The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-01
NEaDf TUX INsPECTTON,
A Very Busy Sunday in the Nations
White City.


White City.
CHICAGO, May A-Sunday was a day of
greatest activity, and inside the buildings
work was continued all night. In the
Manufacturers building Columbia avenue
was the scene Of greatest activity With
few exceptions the exhibits along this
broad highway, stretching from end to end
of the building, were in perfect shape
when the doors were thrown open this
morning. Away up against The roof hun
dreds Of flags flutter and miles of bunting
hang from rafters, swinging in neat folds
over the railings and across the wide
stretches from gallery to gallery. The
chime bells for the big central tower are
in place. The railroad tracks running
down the center of Columbia avenue have
given way to new floor, and the general
work of installation has been completed.
At the Government building everything
is in order. The painting of the exterior
is finished, and yesterday the workmen
took down the last of the scafrolding The
same is truo Of the Fisheries building,
where everything 10 ready for inspection.
Picture hanging went on all day in the
Fine Arts building, and in the Mines and
Mining building hundreds OF men spent
Sunday unpacking exhibits and putting
them In place. The work was continued
by electric light all night.
horticultural hall was the scene Of great
activity. The flowers and plants ia the
hot house were transferred to the main
hall, and as the exhibits have nearly all
arrived, the principal work is that of ar
ranging them. In the Transportation,
Electricity, Machinery and Agricultural
buildings, the effect of the work done was
not SO apparent as in other localities, but
EatisfaefOrv proUrpes Naa hpinu r,ada niba
Administration building seems to be in
apple pie order, and everything was in
readiness for today's ceremonies there.
In the Midway plaisance the congress Of
nations got up early yesterday and began
cleaning for the opening day. The ami
mails in the big menagerie were given
rehearsal for their opening performance;
the Egyptian dancing girls unlimbered
themselves to the accompaniment Of a
two-stringed fiddle, played by fat Arab
from the Soudan, and the reproduction Of
the volcano Of Kilauea spouted mimic
flame, smoke and lava as it will do regu,
larly every day during the continuance of
the fair. The South Sea islanders had
bad day of it. The full dress costume of
their native land consists OF bland smile
and bunch of feathers. Yesterday the
thermometer was down nearly to the freez-
ing point and the unfortunate islanders
shivered in their tents, hugging the stove
and not venturing out all day.
The Japanese, who are not troubled by
any Sabbatarian scruples, worked all day,
and by nightfall had completed the big
bamboo arch at the entrance of their vii
lage. In the Irish village the peasantry
all went to church In the morning, and
put in the afternoon in finishing up the
decorations. The Chinese paraded around
in the rain under umbrellas big enough to
shelter a good sized family. The Daho-
meyians, on the other hand. followed the
example of the South Sea islanders and
passed the day hugging red hot stove
and dreaming of the land beneath the