Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-25

NOupu q 1oss OF NtN iOIh hhu
Paris, have been conceded the impOr-
taut privilege Of making an ILLUSTRATED
publication Of the contents OF the Wo.
mans Building. Tho costly task has
been undertaken without expense to
tho Exposition upon the condition
that the firm shall have the exclusive
sale Of the publication.
Prof. Edward II. Thompson, OF the
department Of e,hnology Of tho
WORLDS Fair, has In course NJ prepafa.
ton remarkable reproduction VI the
ancient ruins Of Yucntan. Professor
Thompson has spent some eight years
in making personal anu careful
study Of that country and tho natives
and their oustoms.
The subcommittee OF the executive
committee, and the committee on M.
Hignnicnt OF space In the Womhn'e
Building, recently adjourned lahorl-
Gus session. Ono important result Qi
their lnbors was the final adoption o.!
tue rules aud regulations for the
Won in's Building. Another was the
assignment Of space TO associations Of
women.
The lntercontlnental railway COM
mle.iOn has had prepared fac simile
In miniature Of Central and South
America TO chow the surveys OF the
proposed railroad intended TO unite the
ayatems OF North and South America.
The work was done by H.. II. Court, OF
the photographic office, and Is n faith.
ful representation Of ihe topography Of
the countries named.
The installation Of exhibits In the
various buildings at the Worlds Fair
IL now actively In progress. Scores OF
freight cars loaded with exhibits nre
being run into the grounds and
switched TO the different buildinge.
Wagons laden with packing cases nre
20 be seen going In all directions.
Soon these busy scenes will be multi
plieG ,.aany times over, for hundreds OF
cars Of exhibits will arrive where now
there arc scores. The majority OF
exhibits which have arrived thus far
are foreign.
Sonoma county, California, viii send
n unique exhibit to the Worlds Fair.
IL win bo representation OF the gcy.
sore, one Of thv great natural cuiiosities
OF the state. Tue motel will be thirty.
two foot long, twenty.cight feet wide
aud eighteen feet nigh. One Of the
great spouting caldrOus OF steam will be-
represented by real rock anu imitation
In staff, while n background will be
painted TO represent tue most pictures.
que view OF the canyon, from which
scores Of geysers arise. Artificial
lights la various u0lors VIII reproduce
the peculiar play OF color seen Ia the
gorge. The H0mbluuce OF the hot
springs II o. be made by use Of steam
lipes. la the foreground VIII be placed
huge allegohcal figure OF The Demon
Of the Geysors, mOdeled by Rupert
Schmld.
The board o. lady managers. soon
after lie organization, carefully consid-
crou the most comprehensive method
OF presenting satisfactory showing OF
the work OF women In hospital and
trained nurse service. Making the
early discovery that but slight Oppor.
tunity for such an exhibit would be
found In the Liberal Arts Department,
owing 10 tho limited space, the board
eagerly sought the desired opening
Though other channels. The plans
for medical service, promulgated by
tho medical director OF tho Exposition,
GunNtlllIltAt NHt lnhllAhlluHtt VI "a
hospital In which the more advanced
modern theories viii bo demonstrated.
| a striking feature OF this Will be- an
effective ambulance service, each am.
buauce being accompanied by IA
trained nurse when called for the re-.
mOval Of a patient to the hospital.
Here the bOarj u lady managers per-
celved its opportunity, and ut once
began the foundation Of an elaborate
scheme, which ultimately assumed
national proportions aud attracted wide
attention from many vitality interested.
This WIS the establishment anu main.
tainance OF series OF movable hospi.
tails or relief stations, at various pointf
on the Worlds Fair grounds, by means
Of which the safety and comfort OF the
public would be served.
In answer to the many inquiries
from boards OF trade and similar bodies
concerning the alleged plan to demand
extortionato prices for accommodation
In Chicago next summer, Major w.
| Marsh kass0n, at the request OF the
directoT-general, has prepared the fol-
lowing report from tho bureau Of pub.
lie comfort:
| This bureau has been established by
the Worlds Columbian Exposition 10
cooperate, through It's hotels and
roOming departments, to the beet OF H.
ability, with tho citizens Of Chicago fol
the comfort and protection OF visitors,
TO secure for them suitable and desir.
able lodging at fair anu reasonable
Tatea. The management Is keenly
| alive 10 the fact that thousands OF Wis
itors will be deferred from visiting the
city unless they can be fully assured on
| this point, hence every effort In being
made n realize satisfactory results IN
this direction. Inquiries were sent out
some time ago to hOuseholders having
furnished rooms TO let to learn, as inI
as possible, prices that would be- ex.
pectui therior, and tho following state
| mont gIves thegcneTal average quota
accommodation for over 10000 Ieopl,
In the beet part OF the city lying be-
tween North avenue AMI Seventy.
ninth street.
Price OF rooms per day without
board: Single room, single bed, one
person, sl.85; double rom, double
he'd, one person, SEE; two persons,
| SEQ; dOuble-beddod room, two double
beds, two persons, $3.50; dOublo'bedded
room, two double beds, three persons,
Si.l5; double.bedded room, two double
! beds, four persons, 5000.
There certainly does not seem,
according to these figures, to be any
int cation that citizens OF Chicago will
demand excessive rates for the accom-
notation Of visitors to the Exposition,
and they can be relied upon to sustain
the good reputation OF Chicago for fall
and liberal treatment Of Its guests. One
publishing house has n pamphlet now
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