Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-15

the work OF women as did the women
OF this country. Queen Victoria is
represented by six water colors Of her
own and Court laces of France, Spain
and other countries are exhibited.
To the lovers of the beautiful in na.
ture the Horticultural building is "a
thing OF beauty and a JOY forever. i"
The display of rhododendrons the mast
week was the finest ever seen in this
country.
The states are well and appropriately
represented by buildings. IllinoisIvery
naturally taking the lead, both in
her house and her exhibit. = Her build
ing is ranked as one of the great
structures of the Exposition, and her
exhibits form a worthy rival to those of
the great Exposition. California is next
on the list both in size of its structure
and variety of display. The archi.ec-
tural design is that of the old mission
style. Within are thousands of ex-
hibits, showing the vast resources of
the state. California is also represented
IN every one of the great department
buildings.
The Idaho building is colonial in
STYLE and is very picturesque. The
windows, panels, wainscoting and other
parts of the building are made of ore
covered with mica. The finest mica in
the world is produced from Idaho.
Pennsylvania contains Liberty Bell,
the chair on which Thos. Jefferson
sat when he wrote the Declaration of
Independence. q sofa belonging to
Washington and many other historic
relics.
Virginia building is an exact. duplica-
ton of the Mt. Vernon homestead of
Geo. Washington and contains either
the original or duplicate articles of that
home on the Potomac.
The Wisconsin building represents
a typical Wisconsin home, and is used
as hotel or club house for all Wiscon-
sin people.
"Wednesday was ''princess" day and
the Spanish yellow and red floated over
all other flags in Jackson Park in honor
of Princess Eulalie who visited the
Exposition that day. In the evening
there was a grand display of fire works
one piece beng reproduction of the
lnfanta's picture between the flags of
Spain and U. s., all in fire works. An
immense crowd was on the ground that
day and evening, it being the only day
that any of the buildings were uncom-
fortably full The Princess expressed
herself as very much pleased with her
reception and smiled on all as she
passed them.
A great deal has been said about the
exorbitant rates here in the city and on
the Exposition grounds. We DO not
see that rates in the city are much
higher than usual. A good room can
be procured at from 75c to S1.0O per
day within mile of the grounds, and
out about l hours ride from the ground
furnished rooms can be rented for 500
0O per month. Good meals can be got
at restaurants for 25 or 80 cents. and
hotel rates are about as usual. Inside
the Fair grounds nothing is cheap. but
there are restaurants where meals can
be obtained for less than a fortune, but
the great majority of people carry their
lunches with them, and at the noon
hour groups of people eating their
lunches can be seen on every hand The
different state buildings are used as
hotels by people from them, and many
of the buildings are furnished with
chairs and tables for the accommoda-
ton of the people. The Wisconsin
house is crowded at lunch hours, and it
is good place to meet acquaintance
and friends, which makes the hour one
of sociability as we'll as of refreshment.
M. B. GLAsIER.