1 76 Reminiscences of 



President of the United States, asking for your 

 removal and the appointment of another in your 

 place." 



This was a stunner, and the General arose, saying: 



"My God! What do they want? What more can 

 I do?" 



I rejoined, "Let them go and take their places." 



"Let them," said the General; "let them go and 

 take their places. Will that satisfy them?" 



"Certainly it will," I rejoined, "and that is all 

 they can desire." 



Upon this we made our adieus, thanking the Gen- 

 eral for his consideration. 



As rapidly as a cab could drive us, we hurried 

 back to the general meeting room, which was my 

 salon at the Grand, I having freely tendered it to the 

 exhibitors and commissioners in the absence of any 

 other provided place of meeting at that time. 



We circulated the information as rapidly as we 

 could to all interested, and it was great news for 

 the exhibitors. It was a life scramble for place and 

 there was great hurrying to and fro. 



I was fully prepared, having completed all my 

 cases and shelving of more than a thousand feet 

 with plate-glass fronts and proper adornments. I 

 had a valuable assistant, a Parisian whom I had em- 

 ployed to constantly guard my collection. I soon 

 had twenty workmen at double pay on the swing 

 for all-night work in placing my shelving, hanging 

 maps, and spreading my ores, and by 10 o'clock in 

 the morning I had everything in place, and my as- 

 sistants were just distributing a plentiful supply of 

 fresh flowers over the top railings, when General 



