The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-22
FRUIT OF THIS STATE
The Horticultural Display at
the Fair Surpasses ALL.
VISITORS ARE SURPRISED.
The Comfortable Reading and Reception
Rooms Of the State Bsiiding-Womea
Presehers At the Cesgress.

woRLn's FAIR GaorSns. May ol.-fspe-
ciaL The reception rooms and reading
rooms 81 the Washington state building
are rapidly assuming an appearance Of
comfort and elegance. They are pre.tily
furnished. In the ladies' par!or especially
great care has been taken TO make things
as attractive as possible. A handsome
rug covers the center OF the floor.
and the woodwork border has been
stained and polished. The furniture
is Of highly finished oak and
the stove is 3 most artistic piece Of work.
the fireplace containing imitation logs
around which gas blaze. in a CHEEKY FASH
ion. The reading room is under the di-
rect supervision of Ell Meany. the state
press agent. Here will be collected and
placed each in Its proper file. every paper
in the state of Washington, except three
OF the papers in the entire state who have
failed so far to send their issues here.
Besides these papers all the lead
ing Chicago dailies will be on
file. with guide books and dictionaries
galore. Desks for writing purposes and
large. roomy easy chairs make this room
the beau ideal of reading rooms, and it is
already much OF a resort and headquarters
TO Washingtonians. The postoffice has
been reduced TO q system, and now letters
addressed to persons at the state building
are pnt IN their respective boxes from A
to Il, and can be had upon application.
brand new register has been opened. AL
together the arrangements for the comfort
OF visitors are as complete as can be de-
sired.
A glance at the Washington horticul-
tural exhibit is suflicien. to see its superb
ority over the other exhibits of fruit in the
horticultural building Undoubtedly
In its agricultural and horticultural fea-
lures the state is far ahead of any other
Everyone comedies this. The exhibit in
the horticultural building lies between
Idaho and Florida. Ii is larger section
than was at first allotted, the part belong
ing to Utah having been turned over to
Washington. Here are to be seen
fruit Of every kind and even
the potatoes and carrots and
string beans are labelled "fruit" When
Miss Preston, who, with Miss Balock,
daughter of the commissioner. has charge
of the exhibit. was asked, the other day,
to explain this she laughed and said:
That's the way the labels were printed
and We had no others" So it remains
that potatoes are fruit so far as Washing
ton is concerned. Some Of these potatoes
measure fifteen inches in length. There
are string beans ten and twelve inches
long As for the Strawberries there are
many varieties. but for size and flavor they
far exceed anything in the California or
Oregon exhibit. which are close by. For
instance. c. NJ. Savage. of Olympia,
has Strawberries here which measure ten
inches in circumference. 1t takes two
dollar coins and u l0-cent piece laid to-
gether to measure across these straw
berries. DIR. Blaiock, Of Walla Walla, has
some equally good specimens. besides
grapes weighing twelve pounds to the
bunch. Universal admiration is ex-
pressed at the splendid exhibit. Red and
white currants reach a size which cannot
be duplicated here, and the dried prunes
are really beyond praise. There is abso-
iu,e!y nothing in the building to equal
those prunes.'' said a California fruit
grower recently. II have seen nothing
like them anywhere. Your apples,
too. are far ahead of ours in
flavor. Certainly Washington is making
wonderful showing in fruit" The two
young ladies in charge of the exhibit have
no sinecure. They answer thousands of
questions every day. The state, by the
completeness Of its agricultural and frui.
exhibits, has opened the eyes Of Eastern
ers. Il am more than proud at our state
showing" said Dr.. Calhoun. "You are
quite correct in stating that we are far
ahead OF all the others in our agricultural
and horticultural departments. No fruit
on the ground can compare with ours.
Although great many visitors fioated
aimlessly along Story Island avenue and
the cross streets i. was comparatively
quiet IN the vicinity of Jackson park. The
ice cream saloons, cheap museums and
like ediiying establishments did lively
business. The German village gave n con-
cert this afternoon 10 the other inh abitants
in midway plaisance.
The attendance at the various meetings
Of the women's congress was very large
this afternoon. The greatest interest Was
ia the religious meeting AZ which Mrs. T..
il. Grannis. president of the Social Purity
League. presided and delivered a short adj
dress There were also number OF o;her
speakers. The Labor experience meet
ing" did not have a large attendance, bu,
the speeches were interesting.
Eighteen ordained; women ministers sat
on the speakers platform 1T the religious
service held this morning by the worlds
congress Of representative women, The
women who took active part in the
services were: Hevs. Mrs. Tupper Wilkes.
OF -. Fau. . Mrs. Stafford. OF Sioux CITY.
la: Mrs, FMence kolock, of Pasadena.
Cal. and Mrs. Nav Wright Sewall. Rev.
Jeanette oimstead invoked divine hies
sing and Rev. Emily tordon recite.i the
hymn. Rise Ep. Rae Ep. . Woman. "
Rev. Florence ko..ock offered prayer and
delivered short address. \ sermon yaS
delivered by Rev. Anna Shaw. Other
female dsy!aes participated IN tAc services.
CHIcAso. May GA; Iodav's MEETING
of tac trades aui iahor assembly the Son.
day opening NJ the Worlds fair was dis
c1lsset. Pres deaf john l.snchan declared
ihat ma1v woFh.ngmen had subscribed
to@ Worlds fair stock oa the REPRESENT.
tton shat the grounds would tie open sun.
dav. LineAau declared that these men
had much rlwh. II have thctr wishes
consulted - anybody Csc He declare
himself i'm 'avor OF giving the authorities
a certain time n which 10 open The fair
sad, "a tAc woFklaRnlsa are Sill denses
admission. ther saoutd marca "a IA.
srosnts AMI take iaelr Fights bv force
The assembly iecIaei ID he,d q mas.
meeting shortly aud discuss lie sghiee,
pl5sc.y.
EosroE, May Jus; afle7 nastnieh,
THIS morning the ssi.os tx telegram sss
sen; so rcesssi-u.e .eVel4nd.