Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-05
ARTISTIC DESIGNS.
Buildings Of the Foreigners at
Worlds Fair.
A Comparison Shows That American
Designs Equal Any
In the wefid in the Way Of Architecture
Handsome Structures.


WoRLp's FAig, June Especial y
4 score of foreign nations have erected
buildings Of their own on the exposition
grounds II ii be assumed these nations
have in these structures given US samples
uf their best products i'll architecture and
decorations. then the conclusion u irresist-
able that American architecture II at
least the equal Of any in the world The
twenty foreign buildings, grouped pretty
we'll together, do not present an appear
| anee that is a, imposing or as beautiful as
that of the buildings erected by the Amer
lean states and territories, near by. 1t is
gratifying to note, moreover, that w'lile
there are distinctive types Of architecture
in the foreign buildings there are also dis
tinctive types in the buildings erected by
the states of the American union. In
character the structures of Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania are AS striking as those
of Germany and Spain. In beauty the
New York building is superior to any
thing which our friends from across the
sea have to show here. Moreover, the
handsomest of all the foreign buildings,
and that not quite finished as yet, is the
one erected by Brazil, the newest of the
great republics of the western world.
| Visitors TO the fair will find the north
ern section of the grounds very pleasing
to their eyes. They will take great de-
| light in walking among the foreign build
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| grounds. They have the waters of Lake
Michigan on the east, and on the curving,
shelving shore of this inland ocean the
waves are continually rolling To the
south and southwest are the inlet and la
| COON, and to the west and northwest the
Art palace and the buildings erected by
the states. Being the guests of the occa-
| sion the foreigners were given this choice
location, and the grounds between their
buildings have been beautfed by grass,
flowers, shade trees, shrubbery and leafy
walks.
| The twenty nations or colonies which
| have buildings here are: France, Ger
many, Spain, Great Britain, Australia,
| Sweden, Brazil, Japan, Costa Rica, Co
lombia, Guatemala, Turkey, Ceylon.
ldiihIf, ItHNli, NeHeZueld, NICARAGUA,
| New South Wales and East India. Russia
had expected to build magnificent and
| characteristic structure on the lake shore,
and the logs for the foundation had been
| cut in Siberia, but delays caused by ice in
! the bays and northern waters caused
abandonment of the plan.
| Many nations not represented by special
| buildings have what are really their own
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ace, in the mines departmental or elsewhere.
| Quite number of the lesser countries are
represented by villages along the Midway
| plaisance which are more typical and in
| teresting, because showing the methods OF
| life among the common people. than any
| single building could be. The foreign
| representation here, consitiereda as whole
\ Is the finest and most comprehensive ever
seen at an international exposition. For
the first time Germany is seen Mt her best,
and for the first time England and all of
her colonies are represented. The showing
made by Australia, India, Canada and
| Ceylon and other British dependencies af-
| ford the thoughtful visitor fine object
lesson in the magniticence and power of
that empire on which the sun never sets.
| The German building is by long odds
the most picturesque of the foreign struc-
| tUttS. Ill III dTt HdTfHbUlbuhly,
many types of German and Pr,lssian arch
| itectrre. Its principal suggestion is that
of a splendid town hall Of "A hundred years
! ago, but it makes one think also of
| medieval castles, cottages and cathedrals.
| 1t is gorgeously colored and decorated, and
| the lover of architecture and exterior or
| namentatiou will be glad to look at it by
the hour. Within is n most interesting
display, consisting principally of books
| and educational publications and ap-
| plances and German photographs.
| Here are fine specimens of the
! handiwork of German painters, book
! binders, illustrators and photographers,
Srts in which the Germans easily lead the
world.
Great Britain's Victoria house, which
occupies q conspicuous position on the
lake front near Uncle Sans battleship, is
somewhat disappointing in its exterior,
but within it is rich and delightful. The
aim was to show a type Of the fine old
! English half-timber houses Of the sixteenth
century, of which so many good examples
are still extant. Great care has been be-
slowed on the interior decorations. The
library is a fine specimen of work in Eng
lish oak, and there all the principal Eng
lish journals are kept on file for the con-
venience of guests. The drawing room
and the grand staircase help to show WIS.,
| itors just what the interior of an old Eng
| lish house is like.
Spain is just finishing handsome build
ing on the lake front. 1t is a reproduction
of the Lonja at Valencia. Opposite Vic
toria house is commodious structure
erected by Canada, and it was one of the
first buildings in the grounds to be fin
t.Ixa
along is the low but snowy building of
New South Wales, where the wonderful
progress made by Australia is exemplified,
as it is in many other features of the expo
sition.
The foreign building which will attract
most attention, probably, on account of
Its interesting contents, is that of France,
which occupies commanding position on
the lake front. 1t is "A reproduction of the
hall of Hercules in the Palace Of Yer
saiIles, where benjamin Franklin signed
the first treaty made by the United States
with another power. Many of the La
fayette relics loaned by that patriotic
family are here displayed. With an Ionic
pavilion the French have connected the
Hercules hail with twin structure some
sixty feet away. and within the court thus
formed they have placed statuary, flowers
and fountains. The corridor running
from one building to the other contains
an exhibit which cannot be excelled in
popular Interest 1t is that Of the City OF
Paris, and consists in part of large pic
lures Of all the notable buildings, plazas
and boulevards in the French capital.
There is also complete exposition Of the
methods of government employed there
the police, the fire department, the hos
pitals, the great sewer system, the street
cleaning department, etc Everything is
worked out in that manner precise yet
picturesque which is decidedly French.
Probably no other municipality in the
world spends 50 much money for the COM
fort and health of the citizens, and men
who are interested in that great modern
, problem, government of cities, will find
this display worth many hours OF their
time
DIR. Bertillon shows complete illustra-
ton of his new famous system of detect
ing criminals by means of measurements
, and photographs. Visitors will find them
selves fascinated by some very grewsoms
pictures of French criminals--here sed
4 OF photographs which show the eyes, thers
the noses, next the ears OF . great variety
of exceedingly tough customers Most
graphic of all Is the Bertillon method ol
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