Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-04-28
Notes.


The statue Germ ania, which is to
adorn the imperial portal of new
German parliament building in
Berlin, will be shown at the worlds
fair. Through the efforts of Herr
Wcrmuth and the consent of Emperor
William this masterpiece of German
sculpture will be exhibited at Chi
cago 1t will be placed in tho
manufacturers building. as the crow
ing piece of the German section
thore. When Germania is in place
there will be seen represented a
typical German mounted on a war
horse, with an imperial flag in the
right hand and an old German shield
with the war eagle in the left. \
youthful warrior, with swords and
laurels, shows himself to be tho
recipient of the gifts of the goddess
OF victory heralding the glory OF
victorious battles. These are station
I'd on either side Of the figure
Bretros Effendi Helweh, the famous
oriental decorator, has arrived in
Chicago from Paris with forty large
boxes, containing the parts of Won
derful work which is to be displayed
at the worlds fair. 1t is to represent
the luxurious splendor of room of.
an eastern sultan 1t is made Of
1000, 900 pieces of mosaic and took
ten years Of Efendi Helweh's life to
make it. 1t is in the form Of kiosk,
and the interior is made up of rich
eastern designs and legends, inlaid
with mother of pearl and rich woods.
When reconstructed the kiosk will DO
placed in the Tunisean part of the
French section. Effendi Helweh
brings letters from Carnot, Eifcl,
the late Jules Ferry and other dis
tinguished Frenchmen. He is about
forty eight years old. and is con-
sidered the greatest living oriental
designer and decorator.
Forty-five precious historical docu-
ments relating to the voyages and
discovery of America are to be ex-
hibited at the worlds fair. The
duke OF Veragua, the living de-
scendant of Columbus, has agreed to
lend them. The forty-fve papers
form almost history of Columbus
career as a discoverer. In the list is'
the original commission given to
Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella
upon his departure for the first voy
age 1t is dated Granada, April 30,
1892. In it he is appointed grand
admiral of the ocean seas, vice king
and governor general of all the
lands he should discover. Every
document in the collection is either
written by Columbus or signed by
Ferdinand or Isabella.
Tjeldie, the Norwegian sculptor OF
Minneapolis, will represent Hiawatha
bearing Minnehaha in his arms
across wild rushing rivers. This is
TO be in the form of statue for tho
Minnesota building at the worlds
fair. The women of the state pay
for it. The conception is said to BIO
exceptionally fine, and. after being
produced in plaster for presentation
during the exposition, it will be cast
In bronze and placed at Minnehaha
falls in the state park. The ladies
have gathered the sum required for
this sculpture by means of penny con-
tributions in the schools. Mrs. II. T.
Brown of Minneapolis, one of the lady
managers for the state, has been par
ticularly active in the enterprise.
Italy, which for q long time de-
clined to participate in the worlds
fair has made an appropriation of
277, 800 lire, or about $4,000,
for its representation. The
Italian chamber of commerce and
other financial interests have also
supplied funds with liberality.
Visitors to the worlds fair will
have the opportunity Of going to the
roof of the manufacturers building
the largest in the woodland enjoy
ing there a half-mile promenade
Four elevators, with capacity of 600
an hour. will take tho people to great
platform, 200 feet above the floor, from
which a magnificent bird's-eye view
will be afforded of the interior OF the
mammoth building with its acres OF
exhibits beneath. From the platform
the visitors will pass TO the promenade
on the roof, where an unsurpassed
bird's-eye view of the entire grounds
and huildinoa will ha unfe1dad