The herald., 1893-08-15
AT THE CHICAGO FAIR.
The Way Caiifornia shows Up Mt th
Exhibit,

Exhibit.
The following is taken from very
enthusiastic article in the Chicago Her.
aid. relative to our Southern California
exhibit at Chicago:
That portion OF the building occupied
with the Southern California exhibit is
more thronged than the other portions,
and hence 1t is presumed that to ma
lority OF people it is the more interest
ing. Horticulture has a charm for most
people that draws more than even fiori-
culture; and in Southern California both
are carried on under conditions alb.
soluteiy favorable. A pleasant outdoor
NE the year round, in country more
beautiful than any other, in easly ac-
cessible parts OF the world-that is what
horticulture insures to its followers in
Southern California-that is the promise
IL would hold out to all visitors to this
state building. 1t is in expectation of
this promise that these 10000 persons
visit here every day. The men and
women in charge of these fne exhibits
know their business" ii any do on the |
entire grounds. How much a right se-
lection OF persons to have charge in
these matters enhances the value of the
matters themselves the Californians
learned on previous occasions. They are
perhaps the most skillful exhibitors
In the world. They always have some
thing fine to show, and they always
snow 1t to the best advantage. How it
is possible to give an idea, even, in this
writing, OF the many rich and beautiful
things here artistically displayed, the
writer confasses that he does not know.
10 merely indicate in few we'll chosen
words the more noticeable things, and
then to put upon the words glow to
harmonlze with the golden hue that is
upon all the things viewed, would be
enough, but how is this to be done /?
obviously not but very general descrip.
tion can be safely attempted in this
article.
So intelligent has been the selection
and combining OF objects, and so effect
lveiy are they displayed, that no visitor
to the California building can fail to be
impressed abidingly with much that is
before him, though unassisted in
MS examination. But an organiza-
tion that was affected by the
Six or seven counties of Southern
Californis--in which organization the
chamber of commerce of Los Angeles is
maintaining agents that
are constantly in attendance and ever
'eady to supply and desired nforma-
ION. The six counties (now there are
seven with the new county of River
ide), Los Angeles Orange, San Diego.
san Bernardino, Ventura and Santa \
3arbsra are certainly glorious, whether
aken separately or together, and their
people may be pardoned for holding
hat they constitute large part of the
lory OF the entire state. These counties
omprise the "citrus belt;" in them
ourlsh the orange and the lemon-no- b
'here else 80 completely. AS Los An oi
eles is the leading city of South. W
rn California. go also is it the ca
nire town OF the county of that name
be finest county of them all. 1t is she ~ ~
hamber of commerce of Los Angeles ~ ~,
nat contributes more than all other or w.
anizstions to the interests of this 90
olendid exhibit. Los Angeles is an ex. TO
mple to all cities of semi-tropic lati- or
lde, and proves that enterprise is he
OF confined to the colder regions. be
is. in the character of it's inhabi-
'nts and in its methods of business. sic
'stern and northern, like Chicago or tn
). Paul. Indeed the membership of tn
chamber of commerce is largely of mt
'stern origin, Chicago itself furnishing Be
'rhaps majority OF its mora epterpris- IN
g. Rr2moters.' Its president, Mr.. 10
'er since rne HvrIu IaiI Upeneu. 'Anv SCI
lthusiaetic and able chief agent, plt
rank Virgins, is in the building early yo
I'd late and not single quarter OF an tire
,ur of the IL hours put in by him for
Dor ia he allowed to be idle by the ]
ousands demanding special informa- Tie
IN. He is one of the best informed
en- as to his own section that is "A
lywhere to be encountered and his
lthusiasm is sweeping and catch \
z. If there is any question he shi
nnot answer and is not at any mo. fu
ent ready to answer it certainly has liv
It yet been asked. From his oblging his
esch hundreds are every day learning thi
uch about orange culture and all the
her branches of horticulture. and the
rious exhibits make plain whatever is
Izzling in explanations.