carry him all around and the the City of Nations within a hour; he will thus be enshi judge better the great extent a the great Show. Then, having selected the build ing he proposes first to traverse. he will possibly find the "Ofic Catalogue," poor and ansaus: tory as it undoubtedly is, d twenty-five cents' worth of met him in his inspection; mas answer in the absence of a better No lady visiting the Center Exhibition should fail to inspent the operations at the Vie Bakery, where the busness of bread-making and baking is car ried on to a very large extr The building was erected are conducted mainly to show the a rivaled excellence of the "C pressed Yeast" manufactured Messrs. Gaff, Fleischmann & C.. and we can certify that we re never eaten bread equal to tha made here with this yeast La dies, and gentlemen too, are made cordially welcome to v the whole modus operandi, and may taste and judge of the breat By six o'clock the exhibits are covered from view, and soon w pass out of the Grounds thro one of the exit-stiles. Hang supped, we feel just in the hum for an evening's rational entr tainment, and a glance at "Amusements" column of voc of our daily newspapers sha the special attractions at each the numerous places of ame ment in our great city. We ha therein the regular Chests' Street, Walnut Street, and Arc Street Theatres, and other e tablishments, regular and irrege lar; one of the best of our s dard institutions, Colonel Wind's Museum, has lately passed under a cloud, and the gu "Colonel" has gone to his New England home, perhat stay, though we hope not; but whether he returns a DV. the establishment will doubtless reopen ere long. Bes les the permanent Theatres, etc., we have now in Philadel several reputable establishments planned, constructed at: conducted specially for the Centennial Season, and of these three are sufficiently peculiar and excellent to justify ost giving engravings and notices of them in our stand MONTHLY. the finest and best styles of their truly excellent "Women's Friends." The other leading American and some foreign Sewing Machine Companies have admirable displays in Machinery Hall, the Singer alone having a separate edifice of their own. The building is really an ornament to the Grounds, and worthy of the great Company, and is carpeted and fitted up sumptuously. We shall not just now attempt to guide or direct our reader within the Grounds, but leave him to select his own course this time. We would advise him, however, to take a trip on the Narrow-Gauge Railway, which for five cents will The late home of the eminent and universally lamented ENTRANCE TO LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. Edwin Forrest, at the corner of Broad and Master streets, has been subjected to a remarkable transformation; a grand, imposing private mansion, it has been converted into a combination of garden, concert hall, and homelike hotel. The picture-gallery is turned into a dining-room, looking out upon a lovely natural conservatory, the fine old trees under which the tragedian loved to wander in his quiet summer studies standing in all their luxuriant majesty. It was in this noble Hall that Forrest collected his art treasures. Here stood Ball's magnificent statue of Coriolanus, cut in the figure of the great actor (now placed in the Actors' Home at Spring Brook, near Frankfurd). Here also were choice gems in oil and in paint. concert-hall, the new addition to the hotel, and a charming place it is, even without the delights of the most delightful music. A light, airy, graceful structure, with galleries, balconies, recesses, and retiring-rooms, a superb stage and orchestra, with seats for five thousand persons-an auditorium adapted also to public meetings, balls, and divine service. Here Theodore Thomas wields his magic baton. The garden is beautifully laid out: the walks of Portland stone, the sward green and well divided, and there is a fountain to complete the harmonious spectacle. Apart from the memories that cluster around this attractive resort, in themselves enough to interest many of Mr. Forrest's innumerable admirers, the house is first-class, and we recommend it to the refined and to all who can appreciate the finest and best music amid harmonious surroundings. On South Broad street, at the corner of Locust, directly opposite the Academy of Music, has been put up the grand Colosseum which has already achieved fame at Paris and Vienna, and under the able management of T. B. Pugh, Esq., the renowned organizer and director of the exceptionally successful "Star Courses of Lectures," it will undoubtedly prove one of the greatest attractions and most numerously attended of all the places of resort in the city. Its chief object is to display the gorgeous cycloramic painting of "Paris by Night," which is arranged upon the interior wall in such a way as that, viewed from the designated spot, within the tower, the effect is marvelously real and true to life. The building proper is cylindrical, having a diameter at the base of 129 feet; the main roof is 77 feet from the pavement at the outer edge, while the central tower, 38 feet BUILDING OF THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. diameter, arises to a total altitude of 166 feet. Upon this tower are balconies which afford fine views of the city. But one of the wonders of graceful elegance is the oriental structure, south of the Colosseum, erected by the Kiralfy Brothers and by them appropriately called "The Alhambra Palace;" a veritable Moorish Palace it is, outside and inside. Independently of its splendid array of talent and their unexcelled rendering of popular dramatic and spectacular pieces, the Palace is itself worth a careful inspection. Not the least important of the attractions of this place is the delightful temperature which prevails within when without the temperature is distressingly hot and oppressive; the Garden is one of the most superb and luxurious places we have ever beheld and entered, with its countless lamps of various colors, setting off with rare effect the fountains, grottoes, promenades, carving, paintings, sculptures, and sweet and beauteous flowers. Notes. We have not attempted to chronicle items of news connected with the daily history of the exhibition, because they are given