Oxford Democrat., 1893-08-22


though doubtful ~ English grammar, and
states but the facts. Far western people
occasionally indulge In sarcastic remarks
on the propriety Of having such . stIuc-
ture here In view Of the administrstioh's
present attitude en- silver. but unfortu-
nately very few Of them are here. An
other object Of great attraction II the piet-
ure Of q prairie farm, composed OF grain
and grasses, In the Illinois building. and
people from that state tell me that the
original design was by an Illinois girl OF
II, who did considerable Of the work.
In the Anthropological building arc
some rare curiosities of uguness. do not
refer to such common things ~ masks
and mummies, skulls, skeletons and abo-
riginal drawings. These are just oriinar.
| lily ugly, but the Indians Of the far north.
west have sent some totems apd funeral
poles which are superlatively hideous.
Among these sits an old Englishman
named John Dean, who passed foysy years
Of his life in British Columbia, Alaska
and thereabouts. His collection comes
chiefly from Queen Chariotts's hland. and
everything in II Il ugly beyond the power
Of language to describe. When . man
dies on that island his relatives hollow out
tree trunk and slide the corpse, enclosed
In many bark wrappinks and rude box,
into Il and then plant the trunk on end In
the ground. They cover the top to pre-
serve the wood and on that place an image
TO scare away the evil spirits. II those
shown here do not scare them, they must
be spirits of some nerve.
Il would be rude, II not unmanly, to set
down the board Of lady managers among
the curiosities, but II certainly nils moro
space In the city papers just now than any
other exhibit on the grosnds. IL has
shown more kinds Of hysteria than man
can understand OF describe, has displayed
Q marvellous variety OF tears and kissing
and making up preparatory to quarrellng
again and has outdone the Irish parlia-
ment OF 1859 In vituperative eioqusnse.
One Of the ladies says she will compile
and publish o work on the boards trou-
blss. II she writes as she talks that book
will sell. The public u oil the more In.
terested In Il from the fact that nobody
understands what the trouble is about.
II certainly began In dissatisfaction with
the juries Of awards, but the present con-
ditions and merits OF II is zone OF them
things no fellah can fnd out"
Another popular curiosity 10 the babies
annex to the Woman's building. Ives
attracted into II by Q series Of unearth!y
yells and supposed all the infants had
turned loose at once. Il was all the doings
OF one little darky. He was In Q rallied
space by himself and no one paid the
siightest attention to him. AL the pretty
plnytbinQs and the nice clean hottie OF
warnf milk had no charms for him. He
wanted TO get out. He would crawl
around, lay hold Of the railing
and make = desperate effort to
raise himself. then falling would
fall back and give vent to yells that made
the observer wonder how 30 much cry
could be evolved In the little corpus OF
baby not year old. II was symbolic OF
the plaint OF race, for all the other kids
were happy a. clans at high tide.
Everything was 20 neat and 30 nice.
The little crits, the clothing. the soft ma
terials ON which the Infants tumbled
about and the nursery bottles were GO
clean ~ care could make them and tho
children were certainly an assorted lot,
they looked 20 pink and brightsyed and
rosy and healthy. All the latest and best
appliances for the care and nurture Of
children are in Use and each child receives
two meals and the best Of care all day for
the triHing snm Of Is cents. Yet very few
bvisitors avail themselves Of II. Weary
women carry their infants around, or di.
vide the task with their husbands. Occa-
sionally In any building one hears tho
wall Of wearied infant. though not often.
for nearly all children are good when car
Red about to see things, and very often
one sees wesried mother stretched out
ON the grass while the baby plays about
her. Perhaps II 10 sentiment which
makes most Of these retain their infants
and perhaps they do not know how very
safe and happy the darlings would be In
the public nursery. j. II. BEADLI.