The Yale expositor., February 23, 1900, Image 6

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THE COMING
Description of
The board of architects of the Paa
Amsrican exposition which will be held
at Euffalo, N. Y., on the Niagara fron
tier, during the summer months of
1901, is composed of eight members;
three residents of New York, two of
Boston and three of the city of Buf
falo. Machinery and Transportation.
The machinery and transportation
building. 500x330 feet, faces the Mall.
This building is designed in a type of
Spanish renaissance, with Initial in
spiration in mission buildings found
In Mexico and California, supplement
ed by later examinations of renais
sance work in Spain, modified to suit
the conditions of the exposition, with
its gay and festive surroundings.
Briefly stated, the machinery and trans
portation building forms a hollow
square, with arcades on all sides. In
the interior is a court, 100 by 200 feet,
adorned by a long pool of water, with
a fountain surrounded with shrubs and
flowers, artistically planted. This sheet
of water, with its calm reflection and
Its atmosphere of quiet restfulness,
forms one of the many little cases
planned for the refreshment of the
weary sightseer. The facades present
an arcaded effect corresponding in ap
pearance to mission cloisters; the
caves, with great overhangs, adding to
the picturesque. Each facade is brok
en by an important architectural fea
ture, and each corner flanked with low
pavilions, the design giving large plain
surfaces for color, while the eaves give
deep shadows. The color scheme is
made up in reds and yellows, light in
tint. The loggias, balconies, pavilions
and other places are to be ornamented
with shrubs, vines and flowers, blend
ing with the coloring of the building.
All the towers, pavilions and other
proper spaces are to be brilliantly il
luminated and made gay with banners
and flags.
Horticulture and Forestry.
The three buildings for horticulture,
graphic arts and forestry, of which
Messrs. Peabody & Stearns are the ar
THE HORTICULTURAL GROUP, A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS FRONTING ON THE BEAU
TIFUL GRAND PLAZA OF THE EXPOSITION GROUNDS.
chitects, form a picturesque group at
the end of the west garden. The larg
est of these, the Horticulture building,
stands between the other two on an
axis with the garden. The Forestry
building Is on the north side; the
Graphic Arts on the south, adjoining
the lake. Arcades connect the three
buildings, forming in front a semi-circular
court. Between the arcades the
ground rises slightly to the level of the
Fountain of the Seasons. ,
The area of the Horticultural build
ing Is 45,000 square feet. The Graphic
Arts and Forestry buildings each cover
30,000 square feet, and are similar in
design. In plan, the Horticultural
building Is square, with central lan
tern, rising to a height of 240 feet at
the Intersection of the four arms of a
Greek cross, which includes in its
angles four small domes. On the cen
ter of each facade Is a deeply recessed
arched entrance.
The Graphic Arts and Forestry build
ings have four corner towers, and on
the east facade a vaulted loggia of
three arche forms the main entrance.
...hove the red roofs of Spanish tile
are numerous lanterns, pinnacles and
Venetian flagpoles, from which float
gaily colored banners.
The broad white wall surfaces are
ornamented with colored bas-reliefs.
Arabesques of twining vines of fruit
and flowers, among the branches of
viich are children and birds, decorate
tne numerous pilasters of the facades
nd arcades.
The decoration of the Graphic Arts
and Forestry buildings is chiefly con
fined to the vaulted ceilings of their
loggias, where brilliantly colored deco
rations remind one of the famous ex
ample of the Villa Madama.
The west side of the Plaza Is bound
ed by a building which Is to serve as a
large restaurant The public pass
through the lower arches of this build
ing, which are open, In order to reach
Mt portion of the exposition which
PAN-AMEWCAJ EXPOSITION
the Aagnificent Buildings Which Will
Ornament the Grounds.
ia to be called Vanity Fair, and which
corresponds with the Midway Plals
ance at Chicago. The Restaurant build
ing itself is two stories high and about
350 feet long.
