The Republican journal., 1892-04-14
Worlds Fair Notes.

4 continuous clam bake will be one OF
the attractions which epicurean visitors
will find at the Exposition.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union wants to put up a building, lONlOO
feet, in the Exposition grounds. in which
TO exhibit the entire system of its work
and to conduct a cafe for the sale of tenn
perance drinks.
1t is the present expectation that every
species of fish and other aquatic animal
large enough to be seen, which is native
10 inland waters and to the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans, except perhaps a live
whale, Will be exhibited in the Fisheries
Department of the Exposition.
English women are active in prepare
ton for their participation in the EXPOSE
ton. Al meeting of the woman S com
M tee in London, on March 3, it was
announced that Queen Victoria had prom
led specimens of her own work i'll spin
ing and knitting, done When she was a
: irl also some o1 her embroidering, fine
craving and water-color painting. Prin-
cess Louise Will contribute some clay
modelling Princess Be ltrice several paint
ings. and Princess Christian some en-
broiderY. The committee assigned charge
OF various branches OF woman exhibits
as follows: Irish exhibits, Countess Of
aberdeen; Scotch, Lady Reay; philan-
thropy, Baroness Burdett- Coutts; educa-
ion, Mrs. Fawcett, the writer on political
economy: hospital nursing. Mrs. Fenwick;
woman art, Mrs. Robert Austin. Several
women were selected to prepare papers on
varions educational and economic sub
iects.
Mrs. Palmer, President of the Board of
Lady Managers, is in receipt of communi-
cations through the State Department
showing that the women of Russia are
greatly interested in the woman's exhibit
at the Worlds Fair. Secretary Blaine, at
Mrs Palmer request, had asked the APP
continent of an imperial commission of
Russian woman to collect an exhibit of
womans work in the empire. Minister
smith, who presented the request, informs
Secretary Blaine that the request was re-
ceved most graciously and the commits
sion was appointed with Nine. Vishnegra-
dski wife of the minister OF finance, as
president. Nine. Nishnegradski is great
y Interested III the peasant lace industry
Of Russia and has already had consider
able correspondence with the the Boad of
Lady Managers on the subject of an ex-
hibit
Chief Willard A. Smith, of the Depart
ment OF Transportation. is arranging for
a large number of Interesting exhibits.
Recently he has been paying special at
tentiOn to the marine section. In it will
he models of the RIG Of the old frgate
Constitutions the flagship of Nelson, a
caravel from Spain, the exact copy of the
Santa Maria. in which Columbus made his
first voyage, canoes of the native traders of
the West Indies. heWn from a single tree
and propelled by twenty five paddles.
There will be models of such modern rae
ing schooner us the America. Maytiower,
Puritan, and Volunteer All sorts of
stern wheel passenger and freight steam
elS for river navigation. steel screw ferry
poats, electric pinnances, naphtha launch
IS. etc, will be shown. Then there will APP
pear in their natural order ketches and
brigantines, sloops and barques of the At
lantic coast in l1l4. RATS, arks, barges,
keel boats. and other craft