The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-15
THE RELICS OF COLUMBUS
That Are to DO Seen at the Worlds Co.
lumbar Exposition.
ANCIENT CONVENT OF La RABIDA.
IL IL Reproduced In Exact Size mt the
Worlds Fair and is an Object Of Spec
iai Interest to visitors-Homage Paid
to Columbus I'm the Way of statuary.

WORLDS FAIR, May 3D. [Special.l -
II Christopher Columbus could return to
earth and pass o day in Jackson park he
would forgive those ungrateful country
men Of his who put him in chains and the
ungenerous world which was so slow In
acknowledging his unparalleled service to
civilization. Not only Is this great expo
sition named after the discoverer, and held
TO commemorate the fourth centenary OF
his momentous voyage, but his spirit
dominates everything; 1t il to him that
these, .moderns turn in alteration and
praise with their paint brush and model
ing tool, their painting and %statuary. 1t
Is indeed the Columbian fair. Pleasant
indeed to the eyes Of the Duke OF Veragua
must have been these manifestations OF
homage to his great ancestor.
When the visitor who comes by elevated
railway or excursion train leaves the mag
nifcent terminal station and first casts his
eager glance about the White City, his at
tention is ut once attracted by the golden
models of the caravels which brought Co
lumbus to these shores, now poised high
in the air at the top Of enormous poles in
the court surrounding the crown-like Adj
ministration building. Gaily they ride the
breezes or the gales on their lofty perches,
reminding the visitor at the very outset OF
Che historical event In whose honor this
whole enterprise was conceived. From
other poles fly the yellow and black ban
ners of CASTLE and Aragon, the. principali-
A.o. urhtnl <o,.p.aA thar trninn In rnval
Ferdinand and Isabella and thus prepared
the way for Columbus and his guest in the
service Of those sovereigns. In front Of
the Administration building stands q
statue Of Columbus upon a lofty pedestal,
I'm the proudest spot Of the great central
court whose beauty all the world will soon
be praising.
Chicago, in her eagerness to build, con-
quer, attract and profit has by no means
forgotten Columbus. She Is grateful X
Spain were not. In the most conspicuous
public plaza Of the central part Of the city
of Chicago, in the Take front" park which
was originally designed to be the site Of
this exposition, directly in front of the
famous Auditorium, stands a bronze Co
lumbus unveiled two weeks ago. II was
the work of q successful American sculptor,
Howard Kretchmar, and its cost was de-
frayed by the municipality and the man.
agement Of the exposition jointly. In
front of Chicago's city hall stands a hand
some drinking fountain named for Column
bus and ornamented with another statue
of the discoverer.
Returning now to the exposition, the
sculptured or painted Columbus is seen on
every hand. His bust Is in niche, his por-
trait in art hall, his full figure reproduced
In marble, or his discovery portrayed in
mural painting. Columbus is a ~favorite
theme with artists from all over the world
tho nations vie In rendering him hom-
age.
AT the most impressive portal of the ex-
position, the water entrance, stands still
another Columbus Growing the noble
Columbian arch Of the peristyle, sur
rounded by heroic figures typical of tho
races Of man, Is the Quadriga, already
known far and near $ n Of the most