On the cast side of the Plaza is a
building closely resembling the restau
rant, which serves principally as the
entrance to the Stadium or athletic
field, although portions are also used
for exhibition purposes. This also has
two stories, the upper story being a
large open gallery, from which views
of the Plaza on the one side, and the
Stadium on the other, are afforded.
Finally, the south side of the Plaza Is
bounded by the Electrical Tower, the
designing of which has been given to
Mr. Howard.
Tlie Athletic Field.
The Stadium or athletic field has
been in all its details a subject for
careful study. It resembles In a general
way that erected at Athens a few
years ago, although this one can be,
of course, only a temporary structure.
It will contain easily 23,000 spectators,
and is intended as a model of'what It
is hoped may be executed some day
in permanent form. It has a quarter
mile running track and a sufficiently
large space in the Inside of this for
any of the athletic games.
Great attention has been paid to
having a largo number of aisles to
reach the seats, and, in addition to
the principal entrance on the west,
there are provided seven large exits.
These exits are made of sufficient
breadth and height to admit, in case of
need, the largest vehicles or floats, as
It is proposed to use the Stadium for
certain pageants.
The total length of the Stadium, In
cluding the building which forms the
entrance, Is about 870 feet, and the
breadth is about 500 feet.
He GU 84,000 fur BO Cents.
When Capt. Shepherd, of the coast
ing schooner Arthur McArdle, gets
back to Philadelphia, his home port,
ft r,
from his present voyage, he will flnfl
a most unexpected Christmas present.
Just before he sailed away a sailor ap
proached him on the river front acd,
saying that he was hard up, offered to
sell a ticket in a foreign lottery, upon
which a prize of $1,000 might be
drawn, for fifty cents, enough to buy
something to eat and, above all, some
thing to drink. As he had never been
remarkably lucky, the captain did not
consider his chances of drawing a prize
at all likely, the Record says, but he
saw that the sailor wanted the money
he asked for, and so he handed over
the half dollar and received the lottery
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE PLAZA GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL PART OF THE EXHI
BITION GROUNDS. WHICH HAS BEEN ADORNED WiTH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SYMMETRY OF
THE WHOLE.
ticket. As the drawing was to take
place during the captain's absence
aboard his vessel, he turned the ticket
over to his agents, with Instructions
to look out for the event. A few days
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MACHINERY AND TRANSPORTATION BUILDING HERE WILL BE
SHOWN THE MOST RECENT RESULTS OF MAN'S INVENTIVE
GENIUS.
after his departure the drawing took
place, and it was found that the num
ber on the captain's ticket called for
a prize of $4,000. The ticket was for
warded to the lottery company, and
the cash has Just been received by the
agents and is held for the captain.
The latter was last heard from at
Savannah.
SAMOAN GIRL'S PARTY GOWNS,
They Grow on Tree and Are Almost
Ready for Use.
Party gowns for Samoan girls grow
on the tropical trees and almost ready
for wear, says the Indianapolis News.
When a native beauty of Samoa de
cides to go to a special entertainment
she enters the forest to look for her
gala attire. The native kiki, or kilt,
is the only addition to her ordinary
costume that the Samoan girl provides
for social parties. The material for
the kikl grows on the tl tree. It con
sists of a ribbon of bark a few inches
wide that is stripped from the tree
easily. While damp the bark, which
Is very thin, is crinkled so as to form
wavy outlines, and the ribbons are col
ored all sorts of bright hues. The Sa-
moan g!r! then plaits a waistband from
AT BUFFALO
the same kind of bark and hangs the
ribbons on it. Hand-made flowers of
the same material are often added also.
When the klkl is completed the dusky
belle puts It on over her scanty lava
lava, or waist cloth, and goes to the
dance or other entertainment. The
girls thus make their own party
dresses, and some of them show great
taste and skill in fashioning the odd
garments, although the captious might
allege that they might, without being
oveddrossed, have Samoa on.
PEOPLE'S FEET.
Shrink and Espaud According to tlie
Temperuture.
