The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-21
height and beauty of the buildings than
can be obtained in any other way.

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beauty of its edifices and in the orna-
mentations of the grounds. Covered,
for the most part, with a white plaster,
readily moulded into any form, the
structures appear as if built of marble,
and to be adorned with every species
of ornament. No capital of Europe
presents such a concentration of archi-
tectural effect. "The White City," TO
borrow the words of another, 4" is the
magnificent realization of the dreams
of architects and artists. There are no
scenes in Venice so splendid as those
along the canals. Consider that there
is more than square mile of land and
water within the gates crowded with
attractions; that the swift electric
launches are nearly an hour in making
the round of the canals and tou ching at
the landings; that there is a walk of
half mile on one of the great build
ings; that the most active and fleetest
spectators cannot see the outside of all
the fair structures in a day, and that the
houses of the several states are them
selves wonderful show; that taking
these together, the displays far exceed
all that has gone before, and it will be
noticed we have left out the fair ITSELF"
Again limiting himself to the wants
of the nOn-specialist visitor, the writer
would cite the following things as
specially, though not exclusively, of
paramount interest. In the great
structure of Manufactures and Liberal
Arts, which covers thirty acres, the
French, German, Austrian, Belgian
aud japanese departments on the lower
floor are particularly novel and intrin-
sically beautiful. Upstairs the re-
ligious and educational interests are
represented. 1t is curious to know that
as much space has been given here to
the Roman Catholic church as to all the
Protestant denominations combined, and
thus the uniformed visitor would
conclude that the religious schools of
the Roman cult were the chief edu
eating influences of America. Har-
ward beats all the other colleges in the
elaboration of its methods. Yale con.
fines itself too much to photographs.
Two noteworthy objects in the Harvard
exhibit are the "average man and the
average woman" figures built up
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tions in each case. The mans proper
tons are about what they should be,
but the woman's show the effects of
waist compression and other artificial
agencies. The Agricultural and Horti-
cultural buildings are wonderful in
size, and in wealth of fruits, flowers
and grains. Great pyramids of oranges,
for example, must be built over again
daily, for oranges will rot. The Ma
chinery, Electrical, Forestry and Leather
buildings and the cattle departments
need only to be mentioned to be under
stood. The Mining building is very at
tractive, showing no end of glittering
ores, all the processes in diamond cut
ting and the methods employed in dig
ging for precious ores. Here Montana
exhibits more than life-sized woman
of solid silver, standing on huge block
of pure gold, while the adjacent depart
ment of Arizona shows wood petri6ed
into marble, and ores of every hue of
the rainbow. Huge columns of coal
and wonderful shafts of iron attest re-
spectively the wealth of American soil
and the ingenuity of German iron
masters.
The Transportation building, about
the only red-colored structure on the
grounds, will interest everybody. Side
by side are Wagner cars brilliant in
blue and gold, and the first locomotive,
with its queer coaches, ever used in
this country. The evolution of all
means of locomotion from the earliest
times to the present, among savage and
civilized nationalities, is presented.
The mechanic and the machinist and
the ordinary tourist can spend hours
here with equal profit. The Art build
ing is immense too immense. 1t
would have been better had a more
vigorous censorship been exercised,
both in regard to nudities and pic
lures of hardly mediocre worth. Eng
land and France present the chief at
fractions, but both, the latter country
especially, send some trash. There is
loan department containing speci-
mems of many old and new world
masters. A. visit to the Art building
should occupy at least two days.
The government display in its main
building and Fishery annex is very
fine. The working of the various de.
partments; the progress in mail carry
ing, in arm and ammunition manufac.
ture; the changes in uniform; the fish