The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-26

ufseturss Building. and the area Of
the Fine Arts Building hiss been ma
terislly increased by the addition Of
about twenty feet to its projected size.
These changes have been brought
shout by the faet that the scope of the
Exposition has been constantly deve-
| lOping since its earliest inception
The original idea WAS 10 make the
/ AIIdwinter Fair big thing, but il Is
going TO be 5 much bigger thing than
! It's most enthusiastic endOFsers antiei-
/ pSted- In the great Manufactures
| Building there viii be s display OF
/ the manufactures and liberal arts OF
nezrly every country in the world,
/ than which there hiss never been s
more complete display anywhere, ex-
| espting only in the forty sore build
| ing on the shore of Lake Michigan
/ LAST Summer.
The Russian section alone will &C.
/ eupy 1000 square feet; the italian
section will occupy 1000 more; the
Austrian section will cover s space
almost IS large SIS these, and other
nations viii be represented in proper
ton 10 their ability or their desire 10
take advantage Of the opportunity
here afforded for advertising them
selves sud their products 70 the world
The japanese will be there with their
dainty hSndivork and there will be s
wonderful display Of Bohemian glass
ware. There viii be thousands of
square feet filed with the products of
the looms Of Asis and Central Europe,
Snd IS one walks up and down the
broad sisles OF this great Industrial
Pslsee, it viii not take much Of 8
stretch Of the Imagination TO feel that
the whole world lies within the sweep
Of sn eye, and that the things thus far
only heard OF with Us ara now within
the reseh Of our hands But this
great building is by no means to be
exclusively occupied by foreign ex-
hibits.
The proportion Of American exhi-
bits already secured is very large in
deed. and some OF the most famous
DISPLAYS made in the American section
st Chicago will be seen here. In addi-
ton 10 these, there will be a number
Of valuable exhibits which were not
seen ct Chicago. Some OF these could
not be prepared in time for admission
70 the great white City" and others
are from parts Of the country 70 which
san Francisco Is more easily aeceS-
sible. The result is that in many re-
speets the aIidEinteE Exposition viii
suruass that at Chicago, and, as
matter Of fact. this superiority viii Be
manifest also in connection with some
Of the foreign exhibits
Among the new things TO come from
abroad ara 4 large number OF paint
iuzs which the managers OF the AIT
DEPARTMENT in Chicago would have
been delighted to secure, but which
will he seeu for the first time in
America in the Exposition in Golden
Gate Park The Art Department
here has also Secured large number
Of the famous Russian paintings
which created such 2 sensation in
Chicago and space has been allotted
f9r great many Of the French paint
fngs which were sssn there
twill be in the palace Of HOrticuI-
r1re and Agriculture, however, that
thz glorious climate Of California and
Of the salubrious section Of the Pacific
Coast will be most emphzticzlly Illus
tratei- Il i intended that the central
suaee in this grand building shall be
occupied by : great mass Of t1OEerIng |
rTsuf= and vines With T5cesses for cut
flowers and terraces for rOSes 81 every I
variety. This display Is % Be kept
fresh every day. and, Occupying such !
q central position, the idea L that the
moment al fastener enters HOrtl- |
cultural Hall, he shall Be unnist2k-
afIT impressed With the fact that he
4 fudeed in the land Of flowers.
Though the SLOW may lie thick On the !
5o-gT gardens in his Eastern home,
bere be will see everything in full |
bloom. In the other spaces all around |
this mammoth floral pyramid viii oe /
nile Of fruit and jars Of fruit as WELL |
sryeh fruit "a has never been seen any !
-herz EXCEPT in the California Build !
ing at Chicago, where people came
szE and were conquered, and where
mon thev determined 10 see fOr them |
ssIves the country where such fruit /
car grow 70 such perfection
TTzs Californiz's display at Chi
cz1o tFlzt had much 70 do With the in |
z19urzffou Of the MidEintef Expozi- /
tio1. and the same idea Of develop
n1eut will Be worked out through the
medium Of this Exposition, for when
neOuIe Sc things that are new 70 them
su2 their origin, then the district from
mich they come viii surely be the
uert Object Of public interest This
thought has already taken 2 strong
nod on the different sections d the
Pzcfde Coast and number Of neigh
ForuZ states are arranging 70 make
Al elaborate display zt the slidEtntsf
Fru0sftfon With . view 81 paying
sD1ciaI attention 70 their particular
locality.