Middletown transcript., 1893-10-14


: small way. Be-
sides the fish there
are presented boats, tackle. etc, for the use
Of the fisherman
Walking through the pretty Wooded
Island which is a part of the horticultural
5exh bit we enter the horticultural
Bu ding which has very large and credis
able display. Fresh fruits in abundance
are seen here, being replaced constantly as
they show signs Of decay. Plants, flowers,
ETC., take up the remainder of the space.
Transportation. Old vehicles and new
side by side show the many improvements
that have been made and no exhibit
shows this improvements better than that
of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad who
have large number of locomotives on
exhibition, starting with the very early
ones and ending with the latest flyers" A
handsome Pullman train as well as an
English one can be inspected and the
Northern Pacific have train of special
cars which contain the products of the
states through which the railroad runs. A.
model of the unfortunate Victoria, once
The pride of the English Navy, is here
with bit of crepe on the main mast which
brings to mind the awful fate of the battle
ship. a section Of the hulls Of the stean,-
ships New York and Paris show the com
Portable quarters prepared for ocean
travellers Models Of many other steam
ships. bicycles, carriages and large
exhibit of both foreign, and domestic
locomotives are in this building.
Passing rapidly through the Children's
Building we reach the Woman's. The
women of number Of the foreign nations
as well as the women of the United States
have contributed literally to this building
and they alone have made it success.
The art section was of considerable interest
but the rest was rather tiresome to me
although it is croweed most of the time
with ladies to whom it " as Of much more
than passing interest.
The last of the main buildings is the
Palace Of the Fine Arts. This is a very
large one filed with beautiful paintings
and statues but could not do them jus
tice with my description.
A number of the foreign nations aside
from their exhibits in the different main
building have erected one Of their own,all
of them being situated near the North Pond
and-on the Lake front. The most conspicu-
ous of these are Germany and France.
France comes first. One part of this is dew
oted to the representation of the schools,
police and fire department of the city Of
Paris. Paintings, furnature and relics Of La
Faystte are in the southern part.
Then follow in the order given the build
ing Of Ceyion, Germany. Spain, Canada,
Great Britain. New South Wales, Hayti East
Indies, Sweden, Venezuela, Turkey. British
Columbia, Siam, Costa Rica and Norway
each of which has its own individual charm
and very instructiye displays. Japan has her
building alone on Wooded Island. Several
ofthese foreigners have cafes and tea houses
but the lunch they spread, at least in the
two I visited. was very hard on the digestive
apparatus.
spent one day only among the State
Building and succeeding in visiting at least
two thirds of them. Delaware contains very
little but compared with the size ef the state
/ suppose it has done the bestit can. The
most important considered California.
Washington, Illinois, New York and PENN
sylyania. Some few of the states exhibit
their products but the majority are fitted up
as club houses where yon can read the
papers from home, write letters or rest in
one of the many easy chairs placed around
the rooms.
Illinois contains the most complete ex-
hibit, showing besides the product and
manufactures. the work Of their schools
Pennsylvania and New York are the
finest of the .'club houses while Califor-
MIA and Washington take the lead with
their resources.
Virginia is model of Washington,s home
at Mt. Vernon and contains a large num-
Der of re les of the Father of his Country.
Iowa surpasses theotherr with her grains
of which corn is the chief.
have told as briefly as possible of the
many things inside the buildings but there
are number of interesting objects outside
as well. The electric launches gliding
around the pretty lagoons and stopping at
all the main points, make very pretty
ride and one which enables you to get q
good view of large part Of the fair
grounds, Over at the North Inlet are the
brick battle ship Illinois and the Viking
ship. The battle ship contains many in
structive marine exhibits inside and is an
exact model of the Indiana. The Viking
Ship is only go feet long and is made of I
oak boards and has thirty two oars. The
elevated electric railway affords good
view of the grounds and q very pleasant
ride. All the time special entertainments
are going on and the fireworks on the lake
with music is by no means tiresome way
to spend an evening.
Last Of all the wonderful sights come
those Of the Midway Plaisance in which
we see the natives from all paris OF tie
earth together. TIE theatres ana other
shows reminded me 81 lot a Lows
Of circus and by the fiE1e ! n
/ concluded that nearly sfez9l1i1s
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