Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-11-11
MONSTER STRUCTURE,
THE BIGGEST EDIFICE AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.

All Nations Represented in the Won
drous Building of Manufacturers
and Liberal Arts-The Most Nota-
bic Exhibits.
This is the giant of them all 1t one
Of the worlds architectural wonders.
Though not having as much ground
acreage as the large structure erected at
the New Orleans Cotton Centennial in
1894, it is, nevertheless, more imposing
and has much more available space.
The New Orleans building covered Il
little more than 80 acres; the Liberal
Arts building but 81. II to this be added
the acreage of the galleries the footing
will be A acres Of flooring During the
time it was being erected, | was very
much interested watched the growth
of the huge skeleton, arch by arch |
think it is more wonderful than any eX-
hibit it contains The iron and steel re-
aured in its construction would build
two Brooklyn bridges. The Eiffel
Flower is very high, over thousand
feet The Eiffel Tower could be laid
along the floor of the Manufactures and
Liberal Arts building. with few hun
bred feet to spare Six games OF base
ball could be played within 1t and none
of the games would interfere with each
other. Five car loads of nails were used
in LAYING the floor The immense arches
are supported on axles not thicker than
mans arm. The object OF so setting
them was to leave the arches at liberty
to contract with the cold or to expand
with the heat Few people can form
any idea oil how the iron within this
mammoth building is affected by the
changes of the temperature. Some SO
carloads of glass have been spread out
over the immense roof. The glass had
all been set in the spring. Just rs soon
as The weather began to soften up and
we had those frequent and sudden
changes that usually occur here in May
and June, the roof suffered to Il great eX
tent. | remember on one occasion par
ticularly of a certain sudden cooling in
the atmosphere that broke hundreds OF
panes of glass in the roof. Even now,
it is difficult thing to keep the roof in
repair.
In the immediate centre of the hall
stands high clock tower whose chimes
frequently fill the air with sweet sounds.
This tower is about $50 feet high. All
pavilions may be readily located by
/ points from this structure. For instance,
at the y. Z. corner Germany stands
/ Immediately north Of this is Austria and
still farther north comes Japan. At the
/ s. Z. corner is France, followed on the
south by Belgium and then by Russia.
/ At the southwest corner is Great Britain
and diagonally opposite to it is the
space allotted to or home exhibitors.
/ England has the most unpretentous
pavilion of all Indeed it is no pavilion.
They have merely enclosed the floor
space allotted to them The pavilions of
/ Germany and France are the most pre-
tentious Which nation has the better
exhibit is a question very difficult to
answer. | have seen both and am in
clined to think they are about equal.
If France lends in some things Germany
does in others and vice versa. Neither
nation has spared money in preparing
for the display. Each nation is com
pletely represented Ii there is French
restaurant, there is also a German one.
The display in both exhibits represents
the highest art in each country. The
salons of Berlin are as gay as those OF
Paris and all that furnishes the salons oil
Paris and Berlin, all that goes to dress
UP the men and women who fill these
salons, all is represented at the Fair.
1t will delight every visitor to see the
magnificence each of these peoples ha.
sent on as representative Those with
money will find much to buy and many
suggestions as to interior decorations
that will be positively fascinating. It's
the hardest thing in the world to pas
through this building without stopping
to see and examine all that is displayed
Thirty governments are here represent
ed. Siam and Persia. Ceylon anC
Jamaica, Brazil and Switzerland Russii
and Japan, Corea and Morocco, France
and Germany are side by side on thi
neutral ground in friendly rivalry
There is something in each exhibit pc
culiar to the people-characteristic o
them-some particular work which NJ
other nation has, some national industr,
in which they lead. For instance, ther
is nothing on the Worlds Fair ground
equal to the display of glass work fror
Austria. 1t is simply exquisite. Tn
tints and hues in the beautiful handi
work cannot be described. The metho
OF decorating, the artistic design an
finish of these decorations must be seen
Then Switzerland is there with her jew
elery and wood carving. Geneva watchC
are shown of all sizes and shapes. Som
are not larger than your thumb nail. TIL
cases containing them are always crOwde
with admirers, who, like myself, al
I simply fascinated Imagine set {
OF iewelry worth 100000, col
sisting of five separate pieces CLEAN
ing like. well, scarcely know what.
remember one morning when q boy
went into our grape arbor and came upC
a beautiful sight. A gigantic spider ho
). woven a wondrously delicate polygon
net and some fairy finger had hung
: with thousands Of dewdrops The sr
! was peeping through an opening &
the opposite side of the bower aud Il
rays that passed Ia iell flashing on Il
spiders net aud liz il into flames OF 90
aud purple aud yellow aud indigo. I'll
little scene that bad almost forgott,
vy.a recalled a. my mind when 1 saw n