News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-08-03
From the Wor,a
Correspondence of the New ar.
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July 90 Idb6DING,

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WORLDS FAN
'NTMoNT BUlInpr2,c
M ,ost do July 80, I s9a
may protitably be sp par Exposition
one last look at the e n, in taking
buildings which conteiag grounds and
Of SO much sih; admiration s sDS objects objects
our attention away from perha ap drawn
ures and their sculptnroed1 me struct-
lions. uecora-
of talented minds and skilled iH Inc Hn work oI
more attention than mo worthy OF
rive them. If you take 4 4Ti people
look with me, your attent tins parting
confined to cnly a few of 't the Will hll;I 6e
ings, but if time permitted V we , oullal
examine every one of them we" we Woul9
over again. 'er anu
We may first approach .
Arts Building, said to have b Sle a FIN
icized less than any of the otbe en crl IT,
contains the inestcollection of So4d IL
works of art ever brought to VI noteu
The building, which is Of S0getner.
style, has four entrances, orn mreclan
ed with sculptured and other Lament dan
tions. Its colonnades of grace aSJo ia
lars running along the f5cad Inui Ill-
promenade surrounding tho que
building, and the great dom enClre IRE
perhaps it's distinctive features S are
| impressions can be best exnreSso1 U III
one word, "beautifulP' 0u ny
There is much difference of on;n;ou
as to which is the most haan t;Gh
building. Some give this homo. 'l tn
the Fisheries Building, which We nov wv
approach. Its admirers like 70 r ooII
it ian architectural poem" In for n,,
this building is most like the Roman ~
but the details, representing fish and
other marine forms, are unlike arIv
thing ever before constructed.
Lack of time, not Appreciation
causes us to pass the Government
Building unnoticed, and we Approach
the largest building in the world
The Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
Building. This has a ground area Of
thirty-one acres. Its size is better
appreciated by taking a walk abont
it, a distance of about mile. Com
pared with It's neighbors, it's style is
simple, but it's mammoth propor-
tions make it one of the wonders of
the White City.
Having reached the southern end
of this giant building, we stand with
in the "Court of Honor" The best
artists and writer's have declared this
spot "Beyond description" What
may l hope to do, except to ac-
cent their exclamation, and implore
all to come and see for themselves
Across the Basin" is the great Ag-
ricultural Building with it's bulwark
of Corinthian pillars and it's splendid
dome. On this building alone, are
more than twenty groups of sculp-
tured figures.
In the same direction, We see Ma
chinery Hall. 1t copies the Spanish
architecture of the days of Columbus.
Besides the ten figures of "The Sci,
ences," there are other statues here
worthy of notice.
More to the right, center of all and
best of all, is the Administration
Building. Its different stories in.
clude as many styles of ancient build
ing, while the many works of sculp
ture adjoining every part are among
the finest.
No one at all interested in our sub
ject would fail to examine and appre
ciate the Columbus Fountain an(
the Statue of the Republic, which de
serve to he mentioned first rather
than last. So imposing and inspir
ing are they that they never fail O
exciting the admiration of the mos
Our time now being spent, we un
pass, without comment, tn,
unique Electricity, the Mining, tn,
Transportation and the Horticul
tural Buildings, and approach tn
Woman's Building, one of the mos
beautiful and interesting,This build
f-s=-eu@se- r-1-n~s- $1,000 - llnsaAe
woman can distinguish herself il
lines of work formerly monopolized
by men.
To study the Exposition "archi-
tecturally," noticing tie character
istic building of SO many nations
and ages, is to raise the question,
what style of architecture will we
Americans hand down as character
istic Of us? Are not most of our
finest buildings copies rather than
l have succeeded in speaking of
not more than one-tenth of the build
ings which deserve mention or which
one would see in a walk about the
grounds, but if this letter and the
preceding ones have awakened or in
creased interest in the Exposition
even to the slightest degree, the re-
suit is satisfactory.
Respectfully,
rnN L LNTcurtr