The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-10
MANY V|SIAS At THE FAIR
1 Wealth Of Wonderful Views Which
Attract The Senses.
PANORAMA OF WHITE AND GREEN
Beautiful Sights which May BE Seen from
Various Points of Vantage at the Great
worlds Columbian Exposition-Niew
from the Colonnade Looking North.

WORLDS FAIR. June 1o,-[Speciall.-
one OF the charming features of the expo
sition is the large number OF vistas which
It contains-spots from which one may
look forth and behold views which en-
trance the senses and delight the eye.
Wherever one goes about the 700 acres OF
the fair grounds such scenes are constant
" unfolding themselves. Many times in
a day the visitor is tempted TO pause and
drink in the beauty of some spectacle
which had hitherto escaped his observa-
tion. This Is one of the tests of architec-
tural and landscape art. No designer could
be expected to plan vistas as a primary
idea. That would be mere scene-painting
and unworthy the higher art. But in
such a combination as this exposition,
where all effort is on such a large scale
and there is such dependency OF one feat
ure upon another for excellence OF effect, a
work that did not present charming vistas
would lack complete success. They are
inevitable incidents where there Is true
beauty in the massing.
The wealth of such views presented here
is but another proof of the commanding
genius which designed this work. Per-
haps it may seem to you, dear reader, that
it is rather late in the day for me to en-
large upon the outdoor glories of the fair.
The architectural and landscape features
were the first things here to be described
I'm the public press and in the illustrated
magazines and weeklies, But let me tell
you that until this month OF June, this
month of freshness and flowers, no one
had ever seen the Columbian exposition at
its best. For the first time in its career it
is full-blown and rips.
Now il has not only the beauty which
verdure and sunshine alone can give it,
but the additional charm of masses of peo-
pie constantly moving to and fro on both
land and water. 1t Is now an animate
landscape The figures are in the picture,
and, grand and impressive as il was before
the people came, there Is contagion In
the presence of q host of admirers, infec-
ton in the enthusiasm of the multitude.
1t Is no wonder to me that half the friends
/ meet here tell me they put In their first
two or three days outside the buildings,
roaming through the park, riding over the
placid waters of the lagoon, realizing, or
ut least endezvurfug to do SO, the unpre-
cedented grandeur of the whole.
"The greatest thing in the fair Is the
buildings which contain it," is an express
sion which have so often heard during
the past six weeks that it has become trite.
That IL the way in which people are i'm
pressed. The majority of them are dis
couraged the first time they enter one Of
the palaces for a look at some of the ex-
hibits. This disappointment is not in the
interior show considered as whole, but In
its magnitude and In the oppressive
real ization which overcomes one at this
moment that he can never hope to see it
all. There is so much of tit is spread
over such o vast area-one can never 60
through IL section by section. aisle by
aisle, exhibit by exhibit, article by article.
The utter hopelessness of this task repels
at frst. So IL Is that nine visitors out of
ten remain but short time in the build
ing which they may first have entered.
They come back into the open, the sun
light and the fragrance, and feast their
eyes upon the ensemble. Here is some
thing which they are able to see, and see
quickly. for it is a panorama Of white and
green spread before their eyes.
Fascinating as the outward show is at
q single glance, one must travel about for
many day before the full glory
of the picture is impressed upon
him. Indeed, the beauty of tho scene, like
the magnitude Of the buildings, is some