patriotic dames to join the Loyal League?
Hear what one of them says :
By a solemn league and covenant our ladies
now are bound to wear no foreign fabrics
when domestic can be found, like our patriotic
grandmamas of the days of ’7O, who gladly
gave up silks and teas to help their country’s
“fix.” And we, the girls of ’Ol, will fellow in
their path, and gladly dress in homespun robes
and brave the foreign wrath; we’ll have no
silks from ports of France, we’ll do without
kid gloves, and wear the gloves that nature
gave, like patriotic doves. Geneva watches
shall not tick beneath our homespun belts, nor
will our lovely faces shine beneath imported
felts; our brides shall blush ’neath natural
flowers instead of those of France; no foreign
masters shall we have to teach us how to dance.
The beauties hiding not their bloom with veils
of print or thread, will turn their eyes, cast
fatal darts, and shoot their lovers dead ; and
those who foreign labels paste upon their home
made bales unless they quickly take them off
will not find ready sales—for all have joined,
both young and old, to help their country’s
need, and give support to those brave hearts
who now for Union bleed.
We are requested to state for the Importa
tion Committee, that the non-arrival of boxes
expected by this Committee has occasioned
some little embarassment in this department.
Fortunately the four boxes sent from San
Francisco by the late Rev. J. Stabb King’s
congregation, contained Japanese and Chinese
goods, shells, rare minerals and valuable curi
osities, which rendered them particularly ap
propriate for this department. A large-sized
photograph of this eloquent divine occupies a
central position at this stand, and a printed
placard calls attention to the fact, that the
articles displayed on the shelves and counter
beneath, were contributed by his congregation.
Among these were Japanese cabinets, trays,
boxes of all descriptions, China vases, cups
and saucers, and a beautiful bowl, an ex
quisitely carved ivory card case, a rare Japa
nese dress, Chinese umbrellas, fans, kites,
fireworks, paintings on rice paper, an oil pic
ture, by Gleason, of The Golden Gale, photo
graphs of California scenery, and of the late
Rev. J. Stabb King and the interior of his
church, and many other equally interesting
contributions. The demand has been so great
for these articles, that very few are now left.
A box from Sweden has just been opened
Others are daily expected from Paris and
Constantinople.
As we have said before several times—and
intend to keep on saying—there is at the Daily
Fare counter, in Union avenue, second central
table from the door, the celebrated dagger of
Gabibaldi, borne by him in all his battles,
which is to be “allotted” to a popular favorite
—that is to say, any person, on payment of a
certain sum, being allowed to record the name
of any one to whom he may wish to have it
assigned. Among all the objects in the Fair
which are being balloted for, there is not one
so truly valuable or curious as this. Its his
torical associations are more interesting than
u:e, ZDjIiLY IF'.A.iEa :e.
those attached to any one weapon of modern
times. The voting for it is, we believe, pro
gressing, but we have not at hand the
figures which set it forth to-day. Among
other books of registry is that of the Book
of llonob, in which any person who chooses
may, on paying one dollar, record the
name of any soldier, whether officer or pri
vate, who has fought in this war, or of any
loyal man or women who has in any way aid
ed the great cause of the Union. It is to be
hoped that many will be recorded, as the
work—which is to be deposited in the Phila
delphia Library after the conclusion of the
Fair—will be a great curiosity in a few years,
and a cause of true honor to all whoso friends
and relatives are inscribed therein.
We beg leave to call the attention of visitors
to one of the novelties to be found in the
New Jersey Department. In the centre of the
Burlington county table stands an exquisite
specimen of the rare art of illumination. A
text of Scripture, the words— “Gloi'y to God in
the highest, and on earth peace, good-will to
wards men,” is elaborated in the most tasteful
and striking manner, being painted in rich
colors and gold, with wonderful skill. It is
the work of Miss Jeanie Lee, of Burlington,
and by her presented to the New Jersey De
partment of the Fair. The beautiful, and ap
propriate frame of black walnut, in which it
is enclosed, and which adds so much to the ef
fect of the whole, is the gift of Andrew .Jones,
Esq., of Philadelphia. It is to bo sold by sub
scriptions of twenty-five cents, and presented
to the chapel of St. Mary’s Ilall, and all old
pupils of that institution visiting the Fair will
have an opportunity of placing their names on
the list.
