The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-04
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i THROUGHOUT THE DAY3AT tn 81
WHITE CITY, si. ...
tcenes and Incidents at the Great
Exposition From the Gray
Dawn Until the Shades
Of Night Had Been
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The Wheels in Motion.

Chicago, May 2-Half in cloud land
vas the white Columbian city by the
Ike. when diffused and sourceless the
low daylight crept upon the earth this
morning. The eastern horizon had no
Il more Of color than had the western
orion. Eastward. where the dawn was
Teaking, drifting scarfs of mist brooded
lose down upon the waters of Lake Michi-
an, so that cloud and waters mingled
nto gray field that baffled vision and
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Northward. southwark everywhere, a
alpable, leaden veil trailed from aloft
Q the lowest reaches Of the horizon. 10
ne who early stood in the midst of the
reat plaza where the crowds should
ater be, the surroundings, stupendous
j q plan, ponderous in their extent, and
oft white in the morning light, gave
more than ever the impression that this
vas 4 ghostly city that had been raised
lp in the night, or, that it may have
'een deserted city whence Titans of
ONE strange race had moved away to
1 ther shores. The bases and columns
II the surrounding buildings were softly
Instinct, but their domes, minarets,
overs and 1agstaffs were yet in the
loud land. You have seen the rock
1bbed base of mountains whose topmost
4 uees tore locks of wool from the low
i Town clouds; so, in some measure. was
he spectacle at early dawn in the aisles
ind avenues of the great White City
which should, at the noon-tide hour, be
formally turned over to the uses of
mankind. Even Columbia riding her ship
# state ut the eastern edge of the plaza,
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n cloud land. as veritable goddesses
ire and should be. The figures of her
landmaidens, straining at the oars,
we're wet and dripping with the mists
the morning, which chiefly constituted
heir raiment. Under the Prov of Column
ia's bark, and stretching out toward
he restless, cloud-smothered lake, the
waters of the grand basin We're steely
slue in the half-light. Circling them
lbout was their setting of green turf,
between the great buildings of agricult-
ire and manufactures. Human pigments
# green and blue are never used as a
,oil, one against the other, for no shades
If these colors that man has ever made,
larmon;ze or blend. But here was
Natures Own Artistry
lefying the tastes of man, but reaching
:. combination and results beautiful in
he early hours when the city was scarce
astir and when none;~save guards and
Hatchmen, were about to see. Across
he vista, lakeward, arose in delicate
grill work the pillars of the colonnade,
/ lnder which the waters Of the lake creep
! nto the lagoons and basins. Like a dim
picture of the imaginative school these
outlines while positive, were SO softly
Iimned against the gray background of
| waters and clouds as to suggest rather
| han affirm their own existence. Within
| Ter gives of wooden scafolding, the God
| less Of the Republic atsthe lakeward end
| If the grand basin rose up pOnderous in
Ter golden might. Yelled she was by the
curtain which was SO arranged that it
'hould fall away at the moment the ma
ions president should give the electric
,sgnal touch to open to the world this
great enterprise. Towering above all,
The administration building, whose gold
en- dome was half-wrapped in vapors,
stood stark and sentinel-like in the midst
# this great white camp of buildings
! At its front, and sloping upward to the
.econd story, stretched from side to side
The grand stand where the dignitaries of
The earth should later sit in their rep
'esentative dignity. Hundreds of chairs,
aumbly waiting for their occupants,
seemed yawning in wet discomfort after
night ont of doors. Under the main
lrch of the building, and having for it's
| Oase the topmOSt row Of seats on the
grand stand, was the great sounding
BOARD within which the bands ard the
orchestra should be placed during the
ceremonies. Strange vagaries come to a
:onely watcher in such hours in such
weathers, and while the day was yet
young, this great white cavern seemed
10 be Titanic ear, listening to the muf-
aed swash of the waves out yonder, be-
yond that beautiful colonnade.
| For the Days Doings,
! Meanwhile, what was being done? A
ponderous grinding roller, keeping slow
time to the snorting of it's little, impudent
engine, was ambling to and fro across
the sloppy plaza where soon thousands of
feet would be standing The Columbian
guards, moving to their places about the
grounds, and the watchmen going here
and there, caused low, slapping sounds
under foot as boot soles beat upon the
muddy tracks and passageways. Early
came the cohort of college students who
have been employed for the season, at
| 9OO per mOnIn, TO wear blue uniforms ana
| to push chairs about the grounds at so
cents per hour. At convenient places
| iron rooted pagodas had been erected as
headquarters for these young men, and
thereabouts in their light blue uniforms,
| with focks of willow chairs, they were
lettering and waiting for the coming of
! their work.
There is no building on exhibit in all
| the White City where exhibits are vet
wholly arranged, but this fact did not in
! terfere with the issuance to-day of official
catalogues which told where each. exhibit
should be when every one has done what
is expected to be done. In order not to
lose any moment of profit, these cata-
logues should be placed on sale the first
day of the fair, and it was yet very early
when little regiment of lads arrayed in
scarlet uniforms, with blue caps and brass
lettering marched through the grounds to
their rendezvous in the administration
building. These little fellows We're the
to-be-yendors of the official catalogue.
Between 8 and 9 o'clock, from some
where away off on the. edge of the