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has been formed within the Expo
... „„ ‘ nrp where a model
will be est; ..j QTw1
camp '
battalion of United States infan
trv, with a full band, will take up
their quarters during the Exposi
turn. t BKiiranres are « T iven of the
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attendance of >ta , c P f „ nr „
Kentucky, Alabama, North Caro
lina, and, we believe, Georgia,
with Tennessee troops on the
grounds i a fi-finiient 1 intervals
Negotiations are in progress, wu.
a fair chance of success, to bring
the West Point and Annapolis ca
Ins ' here also ‘ If this can be
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done, the ^ mi i , a y f . t , e wi |j ^
of surpassing interest.
Live Stock Exhibit
11 It is is the the intention invention ot of the tne man ma
agement to nave a i 11 -•
complete live stock exhibit, and
the quarters are being prepare!
now. This will doubtless be if
great interest .as Tennessee and
T-„„f„ni-v Kentucky are noted noted tor for their fine
stock.
Vanity Fair.
When the visitor lias become
weary with viewing viewing the me nroduc- piou k
tions of science and ait, an.i
wishes to change the current of
his thoughts, and if the time
just after the full force of the elec,
trie lights lo have been turned on, ’
. . they _ do , sti ,
bringing out as so
ly the beauties with w'hich you are
surrounded follow the footsteps
of the crowd to Vanity Fair,
wMch u the « Midway " of CUcs
go and Atlanta. Here you can oe
amused to your heart’s conten*.
The Chinese Village, with its fire
hundred male and female Celes¬
tials fresh from the Flowejy King¬
dom, will present phases of Ori¬
ental life unknown and unheard
of hy many Here you can see th“
genuine Chinese beauties in all
their silks and wonderful head
dresses. You can attend their
theater and listen to and see one
of their plays, which takes a few
years to reach the final act, and
you can procure curios of count
less varieties at small prices.
Going next to the neighborhood
of the Streets of Cairo, you have
the choice of many shows The
“ anmkr” spelter, as as he e 1 is' called .1 , or the -
outside man of the show, is vying
with his competitor to draw the
crowds to his doors, each in turn
being ® often guyed by the crowds, to
ihe amusement of „ t ,
many o e on
lookers. For good solid uni is
said a ride on the camel or the
pleasure of seeing others do it is
the choice of Vanity Fair. Others
prefer 1 to Bhoot the Chute or stand
enjoy . the - i , /.
and meriy aug 1 er o
the crowds as the boat strikes the
water. The Old Plantation, with
its negro song*, and dances, fur
nislies amusement to many unfa
miliar with Southern life. Just
in front of it stands the Cyclorama
of the battle of Gettysburg, realis
tic aud startling in its vividness.
This all should see Paintings
and pictures of battles only show
one particular scene or move
mont; but heie one stands and
views the entire battlefield of Get
M lUrd „a ? w,™
Pickett’s gallant men made that
charge, nnsupnorted and alon-*.
which
“Shall go ringiDfe.llirough the ages,
Sung by poets tnd byisages.”
From these scenes of strife the
visitor can wander, bewildered,
through the labyrinth of the Mir¬
ror Maze. Then there is thi
Haunted Swing, the Moorish Pal
ace of Illusions, the Arena of
Trained Wild Animals, 4nimala and Os
trich Farm—-ah of great interest
When tired of earth, you take the
Giant Heesaw\ and are lifted up
up, higher and higher, until the
buildings below you and the city
of Nasb ille in the distance look¬
like pigmy dwelling places.
But it is to the distinctly edu
rational feature of Vanity Fair
that special attention should bt
given. Here electricity plays at
important part, and the numerous
applications of it are a study in
themselves. The “ X-rays,” whose
wonders recently astonished the
civilized world, can be seen in all
their marvelous effects. The lat
est improvements and marvelous
perfection of tie kinetoscope and
vitascope. the recent triumphs of
Edison—all car be seen in bewil
dering magnificence in the Edison
Mirage. for
t unity Fair will repay ^ou
flight and the hoursTpent among
its sights an! scenes will linger
with you a bright me nory.