Among the attractions at the Book Table,
a correspondent enumerates the following:
Here is to be found Audubon’s Birds, a splen
did copy of the folio edition, price $250
Copies of this work have frequently brought
$BOO and $lOOO. Also the Boydell Shakspeare,
valued at $5OO, and to be subscribed for as a
gift to Mr. Murdoch, who, by his own exer
tions, has raised $OO,OOO for our sick and
wounded soldiers. This splendid book was
presented to the Fair by the Rev. Dr. Wm.
Furness, and is the copy originally in the pos
session of the Duke of Bedford. The magnifi
cent Centenary Festival Edition of Schiller’s
Minor Poems, which adorned this table during
the first two days of the Fair, was sold on
Thursday to Rout. M. Hooper, Esq., for $lOO.
F. Leypoldt was the munificent donor of this
book, and also of a copy of Dore’s Illustra
trations to Dante, photographed and bound
in one thick volume, the price of which
is $4O, while the original work costs $OO.
Pobson & Nicholson have contributed a
gorgeously bound copy of Coppee’s Gallery of
Famous Poets, and Ashmead & Evans, a fine
assortment of photograph albums, one of
which, bound in crimson velvet, enriched with
exquisite wood coverings, is surely a gem of
its kind.
Among the books published expressly for
the Fair, and for sale at this table, are the
Practical Cook Book, by Miss Moss; Poems
and Translations, by Mrs. R. M. Hooper, and
Mrs. Owen Wistars charming life of Walter
Newhall.
J. B. Lippincott, Esq., Chairman of this
department, undertakes to furnish any book
not on hand, which may be ordered.
One of our humor-loving Friends,
on entering the Penn Parlor, was asked by a
lovely qua—aint little Friend of his acquain
tance, if he would not buy a photograph?
Carefully revolving the old [day upon words,
he purchased it, slyly saying, “ Mai:v, in thy
handsthe foc-to-graphic art becomes a Friend.”
The following hilht-dnux was picked up in
the Floral department last night. It was
written in pencil, and the address illegible.
We suppose “Mollie” will know the author.
Oh fairust Mollie, wilt thou, be min'*?
What shall I do to gain thy hand anti heart?
At modistes' bills I never will repine,
Nor iit the price of cashmeres wildly start.
Do you a dotal of high omprize require,
■Whether to pull Jett*. Davis by the heard,
Or Beauregard to cane with virtuous ire,
To tlo or die your X is not afeanl.
A GREAT Sret'ESS,
The Committee announce that financially the
Fair is a great success. The receipts since
the opening have averaged about $lOO,OOO per
day. Yesterday, §14,0(10 was received for
admissions alone, and the receipts for about
one-third of the Department was §40,000.
One table in the “Lingerie” Department took
in cash yesterday, 8”,000.
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE METROPOLITAN
BY A WOUND MB SOLDIER.
Among the contributions from “ without the
city,” none were more admired than the blue
velvet album filled with sketches by Philadel
phia artists. This we owed to two patriotic
sisters-in-law, we were told, and it was one of
the attractions of the “Art Gallery.”
The contributions from Switzerland were
very beautiful and valuable. Musical boxes,
watches, bracelets, the famous Swiss carved
work, silks, and some “kirsch-wasscr” in which
you could drown your sorrows, and some
“absynthe,” in which you could dry them up
again. More than $12,000 was derived from
the Swiss goods alone.
In fact, the “Seventeenth-street building,”
which “rose like an exhalation,” was built to
accommodate the great overflow of gifts lrom
abroad. One table indeed (Mrs. R. M. Hunt s)
made over §28,000 from foreign goods. Even
“perfide Albion” found a voice and sent us a
very handsome contribution.
The Seventeenth-street building had a ghost
of itsown. If wohadknownlicintendedtocome,
we should have exhibited him for pay, but he
was evidently an honest ghost, and had not
his price. So anybody of an evening could go