The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-10-11
WORLDS FAIR LETTER.


this time. / would advise every one
to go to the Fair if possible il only
for week. There are many OBJ
jects of interest that will never In
our time be collected again togeth-
er. The immensely of the buildings
shows the granduer Of design and
their architectural beauty.
Having just returned from the
"White City" I may be able TO tell
some facts. In the variety of eX-
hibits one will certainly find some
thing which will interest them;
from the farmer in the stock yards
to the artist among the valuable
paintings, or to the scientist in the
Anthropological building. Itseems
impossible to describe the beauty
and greatness of the exhibits. In
the Manufacturers and Liberal
Arts building Git being the largesD
contains the greatest variety. The
furs from Russia are very costly
and elegant. They show some
down quilts, with an insertion near
the edge of breasts of birds in a
pale pink and gray color. The
Italians have beautiful cOrals set
for necklaces and rings, and rare
statuary in their department. The
N0rwegians have a fine display of
spoons, knives and forks with
enameled handles. This work is
something new to some of us. The
enambled part contains transparent
stones of various cOlors gracefully
designed for a handle, sometimes
the bowl of a spoon is enamelcd too.
We had abundance Of music free
all day, either at the grand stand
on the Lake front, by Gilmore'e GEL
ebrated band, or in the Midway
Piaisance. Every other evening
there is general illumination OF
electric lights, search lights, and
fire works, this Is a wonderful
sight and well worth seeing If you
can only go lin the evening. We
stayed all day, and spent the eve-
ming, and when there was no H.
Nominations we walked up and
down the Midway Plaisance which
resembles an endless Kaleidoscope
OF human beings to study, such as
the people Of Dahomey, Japanese,
Turks, Moors, South Sea Islanders,
Egyptians, Austrians, Algerians,
Arabs, Esquimaux, Germans, and
! Irish. These numerous conces.
sions on the Midway seem all at
. tractive, but one cannot afford tc
. see all, as II will recommend those
We saw, The Street in Cairo which
costs Is cents entrance fee, and, car
stay there for hours watching the
visitors ride the camels. 1t is very
! amusing, and one is almost upset
when the camel arises with the
, load. We can easily imagine we
are in Cairo. The Fire wheel is
| another wonder from which birds
: eye view may be had of the entire
exposition. Visitors are taken Isl
, feet into the air in cars similar tC
!, railway coaches. I confess 1 wa.
, little disappointed about. this
) especially after having been to the
: top Of Washington Monument Al
Washington ID. G. Old Vienna has
aquaint appearance representing
, the city so years ago, the houses
are antique, and the music is sof
5 and dreamy. Other concessions
$ worth seeing would be the Hagen
back trained Animal show, Mnrisl
Place Dahomey village, and LIB!
D Glass works. The State building,
: are great comfort place to NEE
,, your friends. Each one is descrip
= tive of said state. For instance
. Pennsylvania is a small reproduc
D ton of Independence Hall. Rhod
s Island building in the center repre-
8 sents the Old Tower of the North
man at Newport, Massachusetts, i
: copy Of the John Hancock fam
), lily mansion, while Virginia's hOus
d looks like Washington heme a
$ Mt. Vernon. l met a Tennesseeal
Q and asked him why their State wa
not represented, he said; "We ar
too poor and If we had Stat
building and exhibit it would hav'
8 b IN done by Northern capital ant
: we can't stand that" Ireplied. "A
g what's the use of feeling that wa,
t let's be merry, and add GU
q share to this exhibition of hu
: man progress" The choice fruit
y from California in the Horticultu
n raj building made one wis
il to:live there. Machinery Hall is in
Q tensely interesting, from watchin,
L the manufacture of thimbles to tn
n weaving Of gingh ans, or the cut