Year: 1879

dent, believing, wisely, that it is always
best to let well enough alone, says the
doors shall close, no more to open, on
the night of Saturday, Oct. 18th. No
doubt there would be large attendance
were it to continue another week, but
probably the great rush is ended, and it
is better to let its death come while at
the zenith Of its glory rather than wait
until it dies for want of something to
buy breath with.


But it has been an entire success.
Coed sas a..ys Meather has prevaired-in fact for
have been hunting up their almanacs to
see what is the matter, for surely these
days when the thermometer has rollicked
between 500 and Sc must have lost
their way and strayed into October in
stead Of July. their rightful place. So
the people from far and near have come
and gone. only to come again, for not
only has the Exposition offered immense
attraction, but the city has done its
level best to help. For example: Every
one knows how very much a floral dis
play increases the attractiveness of
place, and interests many who have no
particular fancy for the art exhibition
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or the machinery halls. Realizing this
the committee having the matter in
charge, set apart two days in each week
to be designated as 'Flower Days." and
several of our leading hotel and other
business men, came promptly forward
and offered cash premiums for the most
beautiful designs in flowers. 1t was
not only noble and generous thing
to do but it added stimulus to the al
ready strong feeling of interest on the
part of our city florists. The result has
been to produce one of the best display
of floral architecture that has ever been
seen in the United States Architecture
seems like an odd word to use with re-
lation to flowers but when one sees a
yatch made entirely of flowers; or an
ocean steamer with fern wreathed life
boats clinging to its side, or a summer
house made of wheat and smilax, carna-
tions and balsam, rosebuds and tube
roses; or baby carriage of rich crimson
roses, edged with ferns and begonia
leaves; or o tiny wheelbarrow, its load
of most delicate roses; or large sheaf
of oats, with the upper end filled in with
splendid gladiolus blossoms, scarlet. pink
and notified, against which leaned full
grown scythe, all of fowers-I think
the facts in the case warrant my saying
architectural display.


If were to attempt description of
all the beautiful flower pieces you might
as we'll dismiss your other correspon-
dents, turn off your advertisers. and give
me all the space there is. Then. too,
words can no more describe foaOers than
they can pictures. | may give you ng
impressions, but they can carry to other
minds but dim perception of the deli
cate beauty and artistic arrangement Of
the designs. You will be able to form
some idea of the extent of the exhibition
in the floral department when tell you
there are $50 varieties of ferns in the
the collection-35 of them native ferns
none prettier than the delicate maiden.
hair. three varieties of which are found
wild in California.


The picture gallery is fairly crowded


and many of the paintings are very fine


Some are for sale. and one can suit theil
purchase to their pocket book. for prices


range from twenty, FIVE dollars up K
three thousand for portrait of Marth;
/, Washington. or ten thousand for tht


christian Martyrs in the Coliseum.


Buying this last named picture | shoule
have to build house around it, so | d.


not think | shall add it to my art collec


tion. But there are beautiful picture
there, pictures which make one feel tha
a calico dress and broken shoes woult
be welcome costume for many months
if, at the end, the award would be t


possess one of those gems of art. pre-
sumo, however. that | should not selec
the best for it takes years of training t
t enable the eye to discriminate witt
, nicely in matters of art | spent morn
ing in the picture gallery with one 0
. my artist friends. She writes of pic
, lures and engravings as if they had bee
her regular diet for longer life thai
q she has lived.


Some of the ladies of Cincinnati VIII
/ have money and leisure at their com


mand. have been experimenting wit
E the various elays in which the stat
i abounds. and the result is most crafty
: ing. Already two or three ladies hav
o more orders than they can well atten
r to. and the time seems near at han
r when the people of this country ma
d buy their elegant vases. their wonder
' fully decorated and glazed china as We


in Ohio as in Europe.


Then, too, another study here is I'll
/" wonderful wood carying-most of
d the work of ladies. Not little tidbi
V Lie brackets or wall.nnekets but hnol