Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-22
SMALL BUILDINGS
To Be Seen at the Worlds Co.
lumbar Exposition.
THEY ARE WORTHY OF ATTENTION,

ASAy ~ TIC EsXDOSltlOns
WORLDS FAIR, Sept. Ia [Special.l -
There are many small buildings in the
lair grounds which are rarely mentioned
by the press and yet are worthy of atten-
ton. There, for instance, is the alleged
bureau of Public Comfort which is re-
Sarded rs a huge joke, but there is plenty
OF room and chairs and as no business is
lone there find it very conducive to COM
fort. The intention was that it should
give visitors information about getting
hotels and avoiding swindles, but as they
30 the former before entering the park
and take their chances on the latter, the
officials have a sinecure. Near it is the
Puck building, which is n perfect little
gem, and the display of spa and
the processes shown are we'll worth seeing.
1t is considered a trifle odd that n humor-
oUs paper should receive such n conccs-
sion, but that kind of a show was needed
to fill up the set.
The only building left of Old Fort Dear
born is set up just as it stood at the time
OF the massacre, and long afterwards ut
the corner of State and Twenty-third.
hen 1t was taken down for removal a
number of arrowheads, knives and other
indian relics We're found and these are cX-
Eiblted i'll it. AS the nucleus of Chicago
it is we'll worth seeing. The New England
C!ambake company occupies an artistic
little building and so do the local agents
OF the International Sunday School asso-
cation. The Tonquin building was orig
'nally put up in China and was trans
ported in sections for the French EXPOSE
ton OF 1889, and after being exhibited in
various places was brought here. 1t is
SAID to be an exact model of the palace of
Cochin China. The Pavilion of Tunis is
another reproduction and is the largest
structure in the French colonial exhibit.
The Police station is not only a model
for that sort of thing, but is the head
quarters for the ambulance, patrol wagon
and a full squad of policemen. Visitors
can there see a tirst-class illustration of
police life and action. The great White
Horse inn, near the southwest corner of
the park, is a pretty fair copy of the Eng
llsh original, but owing to it's remote stu
alton has few visitors. The cooking is
guaranteed to be 'strictly English" and
therefore have not sampled it. On the
lake front, near the Manufactures build
ing. is one of the queerest pavilions in the
park, erected and maintained by Van
Houten & Zoon, of Wccsp, Holland. to adj
Vertlse their cocoa trade. It is in the STYLE
of a Dutch house of the fifteenth century.
and is a regular museum of relics of that
time; but the business rart of it is the
hot cocoa served by Dutch girls in native
costume. The Merchant Tpilors' building
IS another business enterprise and so. I
suppose, is the Homeopathic model hos
pltal near the Woman's building,
Much might he said of the Japanese tea
houses which look like mere booths, and
yet are SO deliberately ornamented with
carvings and other delicate handiwork
that GOO men were busy for two months in
making them: of the Shoe and Leather
building, which is a small affair but
crowded with objects of interest; of the
panes ttoo1en. which is an exact repro.
auction OF the Oldest monastery in Japan,
erected IN 1897; of the Hunters camp
which is almost hidden in the scr,bbv
timber at the south end Of tho island. or
OF many other little buildings stuck in va
rious corners and are the more charming.
BECAUSE one comes on them UNEXPECTEDLY.
In the extreme south end of the park are
several very interesting things which are
rot seen by more than one visitor in fifty.
and Just outside of this grounds at the
northeast corner is the only great failure
o. the exposition era. This is the so-called
Spectatorium which covers 3GO, 900 square
feet.is in tolerable completion to the third
story n was abandoned when $500. 900
had been expended on it. It was designed
1or concerts and great spectacular dis
pays, II the story goes that two or three
noted actors are Gin it" for about 800. 600
each.
The Illinois building mad from the start
attracted more visitors than any other
state building because it is really one of
the main structures of the fair, with Cali
'orhla's building second; but since her
great display on the 9th, California has
been the chief attraction. The building ia
not easily described. The central plan is
that of a regular old mission of adobes.
but to relieve the sombreness of such n
structure Moorish features have been
added and q low central dome with roof
garden and outer platform for restaurant
purposes. The whole affair is said bv ex-
perts to violate all the rules of architecture
which can be violated in one building. md
yet the general effect is pleasing. 1t
seems like a bit of Granada in Moorish
times, of Mexico and Mission California
all in one.
The floor space, including gallery, is
100000 square feet, and it is well filled
with every sort of scmi-tropical growth
and mineral output from Yreka to Los
Angeles-thc fig and the lemon, the orange
the grape and the prunc, the great amp
grass with fieecy plumcs eighteen inches in
length, the dark green palm and trailing
vines and flowers of all forms and hucs.
In the most conspicuous place is the noted
equestrian statue of prunes which l can
not admire, but most people do if l may
judge from the crowd always about it; and
all around are minerals of such variety
that DULY q Dnna or u Hitchcock could de-
scribe them. And, "apropos de boots" us
we say in Paris, this reminds me of some
very fiery discussions l have recently lis
tened to in which California and the Chi
nese were the leading theme.
Henry George started it, of course. In
the Single Tax congress the leading ex-
ponent inveighed savagcly against ali ex-
clusion laws, whereupon Henry George
took the stand and maintained the right
aud the duty OF IL government to pre-