The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-16
SMALL BUILDINGS
To Be Seen at the Worlds Co.
lumbar Exposition.
THEY ARE WORTHY OF ATTENTION.

THEY ARE WORTHY OF ATTENTION.
Most OF Them Are Models OF Historic
Structures in Different Countries-Oae
Building In Which All the Rules Of
Architecture Have Been yioiated-Cali-
fornia Day at tho Exposition.
WORLDS FAIR, Sept. IA. = Especial -
There are many small buildings in the
fair grounds which are rarely mentioned
by the press and yet are worthy of atten-
ton. There, for instance, is the alleged
Bureau Of Public Comfort which is re-
garded as huge joke, but there is plenty
OF room and chairs and as no business is
done there find it very conducive TO COM
fort. The intention was that it should
give visitors information about getting
hotels and avoiding swindles, but as they
do the former before entering the park
and take their chances on the latter, the
officials have sinecure. Near it is the
Puck building, which is a perfect little
gem, and the display of newspapers and
the processes shown are well worth seeing.
1t is considered triae odd that a humor-
Gus paper should receive such a conces-
sion, but that kind of show was needed
to fill up the set.
The only building left of Old Fort Dear
born is set up just as it stood at the tim
OF the massacre, and long afterwards ct
the corner OF State and Twenty-third.
When it was taken down for removal q
number of arrow heads, knives and other
Indian relics were found and these are ex-
hibited in it. As the nucleus OF Chicago
1t is well worth seeing. The New England
Clambake company occupies an artistic
little building and so do the local agents
OF the International Sunday School asso-
citation. The Tonquin building was orig
hally put up in China and was trans
ported in sections for the French exposi-
taon OF 1859, and after being exhibited in
various places was brought here It's
said to be an exact model of the palace of
Cochin China. The Pavilion of Tunis is
another reproduction and is the largest
structure in the French colonial exhibit.
The Police station is not only model
Tor that sort of thing, but is the head
and full squad OF policemen. Visitors
can there see first-class illustration of
police life and action. The great White
Horse inn, near the southwest corner Of
the park, is pretty fair copy Of the Eng
llsh original, but owing to its remote stu
alton has few visitors. Tie cooking is
guaranteed to be strictly English" and
therefore have not sampled it, On the
Iol- IL
ing, is one of the queerest pavilions in the
park, erected and maintained by Van
Houten & Zoon, of Weesp, Holland, to adj
vertise their cocoa trade II is in the style
OF aDutch house Of the fifteenth century,
and is a regular museum of relies of that
time; but the business part of it is the
hot cocoa served by Dutch girls III native
costume. The Merchant TaiIors' building
Is another business enterprise and SO, I
suppose, is the Homeopathic model hos
pital near the Woman's building.
Much might be said of the japanese tea
houses which look like mere booths, and
yet are SO deliberately ornamented with
carvings and other delicate handiwork
that coo men were busy for two months in
making them; of the Shoe and Leather
building, which is small affair but
japanese Hooden. which is an exact repro
duction of the Oldest monastery in Japan.
erected in 1887: OF the Hunters camp
which is almost hidden in the scrubby
timber at the south end of the island or
of many other little buildings stuck in va
rious corners and are the more charming,
because one comes on them UNEXPECTEDLY.
In the extreme south end OF the park are
several Ve...r iutaro.ti1,c- tlipers ,r,L;ob o,a
not seen by more than one visitor in fifty,
and just outside Of the grounds at the
northeast corner is the only great failure
of the exposition era. This is the so-called
Spectacular which covers $50, 600 square
feet, is in tolerable com pletion to the third
story and was abandoned when S5G0,00O
had been expended on it. It was designed
for concerts and great spectacular dis
plays, and the story goes thattwo or three
noted actors are in it" for about 100000
each.
The Illinois building had from the start
attracted more visitors than any other
state building because it is really one OF
the main structures OF the fair, with Cali
fornia's building second; but since her
great display on the 9th, California mas
not easily described The central plan is
that of a regular old mission of adobes,
but to relieve the sombreness of such a
structure Moorish features have been
added and low central dome with roof
garden and outer platform for restaurant
purposes. The whole affair is said by ex-
perts to violate all the rules OF architecture
which can be violated in one building. and
no DHn &c vxfao I&
seems like bit OF Granada in Moorish
times, of Mexico and Mission California
all in one.
Tie floor space, including gallery, is
100000 square feet, and it is well filled
with every sort of emi-tropical growth
and mineral output from Yreka TO Los
Angeles-the fig and the lemon, the orange,
the grape and the prune, the great pampas
grass with feecy plumes eighteen inches in
length, the dark green palm and trailing
vines and flowers Of ell forms and hues
In the most conspicuous place is the noted
equestrian statue of prunes which can
not admire, but most people do If may
Judge from the crowd always about 1t; and
all around are minerals of such variety
that only s. Dana or a Hitchcock could de-
scribe them. And, ''apropos de boots" as
we say in Paris, this reminds me of some
very fiery discussions j have recently lis
tened TO IN which California end the Chi
nese were the leading theme.
Henry George started IT, Of course. In
the Single Tax congress the leading ex-
ponent inveighed savagely against all ex-
clusio.. laws, yhereEpon Henry George
took the stand and maintained the right
and the duty Of ou- government TO pre-
vent all further immigration of the Mon