The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-06-30
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The Story offhe White City
oil Towers.
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In alfe AgracuIfursai
BuildiRg.
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9eAhbtAAt WhtAe paiaCfj whose n noF "a
sown thick with white Stains ~ and
,eat = kne IN as the agricultural
&.
The outside is suFrounde 4 by a
noble arcade, graeed with uindreds Of
Corinthian columns, many IF them SO
feet high, aud set all along the roof
and beside each entrance are superb
groups of statnary.
Over tho main entrance that ia
ruYal enough for a palace, being GA
| feet vide, isa "CeFes,' modelled by
/ the famous sculptor, LiukinIJ. Mad,
Of Florence. The wall inside the ar
eade has beautiful white frieze, dec
GRATED with American fauna and fora
a fresco, many times repeated along
this frieze, is very gay and festive
| picture of a wild horse aud a humorous
bnil frollicking on their hind legs and
each wearing cast ofcountenance so
irresistlbly funny that Il invariably
stop for a quiet laugh when I am peg
ging stolidiy and patiently away to
do the nineteen acres that lie under
thereof of this grand palace of the
goddess Ceres.
Nineteen Rcresl Well, ] rather
fancy it isnineteen hundred, or nine
teen Thousand. a mere matter OF a
nauaht or two can't make much diff
ference in buildings that are all the
largest on earth.
Every day | congratulate myself on
the self-denial with which I refrain
from statistics. When I have wan
dered for miles across the wide ex
panse of the liberal arts, the forestry,
or the agricultural, it seems IL would
rest me toretaliate on the Plcayune's
readers by giving the dimensions Of
the. buildings have explored. Just
fancy--nineteen1 acres filed with pro-
duoe of the earth; everything imagl
nable, from a wax candle up to a
cheese that weighs IL tons Well,
this bu,ldrng is 500 by 500 feet, and
titCost S6lS,ooo.
] hardly dare say in how wide a
sense this As the farmers building. Ii
would seen. that the entire world fiudz
representation here, from Siam TO
Sweden.
The state exhibits are particularly
fne, aud whatever may be said of the
superiority, beauty and value of for
eign exhibits in other buildings, it
must be admitted that in the agrienl'
tural building, in grains and farm pro
duce and their unique and various ar
Tsngements, America leads the world
at the worlds fair.
Here are treasures from almOstevery
country in Europe. Here are fiD,
/ buildings, made Of glass globes anC
tubes filled wlth grams, to simnlal,
marbles. Here is castle made 0
Tins of roast beef, statues done an corn
! columns made Of wheat. Men hap
used straw and grains as the weaver
Z of gobeltn tapestry use floss. On
Q foreign exhibit shows the means o
transportation of crops, from the loar
3 On slaves back TO that in a bnlloeI
Z cart. Here is TO be seen nearly every
] thing on the face of the earth that j
edible for man and beast, or thst ca
be used for their comfort or susif
7 nance.
10 the southeast corner of hi
/, buiiding-~unfortuuately not on ID
I main alsla---staDd the three exhibit
I that represent the great agriculture
& resources oil the great state of Louil
Q lana, One Of these exhibits is tb
3 rice pagoda, erected through the ente.
n prise of the New Orleans Board q
Z Trade, and the generosity of Priyal
I subscribers.
III Is a matter of intense pride thI
I in this huge palace, displaying u
Z Agricultural resources of the Borli
3 Louisiana should Be able TO make >
II absolutely unique display that atlrae
3 By the beauty Of lis arrangement
i well rs the value and novelty Of i
le substance, and which interests the i'd
/ sight,sser equally with business me
Il on the alert for new commodities an
Z paying Investments. The LonisisJ
i, pagodais a bsantifulIand quaint strae
Y IRE, and il might properly be 0alls
u the Chinese temple of rice Lt Is I'd
Il af color aad fantastic ornamentatiu
4 and immediately suggests memories
pc The New Orleans eaIHival. Ii was d
q Signed for the worlds far BY N
Sa0ie, who is the eaTsival artist
New Orleans, and its startling decor
10 / tons IA papier mache Wer8 made
him. Il is about 30 feet long by
be feet wide aud represents graeel
IF Chinnse Pavilion, two storias bic
Ut gliltering with gold Lacquer, gracel
with bamboo balconies, weird wi
NJ alligator heads aSsa hage snakes, i
Al cleaning with gorgeous Chine
lanterns. The two tiers Of roofs !
matched with rlee IN sheaqas, and /
iongsbearded grains dreop over /
~ hedges Of the roof in gaTRitg
ne graaefal enough forss. lady,s gown.
The pagoda is supported 90 sto
Eha golden pillars, decorated with Chm
~. lsiieFings, and each pillar i on
a. anented wiah i hage gFlRniag head
MI I'D alligator. Oh lhe corners, ID.
.hv the pent roof, long, glislsfing b
Y. and gold and green spFpeuis srs col
inao supporting brackets. Above
lepmast rosf Of AZ rises mons
= and from this aaais he Leulsil
Tag inside tbe pavilion On > "
ifieza Is iiahly psiatsd with Ghiu
flse boat IN enc panel; 90 tue oh
NE ~ asmsRgoas, white aigfegiea
30 elleale roveYa 81 Fisa osras TIA
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ihat fzsafaphs, illustrating I'LL flee call
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