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

by 42O feet. of iron and glass, surmounted by a
majestic dome and bearing a strong resem-
blance TO the National Museum and other gov
| eminent buildings at the national capital. From
! an educational point of view the exhibit is of
| incaculable value and importance, in the fact
/ that II VIII afford to millions who have never
visited the national capital and probably never
will, an opportunity of observing and studying
| the processes of each department of the gov
. eminent and of looking upon some of its price,
/ less treasures.
! The cardinal motive prompting the exhibit is
/ to deepen and intensity the popular interest in
public affairs, and to that end the services and
every branch of the executive government have
been largely devoted for over two years. Every
section Is u school of instruction.
! WORK OF THE MINT.
| The mint, for instance, has presses in opera
ton, striking medals Of copper. bronze and
white metal Within heavily wired glass cases
are the original proofs of all the coins, paper
currency. certificates, bonds and other evil
dences of indebtedness covering the period
! from the year of the Declaration of independ-
ence to the last bond or note issued from the
/ United States treasury.
There is working post office in operation
and an elaborate display of all articles relating
! to the postal equipment. not only of this coun-
I try. but of nearly all of the foreign powers en-
| The largest section is that devoted to the De-
| partment of Agriculture, and which shows mod
| els OF fruits, cereals, animal and vegetable
fibers collections of insects beneficial and inju-
rious to agriculture, models of western methods
/ of irrigation and complete agricultural labor
atory, with daily demonstrations Of food adul-
| teration.
/ The Interior Department shows the resources
OF its undeveloped territory, while the State
| Department contributes an immense amount Of
I Ia a 4 Al
rltorcal growth of the country. Foreign visitors
OF military lnclinatioDs are afforded food for
| thought in the extensive exhibit Of the War
Department, and which is fully illustrative of
all the devices employed in the United States
army. For the student there are valuable ex-
| hibits from the historical collections of the
| National Museum and the Smithsonian Insti-
| tuition. while the development of the edu-
| catonal facilities of the country is abundantly
evidenced through the bureau of education.
| LIFE-sAvISG SERVICE.
| Under the auspices of the Treasury Depart
ment are a life-saying service. fully equipped
with apparatus and men, light house con-
structed after the latest and most approved
| plans and II demonstration of the methods in
| vogue In the bureau OF internal revenue. There
Is model ward of the marine hospital service,
! and which will be put to practical use in caring
for victims of sickness casualties. The pat
ent office section illustrates clearly and lucidly
| the marvellous rate OF progress in invention of
| the present age and the fostering influence of
the American patent system in this regard
while the system pursued by the government
| in the direction of civilzing its Indian wards
Is exemplified by an Indian boarding school in
| full operation, with boys and girls studying
working. cooking and playing, and generally
illustrating life upon an Indian reservation.
! , MANUFACTURES AND Liberal ARTS.
N VuytS
| of Every known Land.
CHICAGO. May Colossal vet symmetrical
in design, scope and proportions, the manu-
| features building looms up before the visitor
the leviathau of worlds fair structures Forty
acres of floor space hero devoted to the
most representative products of the worlds
| skilled labor. Whether handiwork or the re-
suits of intricate machinery the display of the
product of human ingenuity has here reached
its eliminating point. No comparison with
previous expeditions can be drawn in the case
of this department, because none other has ever
had such space, such setting or such mag
nificent surroundings.
! Great as the space is it has proved scarcely
one-tenth the amount that would have been
! necessary to satisfy the demands of would be
! exhibitors. The rush of applications has far
exceeded that in any other department. and
! the problem has been to discriminate in favor
| of quality rather than quantity. The amount
! OF space granted to foreign governments was
| neces arily large that the monster floor of
| the building has little more than one fourth of
I its space allotted to United States exhibits.
I Nevertheless il is the greatest showing in man
! ufactures that the United States has ever at
tempted.
| INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT.
| The exterior architecture of the vast building
has been so often described that the public is
familiar with its gigantic proportions from the
outside.
! Inside. however to DAVIS crowd of visitors
stood amazed Streets and avenues are laid
| out In the usual rectangular form of model
! city Along these interior thoroughfares
! specimens OF architecture by the worlds most
( famous designers vie with one another at every
( step. Miniature temples, kiosks paviiions of
modern design. columns and arches OF every
conceivable quality of architecture meet the
! eye az every point. Many of these are 90 strik-
| ing and unique in design to make them a
model for much larger structures. In the
} foreign quarters-especially in the German
and French sections aud the Indian and Cev-
|; Ion eXhblts-the booths and paylions are fire.
+ quently narvel- of design and execution
Among thy domestic exhibits, too there are
magnificent pavilions which challenge COM
! parison with the finest in the foreign groups
THIRTY-FoUR LARGE GROUPS.
| On the floor of the building are collected
thirty-four large groups subdivisions These
are divided into 200 or more of the leading in
dustries. Encircling the vast structure on all
four sides are spaces devoted to Offices
restaurants. concessions and various appliances
for public comfort. There are continuous
promenades outside in the covered loggia
b Every known convenience has been provided
In the center of the building along Columbia
avenue. there Is a series of elevators to carry
passengers to the outside of the main roof $40
feet above the floor. where a promenade bal
cOny extends around all four sides Of the build
ing. giving a continuous walk Of over a mile
and half in making the circuit Of the
building
EXHIBITS MOSTLY IN PAvILIoNs.
But if the building is magnificent what shall
be said of the exhibits installed therein upon
which the throngs today gazed in amazement?
Here the richest products OF skilled labor from
every cline are gathered i'll endless profusion
Most of the exhibits housed in pavilions
In some groups this interior architecture OBJ
serves prevailing key throughout. Thus in
the German exhibit the prevailing style Is the
renaissance of architecture, the rocco decora-
ton being frequently gorgeous and profuse
In the French exhibit, on the sectional diago-
nally opposite. tine architecture is severely
classic throughout. In the English section and