Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-03-15
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
Special day e to be a great feature
at the Worlds Fair. Nearly if not
quite every state of the Union will have
Its day, upon which special exercises
will be held, and its governor and staff,
OTTER state officers, militia and thou
sands of its distinguished and other citi-
Ems will be in attendance. Receptions
will be held at the state buildings. re-
spectively, and tue governors and Others
will make speeches. Many musical,
civic and secret societies also have
made application for special day upon
which to hold exercises peculiar to
themselves. Among them are the
MasOrs, Odd Fellows, Knights of 2, tn
las and FOresters. The " elst
Eistedfodd Will have an entire week fOI
a musical Celebrat on. 1t Is believed
that these specia! features will craw
many additional thousands of yISitCrs
to the Fair. Arrangements for these
special days are being made by Col.
Culp secretary of the Ceremonies ON
mittee, which had the Dedication Day
exercises IN charge.
The American Library Association,
which has the cooperation of nearly
all the great Ii aries of the country,
will make a notable exhibit at the
Worlds Fair. 1t will include samples,
models and photographs, showing ar
ticles and mechanical devices In actual
use; printed matter, forms, blanks,
constitutions. bylaws, rules for sub
scrIbers; accession departments and
their management; catalogue, classifi-
cItion and reference departments; inI-
ing department, with samples of bind
ing, temp Drary covers and recipes for
restoring, mending and cleaning; shelf
and building departments; and an
architectural exhibit showing plans,
elevations, peTspectives I'd models of
the hest library buildings. There will
| also be model library of 5000 vol
umes, selected from lists prepared and
sent in by the various librarians of The
country.
Germany s building at the Worlds
Fair was dedicated with appropriate
exer cises on Jan. 27-the anniversary
o. Emperor Williams birth. The
BUILDING i han lsume structure, cost
ing $50, coo, and is nearly completed.
In the Fine Arts exhibit at the
Worlds Fair viii appear three pictures
| from Windsor Caste, loaned by Queen
Victoria, and several from the Prince
| of Wales collection.
The Bureau of Music at the WOrli's
| Fair has issued the 70 lowing relative tC
| concerts by American artists at the TX.
position:
Those among the younger, native
| born, profession a musicians of this
| country who may desire to avail them
St Ives of the opportunity, are invited
| to communicate with the Bureau of Mu'
| sic before May l, with such testimOni.
| ais a shall indicate clearly the degree
Of their ability and talent. Those
applicants whom the Musical Director
can recomn end will be asked to appear
| before committee with headquarters
in Chicago. to be appointed by the
Bureau of Music. A medal Or otael
| to- en- viii be conferred upon all whC
meet the standard of attainment re-
quired by this committee, and possibly
an appearance in concert in Recita
Hall of the Exposition II ay be ar
| ranged.
There will be no expenses connected
with the trial In Chicago except those
of travel and entertainment: these the
candidates must pay, as the Bureau ha!
no funds for this purpose.
The Chicago Co nmittee will rot be
convened until after the opening OF the
Exposition in May, and will hear n
| candidates not Tecomme nded by the Mu
sical Director.
The Royal Chorus society of Belgium
more than hundred strong, will WIS.,!
the Worlds Fair and take part IN tn,
concerts in. choral hall. The chorus
recently gave series of concerts il
London for charitable purposes, and
was received with enthusiasm.
The japanese royal family will be
| represented at The Worlds Fair. 1t I,
announced positively that the eldes
son AID probable successor of tt,
Mikado will visit Chicago in Septem-
Der.
The list OF GeIman,'s exhibitors a
the Fair cortaInS 5,077 names. Repre-
sented in it are 230 cities and towns o
the empire, and of these forty elite:
send more than ten exhibits each
Berlin leads with 2s3 exhibitors
Munich follows with 1877; leipsic witt
149; Frankfort, So; Hamtu e, 81, and
ChemnitZ, Al.
The Patterson AMI Newark mills o
New jersey, Will make splendid sill
exhibit at the Worlds Far. The sill
in all its stages of manufacture will b
displayed, together with the silk worm
and cccOons from which the silkel
threads will be spun an passed through
various manipulations until they ap
pear In the finished silk texture read
t. the market.
The Michigan Worlds Fair Boar,
will make an exhibition of its news
papers, The first page of every news
paper or magazine published in tn
state will he mounted on a wood venee
Leaf, varDish,d the same as mOunte,
maps are prepared, and hung on lea
standards.