Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-05-05
THE WORLDS FAIR.
GREAT PREPARATIONS FOR THE
OPENING DAY.

Nome OF the Curious People In Buff.
falo Bili'S Sh0w-Curious Exhib.
Its Made by Women Arrive
Lyons SILK Exhibit.
tFrom our Special Correspondent
CHICAGO, April, %, 1893.
Every business man is preparing to
take grand holiday May 1st, and 60
to the Worlds Fair. All the leading
business houses in town will be gayly
decorated, and every effort will be
made to give visitors a grand recep-
ton in the city at the opening of the
Columbian Exposition. Great prepa-
ration is being made to receive Presi-
dent Cleveland and his party. The
Duke OF Veragua is the all-absorbing
topic of conversation among the
Chicagonians. The defendant of
Christopher Columbus is likely to be
feted to his hearts content this sum-
mer. Every one is anxious to see this
scion of nobility.
The wind and rain still continues
to make earth desolate, and stops the
work at Jackson Park in many ways.
The gardeners can do nothing and are
almost in despair. Installation still
goes on in the buildings, and although
the bad weather will cause many
things to be unfinished that other
wise would have been in fine shape
May lst, the Fair will make a very
creditable opening.
The native wOrkmen from Ceylon
are putting the finishing touches on
the beautiful temple which will be
used in the tea exhibit to be made by
the women. Solid ebony and stain
wood pillars carry the graceful roof,
and they are beautifully carved in in
tricate designs. Five Cingalose woods
are Used in the construction. Several
Tamal women and their home cos
tunes will augment the attractiveness
OF the tea-oom. Those women have
dainty beudoir in the Woman's Build
ing, which will be a revelation in
Japanese and Cingalose art.
Nevada will send to the Worlds
Fair prehistoric cosmic records OF
great value. Theexhibit will be here
this week, and will consist mostly of
geological and agricultural products.
Principal among the exhibits are the
prehistoric foot prints from the quar-.
ries at Carson City. They are con-
sidered very wonderful and interesting,
and they were procured by cutting
them out bodily from the clay floor of
the quarry. There were hundreds OF
them found. 1t is the intention OF
Nevada to donate the geological and
mining collections to Chicago Univer-
sity after the Fair.
Mrs. Palmer reception room in the
Woman's Building is completed. The
frieze Of the room is design of roses
with border OF conventional buckeye
scrolls. This is one Of the handsomest
rooms in the building. The ceiling
for the New York room is q finely
painted canvass, and will be put up in
a day or two. The women OF Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania, contributed a
table inlaid with historic woods for
the Woman's Building. 1t is feet
long and 80 inches wide, and will be
used as the presidents desk by Mrs.
Palmer at the dedicatory exercises in
the building, aud for all official meet
ings thereafter. The inscription on a
copper tablet attached to the table
shows that there is more history TO
the square inch collected in the unas.
suming piece of furniture than its
size and design would seem to indi-
cate. Inlaid in the table is cedar from
Lebanon, oak from the yoke OF the
Liberty bell, and red cedar from the
railings around the cracked herald of
freedom, mulberry from the John
Harris tree, oak from the good old
ship Constitution, from the house in
which the first American flag was
made and from Washington's head
quarters in Valley Forge, walnut from
Paxtang church erected in 1740, and
mahogany from the original doors of
the Pennsylvania capitol.
Another unique exhibit made by
women at Custer City, South Dakota,
has been sent to the Woman's Build
ing. 1t is a small cabin composed OF
all the different specimens of minerals
from the Black Hills. The cabin is
four feet square and is made very neat
and attractive.
The seventy-six Indians for Buffalo
Bills show came in yesterday morn
ing. There were hundreds OF people
gathered at the Northwestern depot to
see them. They landed from the cars
with a regular Brule warwhoop. They
were gorgeously dressed in bright col.
ors, decked out with eagles feathers,
bears claws, .lks' teeth and eagles
claws.
All had their faces painted, some OF
them having spent great deal of time
and an immense amount of red, green
and yellow in their make up. Wet as
the day was, we visited the red men in
the mammoth enclosure at 6lst Street.
They had their tents and tepees all
arranged and seemed quite at home
when we called, although they growl
as much as any one over the nasty
| weather. There are seven squaws and