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THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Descriptions of tho Magnlflcont
Buildings for tho Exposition.
1 HISTORY OF THE CELEBRATION.
Tho Fair Will Surpass Any Universal
Exposition Ever Held Many J-'old.
Each Building Described?What
Visitors May Expect to See When
Thoy Visit Chicago?A Graphic Review
of tho Work that lias Been
Done.
Tho formal dcdicalion of tho World's
Columbian Exposition nlfords the first
opportunity for public examination,
criticism, and approval or disapproval
of tho building to bo devoted to this
great international enterprise. To-day
flni'll nil lltn nrnnl Knil>1i>i?a whfoYl nil IV
existed to tho arahitectural oyo twolve
months ago, now practically completed
and ready for tho installation of exhibits.
In tho quick succession with
which tho waves of progress and enterprise
havo succeeded each other some
changes havo naturally been made, and,
as a result, an educational building not
yet bes;un may find a place among tho
other jrreat structures of the fair before
the formal opening on the lirat of May.
"With tho growth and development of
the original plans the financial necessities
of the fair have also treniondouply
increased, but public enthusiasm has
fortunately kept jiaco with this rapid
dovolopment until the contemplated
$5,000,000 world's fair ol threo years ago
has now grown to a World's Columbian
Exposition with $18,750,000 available
and to bo actually expended beforo the
gates are opened to visitors. In addition
to this, millions of dollars aro to be
expended by the several statos in the
construction of state buildiny* and installation
of stato exhibits. Tho management
ol tho World's Columbian Exposition
may bo said to bo vested in
lour organizations: Tho national commission.
authorized by Congress; the
"World's Columbian Exposition, organized
under tho laws of tlio statu ot Illinois;
the board of lady manager?, authorized
by Congress, and tho world's
congress auxiliary. Tho national commission
is coiapo'sod of eight commisBioners-at-largo,
with alternates; two
commissioners from each state, territory
and the District of Columbia, one
Democrat and ono Republican, appointed
by tho President on the nomination
of their respective governors.
The board of lady manager* is composed
of two members, with the alternates,
from each state and territory, and
nino from tho city of Chicago. It has
Ithe supervision oi' women's participation
in the exposition, and of whatever
jexhibits of women(s work may be
'made. This recognition of women
marks an epoch in the World's Exposition,
as in no previous international
fair Has women and her works, influences
and industrial importanco been
so formally recognized. Mrs. Bertha
H. Palmer is president and Mrs. Susan
Gale Cooke, secretary of tho board of
lady managers.
The World's Congress Auxiliary was
organized for the purposo of holding a
series of congresses to supplement the
exposition that will be made of the material
progress of the world by a portrayal
of the achievements in science,
literature, education, government, jurisprudence.
morals, charity, art religion,
and other branches of mental activity.
Tho Hon. C. C. Bonney, of Chicago, is
president of the Congress Auxiliary, but
equal praise for its succoss is due to the
Hon. Thomas B. Bryan, tho cosmopolitan
scholar of tho exposition, whose
matchless diplomacy has been so many
times invoked to crown the triumphs of
the groat World's Fair enterprise.
George K. Davis, of Chicago, is director
general of the entire exposition and
therefore Its chiof executivo ollicur.
The World's Columbian Exposition is
to cost throe tiinos as much as any
previous exposition in tho history of
the world. It occupies aboat four times
as many acres, and has about twice as
much space under roof as tho greatest
of former expositions.
The following aro tho countries which
have officially inado application to Chief
Walter Fearn for spaco, and have received
allotments: Argentine Kopublic,
Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Chile, China. Columbia, Corca,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt,
Ecuador, France and its possessions,
Groat Britain and overy British possession
Ctmorn. Guatemala, Hawaiian Is
lands, Hayti, Honduras, Hungary, Italy,
Japan, Liberia, Mexico, Madagascar,
Netherlands and all colonies, Nicaraugua,Norway,
Paraguay, Perain, I'eru,
Russia, Salvador, San Domingo, Servia,
61am, Sweden, Switzerland, Uraguay
and Venezuela.
Of these tho following countries will
have independent government buildings:
Austria, Canada, Ceylon, China,
Columbia, Costa Hica, Ecuador, France,
Great Britain, Guatemala. Hayti, Italy,
Japan, Nicaragua, Norway, Russia, Sweden
and Turkey.
Concessions liavo been in silo for
the purposo of conducting theatres,
restaurants, shops and representations
ol nntivo life to tho tallowing governments:
Algeria, Austria, China, British
India, Dahomey, Egypt, Hungary,
The Islands of the Pacific, Italy, .lapuii,
Morocco, Persia, Sandwich Islands and
Tunis.
