Mower County transcript., 1893-09-13
SMALL BUILDINGS
To Be Seen at the Worlds Co.
'umb;an Exposition.

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'umbian Exposition.
THEY ARE WORTHY OF ATTENTION,
most OF Them Are Models of Historic
Structures in Different Countries Ono
Building in Which All tho Rules of
Architecture Have Been Violated-ca1,.
fornia Day at the Exposition.
WORLDS FAIR, Sept. IA. Especial -
inere are many small buildings in the
1alr grounds which are rarely mentioned
oy the press and yet are worthy of atten-
tlon. There, for instance, is the alleged
Bureau of Public Comfort which is ra-
garded as huge joke, but there is plenty
OF room and chairs and as no business is
done there find it very conducive to CON-
1ort The Intention was that it should
give visitors information about getting
hote1s and avoiding swindles, but as they
40 the former before entering the park
and take their chances on the latter. the
officials have sinecure. Near it is the
Puck building, which is a perfect little
gen. and the display of newspapers and
the processes shown are we'll worth seeing.
1t IS considered trife odd that a humor-
GUS paper should receive such q conces-
sion, but that kind of show was needed
to fill up the set.
The only building left of Old Fort Dear
born is set up just as it stood at the time
OF the massacre, and long afterwards at
the corner OF State and Twenty third.
When it was taken down for removal a
number of arrowheads, knives and other
Indian relics were found and these are ex
elblted in it. AS the nucleus of Chicago
II Is we'll worth seeing. The New England
Clambake company occupies an artistic
nttle building and so do the local agents
OF the International Sunday School asso-
citation. The Tonquin building was orig
lnally put up in China and was trans
ported in sections for the French exposi-
ton OF 1889, and after being exhibited in
various places was brought here. 1t is
said to be an exact model of the palace of
Cochin China. The Pavilion of Tunis ia
another reproduction and is the largest
structure in the French colonial exhibit.
The Police station is not only a model
for that sort OF thing, but is the head
quarters for the ambulance, patrol wagon
and full squad of policemen. Visitors
can there see tirst-class illustration of
police life and action. The great White
Horse inn, near the southwest corner of
the park, is pretty fair copy of the Eng
llsh original, but owing to it's remote stu
alton has few visitors. The cooking is
guaranteed to be strictly English" and
therefore have not sampled it. On the
lake front, near the Manufactures build
ing, is one OF the queerest pavilions in the
park, erected and maintained by Van
Houten q Zoon, of Weesp, Holland, to ad-
Vertise their cocoa trade. 1t is in the style
OF Dutch house of the fifteenth century.
and is regular museum of relics of that
time; but the business part of it is the
hot cocoa served by Dutch girls in native
costume. The Merchant Tailors' building
is another business enterprise and so. I
suppose, is the Homeopathic model hos
pital near the Woman's building.
Much might be said of the Japanese tea
houses which look like mere booths, and
yet are so elaborately ornamented with
carvings and other delicate handiwork
that 6OO men were busy for two months in
making them; of the Shoe and Leather
building, which is small affair but
crowded with objects of interest; of the
Japanese Hooden, which is an exact repro
ductlon of the Oldest monastery in japan,
erected In 1897; of the Hunters camp
which is almost hidden in the scrubby
TIMBER at the south end of the island, or
| OF many other little buildings stuck in va
nous corners and are the more charming.
because one comes on them unexpectedly.
IN the extreme south end of the park are
several very interesting things which are
not seen Dy more than one visitor in fifty,
ana just outside of the grounds at the
northeast corner is the only great failure
OF the exposition era. This is the so-called
| Spectatorium which covers 800, 900 square
feet, IS IN tolerable completion to the third
story and was abandoned when s5OO,OOO
mad been expended on it. It was designed
TOR concerts and great spectacular dis
plays, and the story goes that two or three
noted actors are Sin it" for about 800, 600
each.
The Illinois building had from the start
attracted more visitors than any other
state building because it is really one Of
the main structures of the fair, with Cali
fornla's building second; but since her
great display on the 9th, California has
been the chief attraction. The building is.
not easily described. The central plan is
that OF regular old mission of adobes,
but to relieve the sombreness Of such a
structure Moorish features have been
added and O. low. central dome with roof
garden and outer platform for restaurant
purposes. The whole affair is said by ex-
perts to violate all the rules of architecture
which can be violated in one building, and
yet the general effect is pleasing It
seems like bit of Granada in Moorish
times, of Mexico and Mission California
all in one.
The floor space, including gallery, is
100000 square feet, and it is we'll filled
with every sort of semi-tropical growth
and mineral output from Yreka to Los
Angeles-the fig and the lemon, the orange,
the grape and the prune, the great pampas
grass with feecy plumes eighteen inches in
length, the dark green palm and trailing
vines and flowers of all forms and hues.
In the most conspicuous place is the noted