The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-16

loggia on the western side Of this immense
structure. 1t seems to be endless. The
southern end shows a mere speck of light,
and human beings standing there are like
ants in size. It comes very near being the
ideal perspective which uns to a vanish
ing point. We walk on and on, and when
we finally emerge into the grand central
court of the exposition, with the Admins
ton building at one end and the peristyle
at the other, we pause for half an hour In
spite of all u good resolutions.
Finally plucking up courage to leave
this matchiess spot we note the lateness
Of the hour and abandon our intentions to
walk entirely around the monster build
ing, contenting ourselves with n long look
at the great front which faces Lake Michi-
gan. Then we walk under the beautiful
peristyle, through the great Columbian
arch, past the Music hall and the Casino
and out the pier which extends more than
half a mile from the shore. Returning,
we pass the eastern end of the Agricul-
tural building, pausing for moment before
the grim walls of the Rabida convent; and
then skirting In quick succession the IsN
dian school house, the building in which
Herr Krupp of Essen shows his giant guns
stopping a few minutes of course for a
peep within), the Leather building and
the quaint structure in which the forestry
products of the whole world are exhibited.
Here we conclude to go no farther south.
The car houses, some power houses and
dairy barns, as WI as the immense but
unfinished stables and sheds in which the
horses and other stock are Il be shown
later in the simmer and many other struc-
lures of more or less interest lie beyond,
but we must stop review here.
Now turning north we takes run around
the Yucatan ruins and the imitation rocks
in which the cliff-dwellers have burrowed,
and at our right hand is the welcome
sight Of q lunch-room attached to the
Dairy building. While satisfying hunger
we again look over the map and are sur
prised to discover that we have walked
how far do you thinki-seven and a half
milesi
The afternoon Is now we'll advanced, but
we are bent upon carrying out our plan.
So we suppress the impulse to stop for q
good look at the Indian villages and coun-
Gil houses, the mummies and skulls in the
Anthropological building, and rush
through the outdoor exhibit of the French
colonies, the windmill display and the
acres of agricultural implements, past the
great amphitheater in which the horses
and stock are to be exercised before the
judges and 1900 people all comfortably
seated, and finally emerge through the
Venetian screen or arch which stands
guard over the southern end Of the grand
cahal.
Here the view is superb. To the right
the Agricultural building, one of the
grandest structures of the exposition; TO
the left the cathedral-like Machinery hall;
farther on the Barge of State and the cleo
trio fountains, and a splendid vista of
water and wooded island, dome and tower,
the Electrical building on the left and the
overshadowing leviathan to the right, and
the dome Of the Illinois building and the
classic outlines of the Art palace showing
q mile away. As far as the eye can see are
throngs Of people crossing the stately
bridges, and the waters of the canal, the
basin and the lagoons are alive with gay
gondolas and swift moving launches.
1t is indeed q scene the eye loves to lin
ger on, but we walk rapidly to the west,
past h pumping house, the big sawmill,
the great boiler house with it's long row of
four-story steam-makers, the machine
shop, the annex to Machinery hall (nearly
as big as the hall itself, the enormous
gas house and ~gas-making plant, and
round into the plaza between the railway
station and the Administration building
serves az a glorious sort of q vestibule TO
the exposition. The sun Is sinking low
now, and we must make haste. A half
mile walk takes us past the Pennsylvania
railways model station and John Bull
show, the immense cold storage warehouse
where n may skate all summer on real
Ice, and several minor outdoor exhibits.
Another half mile has carried us past the
Mining building, and the Transportation
building with its gorgeous golden portal,
the Choral hall which Theodore Thomas
and Paderewski recently dedicated and
bearly to the north end OF the Horticul-
tural building, itself a fifth Of a mile in
length. We do not stop TO visit the green
houses nor the Hooden temple which the
Japanese have erected across the lagoon.
A few minutes walk gives us n view of
the Woman's building and Of the Illinois
state house-the ugliest structure, by the
way, to be seen on the grounds-and we
have completed the grand circuit. We
have had a glimpse OF every important
structure within the enclosure, and are
able to say with pride and satisfaction that
we appreciate the magnitude and the
beauty of the exposition. Our weary
limbs speak el%oquently to us Of the efforts
required TO reach this knowledge, and
gladly do we agree TO leave the Midway
plaisance or dde-show feature Of the ex-
position 10 another journey. Merely to
Ne the grounds and the exteriors Of the
buildings we have walked fully eleven
mllen. md that n eupuQh For oue day.