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Exhibit at the Tennessee
rentennial ‘ Pvnnsitiiui * ‘
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•• Evervbodv who is anybody”
ins 1 beard ‘ of this wonderful mod
era enterprise, the fennessee Cen
tennial Exposition, at Nashville—
how this plucky city of 100,000 in
habitants has built for herself a
m0Ilument of art wll j cll will be '
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00 e u,, ‘ m 111 ie ',7"* .!
as a wonder unparalleled in Ins
tor . v -
Nothing but dauntless patriot
j gm> unselfishness, and sterling
business Drinciules could have Ki' I
made such an enterprise possible. „„ aa 5
As it is, Nashville has already ex
pended two million dollars toward
t his crown j n g victory.
Tllg g - rit of Tennessee’s rc
nowned statesmen—Andrew Jack
son, James T K. Polk,and u n a other sons „
of lesser note, but possessing that
same invincible manifestation of
courage and unflinching faithful
ness „css to to their tneir country—seems country seems to
have been transmitted to the pres
ent g enera ti on and made it equal
to the vast undertaking of this
! centennial celebration of the
State’s admission into the Union,
at ^ 4 ),e same time bringing honors
tlie m se ' l ve s and the record of
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- V1EW 0F A PORTION OF GEORGIA RAILROAD EXHIBIT.
Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville, Tknn. i
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ThoS e who visited the World’s
Fair at Chicago in 1893 will find
here repeated and improved upon
the most important exhibits and
attractions which were there ex
e,H„ B ,avo rallle
all the world.
Nashville’s buildings are coni
modious and elegant. The first to
be erected was the Art Building, a
marvel in itself, modeled after,
and on best authority said to be an
exact reproduction of, the Parthe
| non at Athens. Strange it is that
this idea should never have sug
gested t( ,. if itself hpfnrp befoie 4 to ., pi nvomoters t
of expositions; but, as it is, Nasle
vi u e possesses the only model of
t hi 8 famous structure which has
been the theme of writers for the
]mS 4 twenty-four hundred years,
Ag tj ie Parthenon was the first
building to assume proportions, as
matter of course all other build- v ,
a
in (r s surrounding it necessarily
were A ended un to it- ’ and so we
find . its influence „ permeating , n(r the t ,
whole of the Centennial grounds,
from beginning to end.
From the N., C. & Ht. L. Rail
road we obtain a magnificent view
0 f the buildings and grounds; but
w - e have no time to linger here, as
t j,e prospect is too inviting for us
to remain on the outside, and we
enter to partake of the feast with
j n . On entering the commodious
Terminal Station, our first view is
inspiring; and we wonder if man
j ,,an construct anything more beau
tiful than the scene spread out be
f ore ng j n the center of the build
surrounded by a railing of
Georgia oak, is a magnificent bed
of tropical foliage and flowers,
from the center of which a marble
statue of grace and beauty sup- |
ports a fountain which sends forth
a continuous stream of water,
Looking to the right, we behold
an elegant plate glass mirror, ;
upon which is painted an exact re
production of our famous Stone
Mountain, of Georgia, from which
the Georgia Railroad takes its
trade mark, “ The Stone Mountain
j{ oute » Hy this and the appro !
priate advertisement surrounding handsoni
it we are directed to the
est and most practical individual
exhibit of the Exposition—that of
the Georgia Railroad, which for
its distinct individuality and
boundless suggestions of the re
sources, and showing the thrift
and enterprise of the towns and
country along its route, is unsur- de |
passed. Before entering into a
scription ^ of this exhibit, we will
for the benefit of those un
familiar with the road, an extract
from its Guide Book, written for
the benefit of the “ home seekers
and investors: ”
" ln 1833 the Legislature of
Georgia chartered w hat is known
flg Georgia 1{ailroad> < The
stone Mountain Route,’ from At
lanta to Augusta, its main line
171 miles long, with branches from
Union Point to White Plains,
^ ^ Union T > oint to Athens,
40 miles; Social Circle to Gaines
ville and Jefferson, 65 miles; Ca
mak to Macon, 78 miles; and Bar
nett to Washington, 18 miles, be
ing a total mileage of 346 miles,
passing through 20 counties, hav
ing an area of 6,562 square miles
and a population of 500,000.”