It is estimated 'hat tho expenditures
of foreign governments will bo at least
826,800.000.
Tho following shows tho assignment
of spaco already-made to somo of tho
prom In on'.nations of tlio globe:
Atutrlft. .....?...about iM.OOO square icct.
' ? iooxoo
; jseiffiuu
i Denmarft ...... " M.ooo "
! Franco. 44 2.W.000 "
Qarmaay... UW.OCO ?
: Great nriWilli ? 250,000 " ?
Japan ' 60,000 " ?
[JUxtoo ~.... 44 oi.ooo
| Britlah Colonies " joo.ooo " ?<
I Canada... " 70,000 4 11
f Gnee*. " 10,000 " ?
I Baaa'.a. - " 300,000 " "
Bweden " 40,000 ?
Norway ?... " W),oco 44 ?
ItBlf " ^A.000 44
flpjllu " SO. COO " ?
Total about 1,C00,000 square feet.
Tho truo magnitude of tho World's
Columbian Exposition can onlyboroalizod
when it is atatod that, tho' United
States not considered, tho spaco already
allotted to foroign nations alone
oxceeds tho total spaco of any previous
world's Mir. la addition to this will
come tho space of American exhibitor
which far exceods the apgrcgato 0f all
the foreign nations of tho world.
Nearly every stato in tho Union has
mado appropriations for stato buildings
ana stato oxhibits, and thoro nro
already under construction no less than
[thirty nuto buildings on mo i;rounus.
J Tho World'* Fair eilo is in Jackson
Park and Midway l'laisance, about sir
miles from tho contcr o! tho city of
Chicifjo, end 1.0S7 acros is ombrnrcd in
tho site. Thia is nearly four time] tho
area of any provious exposition, and
tbo number of squaro loot uudor roof,
B,000,000, ii nourlv twice as much as tliu
greatest exposition of tha past. Tho
beauty of tho location of tho buildings
of tho World's Columbian Exposition
is that nonrly every structure trout* on
tho lako, tho entire eastern limits of
tho park for a miJo and a half being
i washod by tho waters of Lako Michi*
gun.! In tho northora portions of the
| j.ark are groupod nearly all tho state
buildings, tho line art building and tho
various structures of foreign nations.
N t comes the fisheries building,
which is situated just north of tho lagoon,
and directly west of the lishoriea
b... iing on tho opposite sicio of tho
pari:, stands the woman's building.
Souih of the woman's building and on
the iame sido of tho iauoon. which par
ui ".i the lake, aro the horticultural
I ; Jing and the transportation building.
To the southward of the government
building, on the east eido of tho
lagoon and bordering on tho lake, is the
giant structure of the fair, tho manu-.
fjM 'uros and liberal arts buildiue. South
oi this odiflco is tho great pier, for
lake steamers, extending 1,000 feet
into the lako and on one wing of which
h tin music hall. Extending westward
iron; the pier is a lonir avenue several
hundred feet wide. All down this grand
uvendOj encompassing a beautiful sheet
of water, stand imposing buildings
alontf tho mujostic facades of which
ewei-pi the gazo of the visitor until it
roi'..L on the administration building
nearly a mile distant. West of the agricultural
building stands machinery
hall, which is its equal in size and is esjjpei:
Uy rich in architectural linos and
.ietpils. To the northward of tho admin:
tration building on cither side
and i icing tho grand avouuo stand two
more immonoe buildings, one for tho
elcctiical and tho other for the mining
exhibit. Near by is tho wooded island
delightful gom of primitive nature?
in striking contrast with tho elaborato
productions of human skill which surrouad
it. In the south-western portion
oi the grounds are tho great depots, tho
mmit -0U9 rnilwiiv lrneks find tho stock
faini! es. Tilts forestry building fronts
tin? !. ko in the south-east and near-by
jp tho saw mill, the dairy building and
various other smaller but equally intcreHtin
-r strut lures.
UHACTUltES AXD LIBERAL ARTS.
