West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-10-09
WORLDS FAIR LETTER.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 1890.
GFron our own Correspondence

tFrom our own Correspondcnt.l
Another week has passed and
still the good work goes on. -
Around the headquarters of the Ex-
position all is life and activity.
Commissioners and Directors alike
are as busy as bees. There is no
room there for drones. The great
est unanimity exists all are work
ing for one common end--to make
the Fair the greatest of all Exposi-
tions. Judging from the extent OF
the work done in the last ten DAYS
and the scope of the plans, it GER
tainly will be. 1t is hard for those
at distance to comprehend the
great difficulties that are to be met
in completing the plans for such a
vast undertaking. Were it possi-
bic to do so, sympathy and admira-
tion would take the place Of criti-
cism and impatiencc. Rome was
not built in day. Practically,
there is no precedence for a guide.
In the words of President Palmer,
"The Columbian Exposition is go
ing to be grander than those Of
Paris, London, Vienna and the
Centennial combined" This gives
us an idea of the extensiveness of
the plans and the field OF labor there
lin marshaling all the departments
and exhibits into order. The Paris
Exposition will be an ordinary State
Fair compared to it.
President Palmer has at last ap-
pointed the Board of Lady Mana
gers. Three from what is known MS
the Isabella Association and four
from tho Woman'e Auxiliary. The
appointments were unsatisfactory TO
the ladies. That is to those not APP
pointed. They al wanted to be i'm
cludcd in that ''threc" and "four."
Here trouble begins that won't end
with the "fair."
The Classification Committee of
the National Commissioners are
still in session. They have already
decided to divide the exhibits into
thirteen departments, known as de-
partment A and so on to NJ. Each
department will be divided into di-
visions, divisions into sections. and
marked by numerals. Each de-
partmcnt will occupy building by
itself, each division in rooms of the
building, and each section in some
portion of the room.
AS part Of the Ethnological dis
play spoken Of in our last letter, it
is proposed TO erect models Of the
carthworks and mounds Of the cen
trail portion Of our country. Begin
ming with the great Mound Cahokia
in Illinois, which is COO feet long.
and the great Serpent Mound OF
Ohio, which is 400 feet long. The
singular mounds of immense size,
representing men and various ami
mails which are still intact in Wis
consin and Minnesota would be rep
resented. The objects found in
these upon the ancient village sites
and cemeteries, illustrating the arts
Of the ancient peoples, their implc-
ments and ornaments OF stone, cop
per, silver, meteoric, iron, anther,
shell, clay, also the woven and
braided clothes and baskets, will be
shown to the fullest extent possible,
so that the objects, the arts, Gus
toms, and mode Of life Of the pre-
historic peoples Of America can be
compared with one another and
those Of later times, and the distri-
buttons, migrations, and connec-
tions Of the various peoples Of the
past and present be shown. It is
also proposed to lay out a street Of
London and on its place the Boar's
Head Tavern At Eastcheap, Peter
Pindar's house and other historic
buildings. Also q street from Da-
mascus, perhaps Straight Street, on
which is the house OF Simon the
tanner. To be like Straight street
it would have to be very crooked,
but the idea is to introduce on it
the things we read about in the
Bible, which have on interest for
people all over the world. On a
street from Jerusalem would be
placed the original house Of Pontius
Plate, which is said to be still pre-
served at Seville. Following this
would be Bagdad, having the prin-
oinaI aoopoe from fffvLo Aw,hf.,,