in detail in the daily papers of this city and to some extent in the leading papers of other cities, and in a monthly they become stale before they reach the readers. But there are some things that we feel that we must notice to insure them more permanent record than newspapers afford. these is the fact the the leading papers of foreign lands show i lively appreciative the extent and valse a our Centennial Ecs tion, not only in wurd but by sending lather special correspondens to write them di of all that they deem of intrinsic importier We clip from the Fre Although the Ame rican Centennial EL hibition is admitted t be unparalleled both the extent and vari of the combined plays, it could not, ever if a hundred times larger or more interesting, attract any considerate number of foreign m tors to our shores with out the assistance of e foreign press and the cooperation of is re resentatives. No n ter how grand or h magnificent an tainment may be, it at tains success only when thoroughly advertised. and an international exhibition is no exception to this on tested rule. It is very pleasant to know that, without excep tion, the foreign press has warmly supported and heartily re commended the mighty undertaking, both editorially and in the graphic descriptions furnished by their correspondent The following list of representatives of European journs in daily attendance at the grounds will show that many tire less and talented pens are already engaged in the work Additions to the list are made from day to day: Dr I. de Abrisqueta, La Exposicion International, Spain; L S Wisniowski, Gazeta Polska and Tigodnik Ilustrowany, Wat saw, Poland; Charles Saffray, M. D., delegate of the Parisian press; Henry D'Orval, director of Newspaper Guide; A Loudres, French division; Dr. Henry Kalassowski, Prees Journal, Germany; M. Berardi, Independence Belge L Bloch, L'Evenement, Le Petit Journal, and Le Fournai Illustre, Paris; Ernst Beckman, Aga Daghyt Allhando, Stockholm, Sweden; Mauritz Rubenson, Gothenburg Comercial and Shipping Times, Gothenburg, Sweden; Me David Croal, Haddingtonshire Courier, England; J. F Chesshire, D. D.; Manchester, Examiner England; H Grattan Donnally, Glasgow Neter; E. H. Edwards, Ne Letter, Belfast, Ireland; T. B. Whitefoot, Bermingham Daily Post, England; Ludwig Trieste, Gelitzer Ausger Germany; Paul Liptay, Hungarian journals. The following WOMEN'S MUSIC HALL, UNDER MANAGEMENT OF THEODORE THOMAS. are among the London cor- Bronson Howard, Pall Mall ser Rae, Daily News; God- tively selves But now that our Exhibition is attracting such vast numbers, not only of Americans but also of foreigners, it is worthy of comment that few exhibitors, comparaspeaking, have themappeared upon the scene; nay more, many of them appear wholly unrepresented, except by their respective commissioners. It is almost incredible that after having gone to very considerable expense in preparing and sending here a display of more or less importance, exhibitors should be content with leaving their cases either quite alone, or, at best, under the charge of some youth or workman. Yet such is the case, and thousands of visitors, many of whom may be intending purchases, find that the only representative of an important exhibit is some irresponsible person totally incapable of answering the inquiries of intelligent observ. ers. It is really time that this should be remedied, and it seems strange that exhibitors should have to be reminded that no one is likely to have their interests at heart so much as they themselves, and that, if unable personally to attend, they should at least have themselves represented by men of intelligence and address. Almost all the visitors to the Exhibition come in order to obtain information and acquire knowledge by the ear as well as by the eye, and half the benefit to be derived from an inspection of the treasures exhibited is lost when there are no explanations to be obtained of objects in which the beholder has become interested. of a mass meeting held on the preceding Sunday afternoon by "the International Workingmen's Association," in one of the multitude of refreshment pavilions which line the avenues near the Grounds. It is most gratifying to receive official assurance that there is no actual collision between the United States Centennial Commission and the Centennial Board of Finance. It would be a cause of deep regret, if, after all the oft-repeated as Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, has accepted the tender of the honorary presidency of the Christopher Columbus Monu-surances that the Exposition was to be a National Enterprise ment Association, and in his letter of acceptance he assures that body of his gratification in becoming identified with a work of the kind in America. Among the facts we delight to notice is the noble stand taken by the United States Centennial Commission in upholding the Lord's Day of our Christian Republic. The indecorous efforts made by certain parties to coerce the Commission into opening the Exhibition on Sundays we trust will fail of their object. It is doubtless true that there are many good and estimable individuals who are lending their support to the beer vendors and other similarly interested parties in the crusade against the righteous determination of the Commission, but the sort of "working men" who are most active and demonstrative in the matter may be inferred from the reports in the dailies of Monday, June 13th, even an attempt should be made to take its control out of the hands of the body composed of representative men of all the States and Territories and place it in the hands of a body which is largely composed of Philadelphians. The very designation of "Centennial Board of Finance" would seem to define the nature and purposes of the Board, and strip it of all appearance of superceding or antagonizing the Commission. The Board of Directors of City Trusts have done a wise thing, and set an example which we heartily commend to those who have the supervision of other institutions of learning. During the coming vacation the orphans in Girard College are to be taken in sections by their teachers, as a part their course of instruction, to the Exposition, and there be made familiar with the products of nature and art of the of |