Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-24
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
The Lady Managers Decide to Establish
Model Sanitary Kitchen In the
Woman's Building.

Florida's Worlds Fair building will
reproduce old Fort Marion.
Nicaragua wants half an acre for the
site Of its building at the exposition.
The government building for the
Worlds Fair ia making satisfactory
progress.
A bill to appropriate 1850, 900 for the
Worlds Fair exhibit has been intro
duced in the Brazilian Congress.
The old curiosity shop which Dick
ems immortalized will be one of the in
teresting exhibits at the Worlds Fair.
The Worlds Fair ut Chicago will con :
tain pumping plant OF 10000, 900 gal
Ions per day, and it's cost will be $780,
900.
The Hamburg American Packet Com
pany, OF which Carl Schurz lie the New
York director. has subscribed 81, 900 to
the exposition stock.
Quartish, the noted London book
dealer, intends to send to the exposi-
ton an autograph letter of Christopher
Columbus, for which he paid 5000.
Commissioner Shufeldt has cabled
from Cape Town, South Africa, that an
exhibit Of diamonds and feathers worth
$500, 600 will be sent from Cape Town.
Virginia's building at the exposition
will be of the old colonial type, meas
uring 23x76 feet, two stories high and
surrounded by plaza fifteen feet wide.
Its cost will be 10000.
The great imitation coast-line battle
ship, which is 10 constitute and contain
the governments naval exhibit, is In an
al ata "a q IA
all be inclosed before winter weather
sets in, and all the interior work will be
completed by spring.
The little old building on Arch street,
Philadelphia, where Betsy Ross made
the first flag for the United States army,
is likely to be removed bodily and
taken to Chicago for exhibition at the
Worlds Fair.
The nine lady managers resident in
Chicago, called together by Mrs. Potter
Palmer, have decided 10 establish a
model sanitary kitchen in the womsn's
building at the exposition. An effort
will be made by special entertainment
or otherwise TO raise the 81, 900 neces-
sary for the purpose.
The women Of Illinois, who have the
spending of $S0. 900 of the $500, 006 " hich
the State appropriated for it's represen-
tation at the exposition, have been
granted, for their exclusive use, one
tenth OF the space in the Illinois build
ing, which, altogether, is something
more than an acre and half
One OF the unique features of the
Mexican exhibit at the iair will be the
celebrated panduza family consisting of
five persons, who are probably the most
expert workers In clay and modelers of
figures in the world. The family will be
sent To Chicago by the State of Guadala-
lara. Ii is the intention to provide a
Mexican house for them to live in dur
ing the lair and work shop, where their
work may be inspected,
DR.. John +. Owens, the medical di
rictor OF the exposition, has promised
Mrs. Potter Palmer that women shall
receive official recognition upon the med.
ical staff. The number TO be appointed
has not yet been announced, but assur-
ance has been given that women phv-
sicisns will professionally rank equal
with men and share the duties OF the
exposition hospital.
The art palace on the lake front, which
will be built by the art institute, assist
ed to the extent Of $500, 600 by the expo
sition company, will cost about 1900 |
OOO,Ooo. The designs and plans of
shepley, Rutan 4 Coolidge of Boston.
have been adopted, During the expo
sition the building will be used by the !
Worlds Congress auxiliary for some of |
Its numerous meetings.
California is the first State to respond |
to Chief Buchanan's request that each |
state contribute the trunks OF three OF
its most characteristic trees, 10 be used /
in constructing rustic colorado for the |
forestry building. California's contri-
button includes sugar pine furnished |
BY the Towle Bros. Company of Alta a
redwood by ]. +. Cunningham OF Santa
Cruz, and a sequois, by Smith Comstock
II Tulare.