Passing' as it does through the
most fertile and progressive parts
of the Empire Htate of the South,
with her resources unbounded
and her ambition aroused to the
Z
she has never been before, al
though it is by no means intended
to be a Htate exhibit, yet of such
a representative nature is it that
we hear on every side the question
asked: “Is this the Georgia ex
Dibit? ”
We begin at the front of the
building, which occupies a space
of 30 by 100 feet, and, seeing, let
us 'ake note of what is before us.
flrgt describing the decorations of
the room, which are both unique
and artistic.
The use of bunting, corn, aud
other decorations so profusely
used in other buildings is almost
entirely discarded here. The
building is practically divided
into eight sections. Entering
from the front and side doors, both
in the first section, we find the
ceiling tastefully decorated with
sheaf rye and oats, corn on the
’ and cott on, the panels of the
(ind an d side walls being covered
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mark and an artistic advertise
ment, 10 by 15 feet, of the passen
ger facilities, etc., of the Georgia
Road.
Next a section of a standard
railroad track, bearing between
the ties the letters “ N., C. & Ht. L.
and Ga. R ds; ’ and on either^ side
the following: “From the Moun
tains to the Sea, United by Bands
of Steel for the Upbuilding of
Tennessee Tennessee and and Georgia.” Georgia, this on
canvas 4J by 9£ feet. To the
right, and in the corner on
the end panel, the painter has
brought tte^coat out an “of excellent ’of design
of of the coat of arms arms of Geor- Geor
gi a ; and under it, in plain letters,
visitors are requested to register
on a book here found, and are told
that all cj uestions will be an
swered and desired Information
given.
A typical farm scene is the*nexl
act of the painter’s brush, with e
train in the distance; and the
space under the picture is very ap
propriately given to the “ Georgia
Railroad Land and Colonization
Company,” who have here set
forth to the home seeker and otli
ers the many advantages offered
in Georgia and the resources to be
found in her fields and hills. A
small office tastefully arranged
with granite and minerals of sev
eral kinds fills the corner, and pro
vides a stand for the register book
and a deposit for packages, etc.,
left by visitors.
The second section is devoted to
agriculture; the truss and rods'at the^decorations the front
are, on
of the section, nine large, hand
some photos of scenes on the line
of the road, the side-wall panel
piece being a faithful reproduc
tion of a cotton field, wilh a taste
ful border of cotton, wheat, rye,
and corn around the ceiling.
The third section is without dec
oration, excepting the side wall,
which has a handsome frame of
Georgia pine surrounding the pyr
amid of woods, and the lettering,
“ Specimens of the Wobds on the
Line of the Georgia Railroad,”
well painted in a dark back
ground between the two.
Sections 4 and 5, we find, are ap
preprinted to the display of “A
Cotton Seed and Its Products, ;
which we will later describe in
full, and will pass them for Sec- 1
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tion 6, the only one in which bunt
ing showing the national colors
has been used, aud, we must say,
used in a different way than Been
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other clays and pottery ware; and
on the panel the painter has, in
an appropriate background and
scrollwork, the following invita
tion: “ Come, Hee Our Kaolin and
Clays of All Descriptions; None
Superior; Also Pottery and Til- j
ing.” rock
Section 7 has a handsome
ery lor flowers and vases tasteful
ly arranged. The decorations are
mostly of gray moss, with a wall
panel by the painter notifying the
home seeker that the Georgia
Railroad offers “ Unsurpassed Lo
cations for Dairy Farms.” Other
panels bear the following: “Our
Fruits in Quality Hecond to None
in the Houth; ”“ Our Grasses of
Many Varieties; ” “ Our Granites
are
Entering the Terminal Building
from the N-, C. & Ht. L. train, you
see painted in gold on the girders
of the room the following:
: The Georgia Railroad Exhibit.”
The "‘dustrieB^nd Kesoupcei nf
“Atlanta.”
“Augusta.”
“Athens, Macon, and Washing
ton.”
“ Home Keekers and Investors,
Come in and Hee.”
Starting from the door and
reading to the rear, as follows:
“Welcome.” “Welcome.”
“The Georgia Railroad^Exhibit.
