The Green Forest tribune., 1893-06-15
OUR BUDGET FROM THE FAIR.
MAGNIFICENT DECORATION OF AeRIcULru
RAJ HALL-TASTEFuL PAvlLLlONS.
Hsbrssks's ingenuity-kentucky's Tobacco Show
Illinois Unique Picture-Misceiiany.
Special Correspondence to TIE TRrBuNE.

Special Correspondence to TIE TRIBUNE.
WORLDS FAIR GROUND CHICAGO, June
10.--The last few days have been wet
and muddy, but that did not keep the
crowd away on Sunday. Overy thirty
four thousand people were picking dry
places and hurrying from one building
to another to see the exhibits. More
than one half the State buildings were
closed. These were mostly the east
ern. Nearly all the large buildings
were opened to all. The Michigan
building was open only to Michigan
people, as was the Ohio building. They
are talking of holding services in the
State buildings on Sundays. The plan
is good one, for the visitors from the
different states would much prefer 60
ing to church among their own people
than sitting among strangers in any of
our city churches.
The decorative work in Agricultural
hall is great surprise to many visitors,
especially the people from the east.
Almost all of the state pavillions here
are curious, and some of them are very
tasteful. The space Of South Dakota,
for example, inclosed by round -arched
arcade and prefaced by kind of tri-
umphal arch in three parts, on the good
old Roman plan. The columns are
three trunks and their capitals, which
show much invention, taste and vari-
ETY. are done in corn husks and rosettes
of grain and grasses. Much ingenuity is
shown, further, in the various applied
patterns worked in fine straw braiding.
This is very attractive booth.
Nebraska shows much ingenuity in
the arrangement Of her booth. The
pavilion is Gothic outside and Roman
esque inside-red without and blue
within. There are clus tered columns
made of glass tubes. that are filled with
wheat and sugar. Balls of grains are
attached to the walls in geometlical
figures, as well as brooms arrayed in
semicircles; and even the humble
milkweed pod has been put to good use.
Iowa repeats herself in the corn pal.
ace style of decoration, and of course
looks very fanciful. No one would re.
alize without q visit to these booths
how much that is truly artistic can be
made from simple grains and grass.
es.
Kentuckey accomplishes striking re-
suits in tobacco. Her pavilion is orni-
mented with tassels and fringes COM
posed of cigars, and shows portrait of
Daniel Boone and the escutcheon Of the
state, both done in tobacco leaves OF
varying shades.
One of the finest things made OF
grasses and grains, is picture on the
west wall OF the Illinois building
This picture is 15x25 ft. and represents
stock farm. House, barn, windmill,
corn crib, fields, farmer, horses and cat
tie are all remembered. The linear
perspective weather Of fences or hedge
rows, is unimpeachable. The picture is
considered the finest one of the kind in
the world. and the cost was near a
thousand dollars. 1t took four men $50
days to make it. At ten o'clock Mon
day morning an installation of valuable
laces and tapestries took place in the
Woman's building. Tie laces are the
property of Queen Margurite of Italy
and are SO valuable that the Exposition
Company was requested to insure their
return by giving bonds OF $l00 900.
The tapestries belong to Queen Victo-
ria, and a similar bond of 100000 in
sures their safe keeping. A special
guard is over the precious exhibit.
At three O'Clock this afternoon the
brawny Zulus from Kimberly mines in
Africa will show visitors how the prec-
ious blue earth is washed and the
rough diamonds extracted from its
cement-like clods of clay. Then the
stones will be passed to the cutting and
polishing machinery worked by Amer
lean ex xperts and the finished stones
will be turned out in view of the spec
tators. The process of diamond wash
ing is TO be regular, exhibit during the
Fair. Thousands ofpeople will see for
the first time in their lives diamonds
in the rough stones as they are found
in the in clay, made into brilliant gems
that cannot be surpassed. The great
feature Of the display is the massed