The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-08
WORLDS FAlR NOTES.

THE Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Is hav-
ing an elaorate display made for the Expo
sition.
INSURANCE aggrsgating more than $S.
00O 900 Is now carried on the WORLDS FAR
buildings.
CHILE will be represented at the Fair, re-
gardless Of the fact that its Governments
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 Exposit N by COMMITTEES formed for
that purpose in Bristol, England, where the
Cabots lived.
A PROJECT is being perfected at Mel
bourne Australia, whereby large party OF
artisans of various crafts may be enabled to
visit the Exposition at Chicago for study and
pleasure combined.
GENERAL J. Il. BRINKER, one Of the al
ternate National Commissioners from Mis-
sissippi, has in his possession, and will e1-
hibit at the Exposition, five bales OF cotton
that was raised by slave labor in 1923.
The 100000 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 ot
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 1926, and presented to
Daniel O'Connell, the famous Irish patriot,
will appear in the exhibit from Cork. One
side Of the bowl bears OConnelPs initials
and the other representation OF Cork, as it
then existed.
VISITORS to the Exposition will be able to
90 comfortably and expeditiously from one
part OF the grounds to another and obtain
advantageous views of the buildings. They
may do This either in electric boats through
the lagoons, or by the intramural elevated
electric railway.
The Illinois Woman's Exposition Board
contemplates a novel exhibit as part of its
work, in the form of 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 bs
provided at moderate cost.
GREAT BRrrAIN's building at the Exposi.
ton will be typical specimen Of q pictur-
esque, half-timbersd english home of the
time of Henry V4IL, or about the period
which the Worlds Far will commemorate.
It will be ninety feet square, two stories high,
and built of red brick, neavy timber and vel.
lowish terra Gotta, with red tiling for the
rooI.
A $4,000 monument to Columbus, de-
signed by Sculptor Howard Kretschmar, Of
Chicago, will be erected in Lake Front Park,
which has been termed the gateway to the
Exposition" 1t will be statue in bronze
twenty feet high, surmounting q granite
peoesJal thirty 1est high. The monument
will form the design for souvenirs Of the
Exposition.
lHR New York Worlds Fair Board has
visiuei Chicago, inspected the Exposition
grounds and buildings and inquired care
fully into the progress OF the work OF prep
aration for the great. fair Tho membel's
OF the board expressed their sstonishment
and enthusiasm over the magnificent build
ines, and tho vast amount OF work that has
been accomplished.
In tho women's exhibit from South Da
kota will be LIE size statue Of Sioux In
aisn maiden. The subject was Minnenaha,
| the eighteen year old daughter or Sitting
Bear, VINO was prominent in the engagement
| with General Clusters troops on the Little
Big Horn. Minnshaha fen in love Lieu.
tenant in the United States Army at Fort
Sully and dieu Of broken heart.
DR.. N G.. BLALocE, President of the
Washington State Worlds Fair Board, an'
| nounces that there will be celebrated at tn.
washington building watermelon day
| He has set apart 100 acres to be devoted en-
tirey to the raising Of these melons, and h
| promises to take q train load OF them to thu
Fair and give them away with the purpose
| Of convincing people that as q water melon
growing State W ashingSon stands first.
THE Exposition probably will not have al
EifYei tower or anything approximating i
| in height, except the elevation to which tn
captive balloons will ascend. There will be-
however, three observation towers abou
800 feet high for the accommodation %
visitors who want to take bird's.eye view
of tho grounds and buildings These tower:
win be of elaborate design and beautiful II
appearance, and will cost about $2CoVN
each.