I.li t' a giant among pigmie* the Manufactures
and Liberal Arts building
looms up above ita companion buildinjja
until their colossal proportion arc
d war led into inaignitteanco by tho very
comparison. Noted as the largest
building ever constructed, itlosea nothing
oi its beauty by ita si/.e, aa in symmetrical
proportions ami design it
rivals any of the great architectural
triumphs of tho AVorid'a Columbian
Exposition. This building, v.hich is
coiuj)leted and ready for oxhibits today
coverj over thirty acrca and ha3 in
floor space, including galleries, an area
of forty-three acrca. It is over u quarter
of a mile in length, cost ?1.700,000
and contains 11,000,000 feet of lumber
and 10,000,000 pounda of iron. It ia
only possible to appreciate tiio itn
monsity of thia structure by comparison,
and when one is told that it is four
times larger than tiio old Roman
Coliseum, \vl}ich seated 80,000; that the
great pyramid Cheops could be comfortubly
housed on its inside and still
leave room for the Sphinx, Cleopatra's
Needle, Liberty Statue 011 Bedloe's
Inland and Notre Damo of Paris as additional
attractions, an adequate appreciation
is received of its magnitude.
It is the boast of its
builders that iho Manufactures
Huildinir contains in its roof alone
onou<:ii iron and steel to build two
Brooklyn bridges. An unprecedented
feat of engineering and architecture
is accomplished in the' construction
of the roof of this building. Under the
single roof span of tho building over
the main hall is enclosed over eleven
acres, an urea entirely freo from supporting
pillars or posts, from which the
1 oof, over 200 foet above, looks tike tho
vaulted heavens haying for its support
the horizou, whore roof and earth
(rraduallv annoar to approach each
other. A gallery fifty foot,wide encircles
tho interior of tho building and projecting
trom.this nro eighty-six smaller
ealleries, twelve feet wide, from which
visitors will have an excellent view of
the acres of exhibits bolow. Its multitude
oi galleries, corridors and aisles,
paralleling and intersecting, give the
interior of tho building the appearance
of a great city, so much so indeed that
a eystem of streot nomenclature has
been found necessary in indicating tho
geographical location of exhibits.
Ten thousand electric lights will be
necessary to illuminate tho building.
If the fantasy had led tho exposition
ofiicials to have indeed constructed a
city beneath this roof along the various
avenues and streets, 1,000 col legos could
have found room within its walls and a
population of 5,000 pooplo could have
existed here without a singlo discomfort
of an over-crowded cfty. The Corinthian
style of architocturo is tho one
which prevails in this building.
Severely classic, this long array of
columns and arches which its facades
present is relieved by elaborate ornamentation
of fennilo figures, symbolical
oi tho various arts and sciences. Three
hundred thousand poople can be comfort
nhl^ unntml in this building:, and the
largest* standing army in the world
?time of Russia?-could bo mobilized
beneath its roof.
KI.ECTRICITY BUILDING.
In tiie electricity building is to be exhibited
tiio crowning glory of thq nineteenth
century. No other industry or
science haa made such progress within
the last ''ccado, and thift building and
its exhibits may bo doclarod a monument
to inon already living?to Edison,
of America, Werner Siemens, of Germany
and Sir William Thompson, of
England, the men who have led tho
van in electrical discoveries and inventions.
This is tho first timo in a groat exposition
that olectricity has been named
as one of the important departments of
industry. For tho Columbian Exposition,
however, thooo intrustod with the
formulation of tho great classifications
have soon lit to give electricity a most
prominent position, and by preparing
a distinctive classification mado it imperative
on tho exposition company to
provide a special building for electrical
exhibits. Thin building is ercctod at a
coat of $350,000, and la over <ou icoi
long and ::.io foot wiclo. The architecture,
in which tho Ionic and Corinthian
prevail, in calculated to hurinonizo perfectly
witii the intended ttso ot tho
building. Tho intorior decorations
nioroover havo been designed espociallv
with a view to the artistic lighting,
which will bo one of tho main features
?' tho exhibit. Tho colorings for the
intorior will bo blue gray for the walls,
with throe shades of blue for facings,
the lower part of tho trusses and heavy
pillars boiiii; very light blue, the shades
deepening a? thov .ucond to the monitors
of tin building.
The exterior of the building is to be
croam color. The lour great entrances
aro to be treated in lomon yellow with
harmonious fiuishincs in fresco auu
bordorings of un enlivening character.
Tho several tutors of the building will
offer opportunities for many protty
otfccts in nrt and Incandescent lighting
and this wii. bo takon advantage of by
tho dopnrtmont. .Special forms of fancy
lighting will also obtain to light up tho
four great entrances. Up to this time,
fourteen foreign nations have indicated
their intention to bo represented in tho
electrical suction: England, France,
Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy,
(.'.inuda,'S#o(icn. Mexico. HaMia, Spain,
Norway, Holland and Denmark. All
theeo nations have boon allottod apace
varying in amount from L'0,000 square
feet down to -0U.
