Evening journal., 1892-10-22

Splenuld lyric as IOllOWS, winch was bu-
perbly given by the chorus;
Columbial men beheld thee rise,
A goddess from the misty sea.
Lady Of Joy, sent from the Skies
The nations worshiped theel
Thy brows were flushed with dawn's first
light;
By foamy waves with stars bedight
Thy blue robe fioated free.
Now let the sun ride high o'erhead,
Driving the light from shore TO shore;
His burning tread we do not dread,
For thou art evermore.
Lady Of love, whose smile shall bless,
Whom brave deeds win to tenderness
Whose tears the lost restore.
Lady of hope thou art, we wait
With courage thy serene command.
Through unknown seas, toward undreamed
fate,
We ask thy guiding hand.
On, thou Sails quiver in the galei
Thou at the helm, we cannot fail
On TO Gods time veiled strandl
Lady Of beauty, thou shalt win
Glory and power and length Of daysi
The sun and moon shall be thy kin,
The stars shall sing thy praise.
All hail we bring thee VOWS most sweet
We strew before thy winged feet.
Now, onward be thy waysl
The Presentations.
The effect on the audience was magical
and the house rose en- masse, with cries of
"bravow and 'encorer' and had the man
agement allowed it the ode would have
been given again and again. But other
choice numbers were to come and an encore
was impossible.
The next order was the presentation by
of the exposition to the Worlds Column
bian exposition, and award to them Of
special commemorative medals, after which
the chorus again endeared itself to the
audience by its fine and flowing interpreta-
ton of Haydn's THE Heavens Are Tell
ing"
Mrs. Potter Palmer, the woman to whom
too much credit cannot be given for her
work as president of the board of lady
managers, then came forward and received
an ovation thatwas richly deserved Her
part In the programme consisted of an adj
dress on the work of the lady managers,
and when she had finished no one who
heard her had the slightest fear that the
Columbian exposition would be failure if
the same spirit which pervaded her and
her assistants obtained throughout the
other departments.
Next came the tender of the buildings on
behalf OF the Worlds Columbian exposi-
ton by the president thereof to the presi-
| dent of the Worlds Columbian commits
sion. and the presentation of the buildings
by the president of the Worlds Columbian
commission to the vice president of the
United States for dedication.
The Dedication.
After these ceremonies had been con-
cluded Vice President Morton, who oflici-
ated i'm the enforced absence OF President
! Harrison at the bedside Of his sick wife
advanced and was greeted with great en-
thusiasm. Ills function was to dedicate the
buildings, which he did in mastery ad
dress. in the course of which he paid q
tribute to President Harrison and expressed
his own regret, and said he knew he voiced
| the sentiments OF the whole people of tn,
country in grieving over the cause which
kept the chief executive away from an oc
casion he had taken so much interest il
and which he was so desirous to attend
When the applause which greeted the VIC
| presidents address subsidized the chorus
gave with fine effect Handel's "Hallelujal
Chorus from the Messiah
Now n cheer ripples over the vast build
ing, which becomes louder and louder a
the brilliant oracle of the stareyed goddess
the Hon. Henry Watterson, Of Kentucky
comes forward to deliver the dedicator!
oration. Mr.. Watterson smiled, waite'
till quiet had been restored, and then Will
the vehemence and vigor Characteristic o
the man from the blue grass region KEEP
the audience spelibouud while he pourc'
,ut the eloquent words that fairly bubbles
over his lips. His address was gem O
oratory worthy of the occasion and hi
hearers, and was cheered and applauded Z
the echo.
AS Mr. Watterson retired the stirrin
strains of the star Spangled Banner
broke upon the cur, and the full chOru
sang the words of the patriotic hymn wit
a vim thar caused large part of the au