New Orleans Times-Democrat. A
burly man with a red mustache was
seated in a shoe store in the shopping
district and was having a good deal of
trouble, apparently in finding some
thing in footgear that exactly suited
him. "This feels first rate," he said at
length, "except that it pinches me a
trifle across the instep." "In that case
I would take a wider last," suggested
the clerk, "especially on such a day as
this." "Why, what the dickens ha3 the
day to do with my shoes?" asked the
customer In surprise. "A great deal,"
replied the clerk, promptly. 'It Is cold
today unusually cold for New Orleans
and in such weather anybody's feet
shrink from a quarter to half a size.
Consequently they " "Oh, come,
now!" Inter ipted the burly man,
"you're havlcg fun with me!" "Not at
all," said the clerk earnestly. "I as
sure you it is exactly as I say, and for
that reason we have to be very careful
on days when the temperature is low
or we would have a lot of purchases
returned. You have been wearing a
rather thin shoe and your feet at this
moment are more than a quarter size
below the normal. If you buy any
thing with a tight instep it will be in
tolerable tomorrow." The man with a
red mustache looked thoughtful and
took a wider last. "I don't go into
these details as a rule," said the clerk
after he had departed, "but what I told
him was absolutely true and Is well
known to all experienced shoe men.
Unless advised to the contrary, a per
son who buys a pair of shoes on a cokl
day Is almost certain to get something
too small. Strange to say, the changes
In the weather seem to have a great
deal mere effect on the feet In a warm
climate, like that of New Orleans, than
they have In the North. I have worked
In both places and know what I am
talking nbout, although I have no ex
planation to offer all I can give you
are the facts. The expression 'cold
feet' has become common in the army,
by the way. Cold feet are supposed to
be a symptom of agitation. If that is
true some of our boys must have found
their brogans uncomfortably large on
numerous occasions."
Deceitful Man.
Miss' Wunder What makes Mr.
Smooth so happy and Jolly looking
these days? Miss Gabby O, he doesn't
have to buy any presents for his
fiancee tells her he Is saving up to go
to housekeeping. Baltimore American.
QUEER SUPERSTITIONS
Among- the 1'rople of Many Different
Countries.
Siamese people have so superstitious
a dislike for odd numbers that they
lirlve always to have an even number
of rooms, doors, windows, closets, etc.,
In their houses. Among many of the
colored people of the south the super
stition prevails that it Is "good luck"
to meet a frog; they believe the one
thus favored Is about to receive money
from some unexpected place. It was a
belief among the Egyptians that the
third finger of the left hand was con
nected with the heart by means of a
slender nerve. From that belief came
the custom of wearing the wedding
ring on that finger. It is commonly
believed among the peasantry in the
Ural mountains that for a wolf to see
a man before the man sees the wolf
is an omen that he will be "struck
dumb," and so remain as long as the
wolf lives. A superstition prevalent
among housemaids in France is that to
kill a "money-spinner" is unlucky;
thus they studiously spare the webs
whenever they can well do so. In Ty
rol the rose is believed to be a sleep
producer, and rose leaves are thrown
into the fire for "good luck." In
France and Italy it is believed that
the maid who buries a drop of her
blood under a rose bush will be re
warded with rose-tinted cheeks. The
rose was an emblem of immortality
among the Syrians, and the Chinese
planted it over graves. In Holland and
Belgium it is believed that ill-luck is
sure to follow all through life any one
that, accidentally or otherwise, kills a
stork. There was a superstition among
the Romans that it was unfortunate
for a person starting on a Journey to
meet a frog in his road; and so strong
was this belief that the traveler would
return and wait until the next day to
begin his Journey. In many parts of
Europe it is at the present day con
sidered an omen of ill-luck for a hare
to cross the road in front of a traveler.
Scotch and English milkmaids believe
their cows will "go dry" if they forget
to wash their hands when through
milking.
ARTIFICIAL PERFUMES.
Tlemann'a Well-Known Paper, "On the
Aroma of the Violet."