But electricity, as exemplified in the
exhibits and in its power lor usefulness,
does not end with the electricity build- !
in^. Its application begins at the mammoth
power-house situated in tho machinery
hall and extends by means of |
wiro? to convey light, heat, power and
signals lo cvory part of the grounds and j
all of tho buildings and it then goes out- j
side tho grounds by means of tho tele- 1
graph and telophono to all parts of tho
world. This great power plant is to in- i
elude electrical machinery aggregating I
21,000 horsepower. Steam will not bo j
allowed in any part of the grounds or in '
any of the buildings excepting at this j
central power station. All power at)
other points will be by clectrical transmission.
The machinery of exhibitors
in all the other departments will bo
driven by electric motors, 4,000 to 0,000
electrical horse power being supplied
for that purpose. The grounds* and
buildings will bo lighted by electricity,
7,000 arc lamps of 2,000 candle power
each and between 100,000 and 150,000 incandescent
lamps.
ART UDILDINO.
The most substantial building of the
World's Fair and the one likely to remain
a permanent structuro iu Jackson
Park is the art building. It ia tho lireproot
building on the grounds and great
pains Itavo been taken to notify and assure
Kuropean art exhibitors that their
treasures would bo secure from any
possible conflagration that might break
out during tho exposition. Of n GrccianIouic
stylo which will receive as much
artistic praise as tho exhibits on the
inside, this building of classic architecture
has been constructed at an expense
of $070,000. It ia 50U feet long and
:I20 feet wide and has two annexes each j
of which is 200 by 120 feet. Tho floor
space of the main building and annexes
is six and one-half acres.
In its very location an appeal is made
to artistic sentiment, tho south of the
building fronting directly on tho lagoon
with an immense flight of steps leading
from the ornamented terrace to the
very water's edge. New pleasure boats
of every description will land, from the
gondola of Italy and the birch bark
canoe of the Hodmen to the electric
launch of this last decade of invention.
It is a eourco of great gratification to
tlio worm a rair omciais inai uio
amount of Iv.tH apace requested by tho
icreat nations of Europe in thin building
is greater than that occupied by
them oil at the last Paris Exposition.
The head of tho French Art Commission
declares that his ambition is to
exhibit at tho Columbian exposition a
liner exhibition of French art than
waa shown at tho recent great Paris exposition.
MACHINERY 1IALL.
The inventive genius of tho closing j
decade of tho century is to be displayed
in machinery hall ;and when this build- |
ing is open to visitors its interior will
be one great maze of moving machinery.
It is located at the extreme south end
of the grounds and in tho center of the I
nark from side to side. Over 800 feet
long and 500 feet wide, with an annex I
of 550 feet in length and 490 feet in I
width, this vast structure cost $1,200,-j
000, and has a floor snace of over 17
acres. One of tho features of this building
is that tho vast arched trusses which
support tbe root ol cno main Dtmuing i
aro bnilt separately of iron and ateel in
such manner that they may bo taken
down and used as railroad train houses
or state exposition buildings. The
steam power which will movo the multifarious
machinery of this building
after the installation of these mechanical
exhibits is supplied from a largo
power houso just adjoining to the
south. Kvory emrino and every dynamo
will bo an exhibit, and in nearly overv
case the vast expense of installation is
borne by tiie exhibitor. The design of
the exterior of machinery hall is severely
classical and modeled in detail from
the renaissance of Seville and other
Spanish citic9. The two facades on the
court afo adorned with colonnades and
other artistic architectural features,
which contribute to make the exterior
view of this buiiding an imposing one.
The interior oi the main buildincr,
spanned by the three great arched
trusses, gives the appearauce of threo
great exposition halls aide by side but
..ii A r.n r??
UII til UUU li. iiu-iwuu pituci j auin/uiiug
tlio interior ol tho structure.
Tho connecting links between machinery
hull and tho (i2ricuHur.1l building
near by is a colonnade with cafes at
either end?tho restaurant question being
ono of tho great questions of tho
the fair and a matter always kept in
night in tho econoinica of construction.
In tho center of thin colonnado is an
arch-way leading to tho cattlo exhibits
and from this portico is obtained it <Jolightful
view of nearly the length of the
Venetian lagoons. Bridges, tunnols
anil subways aro all invoked to atlord
easy communication between machinery
hall and its annex, as well as to afford
ogres a into the administration,
minosaud transportation buildings. The
annex, though of immense proportions is
simple in design and modeled after a
mill or foundry.
TIIS TRANSl'OItTATlOX BUILDING.