“ The Industries and Resources of
Our Line.”
“ See Our Kaolin and Clays.”
But we are dwelling too long on
the decorations. They must be
seen seen to^be fully appreciated. Let
us now return to the exhibit prop
er. As a matter of course, agri
through this exhibit, ot bringing
our undeveloped resources so
prominently before the public as
io create interest in them, and
thus cause their development?
We now look to our left, and a
beautiful pyramid ot polished shown na
five Georgia woods is in
seemingly endless variety, -there
are sixty-five distinct varieties, ev
ery one of which is a credit to the
State; but deserving of special
mention are the specimens of wal
nut, oak, cherry, curled pine,
bird’s-eye maple, hickory, and ash,
the furniture of the room—rail
ings, tables, etc.—all being made
of Georgia pine, which, with the
hard finish, makes the display of
our renowned pine a very attrac
live one.
in the center of the building—
occupying, as it should, a promi
uent place—we find an exhibit
styled: "A Cotton Heed and Its
Products; Bee What Comes from
It.” The intention of this display
is to show the product of a cotton
seed; and, after only a casual
glance overit, the visitor will say:
It is well done.
Few have a full conception of
all the products aud by-products
that are obtained through aud
from this small seed. A brief ac
count of this exhibit cannot well
be made. It can be made of inter
est, however; and for that reason
we will apologize for what may be
the length of our description
On the right side aud in the cen
ter of the room a handsomely de
signed stand, twenty-two teet
long and eight feet wide, is ar
ranged; over the stand a canopy
composed of cotton cloth, of the
finest grade made and of several
£&
grouping. The sides, covered with
red cotton goods in accordion
plaits, form a fine background for
two panel oil paintings of a cotton
plant, framed appropriately with
cotton rope. These paintings,
which have been very highly and
justly praised, are the work of
Miss H. N. Ellis, art teacher iu the
Georgia Normal College at Mil
ledgeville. Back of all this, and
occupying the place of honor, is a
study in black and white, repre
senting the cotton industry from
ils Inciyiency to the present day.
This picture is 4£ by 12 feet. Four
large columns support the dra
perybordering the picture. On the
drapery of (lie corner columns the
words, “ The Georgia Railroad
Exhibit of Cotton and Its Prod
nets,” are seen. Interwoven, as il
were . »> Ul( - top drapery are very
interesting and important statis
tics j n { . t » gil rd to cotton. The lig
ures given are very interesting,
but this article will not admit of
»P«f e to « iv e them in ful ‘
The opening , the h left . of ,
scene on
the picture is a typical negro cab
a nd a cotton field, with the
hands chopping out the cotton;
and close by is another field, in
which iN shown the cotton ready
the two,in ( 1 "" 1 . beiu a meaullion K P 1 ,^-. sliaped between bor
der, is seen twenty-one bales of
cotton idled iu tiers, with the fol
lowing: “Georgia cotton crop,
1740, was 21 bales; 1805 06, acre
ttg j” ’^ei^dlrecti^u^der
this are the following scenes:
\ reproduction of the old
time cotton screw, so well known
0,1 JmSte^Sbd !l ** the Southern plantations c'lrT of
<k-pot; Ink’
in g ,| 1(! hah: to the next arc
medallions linked together, a pic-
4 ur ( . of Eli Whitney, the inventor
" f the cotton gin, and a reproduc
EtflZ
in opdePf an d under that showing,
^ labeled, “The Former Use of
, j^ton Heeda large pile of the
seed thrown to waste, as of yore,
(w() ( , owg ea |j, Jg their till from 11.
Helcw we have handsome pie
of the « KllterprtHe » and
« gibley » (! 0 ttoi, factories, of Au
gU 8 4 a in Uu. center of the pfe
have “ King Cotton ” Heal
W( .
w] <m a Hlirromi ded with a
wmUh ()f „ n ( .,otton bolls, a
S( . PO |, j„ hand, on which Is writ
|(in; l( , clothe the Known
W(jr , d „ , { ,.j ow t | 1( . throne the
artist has lettered in the follow
ing:
‘ KingCotton, Monarch of the Western
w-.rid.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
half so fine hh ihou upon tby
throne, robe dew
In rustic crown ard white
impearl’d shall be. ; lo.t, and thrones to
Crowns
ruin hurled.
