The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-12
THE WORLDS FAIR
rs YET WE GAN SCARCELY REALIZE
ITS MAGNITUDE.
IT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY he THE
BIGGEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL
SHOW or THE AGE.

BIGGEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL
SHOW or THE AGE.
Z People have thought for so long
that Chicago was merely a place to do
business in, said James w. Scott,
publisher of the New York Herald,
land have associated itwith the stock
yards, where 50 many hogs are killed
and packed per second, that the idea
Of its doing anything in the artistic
way seems ridiculous. But | want to-
say to you that the Worlds Fair will
be the most beautiful thing ever seen.
:. The Paris exposition was maginifi-
cent, but / think the Worlds Fair
will be finer. 1t is generally conceded
that American architects are the best.
We have mere styles and more style.
Well, the best architects Of the coun-
try have formed into board, and
while each has been accorded a free
hand as to the building which he has
to design, yet there has been a certain
uniformity Of designs say, for exam
pie. in the size of the openings which
makes all The buildings seem the work
of one great mind of wonderful versa
tility.
seeay see and appre-
ciate the magnifcence Of these build
ings. They are magnificent. There
is nothing cheap looking about them.
The material Of which they are built
looks like marble or any other kind Of
stone you choose to make it, and yet
| it doesn't seem shabby.
Frank D. Millet, whose position in
American art is well known, has
charge Of the whole scheme Of color
and decoration. There won't be All
popcorn stand tile lines Of which won't
be in harmony with that Of It's sur
roundings. There viii be electric
launches plying on the lagoon to carry
people about, and even the color Of
their awnings has been considered. !
know people had IN idea that any
thing Chicago would do would be big, ]
but they also thought it would be a
sort Of rough pine lumber affair, deco
rated with red, white and blue print
stuff, with rows of stars in it, Il
won't. Chicago people have made
! theirs brags to their friends and then
have gone down to the grounds and
come away stupefied to find that their
widest boastings have been double
discounted.
why, take the matter Of flowers
Your Mr.. John Thorpe, Of Flushing,
man known to every florist ii Ameri-
ca, and friend to every wealthy man
who has an interest in beautiful plants,
has said to them, 81 want the best
you've got, and these rare plants he
has set out in their own earth already,
SO that by the time the fair is opened
for visitors those plants will look as if
they had been there hundred years.
.'As sample Of the artistic feeling
Of the thing, let me tell You that the
art building, which il in the style Of
the Parthenon, is the delight Of all the
architects, because it is more purely
Greek than the Parthenon itself. That
was added to by the people who took
bits from outside styles, but the man
who designed the best building had
the Greek feeling so thoroughly that
he out Greeks the Greeks. And yet it
isn't stiff and formal, but full of that,
| don't know what, that shows the man
took pleasure in his work and made it
almost living thing.
"Thera will be buildings devoted en-
tirely to departments that in other ex-
positions have been shaved off inl a
corner. For example. mines and min
| ing will have building 1000 feet
long by nearly 400 feet wide. Then
the new art department Of modern en-
lgineering, dynamics and electricity