Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-26
NOBLE INSCRIPTIONS
To Be Pound on the Buildings at the
Fair
Some Of the Signs, However, Are Noe
So Noble Days Could BE
Spent on Them.



Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
CHICAGO. Aug "A. 1850.
What have you been doing at the worlds
fair?' the correspondent of the Evening
Star asked a visitor from WASHINGTON.
whom he met stroling through the grounds.
Il have been reading most of the time"
he answered
What. reading? Why don't you see the
fair? What do you read?"
i read the inscriptions on the buildings"
he answered. 'and they are indeed, noble
specimens of English"
This man was right. and. walking shout
the grounds. some of the more notable in
scriptions were Jotted down for the benefit
OF the readers OF The Star. But first If ali
IL VIII be interesting to take a glance az the
signs that abound at the fair
Ihere are In all probability several MIL
hon OF them, and they convey every con-
celvable kind OF Information. invitation.
warning and even defiance Thus I'm a Sec
uoh OF the manufacturers building the
furniture contains printed signs saying. DO
not touch. This means your which Is a
gentle reminder that everybody must obey
the rule. Ii is well known that each person
In a crowd thinks himself an excepuonaI
character; and that he may take liberties
onat are denied TO others. The same ioea A.
of s6on't e Is pa,rucuiariy IN the many signs
~ tne direct reverse of the cordial iny1tation
LAX. lake one! 1t is needless 10 say thai the
latter sign is not to be met with ~ fbs
horticultural exhibit where ali the fra, AZ
AZ Is related that at the New Orleans sxpo-
slloh wag secretly put one of these siens
against a fine pyramid of oranges. and srhen
the owner Of the golden fruit came ala,,s -
see MS exhibit he found nothing left bt1t fle
s slen tnat told the tale. As FOR those signs
mat SIMPLY give information they vary
greatly. One win simply give the na,se -,
an article and another one viii tell an |. ,o1t
II even 10 its history. One is of such a
character that visitor Is invited g. ASK
questions. and another plainly inti,aetes
mat Questions are not desired There Is an
srt IN 1ne writing and placing OF these
suppose all persons will be sure 10 see IL
ana the chances are that they win valr
rent oy II ana ask you for the very fnfor-
II IN rather an out-of-the-wsy place. v-bers
interferes with a display that the visitor
Will VIII oe likely TO examine and Il VIA be
reao; There In an exhibitor at the fair who
received so many inquiries for a certain
arucle that he did not have that he Grew
s ursE on answering and had a sign printed
saying that the article was not there. This
produced no eject worth noticing He kept
changing the location OF the sign brt n
s %soe n no ainerence: Then be had . dozen
Signs printed ana put them all over his Sec
aon, except upon his own desk. The in
auiries continue, however, 70 be quite
see 30 s as ne has visitors every day who
ing but the desk. which is the only thing N
the section that is not an exhibit T-fe
r n1Ia. OF snis Is that you can't make the
PUBIC , LOOK al anything In particular. NJ
But ii must be hard to suit in the sr,srav
many and various tnterpretations az the
Engnsn language. II is advertised Tor in
stance that Blank and Sohn have some
piece uniquely called e I'm. Tsna T 1890 .ss
Dream" 'reservist' being, II Is fair to
n tSe st r rssee Q, s.-soldier and even
| classic, magnificent picture greetx the
sssrangsr With an English titleS'-rhs De-
| kenstrauon OF Prague"
| Great INSCRIPTIONS.
| To ascend from the ridiculous TO the -,,-
lime, we may return to the great inscrip-
| ions that grace the walls OF some Of the
inner buildings I'm the grounds At the lake
END or the glorious court OF honor, which no
man can ever tire Of looking at IN the
mo sSefsl Psr,ssye In Che center q e sur
Tie explorer making his triumphant e estry.
young Columbia IN her barge, cornine for
| ward to meet him. The colossal and ever
ssndITing Rep Republic toxers between them
Columbus group. IL the simple sentence
"Ye shall know the truth and the truth
s shall make you fres." And under That y
To the Pioneers Of civfl and Religious
| Liberty:
/ nut pOloe6 they who nrst oncalt
| Their moorings from the habitable psna
And ventured charities on the sea
OF storm-engendered liberty.
On the large columns there a. on -
means Of building up personal and national
| character. and on the left federation In
reigion the best fruit Of the last fOur csn-
| Freedom. dwell
With knowledgss
| j abide
| With men by
Culture trained
And fortified
| Conscience
| MY sceptre 10
And law my sword
And on the left Lincoln's familiar vcrds9
We hereby highly resolve that goverusoena
p. snail IsI not PERISH o% sh sno .1a eee
Administration InscrfpeAsns.
The administration building. INSIDE ana
outside. is a veritabie book, % numsrous
are the inscriptions. They start out ~ .
sentence showing when and where Colum-
bus was born. and follow him through his
career. The interior OF the dome contains
sentences showing the great turning point
IN the grosrsss OF the world thu on, one
general use IN navigation about LII" An
other reads: "Gunpowder was frst en-
sn Ssfa Gutseas ee introdsced tHs az cs
ers are: Newton published his discovery q
the law Of gravftation In 16s7." and Morse
perfected his invention Of the electric tel
| eSraph In 1897" The name Of every coun-
| try IN the world is written on the walls
The inscriptions on the simple childfens,
| building have been printed 10 The Star. but
those on the transportsson building de-
| serve notice. There fs nothing at the fair
more elaborate than the entnsnos % this
building, and on either SIDE OF the afehed
and fretted doorway there are words of Wis
dom about transportation. The lines OF
l Lord Bacon on the subject appear on one
side: There be three things which ns<<e .
nation great and prosperous-& fertile sou,
busy workshops ana easy conveyance for
men and goods from place 20 place. Tfis
is hanked by Mecaulay's words: "of all
| inventions. the alphabet and printing frees
alone excepted. those inventions vanioh
abrtdge distance have done most for CIV
| fization."
These are only samples Of the fnserfp-
tons. They ought 10 serve 20 interest q
visitor TO the fair with this phase Of g.
| II presents always an interesting idea ard
often a very exalted and noble one.
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