Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-01

in excellent shape, notably those of Great
Lrits-in .nd Germany, whose work in all
9p9aitnis seems TO be more advanced
than OF most of the other nations. One
trouble with the galleries of fine arts is
that the building itsalf is not yet finished,
which tends to delay setting up OF exhibits.
in tie Min part Of the Fisheries build
ing the displays are being rapidly placed
in position. 1t is asserted however that
every exhibit will be in rs place, soon,
but the Indications are that it will require
some active work to arrange it in less than
two weeks However the doors of the
building were thrown open for visitors af-
ter the opening exercises this morning.
The Miles, and Mining building is simply
WILDERNESS of boxes, unfinished booths
and unpaclSed exhibits. 1t will be one
month at least before this building is in
proper order. Throughout the entire
length and breadth of the building there Is
but one exhibit in complete readiness,
and that is the one which came from the
farthest end of the earth, from New South
Wales.
Opening of the Wonaan's building.
With characteristic determination and
enterprise, the lady managers of the
Woman's building have about completed
| the installation of their exhibit. The
building and exhibit will stand as monu-
1 iIlGhU W buS cucTSN COuIuSC VI blS
women of the present day.
The formal opening exercises of the
| Woman's building will be held at 3 p. m.
| to-day in Music hall.
The programme will~be as follows:
Grand march, Frau Ingeborg Won Brous-
| art of Weimar, Germany.
J Prayer, Miss Ida Hultin.
! Dramatic overture, Miss Frances Elliott
/ of London, England
| Ode, address, Mrs. Potter Palmer.
| Jubilate, Mrs. II. II. A. Beach Of Boston,
4 Mass.
Addresses by distinguished representa-
| tives of foreign nations: Spain, Duchess
| of Veragua; Italy, Countess Di Brogga
| England. Mrs. Bedford Fenwick; Scotland
| and Ireland, Lady Aberdeen; Germany,
Frau Professorin Kaselowsky; Russia
| Princess Schahovskay.
| Hymn, "America;" benediction, Miss
/ Augusta Chaplin; music under the direc
| ton of Theodore Thomas.
The invited Guests.
The list of the invited guests comprises
| the Duke Of Veragua and his suite, with
Commander F. w. Dickins and Mrs
| Dickins, the President and Vice-President
the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, Congress
| the diplomatic corps, the governors of al
| the states and territories, the nationa
| commission of the Worlds Columbian Elk
| position, the directors and eX-directors o
| the same, heads of departments and lady
| managers, the foreign commissions, con
| suls of foreign countries in the United
| States, the board of management of thu
| government exhibit at the fair, one com
missioner to the fair from each state; the
| mayor and city council of Chicago, thu
county commissioners of Cook county anC
the members of the city and count,
boards of education and Rear Admira
Bancroft Gherardi.
These are all of the invited guests of
!, ficialy announced. Others not announced
| by the secretary of the committee on cere
monies who are not personally known t.
| exposition officials have received invita-
tions. One of these is Col. w. f. Cody
| who owes the distinction to the fact tina
he will accompany Red Cloud, Kicking
Bear and one or two other chiefs of tn
Indian contingent of his show, who hav
also been especially invited.
A Complete Government Within Itself
1t must be understood that the exposi
ton is city with complete government
There are over so, 900 exhibitors, and tw
persons for each interest represented woul
give fixed population of 100000. Ther
are well organized and equipped police an
/ fire departments. The Columbian guar
is an independent body of police number
ing in the peighborhood of 1900 mer
largely made up of ex-soldiers. This bod
is commanded by Col. Edmund Price c
the United states army, and all of it's 81
perior officers are detailed from the arm
The men are uniformed like soldiers. wea
short swords and are under strict militar
discipline. They present fine appearance
scattered about the grounds. Police an
fire stations are placed at strategic point
and the floors of all the buildings are pa
trolled night and day as a protectio
l against fire