It requires but a moment's glanco for
the visitor to recognize the transportation
building, for 011 cvorv sido of this
mammoth structure are figures and
statuary emblematic of tho industry to
which it is dedicated. An era in the
ago of invention is marked by this beincr
tho first timo -in tho history of
world's fairs that an ontire building i?
dovoted to tho scienco of trnnsportatian.
Modeled after tho Romanosquo
ar.d the methods of tho Ecolo do9 Beaux
Arts, this building is simple in architectural
treatment, yet elaborate in tho
detail of its finish. Tho main building
is 060 feot lone and 250 feet widn, and
tho annex still larger, being 000 feet by
425 feot. The total floor spaco of tho
main building and annex is thirteen
and one-half acros, and the total cost
$370,000. In the center of tho main
building a cupola ltlo feet high and provided
with eight olovato.-s gives visitors
an opportunity to obtain nn excellent
view of tho entire oxposition from this
eminence.
The annex to thisbuildinft.liko nearly
till the other additions that havo been
found necessary to tho great oxposition
building*, is only one story high, but it
is probably the largost annex in the
grounds, extending far to the westward
and covering over nino acres. Its groat
length, 000 feot, is for tho purpose of exhibiting
entiro passenger and freight
trains of all countrioj,coupled and ready
for morinv.
THB AGRICULTDRAI. BIMLDINO.
It is a fitting tribute to husbandry
and the millions ongagod in this occupation
in the United States that of the
immense buildings devoted to a single
art. scioneo or industry, the agricultural
building heads tho list. 0: course, it Is
not so larso as the manufactures building,
but tho lattor represents all the
alliod industries that may bo classed
under tho general term o! ir.anafacturcs,
while agricclture Is a ipeciiic
torm aupiicablu only to thoso who till
the soil for the annua! yield thereof,
and not to bo confounded with horticulture,
dairying, live stock and forestry,
all of which nrc classed as separate exhibits
and cacti oi which has a separate
building. Tho agricultural building is
an attractive Htruc^uro, 800 l'eet long
and 500 (cot wide, and has n floor spacu
of nearly nineteen acre?. It stands
quite noar the lako shore, and in form
resembles tho lotter T, one portion being
500 feet long and tho other portion
20(1 feet The {wilding cost $818,000,
and is so planned in its details as to
give all tho accommodations desired by
tho farmers, it is a single story structure.
and of :< design designated as tho
heroic l>y tho architects. Tho many
groups of statuary that adorn tho exterior
of the building, combined with
Corinthian pillars fifty feet high at the
entrance, give the structure a striking
appearance. The main entrance to the
agricultural building is sixty-four feet
wide, and the rotunda is 100 foot in diameter
and surmounted by a glass (Idim;
that sheds a daylight clearness oil all
exhibits.
An agricultural experiment station
in operation will bo one of tho moBt interesting
features of tho exhibit, and
I *]in nrnHnrfn ,-?f irriewtion and sections
I will also bo awarded a conspicuous
placo.
TIIE HORTICULTURAL HDIUMNO.
Tho horticultural building and its
onormouR dimensions oi 1,C00 feet long
aud 38<i feet wide are only another evidence
of tho prominence assigned to
tho kindred industries of the noil. In
the list of buildings, all assigned to
closoly alliod occupations, aro tho agricultural,
horticultural, loroytry nr.d
dairy buildings, nearly all of which in
pasi world's expositions have boon enclosed
beneath a single roof. The horI
ticultural building of the World's Columbian
Kxposiiioc will cost about
^'400,000, anil its entire Boo:- spaco is
over six and one-half acres. Tho exterior
oi the building i- of ctal!' or
slucco of a warm bull' and on tho roof
of tho building, around tho central
dome, an olaborato display of roof-j;ardening
is soon. In front of tho building
is a flower terrace for outside exhibits.
including tanks for nympheas
and victoriaregia. A low parapet in
front ol this terrace bordors the water
and at the center aflords a commodious
boat landing. The plan of this building
is a central pavilion with two end
pavilions, each corincctod with tho center
pavilion by front and rear curtains,
forming two interior courts, ench 88 by
-'70 feor. Those courts are beautifully
decoralod in color and planted with ornamental
shrubs and llowers.
THE DAtftV I1UILDINO.
