The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-19
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

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mare or flly exhibited at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago.
The city of Cincinnati wants to erect
a building at the exposition. to be used
both as q club house and receptacle for
q municipal exhibit. It is willing to
expend $50, GOO in the undertaking.
A Joint bill has been introduced in
congress-. carrying an appropriation OF
$18 900, ITO procure, prepare, compile
for publication and publish statistics of
the moral, intellectual and industrial
progress of the colored people of the
United States from Jan. /, 1863, the date
of emancipation proclamation, to Jan. 1,
1898, as . part of the government OK
hibit. the same to illustrate the growth
of liberty, morality and humanity Of the
United States.
The exposition authorities are anxious
that all Of the states and territories
which intend to erect buildings at the
exposition, and which have not yet sub
mitted plans for approval, dc SO at the
earliest possible moment. Very soon q
time will be specified bevond which
plans will not b. accepted. May / is the
date likely to be chosen. The demand
for space is SO great that delinquent
states are liable to lose the cites that
have been assigned to them.
English women are active in prepara-
ton for their, participation in the ex
position. At q meeting OF the womsn's
committee in London, on March 8. it
was announced that Queen Victoria
had promised specimens of her own
work in spinning and Knitting. done
when she was 9 girl; also some of her
embroidering, fine drawing and water
color painting. Princess Louise will
contribute some clay modelling, Princess
Beatrice several paintings, and Princess
Christian some embroidery. The COM
mittee assigned charge of various
branches of women's exhibits as follows:
Irish exhibits. Countess of Aberdeen;
Scotch. Lady Reay; philanthropy,
Baroness Burdett- Coutts; education,
Mrs. Fawcett. the writer on political
economy; hospital nursing. Mrs. Fem
wick; woman's art. Mrs. Robert Austin.
Several women were selected to prepare
papers on various educational and eco.
nomic subjects.
It is probable that the visitor to the
exposition will have an opportunity of
seeing Q more extensive and finer exhi-
bition of ancient Greek art than it has
heretofore been possible to see outside
of Greece. p. Cavrading, director gen.
eral of Greoian antiques, has written
that the Grecian government has 40.
oepted the invitation to participate in
the exposition, with the understanding
that it will be represented only by
memorials of its antiques. Charles
Walstejn. director of the American
school of classic studies at Athens,
states that the Greoian government has
sgreed to make and send to the exposi-
ton casts of the principal works of
ancient art nowin Greece, together with
maps, diagrams and photographs. To
these will probably be added casts, and
perhaps some of the originals of speci.
mems of classic Greek art which are now
distributed throughout Europe,
The Maryland Worlds Fair board is
planning to show in the Maryland
building a reproduction of the snrren-
der of his commission by George Wash
ington. The report of the bosrd to the
Legislature asking for an appropriation
of 800, 600, states: 1T has been sug-
gested by his excellenoy, the governor,
and the suggestion has met with much
favor. that the old senate chamber of
the state house be reproduced in our
building, and that a group of thirty two
figures be made to represent the sur.
by Washington of his oom-
mission, which took place in that his
toric hall. Such q tableau would attract
visitors and serve aa a faaknro of
great interest. The is almost unique in
the history of the world-a successful
general. in the flush of victory, laying
down his sword and retiring TO the du-
ties Of q homely and quiet life after
vanquishing the greatest power on the
eartn in q long and bloody wsr-and is
something to be admired as we'll as o
dered at, and every son of our grand
old commonwealth should feel o per-
sonal pride when he thinks that q deed
noble was done on the soil of his ma
tive state, beneath the roof of his state
capitol"