Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-01
And Comfort, radiant with Astounding store.
Wave welcome at the door,

The myriad d Sl homes where jocpnd Joy is found.
| And love is throned and crown,d
| He saw exalted ignorance under ban,
Ih9u usi.P snoped in force i'm e time began.
| The providence Of man.
I Gte,rss and psed and passed
His lion face arlow. his luminous eyes
| IL with mysterious fire from hidden suns:
10 P,n's ~ s's sss asM .s
For On I, my soul hath dawned wondrons sight
uprose hemisphere of glorious lite!
And and Women M se and asterfai
| Who dwelt at peace in rural cottages
And splendid cities bursting into bloom
| Great lotus blossom. on a fowe-y sea.
| High asriration. soaring to the stars!
And then methought Oh. Martin. thro, the storm.
Now go we forward! @ Fear "a" ava a i'''s'
| will abate no atom of my dream,
| Though all the devils Of the underworld
e
For have had vision fun Of light! =,
From this hour hence and let no man look back!
Then from the Pintas foretop fell cry,
Atruinpet song. Light. no! Light. no! Light. no,
| Hearty applause rewarded the reader as she
retired, and it renewed when after the
orchestra had rendered the "Renzi', overture
by Wagner. Director General Davis arose from
his seat and. after bowling to the chief magis-
trate and those surrounding him. faced the
assemblage. Time and again was the applause
renewed and the man who had done 80 much
toward bringing about the successful consum-
nation of the great enterprise was for the
moment embarrassed by the heartiness of his
| greeting. Finally, when the cheering COM
menced to die away. he turned again to the
| President and commenced his address
! This is what he said:
DIRECTOR GENERAL DAVIS ADDRESS.
'The dedication of the grounds and buildings
| for the purposes of an international exhibition
took place on the 21st of last October. at which
| time they were accepted for the objects for
which they were destined by the acts of
| Congress of the United States. This is not
the time nor the place. neither will it
! be expected of me, to give a compre-
henslve review of the various efforts which have
| been put forth to complete the work to which
we invite your inspection today. l may be
permitted. however. to say word in praise of
and In gratitude to my co-oflicers and official
/ staff who form. the great organization which
! made this contamination possible
| This exposition is not the conception of auv
! single mind; 1t is not the result of any single
effort. but 1t Is the grandest conception of all
the minds and the best obtainable result OF all
the efforts put forth by all the people who have
| III any manner contributed to its consideration
! The great commanding agencies through
which the government had authorized this
| work to proceed are the nation 4, commission,
consisting of los men, and their alternates. Sc
lected from the several states and territories
presided over by Mr.. Thomas W. Palmer of
| Michigan; the corporation Of the state of Hi
nois. known as the world y columbian exposition
consisting of forty five directors, presided over
by MIR. II. N. Higginbotham of Chicago; and
| the board OF lady managers consisting of lis
women and their alternates, selected from the
! several states. presided over by Mrs. Potter
Palmer of Chicago To these great agencies
wisely selected by Congress, each performing
Its special function. the gratitude of the people
of this country and the cordial recognition Of all
these friendly foreign representatives are due
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION.
''To perfect from these agencies an efficient
organization our first duty. and it was sue
cessfully accomplished at the outset through
committees. subsequently by great executive
| departments. and through these departments
| the systematic. vigorous and effective work has
progressed. Through the department of ad-
ministration, the department of finance the
department Of works and the great exhibit de-
partments, the plan and scope of grand inter
national exposition have been worked out.
| The department Of finance, composed of
members of the Illinois corporation, has with
disinterestedness remarkable. with courage I'M
daunted, successfully financed the exposition
and has provided for the great work upward
of go, 900. The department of works and
Its MANY bureaus of artists architects. engineers
and builders have transformed these
| grounds. which twenty-one months ago were an
unsigatly, uninvlting and uRoccupied stretch of
landscape. into the beauty and splendor of to-
! day. They have conspicuously performed their
| functions. and these grand avenues, these Vene-
| tian waterways, the finished landscape the
| fountains and sculptures and colonnades and
| these grand palaces. stand out monument to
their genius and their skill, supplemented by
| the labor of that great army of skilled artisans,
| all citizens Of this republic.
THE EXPOSITION OFFICIALS.
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have exploited this mighty enterprise and gath
cred here the exhibits forming this picture that
is set in this magnificent frame have confirmed
| the wisdom of their selection. No state or ter
| ritory of the Union has escaped their voice.
| No country on the globe but has been visited
and the invitation of the President of the
| United States personally presented. Fortu-
natey, at the inception of this enterprise
our government was and still is. at peace with
| the whole world. Commissioners were sent to
Europe. to Asia. to Australia. to British North
America and to the islands Of the seas. SO that
| today the whole world knows and is familiar
with the significance Of the great peace festival
we are about to inaugurate upon this campus,
and all the nations join in celebrating the event
which it commentaries.
| This Enclosure, containing nearly 700 acres,
| covered by more than 400 structures. from the
small state pavilion occupying an ordinary
| building site to the colossal structure Of the
|
| ing over 80 acres. is filed and crowded with a
| display of the achievements and products Of
the mind and hand of man such as has never
before been presented to mortal vision. The
habits. customs and life of the people
Of our own and foreign lands are shown in the
| variegatcd plaisance, those stately buildings on
| the north are filled with the historical treasures
and natural products of our several states
The artistic. charac teristic and beautiful edfces
the headquarters Of foreign commissions, sur
rounding the gallery of fine arts, which, in it
self, will be an agreeable surprise to the Amer
| lean beholder. constitute the grand central zone
of social and friendly amenities among the
different peoples of the earth.
surrounding this grand plaza, where we
| stand, and reaching from the north and upon
the extreme south, is the great mechanical
scientific. industrial and agricultural exhibition
Of the research and products of the world.
| "These have been secured from the four quar-
tiers OF the globe and placed in systematic order
| under the supervision of those great depart
ments, and, while all the material upon the
grounds is not yet in place, l am gratified
to be able to present to the President of
| the United States at this time an Off
cial catalogue containing description and
| location of the exhibition. The number OF ex-
hibitors will exceed &C, 900 when everything is
| in place. The citizens of our country are
proud and always will be proud Of the action of
the Congress Of the United States of America