in Baltimore which was satd
20 be intended as a site for a new.
building for the Walters Art Gallery,
which was founded by his father. the
late William T. Walters. ne said:
II cannot say anything definite. as
/ don't know JUS Yet what shall oe
done. Il Is true / ave been treating
for the property through my friend.
Mr.. Michael Jenkins. But when we
took up the question something entire
~ different was in view, and any id~a
as 10 using II for the construction %
a building for the art gallery IS pre-
mature. There is nothing / can say.
as / am really without any Information
on the subject"
Mr.. Walters confirmed the an
nouncement published in The sun that
he had bought a collection OF JaIan-
csc worries and other works OF art at
the Paris Exposition. These Mr.. Wal
ters said would remain in Paris until
the Exposition closed. He said he
could not say what part OF his pur-
chases would go to the Walters collec-
ton until after their arrival in this
country, as he had been making some
purchases for friends.
EXPOSITION BEST PARIS HAS
SEEN.
In reference to the Exposition Mr..
Walters said: 1T is by far the best
ever held in the sense Of an exhibition.
It differs from the las Paris EXPOSE
ton in a the Arrangement OF exhi
bits is better and more effective. The
grouping was arranged not only to
show the present. but a retrospect Of
n past is given, so that an intelligent
presentation Of each subject is given
TO the visitor This is especially prom
inent in the French works OF art.
INTELLECTUALLY the exposition does
not Surpass the Worlds Fair, and tho
Court of Honor, which was one Of the
features at Chicago, is still u~nequaled.
The exhibit from the United states
was rather disappointing. While 9TH
er nations appeared 10 advantage In
the mechanical arts, the United States
did not put its best foot foremost. Dis
lance has something to do with this.
as The fra nSDDrrafi0n and erection of
heavy machinery in which This coun-
try excels. was a matter of idera-
Bile difficulty in the short time which
was available"
RESUMES his WORK
Mr.. Walters spent a month at Paris
looking over the Exposition and said
that he would have stayed longer, but
had to return TO submit his annua re-
port at the meeting in October of the
a Coas Line Company. Shortly
after his arrival he went 10 the New
York offices Of the Atlantic Coast Line
and at once resumed his work. He
Will go to Washington tomorrow and
will probably be in Baltimore tomor-
row evening.
The yachting party OF Mr.. Walters
including his brother-in-law ana sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren De!ano.
with their three children, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Pembroke Jones, OF New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delano Will remain in
Paris for another month.
The itinerary of the party began at
Southampton early in June, and after
a few days in the English Channel
they proceeded to Havre There they
left the yacht and went TO Paris. Re
joining the yacht at Havre, they c-uis-
ed northwa-d, passing through the
great ship canal from the North sea to
Amsterdam. After a stop of two days
they went by the new ship cana across
Denmark to Kiel and St. Petersburg
From the latter place their journey
took them back across the Baltic 20
Stockholm and Copenhagen, th-nce TO
Bergen, T~rondheim and the North
Cape. They returned from Norway to
Snufhamnton Nhera The Narnda uaa