Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-29
THE WoMAA's BUILDING.
One Of the Most Interesting Features Of
the Fair.

One Of the Most Interesting Features OF
the Fair.
Some Of the More Remarkable Exhibits
There-The Most Costly Articles
Are Now Marked Sold.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.
Chicago. July g. 1898.
There may sometimes be seen going and
coming in the woman's building a lady
whose striking figure at once attracts at
tention She is very tall. and her weight is
apparently increased by her costume, a
long black cloak envelopes her. which as
1t blows aside when she walks. discloses
the waist Of her black gown covered with
orders ane decorations. made very promin-
ent by her somber attire as a background
Her bonnet is close. almost like that worn
by religious sisterhoods. with a little white
about the face, and strings of white. Every
one turns involuntarily to look after her
and wonder who she is with .er foreign
face ard habit-like dress.
This is Miss Kate Maarsden. who has
charge of the exhibit from the leper settle
ment In Siberia. a work to which she gives
her life. The exhibit Is nearly opposite that
of Italy and next to Sweden. it shows q
model Of the settlement, the arrangement
Of the buildings and leaflets are lying ready
for visitors to take. giving a brief account
Of the work. Any one becoming interested
to an extent beyond the leaflet can buy the
book written by Miss Maarsden, which
gives an extended history of her efforts for
these most wretched sufferers This sec
ton Is generally attended by Miss MARS
denis assistant who talks intelligently to
visitors. but sometimes Miss Maarsden her
self Is there. and is most earnest IN telling
n ht0h ar lYrnn
decorations prove has been approved officf-
ally by various governments. This wo-
mans building is considered by some peo-
pie about the most entertaining thing at
the great fair, and 1t Is something that any
woman visiting 1t must feel pride In. To
msnX Svs Su aSsre IN much e
repay one. When we went for the first
time into the rotunda and began looking
our attention was one of two little street
boys dark-eyed. dark-skinned little fel-
lows lows, with with something M 50 attractive about
tersst was by no means lessened when on
looking in the catalogue We found that
they they were II, painted ;l, by the hand Of Mile;
70 nT live half de1sn live: " once % no
shss cd hs s my mna
which i case ! should Be- worthy Of attain
An Artist and Her Chair.
The name of Marie A'Becket as the
painter OF one of the pictures hanging
also in the rotunda reminds me Of an
anecdote a Washington friend told me
last spring She had ,rst been to St. Az
ter studio. and had visited it
Among the curios which have been col
ieeted by the artist IN the course OF her
having oslonsed to the Msdici family. Ny
and dH upon Miss ABecket's saying she did
not know what their device had been.
| told her that 1t was the three balls which
token Of their business. Interested at this,
Miss A'Becket pulled OF the drapery
which concealed part Of the chair. and
three balls which had been overlooked
until then. the owner not having known
Italian family Of money i lenders had un
Willingly furnished sign to their ignoble
| SUCCESSORS. but rejoicing in this added
proof Of the authenticity Of her highly
Some Of the exhibits in different build
| ings seem prosaic enough. but often in
| thing which arrests the attention even OF
| a somewhat faded sightseer AS We strolled
through the leather building one day. not
| specially interested in anything we saw.
| we stopped a minute at one Of the rub
Der exhibits, where huge chunks Of the
gum were displayed. as well as patterns
| bers themselves. The brogue OF the man
| in charge showed his nationality at once
on the gathering Of the gum. having spent
some years in South America among the
strange people OF the interior. where his
business led him. As We turned away he
called our attention to one Of the euriosi-
| ties Of his collections hideous thing-a
head about as large as small monkeys
1t was very interesting to hear this man
tell us then Of how this was a woman's
head once Of natural size and which by
| pressed. the bones first having been re-
| moved. The features still retained a SEM
bair s 81 mum ht ana sn nd q elaGs
shudder reminding one in miniature Of
| how a traitors head stuck on a pike may
| long ago have looked on London bridge.
| The Most Valuable Exhibits Sold.
One is struck in looking through the lib
eral arts building especially by the fact
| that so many Of the most beautiful and
costly articles are marked sold. and further.
that the purchasers. as indicated by the
York. Boston and Philadelphia are the
| names oftenest appearing as the ultimate
destination Of these finest goods. had
already observed this fact. and 1t was later
| called to my notice by one Of the young
ladies In charge of the display of the Libby
glass works at their mandatory in the
| Plaisance. She did not seem enamored OF
| the west In general. and / spoke Of the
| what she considered evident. lack Of appre-
| citation on the part OF chicago people IN par
| ticular. as shown forth In these sales. Most
of the goods manufactured for the fair
| are of the finest grade. often from special
designs not heretofore made. and therefore
especially desirable.
We spent some time in seeing the glass
made at this place, being quite fascinated
! with the making OF paper weights. for one
thing. l am sure shall never see one Of
| those undesirable little objects, with a
picture at the bottom and thick, smooth
glass above it. without going back in fancy
| to the morning we hung over the gallery
| railing looking at the blazing furnace from
| which came the balls Of red-hot glass that
| were dropped SO deity over the little pic
| lures already in the molds and then spread
out and flattened as they cooled. The more
| serious business Of cutting the intricate de-
| signs on the beautiful forms Of vase or
| bowl did not attract us half so much as
| those utterly frivolous little paper weights.
| Substitute for Leather.
From the Lancet.
| Leather possesses such excellent qualities
g. 49,