Arizona republican., 1893-07-27
A TRIUMPH OF GENIUS.
Some of tho Wonders of the White
 City at Jackson Park.
The Beauties of Venice Outdone-- Grandeur Mated with Charming Good Taste The Inexpressibie Harmony of
 the Court of Honor.
Especial Worlds Fair Letter. I

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 At moderate estimate. half mil lion people have said that the worlds fair reminds them of Venice. It may be provincial aud city to say so, but the best informed travellers do not hesitate to say that the scene in Jackson park is more magnificent, more regal in its splendor than the Queen of the Adriatic ever could have been even in those golden days of doges and great state festivities. To the sensitive imagina- tion, the descent from the road into the exposition grounds, through the unin- viting approach to the Court of Honor and out into the court itself, must make much the same impression that overpowers the immigrant who has traversed the arid plains of Arizona and the Colorado desert when he comes into view of the green splendor of southern California through the passes of the southern coast range. It is as though one had spent days on the steppes of Russia to awaken in a para disc of Greek architecture set in the most beautiful landscape of modern days.
 That the visiting public is impressed with the perfection of the fairs en- vironment is one of the satisfactory results of the effort made to produce it. Since the memorable opening day in May, it has been question with most observers of the crowd as to whether any of the great exhibit halls received as much attention as any one of the dozen gems of landscape or marine perspectives that greet the eye at almost every turn in a walk about the grounds.
 To the genera! public these bits ot trained nature come as an incident thing to be accepted without query as to it's cause, just as one enjoys a glimpse of some mountain or lake il his wanderings through an unexploreC | region. Those who have followed tn, management of affairs at the park know, however, that not perspective | not a curve in the shore-line of tn, lagoons, not an elevation in the park is there without a proconceived pur pose and corresponding effect. Fred ericlx Law 0lmstead who designed thes, effects, planned them with knowl edge of his subject that has brough out what seemed the impossible With nothing but a swamp and the ad | jacent shore of Lake Michigan for Saa terial, he has developed a scheme O simple harmony and natural exquisit, grouping that has not been approached in this country, if in the world. The key to the whole plan is the water hemmed bit of greenery called thu Wooded island. Taking this as tho center, the architect has surrounded il with series of halls whose idea adaptation has been heralded every where as the most wonderful achieve ment in exposition construction thu world has seen. Standing in the cen | ter of the island, one may turn in any direction with a satisfaction of tho visual and aesthetic senses that ap breaches the feeling one knows whC has heard fine music. On the north il the Fine Arts gallery-a composition of such surpassing beauty that tho critics declare it equal to the best O ancient Athens historic piles. To th' | east of it is the Fisheries. a quaint de