The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-05-26
OUR WORLDS FAIR LETTER.
(From our Special Correspondent
CulcAGn. MAY ~ 1Sn,

ne Exposition grOunCS are last be-
coming a clean and handsomely
adorned pleasure grounds The gar.
ileners have done a great deal of night
work this week, and the grounds are
almost complete. There has been no
rain all week and much work has been
accomplished all over the grounds.
BY the first Of the month there will be
lett unfinished in the way Of
building and decorating
This has been an interesting week
at the fair. Many notable events have
taken place. The women have held
their Woman's Congress all the week
in the Columbian Art Gallery down
on the lake front. Many noted wo-
men have spoken, and the attendance
has been unusually large. Modjcskl
and Clara Morris gave some very fine
talks on stage life and its representa-
tives. Never before in the history Of
woman's progress has there been such
perfect harmony in the vast army Of
spectators rs was apparent at the CON
crosses held in the memorial art pal
ace. Every space was crowded, but
every body expected they would be
and SO they were good natured and
stood the crowding
Miss Susan b. Anthony spoke Thurs
day on the progress of women in the
commercial and professional world
since the time when Horace Greeley
astounded the world of men by de.
voting column after column of the
New York Tribune, to the first sutfra
gist meeting held in Boston. Miss
Anthony was followed bv Lucy NJ.
Stone, Helen II. Gardener and other
noted women, on the suffrage cues
ton. TO day is the last day of their
congress.
There were quite number of dedi.
cations this week. The Tyrolean
booth IN the Transportation building
was dedicated on Monday. This
quaint little booth is an exact repre-.
sentsiion of Tyrolean home In the
Alps ani is formed of great stones
and limbs of trees. A fine painting
forty feet long stands at the back, and
represents a 1yrolean village on a
mountain side. 1t is very prerty.
Tuesday the Egyptian temple was
dedicated. This is very solemn af-
fair, and but very little to it as we
could See. There were four Egyp.
tian girls dressed in their queer cos
tunes sitting on raised platform at
the rear Of the long dark hall. They
never spoke word all the time, but
once in while they would twang
their instruments in a doleful manner.
A number of men were lounging
around on the platform and floor.
These the manager told us were the
high priests, and the girls were young
priestesses. They were silently wor-
Shipping their gods. Wednesday the
NOrwegians dedicated their building.
May 18th, is to them what our fourth
Of July is 10 us. 1t was on that day
1874, that they became Independent
Of Denmark, and they chose to dedicate
their building on that day although it
was not near done. 1t was a grand
sight to watch them marching toward
their building. There were over FIVE
thousand Norwegians in the line.
Prof, julius E. Olson of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin delivered the princi-
pal address. His subject was "Our
day of Independence" His eloquent
words brought his hearers to their feet
IN loud applause. The program cl osed
by singing Norwegian hymns.
The Illinois State building was dedi-
Gated on Thursday. The Governor
of the state, the mayor Of Chicago,
and the president of the State Board
of Worlds Fair Commissioners, with
very elaborate ceremonies presented
the building to the exposition authori
ties.
The Illinois State building as every
one knows, is the largest state build.
ing on the grounds 1t stands facing
the lagoon from the north. More than
three thousand feet of space is allotted
to this state. The building is in the
form of greek cross. The south arm
contains the Offices, while the north
end is called the memorial hall, and
contains the relics and battle flags
loaned by the State Historical Society.
The women Of Illinois have done
much to make the building beautiful.
The Legislature appropriated the sum
of $4,000 with which to make a col
leotive exhibit of the work of Illinois
women. A board of lady managers
was organized and they, with their un-
firing efforts and ingenuity, have made
as fine an exhibit of womans work as
there is on the grounds.
The North Dakota building was
dedicated yesterday. This is really
beautiful little building. And here
again the women havej come to