Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-05-02
STATE AND FOREIGN.
Structures Of Other hatisas and BY the FEDERAL
Sisisrhood.

CmeAeo. May 1.-The Union Jack o,
Old England" floats merfily in the breex.
today, and it has for company not only thu
Stars and Stripes, or ''0ld Glory" ss patri
otie Americans stfectionately dub theil
national colors, but also the ensigus oi
Spain and Germany and Sweden. and Japan
and Of the sister republics of France, ant
Venezuela, and Brazil, and Ncaragus, and
Costa Rica. Hoisted high ON house-tops alst
are the eolors of Turkey, Norway, Austria
Siam, and llayti. The natives of all these
countries, together with our sisters and
brothers from across the Canadian border
and our visitors from New South Wales
Guatamala, Ceylon and the East Indies will
| find rendezvous on the Worlds Fair
grounds that will make them feel as II they
were home again, for the time being al
least
1 In the northern section of the big enclos.
ure several acres are dotted over with
buildings erected by the governments named
and these in turn are surrounded by some
forty state and territorial buildings Many
of these contain exhibits particularly relat-
ing to the industries and resources of the
states represented. but the foreign buildings
are mainly intended to be devoted to the re-
ception and entertainment of native visitors
and as the headquarters of the commission
ers from the respective countries. Victoria
| House, by which name the British structure
has been christened, goes back to the Elz-
abethan age for its architectural design
Inside and outside walls and furniture alike,
are of good old English oak. The dining
| room is a reproduction of the one in the
Duke of Argyle's London residence. The
reception room is fac simile of the one in
which Lord Crewe welcomes visitors in his
Staffordshire castle, the dining table du-
plicate of that from which Her Majesty. the
Queen makes good digestion wait on ap
petite while occupying Windsor Castle
The Ceylonese structure represents the
architecture of that island two thousand
years ago, and the court which fronts 1t is
faced with carved pillars of real ebony
Canada's little home right on the shores of
the lake has the battleship for company, and
the annexationists of the Dominion can sit
on its porch and look serenely across the
boulevard and into the reception room of the
British commissioner. The Russian bear
fails of representation among the foreign
structures, but a number of patriotic Poles,
who possess certificates of American natur.
alization, have put up little rendezvous of
their own, from the portals of which the
diguifed countenance Of Kosciusko, sur
mounted by the white eagle, the emblem of
Polish liberty and emancipation. looks down
upon the visitor.
Germany's home is built of solid brick,
surmounted by a tall bell tower, and rep
reseDts an investment of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. This oriental look
ing affair, painted in rich colors, and with
its lofty gateway topped by small minarets
is the rendezvous of the visitors that
hail from that portion of the world that
gave to the Queen the title of Empress of
India. There is something essen
tally rural in the French building, with Its
wide white portico, its pillars wreathed
with vines, its fountains that splash over
the lawns, and the flower beds that are
dotted around j.. The sister republic has
done better than this, however, for it has a
trio of unique little edifces that are given
up to its colonies, from Algiers to the
Miquelon islands.
There is something distinctive about
every one of the state buildings. That of
Deleware is constructed wholly from the
native woods of the state, and so is that of
Washington. Florida has reproduction
of old Fort Marion in St. Augustine, COW
ering nearly one acre. Alabama is repre-
sented by an old-tine Southern mansion.
The structures of Maryland and Massachu-
sets are on the old colonial style. Cali
fornia's building is the largest, 144x435
feet, and is reproduction of the old Mis-
sion church at San Diego. The most pre-
ten,ious of the state buildings are those
erected by New York and Illinois. The
former represents an expenditure of $780,
600 and the latter of quarter of q million
The smallest building is that of Utah. but
wllat it lacks in size it makes up in good
looks.