Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-09
THE WORLDS FAIR.
SOME BEAUTIFUL ELECTRICAL
AQUATIC DISPLAYS.

nany-Typcs of Footwear of DIFF.
ferent NatIons-Irish Lineu-Some
Interesting Foreign Exhibits
Big Lift on the Ferris wheel.
From our Special Correspondent
CHICAGO, May 81, 1893.
The last three days have been quite
cool, and our Southern visitor shivers
while he admires the tall stately
buildings at the Fair. Tonight the
grounds will be illuminated and if it
is not too cold there will be more
people on the grounds than at any
previous evening. The electric foun-
tains are all in good working order
now, and it is expected they be will
much finer than they were last Tuesday
night. The greatest display will be
about the grand piazza and basin.
The dull gravel roads. so uninviting
at MONDAY about the Administration
building, will glisten and sparkle like
beads of crystal. The Columbian
fountain will play red, blue and golden
streams of liquid light, three bands,
one on the grand stand and the other
two on floats on the basin, will furnish
merry music for the crowds.
The German section in the Agricul.
tural building was opend yesterday. 1t
consists of large statute called "Ger-
MANIA" and is a fine specimen of
woman. 1t is made entirely of
chocolate, and stands thirty feet high.
Thirty thousand pounds of chocolate
was used in its construction. The
statute cost $4,000. Exery one stops
and gazes in wonder at the mammoth
brown lady.
There are some curious types of foot
wear at the exposition. First comes
the strog-soled patent leather shoes,
which the English think they could
not do without, then comes the
dainty Partisan high heeled shoes, for
the lady visitor; but over in the
Plaisance the English shoe is in the
minority. The Turks at the exposi-
tion wear red slippers, fitting the feet
loosely and coming to a point at the
toe. The Turkish dancing girls, and
the veiled maidens who sell flowers at
the entrance to the temple of Luxor,
wear dainty red and blue satin slip
pers, worked with flowers and filigree
designs OF gold and silver thread. The
heels are rather low. They are
fastened at the back with gay rib
bons. In the Joss house is where the
padded Chinese slipper is found, in all
colors and in all shapes. The Japa-
nese 60 without any shoes at all,
when they are at home; but the cold
weather here compels them to adopt
our foot gear. The South Sea Island
ers wear what they call goloshes.
They are sort of rubber in appear
ance. The Algerians make quite a
show in their leather loggings which
are stamped with various designs and
come down closely against their black
shoes. The noble red man of our
own country wears his gaily deco
rated moccasins, with buckskin up
pers. The Japanese have the smallest
feet, and wear tiny black slippers.
The Austrians wear heavy sabots as
also do the Vienese.
Lovers Of fine linen will find treat
in the Manufactures Building. The
exhibit comes from Belfast, Ireland.
There is large picture Of Queen Vic
toria spinning flax, in a case. There
are handkerchiefs that rival silk in
fineness; some of them contain over
400 threads to the square inch, all
other forms of linen are to be found
in the great glass case. There are
pillow shams OF marvellous embroidery,
and many other houshold articles
that seem to fine for use.
The Italian exhibit, the Manufac.
lures Building, will be formally
opened to public inspection to-day.
The Marquis de Ungaro, royal Com
missioner General, will hold recep-
tiOn ut four o'clock this afternoon,
and meet invited guests. The pavil-
ion is filled with interesting novelties,
manufactured products, and art works
of high order. There is fine marble
statuary, wood carving and decorative
work. There are some fine statues by
Besarel, the king OF wood-eavers in
Italy. He shows the Lodge of St.
Mare. copied by Saurodus. Through
out the section, visitors will find
things worth seeing. Rome has a
display of hand-engraved coral shells
and canoes, that are among the most
beautiful things in the building. The
whole exhibit covers 5000 square feet
OF space and is enclosed within high
pavilion, the front of which, on Co.
lumbar avenue, is ornate and efiec-
tive. A bronze lion guards the main
entrance, while on either side are a
Roman soldier and marble statues.
The last bolt was driven in the
Ferris wheel, yesterday, and the
scattolding was being torn down.
This wheel is $50 feet high and has
thirty-six cars which contain fifty
passengers each. The round trips
costs fifty cents. Many visitors re-
gret that it has not been in working
order while they are here as many of
them would like to have the pleasure
of slowly gliding up through the air
25O feet, and viewing the surrounding
scenes. EVELYN MINIS.
WHEN the gentlemen light their