Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-01

utes walk from the business center Of the city,
and which has been erected at cost of
$780, 900, two-thirds contributed bv the Art
Institute Of Chicago and the balance by the
directory of the exposition, was receiving its
finishing touches, and this afternoon it was
thrown open for the inspection Of visitors from
at home and abroad. Under the roof of this
magnificent pile there will be held this summer
the greatest series of worlds congresses that
has ever been planned, such a bringing to-
gether Of people of every cline az few years
ago would have seemed chimerical and border
ing on the impossible.
WORLDS CONGRESS AUXILIARY.
The leading idea of this feature of the Column
bian exposition, which is under the direction
and control Of sub-administration designated
as the worlds congress auxiliary is to assem-
Bile the leaders OF human progress from the civ
ilized globe, not only for purposes of mutual
acquaintance and the establishment OF fraternal
relations, but to review the achievements that
have already been made in the various depart
ments of enlightened life. to resume in each
congress the progress of the world in the de-
partment concerned, to formulate declarations
on the living questions Of the day that demand
the urgent attention of all those interested in
the social and the moral ameioraton of man.
kind, and to promulgate suggestions concern
ing the practical means by which further pro-
gress may be made. and the prosperity and
peace of the world and humanity advanced.
Commencing on the 18th Of the present month
and continuing until the last day of October,
and possibly later, Chicago will be the scene Of
nineteen Of these gatherings.
Many OF the congresses, however, on the
principle of a wheel within a wheel, will be
subdivided. Under tine head of agriculture,
for instance, there will be no less than nine
distinct assemblages, in the department of
religion twenty-four, in that of temperance
ten.
$50 DISTINCT CONFERENCES.
Altogether there will be a total of $50 separate
and distinct conferences, and the magnitude of
the undertaking may be gathered from the fact
that anywhere from 1000 to 5000 individuals
are expected to participate in each and every
conference.
Already the books Of the auxiliary record
acceptances from over loo, 900 distinguished
people OF tho United States and of one-fifth
that number from England and the continent.
Archbishops and bishops, scientists. statesmen,
philosophers, men and women whose names
will live in history for their achievements in
the fields Of commerce and finance. medicine.
art. music and literature, education. science
and philosophy; representative workers IN be-
half OF the progress Of women, the leading
lights OF the daily. weekly and monthly religious
and secular press, workers in the Temperance
cause. representing all the total abstinence
societies in existence; bankers and financiers,
board of trade operators merchants, insurance
specialists. representatives of colleges and col
lege fraternities, educators of the deaf the
dumb and the blind, civil and mechanical eng-
neers. Jurlsts and lawyers, astronomers and
biologists, electricians and meteorologists,
leaders in the world Of labor organizations,
devotees of social and economic science, min
listers and laymen of all faiths from the evan
gelical to the Mohammedan, advocates of Sun
day rest, health officers and agriculturalists, and
80 on through an almost endless list will gather
from the four quarters of the universe each in
their respective section, and consider the ques-
tions that particularly relate to the particular
sphere in which they live and move and have
their being.
1t would seem impossible that this program
could be successfully carried out undor one
roof. but the structure which was open today
has not only two auditoriums, each with a seat
ing capacity Of 1000, but also thirty-three halls
and six large committee rooms. 1t will there
fore, be practicable for forty-one conferences