The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-06-29

acre ana a halt, is counted very
handsome, by. many it is called the
gem OF the Exposition. 1t occupies
the most commanding position in
Jackson Park. 1t is in the form of
tour payllllons connected by a great
central dome, coated with aluminium
bronze, visible from nearly all parts
of the Park. There are four great
entrances, one on each side Of the
building, fifty feet high and fifty feet
wide adorned with colossal groups of
statuary. A heroic statue of Co.
lumbus stands before the main en-
trance.
The farmers of the world have
! reason to be proud of Agricultural
building, one of the largest and
most pleasing in its architecture.
The rotunda is one hundred feet in
diameter and is surmounted by a
great glass dome. The importance
of the farmers exhibit may be esti~
mated. by the fact that agriculture
with its allied interests of forestry,
dairy and live stock has exhibition
space under root of sixty nine acres.
Prehaps word about staff with
which all the Expositions buildings
proper are covered, may not be out
OF place. 1t is a composition of
plaster, cement and hemp, or similar
fiber. 1t is lighter wood, is fire and
water proof and il kept painted will
last nany years. The effects pro-
Guced with staff are truly wonderful.
At hasty glance one might believe
it to be marble.
This may truly be called Worlds
Fair. Fifty nations and thirty. seven
colonies participate in it and make
an exhibit of the finest OF their pro.
ducts and the best Works of. their
people. Not alone are civilized ma
tons represented, but savages from
Africa, the South Sea Islands and
the far North lands have their vii
lagos and encampments while the
visitor may see, learn and behold
the very people whose names we're
scarcely known before. / believe
there are twenty. three thousand ex-
hibitors Sea and land have yielded
their riches and mans wondrous
skill in manufactures, science and
art are here displayed to delight
and astonish the beholder. Not
every one can afford to make tour
"a trip to the Worlds FaiFis the
next best thing and the economical
visitors from Georgia may have two
weeks OF 1t for less than a hundred
dollars or Just as much more as his
purse and desires permit. There is
food Tor study and reflection
enough to last the rest of ones life.
In my visit [ never saw more
quleter Exhibition. Ali the exhibit
tors were pleasant to talk to. and
everybody seemed so interested ia
the grand sights to oe seen that Won |
would not know your brother if Won
should meet him. 1t there is anv
harm to befall the visitor ! have the
lrst to see and to hear of it. A
lady Can visit the Worlds Fair with
as much safety without an escort as
she can with one. All is conducted
with Wow 70 satisfy and to give
comfort with protection. Good pu-
flhed drinking water all over the
-alr grounds and in all the buildings.
ina no trouble to get all one wants
% eat on the grounds at reasonable
'rlees, and there is mo trouble to
yet all You want outside the fair at a
'ery low prices. | paid less for e
luncheon there than at home, and La
20 trouble to get hotel accommoda-
ION, and at rates to suit the poorest {
t persons. My accommodations C
we're better than promised me and
ost me less than the agreement. {
70 trouble to get to the grounds or f;
get home at night. Cost thirteen d
ents one way from the grounds to
ur hotel. 1t will be July perhaps 81
etore the buildings and exhibits al
Ill be IN complete order. . Packing
oxes, staf,..piles CT lumber, loaded b,
ANS and workmen of all sorts and n
atlonalities are everywhere about 81
!e buildings, but do not interfere m
lth visitors, and yet the visitor q
III lind more than enough to see.
Id there is very little grumbling or til
satisfaction. Everyone you meet at
happy with their note book in be
md and feel as much at home as B
ough they were in a drawing room hi
a near friend. I heard an ami co
lted conversation going on at the pr
rther end OF the car, but as | was ca
1ilng | paid little attention until II
OLD farmer, whose wife sat lust Ju
hind me, came back from the
pup and said: "Sally, you orter DO
ar what that Teller is saying about
, Worlds Fair. I've learned
re in five minutes than | ever :,
ew in a Il my life before" "Who tbr
he ~ she asked. s.Dunno bic rec