The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-13

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architecture is the triumphal arch
rising twenty feet higher, surmounted
| by statuary representing Columbus
riding in triumph after the return
from his first voyage Twenty-four
columns on each side of the arch sup
port balustrades upon which is a line
Of eighty-ive heroic statues, fourteen
feet high, representing Virtue, Poetry,
Eloquence, Music, etc. The forty-eight
columns symbolic the States and
Territories-the names of the States
appearing on the cornice just below
the statues. think it is the grandest
yet most beautiful style Of architecture
at the Exposition.
sat upon the pedestal of one of the
columns on the evening of Illinois day.
and watched the illumination of the
buildings around the Court of Honor,
and then gazed in wonder at the mar
yelous display Of the electric fountains
-one on either side of the Columbian
Fountain in front oflthe Administration
building. Each fountain has about
dozen openings from which as maay
jets spout, one tall and slender, others
tapering down until the last are mere
bubbles. The sprays are constantly
changing from one color to another of
the brightest and most brilliant hue.
Then all the sprays seem merged into
one. 1t leaps blood-red one hundred
| and fifty feet, and dropping down there
| is left more delicately colored spray.
The fountains go on an incessant and
wonderful display, varying in its
beauty in all the colors of the rainbow
Like sparkling white diamonds, and
subdued amethysts and emeralds.
There is nothing like it elsewhere in
the universe.
To help out the grand illumination
there are search lights on top of the
Casino and Music Hall-at each Of the
the Peristyle-and four on the Manu-
facturers building, stretching out their
comet-like lights miles and miles away,
or bathing the buildings and specta-
tors in red, blue and green, at the
pleasure of the operator. Just think
OF the startling effect a brilliant red
light makes when it is thrown upon
the statuary on the buildings, or the
eongregated visitors looking on at the
display.
|. I was walking up State street one
night before.I had seen the searchlights.
All at once I thought comet had
struck Chicago. On second thought, I
said to my companion 'Itis the
GREAT GERMAN sEARcHLIGHT,
ten miles away over there at the Expo
sition." The next night I saw it flash
its light upon the Ferris wheel, two
miles of, and at other times how far
I do not know. But I know I could
have read anewspaper up in the city
by its light. Objeess forty miles away
can be distinguished by the operator,
and persons in Milwaukee, eighty-nine
miles from Chicago, have SCENTS light,
as the country between the two places
is very level This great light is one
hundred and ninety four million candle
power, and is worked by that marvel
GUS light-giying5 agency, electricity,
and, as the reader knows, is for use on
ships at sea.
The battle ship Illinois (Which, by
the way is model made out Of BRICK
also flashed a searehlight around in
many twistifcations and far-reaching
visions. -.
n'the Administration building is q
model of the u. S. Treasury, made out
of souvenir half-dolIars. The Govern
ment building is an interesting part of
the Exposition, with its display from
the Smithsonian Institute, the section
of the big California tree, and many
things in agriculture, geology, zoology,
and the exhibit made to show the
characteristics of the principal races of
the globe, the latter being more exten-
sively displayed in the Anthropological
building, where, from the earlies times
is shown the habits ofman and his i'm
plements IN industry, peace and
war, in social and religious life. The
composite statue of American wo-
man, the dimensions being drawn from
the measurement of six thousand COL
lege girls, is somewhat disappointing.
TIE artists ought to have consulted six
thousand Chicago girls. They are
splendid types of the female figure, but
not as divinely fair as the women Of our
Southland.
THE FINE ARTS
in the building of this name would
take years study to fully appreciate |
the $1,000 exhibits of paintings, sculp-
ture, bronzes, ETC., to be seen, if one had
the endurance. The French section is
the largest. but the paintings are on
the style from which many visitors
hasten to the home-like scenes of forest,
seashore and country life so splendidly |
numerous in the German and Scandi-
navian sections. The American Sec
tion commands the appreciation of the
visitor, and the display is very large.
It is the Russian section where there
is the flashing of brilliant coloring, but !
on looking closely it is perceived that |
the subjects are nearly .all of the terri
BILE and dreadful Echaracter.
Tapering off in my rambles through |
the labyrinth Of art, discrimination in |
tie Fisheries building relieved my
weary eyesight. The display of live
fish by the United States Fish Com
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