The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-02
THE WORLDS FAIR
Graphic Description of the Worlds
Wonder.
What Is Already There to Be Seen
Now.
THE FOREIGN DISPLAYS ELABORATE
On Mucb IN Re Seen That the Spectator
Is Lost and Bewildered Among
the MagnifiCence

SHiNF'N1 ~~J
of the administration building. where the
formal opening Of the fair yesterday took
place, is the MacMonies fountain, with
its allegorical ship columbia" of large
proportions and NEUROLOGICAL figures Of
great beauty electric fountain, whose
waters are Illuminated by electricity,
shifting and changing in color and form
like an immense Kaleidoscope, is a thing
of wonder and delight.
Facing it from the east end Of the la
COON rises the majestic figure Of the Re
public, her hcad firmly poised, in one
hand a spear, the other holding aloft a
globe.
Agricultural hall is rich with beautiful
groups Of statuary, a typical Ceres with
her team Of leopards scattering seeds over
the world. This building is filled with
everything known to be of Interest to the
noble toiler of the soil-the farmer.
The manufactures and liberal arts hall
is the largest exposition building ever
erected, and covers forty acres of ground.
In severely COrinthian style, having four
main entrances representing %triumphal
arches, each towering eighty feet and sur.
mounted by a sculptured eagle eighteen
feet high, and though 50 prodigiously
large a building, its long facades are so
broken by arched windows, so richly
ornamcnted with female figures symbol
izing arts and sciences, that it presents a
most symmetrical appearance.
The jewel in this galaxy of magniti-
cent structures is the administration
building, with its glorious gilded dome
PIT feet high, it's groups of life like
sculptured figures and immense paint
ings all symbolical of arts, science and
the progress of the world. It's interior
dome giI1ed, rich stained windows, deli
cate wood carvings, mosacs, statuary and
paintings, make it far surpass anything
of the same kind ever attempted in the
world, and it is the masterpiece, stand
ing as a monumental evidence before
the entire world Of this Columbian expo
sitiOn. T, the left stand the electrical
building, its commentator, statues and
paintings, representing the various uses
of electricity, tablets inscribed with the
names of those famous in this line. Be
fore the southern entrance stands a co
lossal statue Of Benjamin Franklin.
The palace Of mechanical fine arts.
Spanish renaissance in style, and on
owe and turret stands the most beauti
full winged female figures poised upon
globes, and holding in each o~utspread
hand IA laurel wreath, the grace and airy
lightncss Of which are a continual delight
to the eye. All nations are well repre-
scented, and this building will be a liberal
education in itself. The mines and min
ing building, a massive structure and one
of the main features here is the prone
made on the gallery floor, having finely
decorated arcades, forming open loggias
between the entrance and the corner pa
y~illions, where superb vari-cOlored mar
bic IS used, which is also a part of the ex-
hibit.
Horticultural Hall at whose main en-
tersnces are majestic groups Of laughing
lIebcs, joyous rloras, etc, the courts
are filled with shrubs and growing flow
ers, the rare dainty ferns, lovely palms,
beautiful flowers, wonderful and curious
orchids. The air is laden with the subtle
perfume Of its million of sweet scented
flora, the delicate f~resCOes and tinkling
fountains will make one say, we have
wandered into the garden of paradise !,
Here will he the Japanese Temple Ho-
oden which is to represent a perpetual
souvenir Of the fair and tea houses,
where the fragrant beverage will be
served by these dainty courteous little
people ROBBED in their picturesque native
costumes, and serve but TO enhance thi.
scene Of resifui beauty.
Across from this enhancing spot over
one Of the pretty arched bridges lies the
fisheries building, a very large and unique
structure all its decorations novel anC
delicate, the dainty columns, pretty fres
Goes, arches and pillars covered with va
rious designs of the "Finny" tribe anC