MODEL HOUSE,
This beautiful “ Baby House,” particularly
desoribed in number fire of our paper, was
presented to the Fair by Miss Catharine Bid
dle, and was valued at $l,OOO. It was pur
chased at that price and given back to Miss
Biddle, who, by its re-sale and exhibition, was
enabled to pay into the treasury the very
handsome sum of $2,300.
Another miniature house, of faultless pro
portions, and furnished with exquisite taste,
even including miniature gas fixtures, which
were capable of being lighted, was presented
by Miss Wurtz, and sold for $BOO.
CUSHMAN ALBUM,
This was a large and superb Album, beau
tifully bound in green and gold, containing 43
exquisite sketches, contributed by as many
artists of note in Boston, New York and this
city. It was intended to be presented to Miss
Charlotte Cushman, as a testimonial of the
appreciation felt for her great liberality to the
Sanitary Commission. Thirteen hundred and
seventy-four dollars were raised for the com
mon fund by its exhibition, of which nearly
five hundred dollars came from oitizens of
Boston.
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UNION AVENUE.
This Avenue, although last to be mentioned
in our sketches, deserves the first praise from
all who can admire that which is grand in
architecture, beautiful in deooration, and com
plete in appointments. Viewed from the mu
sic gallery at the west end, the scene is one of
rare beauty. Banners, flags and trophies
meet the glance at every turn, and the rich
display of oolors in the goods on the shelves
and counters is almost enough to bewilder, if
not weary the eye. The collection in Union
Avenue alone is well worth the prioe of admis
sion charged for the whole building. Nothing
like it has ever been seen in this country, and
never will be again for generations to come.
The grand fairs of the old world sink into in
significance compared with this exhibition.
Everything from a horse shoe to a bride’s
trousseau, or from a penny whistle to a velvet
carpet can be secured without difficulty in
Union Avenue, and to those about setting up
housekeeping, no better plaoe oaa be found
than this, where every artioie needed for oom
fort or decoration is at hand without the in
convenience of traveling over half the city, be
fore the necessary goods are secured.
The centre of the Avenue is a busy mart,
where those who buy can see the articles man
ufactured before their eyes. The Jacquard
Loom is in operation day and night, and its
delicate and intricate machinery draws crowds
of spectators, with whom wonder and delight
alternate as they watch the noiseless working
Oub Daily Pare.
of the loom, or admire the beautiful fabrio
which is the result of these movements. Fancy
neck ties are woven in the loom, and the suc
cess of the table in a financial point of view
may be judged from the fact, that on Friday
last the ladies received over seventy-two dol
lars as the result of the sales of these articles.
American silk enters largely into the materials
used, and this, no doubt, is the main reason
for the great success of the table.
Near to this enclosure, portraits of President
Lincoln and General Grant are being printed
from the plates. Retribution never had a
more striking illustration than is given in the
presses upon which these portraits are print
ed. The press was built in England for the
Confederate government, and was designed to
print Confederate bonds and notes. Alas, for
the vanity of human expectations 1 The press
was part of the cargo of the Bermuda, when
she fell into the hands of our sailors while at
tempting to run the blockade. The press is a
very good speoimen of English workmanship,
and it has found its proper position in the Fair,
where a most capital likeness of “ Honest Old
Abe” is thrown from it daily and hourly to
the intense satisfaction of the loyal visitors to
the exhibition.
Towards the Eastern end of the Avenue,
another specimen of printing is shown. P. S.
Duval & Son have presses in operation print
ing from stone the admirable view in colors of
the Fair Buildings. Few visitors to the great
Fair leave without taking with them one of these
fine lithographs, as a valuable memento of the
grandest exhibition ever witnessed in this
country. So great has been the demand for
these pictures, that it has been found necessary
to procure additional stones for a new edition.
The Bohemian Glass Blowers, who are also
located in the centre walk of the Avenue, give
an interesting exhibition. The glass steam
engine in full operation, attraots crowds at all
hours, and it has been the means of giving
visitors a more comprehensive knowledge of
the power of steam and the mode of using it
than volumes of explanation and description.
As the articles offered for sale at the tables of
the Bohemians are manufactured in the pre
sence of the audience, there has been full op
portunity to gain information.
The machines for making horse shoes are
also features in Union Avenue, and at the same
time they exhibit the rapid strides being made
by the universal Yankee nation in the march
of improvement. The two models exhibited
are similar in many respects, and both do
away with the old tedious process of manufac
ture. A bar of iron, placed at one end of the
machine, comes out at the other end horse
shoes, ready for use. The models are in full
working order, and a large revenue has been
derived from the sale of miniature horse shoes.
Passing from these, we still find enough to
instruct and amuse at the various tables in this
Avenue. At the Western end is the Hospital
At the time of the formation of the Commit
tees of the Great Central Fair, those whose
chief interest for the last three years had bef n
in ministering to the sick and wounded in our
hospitals, desired to be represented, and a
Committee on Hospitals was the result. The
ladies attached to the different hospitals enter
ed warmly into the plan, and a Committee was
immediately formed, Mrs. Thomas P. James
acting as chairman. But the numerous duties
and engagements of Mrs. James in connection
with the Fair, prevented her continuing in
this position, and Mrs. Geo. W. Harris was
chosen in her plaoe. Subsequently a commit
tee of gentlemen was organized, and the joint
Committee was as follows:
LADIES COMMITTEE.
Mrs. G. W. Harris, Chn. Mrs. T. Newbold,
Miss Julia Dunlap, See. Mrs. Brady,
Mrs. General Dana, Mrs. Mallory,
Mrs. Admiral Lardner, Miss Dunlap,
Mrs. Commodore Engle, Miss A. E. Jones,
Mrs. Command’r Turner, Miss Mcllvaine.
Mrs. Charles Cushman,
gents’ committee.
Dr. E. Dyer, Chairman. Dr. H. C. Parry,
Win. F. Jenks, Sec’y. J. E.Mears,
Dr. E. A. Smith, Treat. Jno. E. Brady,
Dr. Wm. W. Keen, George F. Knorr.
Dr. L. S. Bolles,
A circular addressed to the brave soldiers of
our army and to the gallant seamen of our
fiavy, was issued, explaining the object of the
formation of a Committee on Hospitals, and
appealing to them to assist the Committee by
contributions of suoh artioles as they were ac
customed to make for recreation, viz: chains,
rings, picture frames, &c., &o. Bight nobly
did the soldiers and seamen respond to the
appeal of the Committee, and soon in the vari
ous hospitals of this district, at the Naval Asy
lum, and in the squadrons that line our
Southern coast little workshops were organ
ized, and the material supplied by the Com
mittee was rapidly converted into beautiful
specimens of handiwork. In some instances,
altogether in the navy, the soldiers and sea
men contributed the material, and where they
possessed no facilities for the manufacture of
articles, money was freely contributed as their
offering to the noble oause. Unfortunately
for a more complete success of the work of the
Committee, the movements in Virginia began
about this time, and all soldiers who were
able were sent to the front to take part in the
glorious campaign under Grant. In conse
quenoe of this, much unfinished work was left
in the hospitals, although some soldiers insist
ed upon carrying their work with them to the
field and completing it, in order to contribute
something to the noble charity that had min
istered to their needs so freely.
The Committee are especially grateful to the
seamen of our navy for their many valuable
contributions. Owing to the nature of their
servioe, it rarely falls within the province of