The broad acres of tho wostorn farm
the dairies of Now England and Now
York and tho centurics of oxporionco of
tne lieriditary dairymen 01 swiizenanu
and tho old world are to be brought
into close competition in the dairy
building, which is 200 feet long and 100
l'eet wide and has been constructed at
a cost of $:J0,000. Tho desire to make
tho World's Columbian Exposition a
great educational enterprise from which
the whole world is to drink at tho fount
of knowledge is no where bettor exhibited
than in the dairy building. On
the first tloor in the most conspicuous
plnco will be displayed tho butter exhibit,
and just in the rear in a space,
25x100 feet, the model dairy and dairy
school will be conducted. Four hundred
spectators can bo seated in the
ampitncalcr seats which surround this
room.
THE FORESTRY BUILDING.
The most novel of all tho World's
Fair buildings in its construction and
design is the Forestry building. It is
almost incrodiblo to conceive that a
building 500 feet long and 200 feet wide
can bo built without a nail or an ounco
of metal in its construction, yet this
teat has been accomplished in tho forestry
building. This is a structure, too,
which in point of strength is one of tho
strongest buildings on tlio ground and
its location on the very verge of the
water makes it necessary for it to withstand
all tho strength of tho tierce lnko
winds that previal all the winter. The
rustic is naturally tho idea that has
been uppermost at'all times in tho construction
of the forestry building and
the effect accomplished is one certainly
ditlicult to surpass. A colonade consisting
of a scries of columns composed
of three treo trunks twenty-live teet in
length and from sixteen to twenty inches
in diameter surrounding the building
and support the roof of tho veranda. In
every instance tho bark in its native
state has boen conscientiously preserved
on tho timbers and scarcely at
any point can the trace of the woodman's
axe or tho carpenter's adz bo observed,
so carofully constructed hns
been every mortise and tenon. Every
stato and territory in the union and
even far-off Alaska has contributed to
tho material in this structure and the
foroign nations of tho world from tho
mahogany forests ol tropica! Brazil, to
tho fir trees of the Alps and the stunted !
bushes of tho Arties havo each a memento
entoring into tho construction or
nunc ornamentation ui huh uutiuijig.
The consummate skill of some of the
most export wood-workers of the world
is exhibited in the variegated mosaic
work to bn seen at tlio entrance and at
many points through the edifice. In
this crest nation of mpuntair.3 and
valleys, of upland* and lowland) and
plains, it will not ho surprising to hoar
that tho forestry building and ioroign
exhibit nro to be on a scale immeasurably
superior to all past international
expositions.
Till! FISHERIES r.l'lLDINO.
Ono of the most; unique structures of
tho World's-Fair is tho Fisheries Build
in;?. Krectod at n cost of $224,000, this
building with its two annexes has a
lloor spoco oi over three acres. This
building with its annexes is 1,000 feet
lone and 200fcet wide and is situated on
tho cast side of the largo island in the
extreme north of the lagoon. Of course
rocks, in01309 and liclions constitute a
largo portion of tho decorations and
furnishings of this building. The substantial
structure of tho Fisheries Building
is composed of wood, iron, stoeland
glass, staff as usual boing used for the
ontsido-covering.
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II 19 UUlUOUi]IIIUaU III1U liYCIJf 1WI lit Ut
fish, animal and insect lifo that finds a
homo in salt or fresh water shall bo exhibited
in this building*. Monstrous
devil fish, sharks, and even a live tvhale
will all bo seen, and tho United States
Fish Commission will exert all its resources
In adding to the varioty and
richness of the exhibit. Tho coral insoct
that builds Krcnt Islands in midocean,
the sea anemones that exist hnlf
vegetable and half fish miles below the
suriace of the soa, and indeed every
known variety of fish and sub-marine
water animal will be seen alive in the
fisheries building.
THE WOMAN'S BUILDING.
The architecture and decorations of
the woman's building have boen entirely
planned and carried out bv women.
HT IUU UICUI > *3 HI Otiun kUbit
moni in cor'tain lines of art, and especiallv
in thoee fields which should bolonp
partly to thom. It is388 feot lonjj.
109 feot wtdo and cost 5133,000. The
architect, Miss Hayden, had just completed
her course in tho Massachusetts
school of technology, and that sho had
both ability and scholarly attainments
is evidenced by the beautiful creation
which sho has* planned for the exposition
grounds, its size makinp it mu_?i
more harmonious in its proportions
than the larger buildings, tho latter being
in gonoral, longer in proportion to
their height. Miss Hayden has been
able to incorporate withtho most beautiful
dignity and harmony of proportions,
tho greatest relinement of detail,
and that gaioty, lightness, which should
bo an onential feature of an exposition
building. Tho woman's building is the
only one which possesses roof-gardens,
tho effect of which will bo most delightful
when covered by gaily colored awnings
and adorned with tropical folia?o
planti?, the arrangement of which is to
be taken in charge by tho French cornmission,
undor the direction of the most
celebratod Jandscapo gardener in the
world. The vases filled with flowering
plants, to bo placed on the balconies of
the second story, will also contribute to
tho gaioty of tho general effect. Tho
pediments and groupB forming tho
sculptural ornamentation oI tde building
aro now being placed in position
and bear a beautiful relation to tho
whole design*'
MIXES AND MIXING.
