The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-03-18
THE WORLDS GREAT FAIR.
MODERN CREATIONS NTHATRBV
1HE CHOICEST PRODUCES
OF ANCIENT ART
Rome aud Athens In Their Days of
SplendOr Eclip.ed by the " .site city
on Lake Michigan.

spIendOr EcIip.ed by the " aite City
Lake Michigan.
Six HUNDRED Acres of Unrivalied Nat
ural Beauty. Covered With impo.-
ing Temples, Dedicated to Human
Progress.
CHICAGO. March II 1t will he re
corded in the pages of history that, in |
the year of cur Lord. 1898 city of |
temples and palaces, more upend >us in |
design. more magnificent in spendor |
than any described in the 'mes Of me- |
dieval romance or tha; ever found birth |
in the widest fl ghs of oriental coucep |
tiOn an enchanted capital, conceived |
by master minds, and AIRED by an army
of 90 900 skilled art sans within twelve
month-wss formally opened to the
world for the purpose Of an exposition.
whereto everv tribe and nation on esrth
brought lis choicest treasures and poured
| them out at the feet of the Genius of the
uew world
Within these cleaning palaces, these
| colossal temples, reared by Oh cago. the
| imperial city of he Western Continent.
| upon the curving shores Of her mighty
iuland sea- the fruits of the earth, the
| products of the sea, the wealth OF the
mines the treasures Of the mind Of man
will be gathered for the insDection of the
| world. Labor, brains and capital hav'
been levied upOn II fl | these palaces o.
| splendOr Genius and Science il ,vt
CLEANED the illimitable harvest fl Ids Of
G ID to provide feast of reason or the
children of men
The Worlds Columbian Exposition
will be the apotheosis of the triumph of
the wizard Of the seas II will stand ss
msg1 ficent climax of four centuries Of
the evolution of CIV lization.
In little over month the gates of the
mighty exposition will he thrown ajsr to
the world. 10 succeeding articles. the
greatest exposition of the centuries will
be treated in detail Is history in years
to come will read like an iliad It's les
sons will con ttute an epic poem. II
will be university at which every citi
zan of the United States should be q
tndert Its effects will be felt for all
time and it will have tremen Ions influ
ence upon the destiny of mankind. or
hese features these articles will trear
from the lofty standpoint of humsnita
rianism. At present birds eve view
of .he most colossal enterprise ever con
ceived or executed by the hand Of man
would. in itself. constitute the most vivid
mental panorama that could be presen
ted to the public
The first feeling of q stranger entering
the gst s at Jackson Park. is that o
n spe. chless awe, Of inarticuiste a tonsh
q ment, of voiceless wonder, of dumb al
1liration. Strei eiching away On ever,
;. tsud, with magnlgcent vistas and daZ-
r z'ing reaches Of wster he.U cen, stan,
magnificent t, mples of snowy whiten. S.
: colossal pillars and titanic domes. crown
!. I'd by luminous halo of sunshine o
V yelled by ;early gray mists which ol
:. somber days beat about these stupendou
Il >ummits like winged couriers of the SIX
d above some Alpine peak. There AT
y places there moIe magnificent than eve
% crowned Babylon or Athens or Rome i
e heir palmiest days. The grandeur c
- Greece and the glory of Rome are cell ps
ed upon shores of Lake Mlchigan. Th
maj y 'ens beauty of Venice has be
surpssseo-Y -YI9 the new world The mos
ques and minarets of B, zantium are T,
: produced on more stately style Th
es Roman Coliseum becomes a puny b4rrac
r beside the inc IN parable temple of Lii
i eral A. is, which covers thirty acres {
e. ground and will seat nslf million
ne people, whose cyclopean arches Of STE
Dr. rise on either side and meet IT the d III
Id altitude of 260 feet above floor. Tn
q colossal structure, seen at a distance. Re
m sembles a mountain of marble and glas
be 1t sits graudlv ON the shore of the nigh
d tn'ani lake. the restless waves beating
50 eternal reveille at its mighty por al
a. while its azure dome, rest milling a m0u
he cam, Can be seen forty miles AZ sea
b walk around the va pile constitutes
or mile. Its magnificent entrances are lar
OF enough for a schooner II enter under (,
tly sail, yet they are not out of propo ton
Dr. tne greatest temple of industry ev
IL erected in the worli, canOpied 10y 81
B. Two hundred and sixty feet overhead
the NTH stretching away into seemin
es lg illimitable distance, the great 81
ter arches, with their vast network of si,
tbs girders resembling titanic cobweb CO
lO ering the armament. O1 dedication d,
ed wien chorus of 5 900 voices broke
ex- silence the effect Was almos supernatur
i'd The music filed the thirty acre tempt.
de- at from nave 70 dome 1t roared i
ern the furnaces of cyclops, anon dyi
en- away like the whisper of winds amid
Or forest of wailipg pines, then rising
'rts ump phantly and perva1iDg the air "
day the magnificent fury Of tempest II
for it was calling the world II arms, d
eek then il was the morning stars singing
Ex ge,her. Tben was heard the deep d a
&
ale, Alpine avalanche, the sresdy barit In'
last An lmpe'uous m puntaln COrrent the n
inst ecsracv Of cataract. the silver-tnrna
ear; trumpet, and above all the rest the ju
eek liant notes of u sky ark soaring u, wac
ldst the sun.
One is puzzled which to admire n
in the august congress os peerless stT
Ana ures THAI gem he 900 acres ~ J4cs
hav Park The awe inspiring prop rt'
had of the Liberal Arts building pre-
u OF strong contrast II the Aam instr q
: his building with its tow ring dome o.
cooking all the rest. OLe gaz j.
gie0 ingly and lovingly AT the severely cls
ems, cal facade of the Fine Arts building.
bis returns to it again snd again C5ve
K TO ten acres of gTCugd. lit Il SO pert c
tlons proportion, 80 classc cal in design, IN
rents mas been pronounced the p ecr de r
, was tance of the group The Mines and
au ing building, covering SIX acres, Is y.
work of art; while the VI lorsh ,yle
dominates in the Architecture of
It. E ectricsl building, which covers :
this acres Of ground, ana IN msny resi-
.pital will C 'ver the most II 'efes'ne eAh
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