Tiemann, the German chemist who
died the other day, published in 1S93,
along with Kruger, hi- well-known
paper, "On the Aroma of the Violet,"
ff.ys Nature. It was however, the
aroma rather of the iris root, or orri3
root (with which that of the violet
may or may not be identical), that he
Investigated. The quantity of the
odoriferous principle contained in iris
root is so infinitesimal, and that of the
root to be extracted consequently so
large, that, a3 he states, the resources
of a mere scientific laboratory proved
unequal to the task and this prelim
inary part of the investigation had to
be carried out in the works at Holz
mlnden. The substance thus Isolated
was thoroughly Investigated and its
constitution established. In order to
Indicate its origin and at the same
time its constitution, he termed it
irone. His attempt to synthesize it
was not, from the point of view of the
pure chemist, successful, although for
the manufacturing chemist it was of
the utmost value. Starting with
citral, obtained from oil of
lemons or from lemon grass
oil, he condensed this substance with
acetone, converting it Into a componnd
which he termed pseudo-iodine; this,
when treated with dilute sulphuric
acid, yielded ionone,, not identical with
Irone, but so closely resembling It in
smell that very few people can detect
the difference. For the purposes of the
perfumer, therefore, ionone Is every
whit as good as Irone. It is now manu
factured, and the value of the process
to the patentees may be Judged from
the attempts that have been made to
Invalidate the patent attempts that
have been foiled In courts of law both
In this country and in Germany.
A Mammoth Tusk.
A huge tusk from Alaska has Just
arrived at a Pearl street warehouse.
It was brought from the northern por
tion of the territory by a Norwegian
clergyman, who was detailed in 189C
by the government to accompany a
reindeer expedition into the Yukon
country. The tusk Is said by scientific
experts of the University of Minnesota
to be from 3,000 to 5,000 years old. It
was found sticking out of the bank of
a river, absolutely black from age and
outside decay; near it were the teeth
and head of the mammoth, but no
skeleton. As it lies (n the warehouse
It presents a circular shape, extending
from base to tip ten and two-thirds
feet. It is estimated that the broken
tip had a projection of fifty inches,
which would have brought the total
length to fifteen feet. In Its present
condition the tusk weighs 175 pounds.
The hollow portion at the larger end
Is plainly shown. Experts have said
that the clrcumerence of the base, now
twenty-eight inches, , was formerly
larger by a layer of an inch and a half;
but that much half-decayed matter
was injudiciously scraped away, leav
ing the Ivory a smooth surface. The
owner does not desire to make a com
mercial disposition of the tusk, but
he has communicated with the Smith
sonian Institution in regard to it. It
Is said by experts to be one of the
largest, if not the largest, tusk la the
world. New York Evening Post.
Startling Instances.
Last week a delinquent subscriber
said he would pay up if he lived. He
died. Another said: "I will see you
tomorrow." He's blind. Still another
said, "I'll pay you this week or go to
the devil." He's gone. There arc
hundreds who ought to take warning
of these procrastlnators and pay up
now. Finley (S. D.) Slope.
THE MILITARY SPY.
A Courageous Soldier Who la Indispens
able In War.
In time of warfare spies are, of
course, plentiful. The main part of
his business Is, under a personal dis
guise, which disguises could often put
thoso cf the smartest detectives quite
tn the shade, to extract Information
from uisuspectlng scouts and outposts.
Some dlitposts have been known to ac
cept bribes, money or presents, , from
militate spies without knowing who
the lat'er really were, in which caso
they vt;re not greatly to blame, al
though their doing so, whether lnno
renf.ly or otherwise, put them on the
footing of traitors, and consequently
merits a traitor's death.
