Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-15

thousands from South Carolina and
West Virginia, however, are the only
appropriations so far from the southern
states, but Mckenzie, God bless him, is
confident, and draws his salary and has
his picture in the papers with exceeding
regularity.
Mr.. Ives, of the department OF fine
arts, if all he writes can be depended
upon, will make his department bril-
liant feature of the fair. But it is a
curious fact that all who go off upon
these fine junketing trips write exuber-
antly. Wait until you hear from the
man who visits the cellars of Pomery &
Greno and Moet & Chandon, and that
of the veuve, whose yellow label means
no menagerie in the morning. Great
chill colorado But won't he effervesce?
Mr.. Walter Fearn, of the foreign af-
fairs department, is getting himself up
roariously disliked, not so much on
account OF his own aristocratic and old
time Louisiana manners, as by reason OF
the sky-scraping height of the gilt
edged perch occupied by his younger
brother, Lee Fearn, chief clerk OF the
foreign affairs department, who cannot
be seen by the average reporter without
the aid of glass and visiting card Of
regulation order.
A few days ago Supervising Architect
Edbrooke, of the treasury department,
came quietly to Chicago, and as quietly
tripped it out to Jackson park, and 10!
he discovered that the contractor for the
government building was using ten-inch
piling instead of twelve-inch piling, as
the specifications demanded. Result:
Contractor had to pull up all the piling
he had put down, and put on double
force and commence all over again with
twelve-inch piling. The contractor
thought ehot-tower had struck him
when Edbrooke got in his distasteful
work.
1t has been decided that Spain, Portu-
gal, Greece and Egypt should be visited
by commission of boomers and cham
pagne drinkers. and December 18th has
been fixed for the time of departure.
The Fearns had calculated to head this
dandy little transatlantic procession, but
Director General Davis quietly sat upon
this movement today. and there is look
of goneness upon young Fearns' other
wise radiant face.
Director General Davis has been in
formed that Corea, for the first time,
will take part in an international ex-
position, and that that kingdom will
soon ask for space through its represen-
tative, Ye Wang Yong, who will have
special charge of his nations exhibit.
William Erdway Partridge, one of the
greatest of living sculptors, is at present
at work on the statues of Shakespeare,
for Lincoln park, Chicago, and Alexan-
der Hamilton, for the city of Boston.
These will be completed early in 1898,
and will occupy space in the art build
ing.
People are already making arrange
menti for frst-class hotel quarters. A
large number of rooms have been en-
gagged at the Leland, the favorite OF
Californians; the Auditorium has let
suite of twelve rooms on the lake front,
for three months, to Editor Shepard of
New York, and his family. for $25 600;
and Mason Bey, of Alexandria, has en-
gagged rooms at the Palmer for six
months, for SIC, ,000-Chicago is in it.
A proposition to the directors, few
days ago, to exhibit the cabin in which
Sitting Bull was sent to his last account,
led to discussion which will probably
culminate in declining all such applica-
tions, so that the wierdly curious, the
unsophisticated, and all kindred galoots
who wish to see the cabins oui great
men and villains were born in, the pis-
tolls used by Hamilton and Burr, the
James Brothers paraphernalia OF border
ruffianism, Lincon's axe, Washington's
hatchet, Johnson's tailor-shop sign, and
a multiplicity of other good, bad and in
different things, will have to spend their
dimes and crafty their desires outside
OF the exposition fence. 1t is at present
the determination of the authorities to
make one admission fee the open sesame
to everything within the enclosure,
with the exception, of course, of refresh
ments, rolling chairs and certain other
creature comforts and conveniences.
Still, there may be some other entirely
proper extras that everyone will be will
ing to pungle for. Paris had too many.
Although Sweden has as yet made no
appropriation, Robert Won Almstrom,
manager of the celebrated porcelain
works at Ropstrand, near Stockholm,
writes that he will make fine display
of iaience ware of high grade.
Timothy Hopkins, while on his way
home, stayed over in Chicago two or
three days, and was taken out to Jack
son park by Supervising Architect
Burnham.
The Casino business and an imitation
of the grand cana lat Venice have been
abandoned.
The intelligence that Mexico has fall
len down in its appropriation, and that
President Diaz has only asked for $780,
600, instead of 81 ,25O, 900, has caused an
elongation of faces in the directory.
Acres of greenhouses are full of pretty
and curious things ready for winter
planting.
There is great interest being taken
over the 100000 which it is now gen.
orally believed California will not give.
There was quite an animated meeting
of implement men one day last week,
and such plow, threshing, harvester,
shovel, hoe, rake and pickaxe men as
Mccormick, Deere, Bradley, Ames, Val
entine, Gault and others were taken
out to the grounds by Mr.. Buchanan,
chief of the department of agriculture.
Consult General Takahari, of Japan,
called on the director-geperal today,
after viewing the grounds. and asked for
10000 additional square feet, the orig
inal application being for $4,000. Taxa
hari said: SIN the name of my govern
ment want 40, 900 square feet for Off
cial headquarters, $4,000 for manufac-
lures, 1000 for agriculture, 750 for min
ing exhibits, 1000 for fine arts. $50 for
woods and AZ 900 for bazars." And Ia
kahari was promised the $4,000 feet.
Japanese architects will put up their
buildings, and their own gardeners will
lay out their grounds.
One of the most agreeable men have
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