Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-03
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.


THE Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is hay
ing an eaorate display made for the Expo.
sitiop.
INSURANCE aggregating more than So. Z
100000 is now carried on the Worlds Fair
buildings.
CHILE will be represented at the Fair, re-
gardess Of the TACT that its Government
made no appropriation.
An association has been formed in Ger
many to organize excursion parties TO visit
the Worlds Fair and incidentally Niagara
Falls, and number Of the larger cities.
MANY relics of the Cabots. the early Eng
lish voyagers to America, will be exhited at
the Exposition by COMMITTEES formed for
that purpose in Bristol, England where the
Cabots lived.
A PROJECT is being perfected at Mel
bourne, Australia, whereby a large party Of
artisans of various crafts may be enabled 10
visit the Exposition at Chicago for study and
pleasure combined.
GENERAL J. II. BRISKER, one of the al
ternate National Commissioners from Mis-
sissippi, has in his possession, and viii ex-
bibit at the Exposition. five bales of cotton
that was raised by slave labor in 1928.
The $4,000 Worlds Fair appropriation
which Greece has made will be devoted IN
large part TO the preparation for exhibit Of
reproductions in cast OF the many famous
specimens of ancient Greek art, now owned
by the Government.
AT the special request of the Empress OF
Germany the Princess Frederick Karl, aunt
OF the Emperor, has accepted the presidency
of the women's commission which will CO.
operate with the Board Of Lady Managers
in promoting the women's exhibit at the
Fair.
A GLASS punch bowl, made by the glass
blowers OF Cork in 1925, and presented to
Daniel O'Connell, the famous Irish patriot,
will appear in the exhibit from Cork. One
side of the bowl bears OConnelrs initials
and the other representation Of Cork, as 10
then existed.
VISITORS to the Exposition will be able to
go comfortably and expeiitiously from one
part OF the grounds 70 another aud obtain
advantageous views of the buildings They
may do this either in electric boats through
the lagoons, or 6y the intramurs elevated
electric railway.
The Illinois Woman's Exposition Board
contemplates a novel exhibit as part Of its
work, in the form OF a model home. The idea
is to show the ideal conditions that should
surround a woman's life in the household
and demonstrate the facilities that can b.
provided at a moderate cost
GREAT BRIrAIN's building at the Exposi-
tion will be typical specimen OF pictur-
esque, half-timOered English home Of ths
time Ct Henry VIII, or about the period
which the Worlds Far will commemorate.
IL will be ninety feet square, two stories aigh,
and built OF red brick, neavy timber and yell
lowish terra Gotta, with red tiling for the
roof.
A $50, 900 monument to Columbus, de-
sigred by Sculptor Howard Kretschmar, Of
Chicago, will be erected in Lake Front Park,
which has been termed the Gateway 10 the
Exposition" IL will be statue in bronze
twenty feet high, surmounting a granite
pedestal thirty Ieet high. The monument
will torn the design for souvenirs or the
Exposition.
The New York Worlds Fair Board has
VISITED Chicago, inspected the Exposition
grounds and buildings and inquired care
fully into the progress or the work OF prep
aration for the great fair. The members
OF the board expressed their astonishment
and enthusiasm over the magnificent build
ings, and the vast amount or work that has
been accomplished.
In the women's exhibit from South Da-
kota will be life size statue OF Sioux In
dian maiden. The subject was Minnehahs,
Bear VINO was prominent in the engagement
with General Clusters troops on tue Little
Big Horn Mnnehaha tell In love Lieu
tenant in the United States Army at Fort
Sully and die OF broken heart
DR.. n. G.. BLALocE, President OF the
Washington State Worlds Fair Board, an-
nounces that there will bs celebrated at the
Washington building watermelon day"
He has set apart 100 acres to be devoted en-.
tirely to the raising of these melons, AMI he
promises TO take a train load OF them TO the
Fair and give them away with the purpose
of convincing people that as watermelon
growing State Washington stands first.
THE Exposition probably will not have an
Eiffel tower or anything approxImatlng it
in height, except the elevation TO which the
captive balloons will ascent. There will be,
however, three observation towers about
800 feet high for the accommodation OF
visitors who want to take bird's-eye view
OF the grounds and buildings. These towers
viii be OF elaborate design and beautiful In
appearance, and will cost about $2VV,OJJ