Then shalt thou see thy power still
........................... ampler grown,
. ..........
A „.|„ r .l of toil ”
‘ . i ^ {t r j«r|jt side* of the
i .' ' : which w ' l represents “ King
' ’
■ , f lett( . ri ,„, fg we f' lrK |
• - K , , . of tl
.V, U } w the seed cot
.
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‘ ’ , , ,j 1( . elevator,
’es dumwd into the
press, and amt.* out out on on tin* ui .
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‘ ' () f Adj()iri
. . . renresentation of a
“ Where the Cotton Heed is
Changed into the Meal, Oil, Hoap,
culture would suggest itself first
as the principal industry of Geor
gia; and so we find grouped taste
fully at intervals varieties of rye,
wheat, oats, and the different
grasses and clover, proving be
yond a doubt that Georgia can
hold her own in no indifferent
manner. We find rye eight feet
high, with other cereals in propor- j
lion, and a tine assortment of ha.v
of many kinds, all of which goes to !
show Georgia's adaptability to
stock raising and dairy farming.
We notice a display of sixty-five i
varieties of seed in glass jars and
cases, showing the diversity of
products raised on the line, be ;
sides sweet and Irish potatoes uu
surpassed in size and variety. In
this connection let us not forget to
mention the high-grade ribbon
cane syrups, for which Georgia |
lias an established local reputa
(ion, which could and should be
brought to the attention of the
country at large as well. There is
money in it for Georgia farmers,
and it means a diversity of crop.
To the left we see an elegant
line of whiskies, brandies, and
wines of various makes and kinds,
all the homemade article. The
wines deserve especial mention,
coming as they do from the grape
industry, now in its infancy with
us, but which has so far pioved so
successful in our country; and we
look to see a great development in
this line.
From this we pass on to the min
oral exhibits A good collection
of specimens has been made, bet
ter than was expected, and show
ing plainly that the great undevel-
oped resources of our country arc
truly wonderful. Ihe niaea
on the line ot the ueoigva uoau
have novel icccivi.i mue i u eu
i tuUs ts ^cs uectal 1 y' granite The
a,
Stone Mountain and Lithonia is
almost too well known to reqniie
reference. F rom both these pom s
the gi'anite in many 8 ^
slapped -North, South, Last, ,
ai
West, into lexas, * ic ngan, <
Jersey, and to the coast ot South
Carolina and Georgia. 1 here arc
other large deposits o g'jin ; >
the line, notably in Ggletnorpe
and Hancock Counties, that are
worked to a limited extent in
glethorpe County at Ivexingto ,
the granite is of a superior quali
ty, and, when polished, snows as
fine a finish as can be tound in any
Htate. In its exhibit the Georgia
Railroad has brought the granite
industry prominently to the front,
as is seen by the artistic way it has
used to oeautiry lliui u >wei
triangles in front of the building,
of which we will say more anon.
Next we see the oxide of iron
from near Harlem, from which a
fine quality of red paint is made.
, b f ^
County, makes a fine show, as do
fbc many specimens o go minera < x ar
ing quartz from that rich
section McDuffie of the County Htate, is Hall not County behind
in the mineral line, as it sh >ws
good, creditable specimens of
gold, lead ores, asbestos, mica.
and others.
Judge Hart, of Union I iin ,
sends specimens of bis magnet <•
ore and manganese; Conyers and
others send fine specimens of mica
and other minerals.
Tl,,*- all lie u.developed and
awaiting the introduction of cap
Ital. Will the Georgia Hail roan
be rewarded by being the means.
and Other Products.” Beneath
this, artistically arranged, is a dis
play of cotton seed oil, soap,
meals, and hulls in the original
packages as turned out by the fae
tones,
Next we see a representation of
the thread, rope, cord, and twine.
