Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-05
THE WOMAN'S BUILDING,
Many Things That Make It of Peculiar
Interest.
Some Exhibits show Great Ingenuity
Time and Labor Involved
Creditable Display.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star,

| Creditable Display.
| Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
| CHICAGO, August 2, 1893.
| We have had some delightful weather in
| the past week, and the lake breezes have
| tempered the heat of the sun so that 1t
| has not been unpleasant to walk in the
sunshine, and some have even found 1t
| necessary to wear wraps The nights in
| Chicago are delightfully."- COOL the curtains
| stand out in the breeze. and it is a.pleasure
| to draw a blanket up over you. Out on the
| lake 1t is so cool as to require heavy wraps,
| and as hundreds of visitors go out every
evening, 1 would advise those coming to
bring with them wraps for the occasion.
In the rotunda of the administration
| building is model. six feet long, of the
| United States treasury building 1t is cover
| ed with the worlds fair souvenir coins
| l was told there was a half million dol
| lars worth of money used In covering the
model 1t is a glittering affair and attracts
| many visitors. Guards patrol the rotunda
| day and night, guarding this unique ex-
| mbit that none may spirit away the
| treasury or its treasure. Passing through
the manufacturers building on my way to
| luncheon one day, l came to a model of
| city, this model also covered with souvenir
tolnS-the model Is twenty-five feet high
ana contains 10000 coins. AS 1 stood look
| ing at 1t visitor from some suburb town
stepped up and asked in perfect sincerity
| IL visitors We're allowed to go up inside the
| model AS the base Of the model was only
two feet square, and she presented a cir
| cumference amidships Of at least seven
feet. 1t Is difficult to see how she would
| nave managed to get up to the top had she
| been given the opportunity.
| visitors are surprised to see SO many
birds nying about in the buildings as freely
and as fearlessly as If they We're at home
| IN their own native forests but they open
| thelr eyes still wider when they learn that
the oirds nave nests up In the roofs among
the girders and are raising their own little
| Iarnliles under glass SO to speak.
Women Know How to do Things
| take my lunch every day in the woman's
building. All! tell you the women know
| now to do things. The success Of their
| method is manifested by the crowds that go
| there every day and stand waiting for a
| seat. sometimes for over an hour 1t amuses
me to see the quiet satisfied smile of the
| people coming out and the hungry, longing
saze on the faces of those waiting to get In
| The cafe Is on the roof, and Is covered with
gay awnings. and is open to the lake
| preezes-a great boon to the weary travel
ers There is cage of paroquets In the
| care and they keep up a continual chatter
My friend, who is with me. is something of
gest that the paroquets, with their chatter
are an appropriate emblem.
Almost invariably comes in answer to the
question, What do you think of the fair?'
| ''Oh, it is SO big" with a look of despair
| as If the very thought of it's immensely
overpowered one. The fair is like the WASH
| ington Monument in one respect-it appears
greater upon closer acquaintance than 1t
does from distance. When, after walking
| you find you have not accomplished one
twentieth part of what there Is to see you
| begin to appreciate the stupendousness of
| the fair.
4 French woman. in speaking of the fair
| tells me she is disappointed at finding that
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something for the ladies to do after dinner
while the gentlemen smoke.
1 tell her that some of America women
! have found out how to be So charming that
| the gentlemen cannot stay away from them
after dinner long enough to smoke and
drink their wine.
| In the evening we all go to the illumina-
| ton at the fair grounds. which are especially
| beautiful now at night, in the light Of the
| full moon.
The illumination at Night.
| The world has nothing fairar to show
| than the white city by moonlight Even
Venice, all acknowledge, is not so lovely
Words fail when l try to tell Of It, and you
will have to see for yourselves to appreciate
| it's grace and beauty.
| Picture this matchless Court Of Honor.
with its grand lagoon in the center flowing
| between the white-walled Terraces a thou
sand feet away from the Administration
| building to the graceful columns Of the
peristyle, staying a moment TO caress the
| feet Of the Goddess Of Liberty, which rises
| up out of the water In such majestic beauty.
| then hurrying on to kiss the waters of the
great lake beyond and melt INTO its close
| embrace.
Picture the great boulevard all round the
| lagoon. the wide, grassy lawns and the
| broad white stairways leading down TO the
waters edge.
And then the Administration building.
with Its great gilded dome, the gem in the
| chain of palaces that encircle the lagoon.
| showing a wealth of architecture that is
\ as delicate and fairy-like as the castles of
AS the night falls thousands of people
| gather on the terraces to see che .llumina-
ton by electricity Of the buildings in the
court.
Long. graceful gondolas glide slowly up
and down the lagoon. the happy holiday
minsling With the splash aSi rippl, " tss
| flowing waters of the beautiful Columbia
| fountain at the head of the lagoon. and
| strains of harmony come floating over the
water from the south terrace. where the
Chicago Orchestra is stationed.
The Moon ON the Lake.
| AS the moon rises over the lake in
! f1eecy nest of clouds it lights up the gilded
| dome of the administration building and
| brings out in bold relief. the graceful min
| a-ets. the tall columns, the Neptune-crown-
ed pillars, the shining statue of the republic
| and turns to molten silver the ripping wa
| tiers of the lagoon.
| You feel as If you could not begin to drink
| in the exquisite beauty before you, you are
| overcome by the wealth OF it, and while you
gaze spell bound at the beauties of nature
| and art science steps in to give the finish
| ing touch with her magic wand. and in
instant millions Of electric lights appear
! outlining every part of the buildings.
great crown OF electricity surmounts the
| administration building dome, and ribbons
/ of light fall from the crown to the roof be-
| low.
Even the lagoon shares in the glorious
| display and countless tiny lights CLEAN out
| over the water from the white baustrades
bordering the terraces.
COlored Columns Of Water.
In another instant from the basins on
either side of the Columbian fountain spring
100 feet in the air many colored columns and
Jets of water. changing every few seconds
| to the most brilliant hues sometimes all one
vivid emerald. then green and gold. or blue
and silver. purple and silver. purple shading
to gold. scarlet and green. Suddenly the
columns of water disappear and thirteen
sheaves of wheat rise up looking like spun
glass scarlet at the base and shading to
silver, some green and changing to gold,
then change again and every sheaf solid
color, then alternating ones mixed colorS.
Presto! all disappears and up mounts
magnificent column Of nile green water
shading to silver, then blue shading to gold
and so on till you weary of looking at the
changing beauties.
Sud nn1x fS Of