The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-12
The COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
As Seen Through the Eyes Of a
Fourteen-year-old Girl.

grounds IS lndeed beautiful. AS corner
is suddenly turned, all the domes and
spires Of the White City spring into sight.
We went through the forestry building
first-not completely, of course. This
building covers an area of one and one
half acres. The architecture is of rus
tic order The yeranda on its four sides
are supported by trunks of trees in their
natural state, brought from different states
OF the Union and from foreign countries.
The display Of polished woods is beauti-
full. In fact, everything we see IS so beau
tiful
We visited the art galleries, bu, had
time only to 60 through small portion of
the German exhibit. The ststuary was
beautiful, There was representation Of
the house Of parliament in Berlin, also fa-
nous churches represented in statuary.
The doorway leading into the bronze work
department was made in imitation of a
door to a cathedral. II WAS fine; such
fairy designs ii didn't seem possible that
II could be only plaster Of paris.
Wheneyer we get tired we 90 to the Ohio
state building to rest, where there are
broad lounges and easy chairs. 100000
was expended in building and finishing 1t.
Wednesday morning we passed through
machinery hall. In the belt exhibit we
saw the largest belt in the world. 1t was
203 feet long, 81 feet wide, and weighed
over 5000 pounds. $50 hides were used in
construction.
We saw the silk and cotton looms in OPP
era'ion, weaving plaids, stripes and vari-
Gus other patterns. 1t was very interest
Ing.
The exhibition of dynamos was also
very interesting. In one immense one
the fly wheel was nearly twenty-five feet
in diameter.
We saw printing presses in operation.
They tooK blank paper from the roll,
printed II on both sides, cut, folded, and
delivered 1t at the other side, all right side
up.
The display Of drIlls was another inter.
esting feature. In one of the glass cases
4 Grill 30 splall It was scarcely discernible
against the dark purple lining, and
from this each drill increased in size
until one four or fYe inches in diameter
was reached.
From machinery hall We passed to the
horticultural building. California's wine
exhibit is entirely inside OF an immense
redwood tree.
In the mining building we saw the new
ly discovered stone, rose garnet II Is
composed Of three different materials
pink garnet. which is harder than quartz,
aud two other substances, gray and a
yellow, which are harder than marble.
The stone is indeed beautiful, and the pink
garnets when polished are exquisite. II
is SAID 1t will be more popular than mar
ble for finishing purposes, as the weather
has no efTec, on 1t. The only known de.
posit is at Xalostoc, Mexico.
In the Pennsylvania coal exhibit there
is miniature coal mine with breakers In
operation.
In the Cape HON exhibit there is dia-
moud washing machioe in operation. The
diamond ground is of sort Of grayish
color; and looking at II one can see the
diamonds, large and small, peeping out
We took the steamer Columbus from
the grounds and had ride of fourteen
miles to the city. The cool breeze Of the
lake was very refreshing after the heat ex'
perlenced on the grounds. 1t took us
about forty minutes TO reach the city.
California has an exhibit in her own
state building. Such tall grainl The
wheat and oats were at least seven feel
high, and dare not say how high the
com was. A horse and rider Of more than
natural size was made entirely OF prunes
large globe, Of oranges.
The Virginia state building is a repro
; duction Of Mount Vernon. As one enter
the hall, on the left Is the east parlor ant
D family dining room The parlor is queeI
, old room with plain linen curtains trimme'
with lace, some old stiff backed upholstere'
q chairs, and some old portraits. On ih'
T right Of the hall is Nellie Cusils musi
room and the reception hall. The musi
S room contains several extremely old pi
amos, and poor ones, too, compared will
!. modern makes, though / suppose the.
g were the very finest in their day. On tb
second floor we entered only one room
/ Nellie Custls bedroom. The bedstead
d great four poster, the posts reachin
from floor to ceiling, and is draped wit
d some old fabric. BY the side Of the be
II stand the steps up which one must clim
to reach the fluffy feather bed when read
n To retire. The chest Of drawers Is hig
and nearly 200 years old.
Our next place Of observation was
h, Washington state building Their exhib
g Is very fine, particularly The school exhil
9. T.. Indeed, the western states have, ns
rule, finer exhibits than the eastern state