The old cotton worn to rags as it
goes into the vats of the paper
mills, and reproduced in the shape
of books and paper, or, as the ar
list tells us, “Back from the Paper
.Mills to Our Homes and Counting
j Houses,” der. A pyramid are the next of scenes in tubs, or
cans,
etc., nicely built and well labeled,
“ The New Shortening,” reminds
us that the end of the products of
amid theseedisnottoldjforinthispyr
j we have diverse articles for
housekeepers’use that are in their
I short history already assuming a
prominent place in the market.
The concluding piece iu the pic
ture is the coat of arms of Geor
gia, with the following inscrip¬
tions: “Georgia; V U Cotton, Her
King; ” “ The Empire Htate of the
South;” “Her Other Resources
Innumerable and Awaiting De¬
velopment.”
The picture has been very much
admired. It is the work of Miss
M. E. Herring, of Griffin, Ga., and
lately of the Georgia Normal and
Industrial Institute, at Milledge
ville. Miss Herring is also the de
signer of the cover of the book,
“ Traveling Through Georgia,”
| that the Georgia Railroad is issu¬
ing in connection with its exhibit
here, and iu both she shows a tal¬
ent that should soon bring her
into prominence as a Georgia
artist.
But we have been led into de
scribing the stand, its surround¬
ings, aud the picture in the back
ground before describing the prod
nets of the cotton seed; so we
must begin over,
iu the center of the stand we
find a box containing “Cotton
Heed ready for Flanting; W (t The
Growing Cotton l’lant;” “The
Heed Cotton as Picked from the
Boll;” “The Lint Cotton us It
Comes from the Gin; v a A Model
of (he Old Cotton Herew,” with
miniature bales, showing the
“ Farmer’s Bale ” ready for the lo
cal market; then the miniature
compressed bale ready for the
markets of the world over which
King Cotton has Buch sway. Then
we see before us a card: “ I went
into the ground a seed; the sun of
my Southern skies has developed
me into the cotton plant, the
bloom, the boll, the fleecy staple;
and 1 am now ready to go into the
mill and lie prepared to clothe the
millions of (lie world dependent
cm me.”
Following this we see a line dis
P 1 ®* >" lll > ‘l ua " tie8 of the I’™ 1 '
ucts of our {southern cotton f , mills,
| from the Hibley, of Augusta, the
Athens Manufacturing Company,
and others. They make a good
showing, but may we not ask right
here: “Are there no prints made in
(leorgia or on the line of the Geor
gia Koiid/ 11 not, as the old
man asked, why not?
Next iu order we see two minin
t lire‘bales of cotton waste and one
of batting from the Riverside
Mills, of Augusta, whose goods
are known over the entire coun¬
try.
As we cannot undertake to enu
merate every quality of cotton
^ goods shown, we pass to the next
ZlS'' the^wine^ldd^h^to the
list already told, and the end is
not yet reached.” We see the ex
hi hit of the l’orterdule Mills, from
near Covington, Ga. A finer dis
U“n "la^-twiaT coX ^
from the smallest to the largest,
goods that find a ready market
from Ihe Atlantic to the Pacific,
from the lakes to the Gulf, and
even into the far distant borders
of Alaska, where a good market is
i found for the seine twine in the
salmon fisheries,
All this goes to show that “ cot
| i„n is still king,” and that Georgia
pluck and Georgia industry will
1 I1()t h.-ed the advocates of reduced
acreage for their king, but will
|„.|., whiclimeansincreasedwealtlifor him increase his domain,
our country.
The next card is very sugges¬
tive, and reads thus: “Am I not
still king? See the rich fabrics
here before you, all owing their
existence to the development of a
cotton seed.” This is closely fol¬
lowed hy another card, reading:
“ Being ornamental as well as use¬
ful, \ I make the fabric from which
my lady’s ’ dainty toilette is
made.” Had it been possible for
[ grandmothers to glance into
fllture and H ee us of the pres
ent day, what an extravagant gen
eration ofwomen they would have
considered the present one’ for.
although the desire to dress we’I
has always been characteristic of
American women, never until now
has it been within the reach of all
to have that innate longing fully
gratified. A century since it was
considered amply ‘^ sufficient for a
{ ({) be s lied wlt h two or
hr ce dresses each season; but, un
der the new dispensation, rein brought
al...... b, the of King Cottoa,
she may be the possessor of a
dozen or more, the difficulty being
