The Green Forest tribune., 1893-04-06
4 STATUE OF SHAKESPEARE
TO BE ON EXHIBITION AT THE FAIa-THE
POmOLoGiCAL EXHIBIT
Committee Of Ladies to Exhibit Colonial Relics
Painting the Big Buildings.

Special Correspondence of The TRIBUNE
CHICAGO, April 3. 3.-William Ordway
Partridge, the sculptor, will have on ex-
hibition at the Art Building d large
statue of Shakespeare. This statue is
considered the finest of Mr.. Partridge's
work. and he has spared no effort that
would help to make it perfect. Artists
who know say it is great. Certainly it
is natural in pose and likeness accord
ing to the accepted photograph of
Shakespeare, and one does not kave to
be an artistist to appreciate it and like
1T: The statue represents Shakespeare
sitting in his garden in an arm chair of
the Elizabethian period, evidently con-
templating a sunset and meditation on
on the text, ''What piece Of work is
man." The head IS erect, the body
thrown easily back and one foot parti-
ally extended. The pose is strik-
ingly easy and graceful and thorough
ly dignifed. The broze is now being
cast in Paris. It will be finished and
in position May l.
The fruits will be in the west curtains
and the pavlions of the Horticultural
hall. To main tain constantly fresh
and attractive display of fruit
will be the task of the department of
pomology. All the States will be rep
resented by a fruit display of some
kind, and individual exhibitors will be
numerous. The fruit will not be shown
i'll great masses, but in almost inf mite
varieties. New York, Maine, Mime
sofa and Oregan will have especially
fine disays.
Small fruits, including strawberries,
raspberries, black berries and currants
will be exhibited during the entire sea-
son. The first displays will come from
the Southern States, then from the
middle and northern States, and from
Canadia New York will send 800 va
rieties of Strawberries
The exhibits, domestic and foreign,
will include fine displays of almonds,
walnut, pecans, and the Eastern and
Southern States, also from California.
Fruit machinery will be seen IN op-
GRAFTON on the grounds. Cedar mills
will turn out the real article, and there
will be q machine for wrapping oranges,
aud all kinds Of machines for spraying
fruit
The display of culinary vegetables,
seeds and horticultural appliances will
be very large. On the nursery grounds
in Midway Plaisance, which are five
acres in extent, there will be Califor-
MIA Orange grove and a Michigan peach
orchard, both in full bearing All sorts
of shrubs, trers and ointment tai plants
will be shown in actual growth and the
various grating processes. One Ger
man exhibitor will show $50 styles of
grating, only five or six Of which are
common in this country. There will
also be shown in this department an
interesting exhibit of raisin and cult
ure and the methods Of planting, stalk
Ing and training the vines
A delegation of Worlds Fair ladies
called upon President Cleveland ere he
was fairly settled IN the Presidential
chair at the White House, and they
We're not after Office either. They
wanted large section of the COVER
ment building atJackson park in which
| to show collection Of old colonial rel
+ les.
! The President listened quietly while
! they explained their method Of exhib
iting these relies, then finally wrote a
few lines endorsing the project, and
the visitors departed, thanking him
profusely for his kindness.
Under six of the eight great arches of
the dome of the government building
the women will group their relics of
colonial days. The exhibit will lie
strckly historical. The six arches will
be equally proportioned among the
thirteen original States participating
in the colonial exhibit Their respee.
i've flags and State coats of arms indi-
cate the locotion of each.
Indiana will have an extensive show
of agricultural products in lhe Agricul-
tural Building, besides great many
exhibits by the manufacturers of farm