San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-12
MISS TEXAS
Visits the Manufacturers and Lib
eral Arts Building.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10, lS9


knowledge is a difficult thing to
measure SO the party that walks
through really thinks he knows
more than the man who has just
had time enough to find out some
of the many attractions under this
immense roof, for the building is
two and a half times the length of
the capital, at Washington, its
breadth is even greater than this
comparison. It's interior is plain
and chaste, with no ornaments or
columnstO break the view. The
paintings in the dome are very
beautiful and from the hands
of we'll known artists, the
subjects are all treated in the elias
steal style. There are four large
entrances, so feet high and 40 feet
wide, and between the north and
south doors runs Columbia avenue,
but it differs in many ways from
other avenues you have trod. Its
millions consist of much besides
marble, stone or wood. Richly
dressed ladies, in the latest Paris
ian style, look out at you from inn
mense plate glass cases. What en-
quisite compilations and beautiful
curled bangs, that always stay in
curl - all without trouble. No
wonder these creatures of wire and
wax look so placidly down upon
their tired sisters of flesh and
blood. Both kinds line Columbia
avenue. and the American tailor
made girl holds her own quite
manfully. By the way, dear sisters,
expect to do your share of
standing in street cars and else
where. In fact you may be damned,
packed and smoked some day, but
just say over and over to yourself,
"that its part of the Fair" Eester
day in the Elevated we sat in
row of ten men-ten girls in front
made frantic grabs at the bell
strap, but mary a man moved!
An old lady of siXty-ffVe summers
had to thank a little girl tor seat
age and sweet faced youth share
the same fate. "Men don't do this
way where | came FROM" declared
a positive miss, as she sank into
vacated place. "Where frOm?"
"Oh, Montana" "They treat us
differently in the SOUTH" ventured
my southern friend. "The worst
is, it makes me feel as though
they did not know | was lady,"
ventured another. Well, girls,
Jean Ingelow says we can't have
rights and privileges too. One
must be relinquished. "Well, l
can't do without rights it paid for
my ticket" said the positive maid
en-; 81 am a boOkkeeper." 81
Observation-Disclosures are temporary,
but rights are bread and butter"
in southern accent, "but, O, my!
why can't we have both, it's so
nice. The millennium has not come,
so let the gentlemen rest while we
go through Columbia avenue. We
will proceed Systematically, for
81 this needs it more than any other
building. To our right is an Italian
exhibit of marble statuary, wood
carving and bronzes. Group after
group of Carraca marble will hold
your attention, but the wonderful
wood carving will take fair share
OF adjectiVes, so don't exhaust
yourself. There is "The boy and
drum" that has won four medals
very beautiful. Do you care
for canoes. They will sell very
beautiful ones, coral lava shell.
The duty has been paid, the work.
manship is really very fine, you
may see a dainty head, price it; if
beyond your purse, the gentleman
in charge will chatter and growl in
Italian, but you don't understand.
Smile, and let it be lost, these
Americans are dreadful anyway.
There is just now congress of
mutes in the city, perhaps some of
the gentlemen having foreign ex-
hibits think most are at the
grounds, for they exchange opin-
ions about trade rather freely
across the cases. We are sorry they
don't sell more, it's not our fault
for one we can't .buy,-the spirit is
willing. Here is big collection of
archaeological jewelry, copied from
animals found in Pompei. 1t is
artistic and worth just several
hundred thousand dollars.
Eth! can't decide between this
and Tiffany. Tiffany is famed, he
gives out few catalogues, if you
would possess one, look rich or be-
seeching, and the souvenir is
yours. Its much nicer to select
your diamonds at leisure. There
is the big diamond, it would more
than cnNar NnIlr thIIr,,h i..r+ G1An