Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-12-29
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

the Administrator DulIuInS az Jooh-
son Park to signify that the Worlds
Fair buildings and grounds are in the
possetion Of the United States govern
ment. President Morton ac-
cepted them on behalf of the govern
ment on Dedication day, but actual
possession was not taken until Direc'
tor General Davis, the chief govern
ment Worlds Fair official, moved into
his offices in the Administration build
ing the raising of the stars and stripes
signaled that event.
All of the Worlds Fair offices, ex-
cept two or three, are now removed to
jackson Park, and those will soon fol-
low. For nearly two years the offices
have been In the Rand-McNally build
ing In the center of the city. Now,
however, the work Of preparation Of
the great Fair has reached stage re-
quiring II to be carried on in the build
ings which are to contain the exhibits.
All of these buildings are now prac-
tically finished and ready for the in
stallation of exhibits. Most of the
work remaining to be done on the
buildings is of a decorative nature and
can be carried on and completed with
out interfering with the placing of ex-
hibits.
In the Administration building,with
Director-General Davis, are the offices
of the departments of Foreign Affairs
and Publicity and Promotion. The
chiefs of the various exhibit depart
neutrality-suspicious., electricity, mines,
transportation, etc.-have their offices
respectively in the great department
buildings.
The installation of exhibits has al
ready begun, but has not yet pro-
gressed far. Soon, however, the in
terror of each one of the buildings will
be the scene of great activity. The
authorities are determined to have all
exhibits In place at the opening of the
Fair, and manifestly this cannot be ac-
complished If exhibitors are allowed
to be dilatory. 1t will not do to per-
NIT the great mass of exhibitors to de-
fer installing their exhibits until
April, and accordingly state and
foreign commissions and individual
exhibitors will be required to be
prompt. Exhibitors who are dilatory
beyond certain point will lose their
space and be barred out.
The requirements of the preparation
of the official catalogue ofexhibits also
necessitate promptness on the part of
exhibitors. This catalogue will be an
elaborate publication, and, generally
speaking, will have a separate volume
devoted to each department. Its pre-
paration is in charge of Major Handy,
chief of the department of Publicity
and Promotion. 1t is the determine
tion to have it on sale In complete con-
dition on the opening day of the Fair,
if it is possible to do SO. That will, OF
course, depend mainly on the prompt
ness of exhibitors.
Under the east windows of the occu-
pied wing ofthe Administration build
ing lies a scene like u creation of the
Arabian Nights. 1t is the grand court,
the main gateway to the Worlds Fair
feature par-excellence of the entireper'
feet plan of the exposition.
In the centre ripples the blue waters
of the great basin, which while con
stantly renewed by Lake Michigan, il
syet sheltered from the giant waves
foaming on the open shore. The Sky
line on the east side--where the grey
blu horizon melts indistinguishably
into the grey-blue of the lake ant
basln-is broken by the imposing pill
Jared coIonade and the magnificent
central arch of the Perestyle. At eithe
end stands the Music Hall and thu
Casina, disappearing in the soft mist.
haze behind the stately corner pavilion
of the Manufacturers building on th'
north, and on the south partially hid
den by the graceful front of the Agri
cultural building. Above the dome o
the latter the famous figure of Diam
pirouettes with the shifting wind
This statute, being OF heroic proper
tions and brilliantly gilded, is dazzling
ly conspicuous amidst the prevailing