The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-10
Wall Hanging

he dDDdT6IlI VI hpttCO
signed to certain countries may be eX-
planned by the fact that in some cases
the space assigned is for important paint
ings in oil alone, while in others the
space is intended to contain the entire
exhibit of the country's works III oil,
water color, decoration and the architec-
tural exhibit. In the space assigned TO
Germany is included all the German
schools-Bavarian Saxon, Dresden, Dus
seldorf, etc. The colonies of Gres
Britain and Germany are included Ia
the sections assigned to these two coun-
tries. In the space allotted to Austri
the Hungarian and Bohemian schOO.
will be represented should the artists
contribute.
The four great galleries in the nave
and transept will be devoted to the col
lections of sculpture and monumental
decoration. as well as the architectural
exhibit of all countries, with the eXcep-
ton of those alluded to above as being
provided for completely in the space
allotted.
1--WE were guided in making this ar
rangement by several conditions" said
Chief Ives. '.One was the number OF
applications made from the countries
and the other was the strength of the
artists. l believe the arrangement is as
good as could have been made. taking
all things into consideration. am sure
that the subject has been carefully con-
sidered and the claims OF ali artists
weighed without prejudice.
FIorida's Picturesque Building.
Messrs. Hirst and jackson. worlds
fair commissioners for Florida, report
that the prospect Is very promising for
raising SiOU.OUO for the representation of
that state. The interest of the people
has been greatly increased by the de
cision to construct for the Florida build
ing "A reproduction of old Fort Marion, "
claimed to be the oldest structure on
the continent. The building is a very
picturesque one. The exterior will he
of coQuina. :. concrete made chiefly of
shells and phosphate, and the interior
will be fini ',ed in Florida woods, of
which there are no less than 240 differ
ent varieties. In a moat surrounding
the fort will be sunken gardens where
growing pineapples and the larger fruits
will be shown. On the parapets will be
hanging gardens to which the full
wealth of the fora of the state will con-
tribute Adjacent to the building will
be groves of bamboo and orange and
lemon trees.
The Bureau of Public Comfort
Visitors to the worlds Columbian ex-
position will avail themselves of a
bureau of public comfort managed by
the exposition authorities. This will
have headquarters III building on the
grounds, and will provide for visitors
means of information and almost every
facility for convenience and comfort eX-
cept lodging. The bureau will be man
aged by w. NJ. Kasson. who had similar
service at the Philadelphia centennial
though on a much smaller scale than is
now planned. a separate organization
having arrangements with the hotels
and lodging houses of the city, will ex-
tend its service to all visitors who wish
it 1t is the determination to protect
visitors from imposition of every de-
scription, and to see that prices are kept
down to a reasonable basis
New Mexico.
w. H. H. Llewellyn, executive com
missioner for New Mexico, has been in
Chicago securing space in the various
buildings for exhibits from the terri
tories. I'VE expect to show people who
visit the worlds fair" he said, that
New Mexico can raise something else
besides cactus and sagebrush. One ex-
hibit will be one hundred watermelons,
the minimum weight of each of which
will be one hundred pounds We shall
have specially fine displays in the agri-
cultural and horticultural department.
also IN the mines department.
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