The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-05-26
4 SCENE OF SPLENDOR.
The Magnificent Spectacle which
the Worlds Fair win Present.
The Arts and Mechanics WIN Contribute
Their Ablest Productions 10 Eenu-
tify and Magnify the
! Grand Amin,

The Arts and Mechanics WIN Contrtbut0
Their Ablest Productions TO Eenu-
tify and Magnify the
I Grand Affair.
The following Is from Mr.. Van
Brunt's description Of the Columbian
exhibition in the Century: 1--WE have al
ready said that this vestibule was in
tended to introduce the visitors to the
exposition into q new world. As they
emerge from it's east archway and enter
the court. they must, If possible, receive
q memorable Impression OF architectural
harmony on a vast scale. 10 this END
the forums. bnsiicas and baths OF the
Roman empire. the villas and gardens
of the princes OF the italian Renais-
sance. the royal court yards OF the
palaces of France and Spain. must yield
TO the architects, In that new world
which is the old their rich inheritance
of ordered beauty, TO make possible the
creation of bright picture OF civic
splendor such rs this great function OF
modern civilization would seem TO re-
Quire.
..At the outset It was considered OF
the FIRST Importance that the people, in
circulating around the court or enter
ing or leaving the buildings, should SO
far as possible be protected from the
heat of the midsummer sun. To assist
in accomplishing this object the great
quadrangle will be closed in by series
of sheltered arnbulators, like the Greek
stoa, included In and forming part OF
the facades Of the palaces of machinery
and agriculture on the right. and OF the
liberal arts and electricity on the left.
The vast fronts of these buildings. fur
exceeding in dimensions those OF any
other ancient or modern architectural
group, with their monumental colon
nad,.d pavilions. their sculptured en-
richinents, their statuary. dones and
towers, will appear in mellowed ivory
marble, relieved by decorations in color
in the shadowy recesses OF the porticos.
Immediately before him the stranger
will behold the great basin $50 feet
wide and LlOO feet long. stretching
eastward in the middle of the court,
bordered with doubled walled terraces,
Of which the lower will be decorated
with shrubbery and flowers, and the
upper with balustrades. rostral col
umns, vases and statuary. Broad stairs
descend from the main porticos Of the
buildings to the water, and the canals,
which enter the basin on each side, are
crossed by monumental bridges. On the
nearer margin Of the greater basin. and
in the axis of the court, he will see o
smaller circular basin $50 feet in diam
eter, on level with the upper terrace,
flankcd by two lofty columns bearing
eagles. In the center Of this. on an an
tique galley of bronze 60 feet long,
eight colossal rowers, portraying tho
arts and sciences, stand four on side.
bending to their long sweeps; in the
PROV is poised the herald Fame, with
trump and outspread wings; while, aft,
Time, the pilot, leans upon his helm, and
high aloft On throne, supported by
cherubs, sits Columbia, fair, youthful
figure, eager and alert, not reposing
upon the past, but poised in high ex.
pectation. Eight couriers precede the
barge, mounted upon marine horses
ramping out Of the water. The whole
triuIhphal pageant is seen through a
mist Of inter1ncing forntain-jets, and
from the brimming basin the water
falls fourteen feet in series of steps
into the greater sheet below, a half
circle OF dolphins spouting over the cas-
cade. This pompous allegory Is the
work of the sculptor Frederick Mac
Monnies. At the outer end of the basin
q colossus of the republic, by the sculp.
tor Daniel c. French, rises from the
water. 1t is treated somewhat in the
Greek archaic manner, with strong
accentuation Of vertical lines, but with
simplicity and breadth which give the
figure an aspect Of majesty and power,
Beyond It, double open colonnade, OF
: peristylc. sixty feet high, like that Of
Bernini in front Of st. Peters, forming
three sides Of square, closes in the
great court toward the lake. OF the
two wings of this colonnade one is Q
concert hall. and the other q casino Q,
waiting hall for passengers by boat. IT.
columns typify the states OF the union
In the center Of this architectural screer
is q triumphal arch thrown over the
canal which connects the basin with
the harbor. Through this and through
the open screen OF the colonnade on<
may see the wide-spreading lake, thu
watery horizon, and, still in the axis o.
the court and thousand feet from th<
shore, q lofty pharos with an island
casino at its base. Animating tht
whole, banners and gonfalons futtea
gayly from innumerable stats; people
Of all nations walk in the shadow Of tht
porches, linger on the bridges, crowt
along the broad pavement Of the ter
races and watch from the balustrade'
the incessant movement Of uany-coloret
boats and electric barges upon th'
water"
Indiana'S Building.
Indiana has begun the erection Of II
building at the exposition. and is vel
advanced In arrangements for its gen
eral state exhibit The building vii