One of tho most prominent buildings
of tho World's Fair is llio minos and
mining, a structure 700 feet long and
350 feet wide, and situatod between tho
electricity and transportation buildings.
It cost $265,000. It has a floor space of
nearly nine acres and its architecture is
of tho Italian renaissance with a lifjht
French spirit visible in its exterior design.
There aro four great entrances to
the build ins, one on each side, but those
of the north and south are tho most
protcntious. Broad llights of stairways
lead to the galleries from each side of
tho general entrance?. Theso galleries
which aro lighted by spacious side
windows, as well as by tbe apertures
above, aro 2o feot above thogrounu floor
and aro GO feot wide. Representative of
the industry to which the edifice is dedicated
ar.o prominent allegorical figures
over the main doorway. A colossal,
half reclining, female figure holds aloft
tho nrnvnrluii! Inmn nnd nink of the
miner, while at various othor points
may bo seen other emblematic decorations
illustrative of mines and mining.
Spacious prciuenadea on the gallery
lloor atlord a fine view of the north and
the south. These covered promenades
are 25 foot wide and 230 feet long and
give access to the building at short intervals.
The ornamentation of the interior
of the mines and mining building
is tasteful but not extravagant. In exterior
appearance the building is massive
yet not ungraceful from an architectural
standpoint.
THE NAVAL BXIIIMT.
Tho most unique exhibit on the
grounds and tho one that attracts the
first attention and curiosity of visitors
is the naval exhibit. Near the northeastern
shore of the park, about 200
feet from laud, lies a facsimile in style
and size of one of the largest und most
improved battle ships of modem times.
Jt is 34S feet in length, 00 fcot in width
amidships, and from tho water line to
tho top of tho main dcclc is 12 feet.
Until the visitor is within a few feet of
this structure, it is impossible for the
most discerning eyes to detect any difference
between itandonoof the $3,000,000
coast lino bat tie ships now boingconatructed
for tho United .States navv. It
is being erected on piling, but beingsurrounded
by water, has the appearance
of being moored on the wharf.
Every appurtenance and appliance to
be found on tho most completo man of
war is visible 011 this ship. Turrets,
guns, torpedo tubes, torpedo nets and
boom?, archers, cablos and mechanical
appliances all tend to give tho vessel a
most realistic appearance.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT UUILDING.
The government building which is to
bo erected by the United States, and
which stamps tho recognition of the
federal government on the World's
Columbian Exposition cost $400,000 and
is 415 feet long and 300 feet wide.
Classic in style, it is modeled after the
National Museum* and other governmcnt
buildings at Washington and
points to the west and connects on the
north with tho fisheries building by a
bridge over a lagoon. Surrounding it
are the woman's building and tho government
buildings of England, Germany
and Mexico. It is constructed of
irnn nnil rrlnaa nml n mntrnl dnmn 19ft
foot in diameter and 150 feet high, is its
prominent architectural fenture. Tho
offices of tho National Columbian Commission
aro to bo located in this building
and tho south half of tho structure
is to be devoted to tho exhibits of the
war, treasury, post-office and agricultural
departments. The exhibits of
tho Smithsonian Institute, tho Interior
Department and the United States
Fish Commission occupy tho north
half, while the stato department exhibit.
extends from tho rotunda to tho
oast end and that of tho department of
justice from the rotunda 10 the west
end of the building. The Bureau of
Engraving and Printing shows many
new bills under framing.
THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
The pride of tho World's Columbian
exposition in point of architecture is
tho Administration Building. It occupies
tho most prominent position in
tho nark and ie exactly square, being
262 by 202 foot. Its height is even
grcalei' titan its rectangular dimensions,
being 2771 This building co?t
$4of>,000, and in proportion to its size
is the most expensive structure of tho
exposition. It is erected in the form of
four pavilions, eighty-four feet square,
one at oacb of tho /our nnglos 01 tho
square and connected at the center by
the groat dome, which is 120 foot in
diameter. Tho architectural design of
the Administration Building is in the
stylo of tho French renaissance. Tho
first story is of tho doric order, of heroic
proportions and is surrounded by a
lofty balustrade. Tho grand entrances
to tho building in tho center of each
facade, fifty feet high and fifty feet
wide, aro imposing in appearance, and
at the edgoB of each pavilion tho piers
are crowded with tho Bculpturo. In a
building of such particular structure
and proportions tho extorior features
naturally oxcced in tone and beauty tho
interior. A hecoic statue of Columbus,
by Louis St Uaudens, stands at the
main entrance and at each side of the
entrances aro emblematic groups of
sculpture.