The a d Prussian monarchy once ran
the risk of being crushed like an egg
shell but for the spy Mentzel, whose
daring ?eed not only saved Prussia,
but alts the life of the king. Austria
and Saxcny, with three other countries,
plannel to overthrow Prussia. Their
combined forces could easily havo
numbered 1,000.000, to about 300,000 of
the Pi.us?ian king's. But a friendly
spy warned the king, who immediately
set about preparing for the advance of
the pciweful foe. He sent emissaries
into every large city in Europe, partic
ularly the capitals of France, Austria
and Russia. Mentzel, than whom no
greater spy lived, went to the foreign
office of tre latter powers, and actu
ally s-'iccee,!ed in bribing the respective
official at each who had charge of the
papers In connection with the proposed
project to raid Prussia, and copied the
whole plat of campaign. Mentzel's
mission being discovered, the officials
fled for the'.r lives; one was caught
and shot. Mentzel escaped death, but
being caugb'. red-handed by one of the
powers, he' .vas thrown Into a dun
geor, where he lingered for twenty
five years. During all that time the
Prussian monarch took no steps to try
to liberate the man, although Mentzel
undoubtedly saved his majesty and his
country from total annihilation.
AMID BONES OF CAPUCHINS.
On of the Utusual Sight or the City
Nestling on Seven Hills.
The labors of the Capuchin monks
in the Catholic church are well
known. The order was one of the
strongest of the auxiliary branches of
the church, though its field lay in a
different direction from that of the
Jesuits. The latter were the aggres
sive arm in battling the world; the
former was given to thj quiet of mo
nastic life far from the turmoii of
men. The Capuchins were very large
ly recruited from the families of th
rich and well-to-do, and found In re
tirement the opportunity they craved
for, giving themselves entirely over
to saving their souls. The Capuchin
church In Rome has been served by
this order for centuries. In its cham
bers are the bones of 6,000 monks fas
tened to the walls and celling to make
effective and striking groups of death.
Skulls are employed in the chamber
almost entirely, while the cross-bones
and other imperishable parts of the
anatomy make up the receiving room3
given over to this extraordinary col
lection. The entrance to this base
ment is on a level with the ground and
at no place are the chambers more
than two feet below the surface of the
earth. The spectacle of skulls by
the thousands suddenly confronting
the visitor does not produce that grue
some feeling that one would imagine,
and no one shortens an inspection of
the anatomical array because he Is in
a consecrated charnel house. The
surroundings of this old church and re
pository for the bones of its goodly
friars are squalid and unattractive.
The entrance to the chamber of the
dead is through the yard of a livery
stable, dirty to the last degree, but
that does not deter visitors from wit
nessing this unique collection.
Speaking for History.
Generations of schoolboys learn the
dramatic speeches ascribed to famous
commanders Just before famous bat
tles, but unfortunately many of these
fine, high-sounding addresses were
never heard of till after the event.
We read, for instance, in ancient his
tory of generals addressing whole
armies, when a few companies of sol
diers at most could have heard them.
To show the difference between genu
ine speeches and manufactured ones, a
contemporary reports an authentic ad
dress of the captain of a British ship
as the fleet was approaching the en
emy. He wished to encourage his gal
lant tars, and hoped perhaps that a
few heroic words might forever be as
sociated with his memory. "Send all
hands aft!" he cried, and when the
order was carried out he said: "My
lads, there's the enemy, no doubt
about it. And now, my lads, If you
don't take the enemy, my lads, why
then, my lads, the enemy will take
you. Pipe down, boatswain." After
all, the speech was to the point, and
the men cheered It to the echo.
Where Raskin Learned English.
The book which begot English prose
still remains Its supre,me type. The
English Bible is the true school of
English literature. It possesses every
quality of our language in its supreme
form except for scientific precision,
practical affairs and', philosophic an
alysis. If you care to know the best
that our literature can give In simple,
noble prose, mark, learn and Inwardly
digest the Holy Scriptures In the Eng
lish tongue. Ruskin as a precocious
boy of five began reading with his
mother the Bible through from begin
ning to end and over and over asain,
and got from it his marvelous Instinct
and faculty for noYe. vital, always
fascinating expresln From F.ed?rie
Harrison's "Litrr-- ',