The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Clilmnev-piccc: Rorstrand Co. Limited. Sweden. 72 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1S76. really are. Theoretically, this tendency is a bad one, because it partakes moreor less of sham, which, if we may be permitted to use the figure of speech,is a partially-explored country of vast extent, though without determinate limits,whose inhabitants and all their belongings are regarded with suspicion andcontempt by the honest people who have seen how unsatisfactory and unrealeverything belonging to them proves to be. But \\\ tlie mo
The masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition of 1876 .. . Clilmnev-piccc: Rorstrand Co. Limited. Sweden. 72 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1S76. really are. Theoretically, this tendency is a bad one, because it partakes moreor less of sham, which, if we may be permitted to use the figure of speech,is a partially-explored country of vast extent, though without determinate limits,whose inhabitants and all their belongings are regarded with suspicion andcontempt by the honest people who have seen how unsatisfactory and unrealeverything belonging to them proves to be. But \\\ tlie modern manner ofliving, there are certain conditions of existence which justify a certain amountof deception, and indeed rendf-r it altogether praiseworthy. Here, for example, is a young coupleof moderatemeans, who can-not afford to keephouse or to renta suit of roomsin the neighbor-hood where it isdesirable for themto live. If, how-ever, they could manage to live m a smgle apart-ment, they couldreadily afford toremain near theirfriends. The cabi-net-maker of to-. day steps in andtells them thatnothing is will supplythem with furni-ture that shallmake of the oneapartment a bed-room which canbe turned into aparlor at a mo-ments notice. Heprovides themwitli a bedsteadwhich by some in-genious median- The Grapfilcrs, terra-cotta : S. H. GoJenius, Stockholm. ism transformsitself into a sofa, a wash-stand that becomes a writing-desk, a wardrobe tliat has the appearanceof a secretary, and the thing is done. Now, all this is a very proper andjustifiable proceeding. Our young couple do not want to receive friends in aroom which suggests its use as a bed-room, and they cannot sleep on parlorfurniture; but in this way their difficulty has been removed. If we follow the fortunes of this imaginary pair, and look in upon themagain when their economy at the start has enabled them to have a house oftheir own, luxuriously furnished with all the appliances of wealth and culture, INDUSTRI
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