TUB MUSIC IIALL AND PERISTYLE AND
OTHER BUILDINGS.
At the mouth of the lagoon, and extending
north find eouth, there is a
peristyle sixty foet wide and 600 feet
long, spanning .the entrance to tho big
laeoons. Beneath this pleasure 'craft
brudfield's ssekj
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XyW"E?*.wISOLD DY ALL imUCGiaTa./v^^w^
can entor from Lake Michigan - and sail I
throughout tiie fair 011 the waters of (lie
lagoon. The music hall. -'00 feet long I
and 140 foot wide, is at the nor(h end of I
this peristyle, and contains an auditorium
capable of seating L',000 people, j
with room for an orchestra of sevonty- !
five pieces and a chorus of .'100 persons. \
The linest music of the world will bo |
heard in this building, its mission being
to afford a hall for the lino singers
and instrumental musicians who desire
to gather here before an audience of
their own kindred professions. The
great public concerts will be held elsewhere
in an amphithoater ample to accommodate
15,000. The cost of these
structures was over $200,000.
Among the other World's Fair structures
of interest is a reproduction in
staff of the Convent of I<a Kabida. It
was at this convent in Spain that Columbus
sought shelter and found a willing
listenor to his dreams in Father Do
Marchona, the prior of the institution.
Tiio latter finally obtained for Columbia
11 rcceDtion at the Court of Fer- |
din.ind and Isabella, .and the great
wostern voyage and tlio discovery ol a
new world were tlio results. Multitudes
of other buildings of less importance
adorn the grounds. Midway
I'laieanco is given up to n reproduction
of Egyptian streets, African villages,
Arabian camps and many other conceptions
emblematic of foreign lifo and foreign
countries.
TIIE VARIOUS STATU nUILDINGS.
Ill addition to the great structures
above described, noarly every stale in
the union has in course of construction
a separate stato building for the exhibition
of tho characteristic industries
and rosources of tho state. Illinois
takes the load in this matter, and as a
graceful recognition of the honor of the
location Of the great World's Fair within
tho limits of the prairie state, an appropriation
of fSOO.OUO was made by the
Illinois legislature, SJOO.OOO of which is
devoted to a state building.
Tho other states which have already,
either through legislative appropriaN'o
Money Required of Responsible
Dra. Franoc
Formerly of New York, now of TIIE FUANCE ME1
Ohio, by request of many frJomls u
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DRS. FRANCE AND OTTMAN. of New '
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of the Eye and Ear
established the FRANCE MEDICAL INSTITUTE, wher
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CANCER positively cured without pain or use
IMPORTANT TO LADIES.?DR. FRANCE,alte
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lor weakness in the back and limbs, involuntary dis- I
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lion or private subscription, provided
for special buildings are: California,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, In.
diana, Iowa, Kausas, Kentucky, Maine,
Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Now Jersey. Now York. North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
illioilo Island, bourn Dakota,
Texas, Vermont, Washington, West
Virginia. Wisconsin and Wyomin
The California building will cost?75,.
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tJIIUJ I no 11K1UIIIU, ?JU,UW, mn,
Kansas, SSO.OOO; -Massachusetts, i-il),000;
.Maryland, $33,000; -Michigan, $50,000Missouri,
$ >'.),000; Oliio, $50,000; Verinont,
$10,000; kVashiugton, S50.00U;
Wost Virginia, $20,000; Wisconsin, $30,000:
and Wyoming, $20,000. It is un.
certain tlio exact amount that Now
York, Pennsylvania and somo of the
otlier groat states will expend in their
buildings, but nearly all urc making
elaboraio preparations. Many ol the
states have selected uniquo and historical
models (or their buildings.
It is estimated that the total expends
lures of the World's Columbian Kxpuaition
from all sources, national, state
and foreign, will aggregato tho enormous
sum of SoO,000,000. If this estimate
bo correct, tho cost of this oxponition
will bo noarlv six times as great as
any previous exposition that tho world
has evor known.
The JJrookg License haw.
Since the enactment of the Crooks
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