The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-08
THE WORLDS FAIR.
The Children's Building Being
Pushed TO an Early
Completion.
An Immense E>Iibi, from Mexico isein.
Put III Position Hospital faciii-
ties on the Grounds.


From Our Regular Correspondence
CHICAGO. April !. 1888.
Our little folks will not be neglected
at the Fair Work on what is known
as the children's building is progressing
rapidly. This department will be run
as an adjunct to the wOmans building.
where rest and care may be had for the
little ones while their parents are seeing
the sights. The construction and fur
nishing Of the children's building will
take every dollar that has been sub
scrbed for the purpose Therefore, the
ladies who are in charge OF the enter
prise will be glad to receive contribu
tions Of dolls and other children's toys
| that will serve to amuse the little ones.
| Ii is proposed to make the children who
are left in the building during the day
have as good a time as possible 1t
would probably be extremely tiresome
and injurious for the little ones to
make the tour of the grounds. therefore
! it is intended to amuse them with all
sorts Of games and toys in their build
ing. The ladies in charge hope that all
| who see fit to send toys for the chill
dren's building will send them to Mrs.
George l.. Dunlop. care Of the Womans
Building. jackson Park. \ charge Of
ten cents will be made on each child
left in the children's building during the
Fair. They will be better taken care of
there than dragging around the ground,
with their parents. and the building is
sure to be well patronizted.
An appropriate and very interesting
exhibit at the Worlds FAIR will be the
music and musical instruments of Spain
during the period when Columbus set
| sail for the New World. \ reproduc-
| tion of the scene at Santa Fe. on the
! heights above Grenada where Ferdinand
and Boabdil met. and where knights in
armor met in the joust. and where the
Young men and women Of the city joined
! in the dances Of the time will be given
next summer 1t is to be entitled The
World Finder All the music and the
| y
as also the costumes. the dances. the
panorama Of the ancient city itself.
Wisconsin will hold prominent posi-
ton at the Worlds Fair: in fact in some
The display. though not exhaustive as
desired by the commissioners from the
state. will serve to testify to the multip-
licity of the states products and indus
exhibits in the horticultural. agricultur-
al. mining. chronological. fisheries and
liberal arts building. In many of these
divisions sthe Wisconsin exhibit will
be on an elaborate scale. and in the ag-
ricultural. mining and horticultural
buildings it's pavilions are remarkable.
The Iowa building is granite struc-
ture with a slate roof, with conical tow
ers Of pavilions at the corners. 1t is u
by 124 feet in size. There will be an
other part belonging to the building
which is Just south OF the main build.
ing. and is called the Shelter" The
Shelter will be used for state exhibit
corresponding in character to the Sioux
City corn palace exhibition. In the new
part on the first floor. are reception
rooms for men and women, commiss3 on
er's Office and post Office. On the sec
ond floor are the assembly hall. photo
graphic exhibit, reading and reporters
! room. The cost OF the building is es
timated at $4,000.
Mexico is sending in its exhibitsra rapid.
More than 1000 packages have ar
rived at jackson Park. These packages
: will be distributed among the yariou'
$ departments OF the fair as follows: Ag
. riculture. 2ll; horticulture. 30; mining
: g8; transportation. %; manufactures
n 200; Liberal Arts. GO; Fine Arts, 30 an,
fisheries, 10.
These articles come from the City q
: Mexico. Yucatan, Tobasco and othe
9 districts. The whole exhibit will be i
place by May l.
: There will be hospital at Jackso
c Park during the Fair. 1t will consist {
: one main hospital. which is now bein
d fitted up in the service building, an
- two sub sections located in different set
tions OF the grounds. The best corps {
!. physicians and nurses possible to be ol
h tanned will be attached to the servie
= and nothing will be lacking to make th
he hospital model institution. On th
left of the entrance to the main buildin
= Of the hospital win be = general waitin
= room for patients requiring only sligl
= treatment and fog their friends. In u
= south halt Il the hospital, on the grouu
r 6oor, will do the wards for tho wome