The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-27

the elements. IL any use can be made
of them which will at all compensate
for the expense of preserving them they
certainly should not be sacrificed. At
any rate the people III loath to believe
they must lose them, and it is quite
likely that when the fair Is endAav-
ors to prevent their destruction will be
made similar to those Chicagoans are
now making to preserve some OF the
buildings of their beautiful White City.
Another beautiful feature Of the Sum
set City which C~alifornians will be loath
to part with, once they have seen il. Is
the great allegorical fountain which is to
stand facing the principal entrance to
Midwinter plaza, the grand court of the
fair. The design accepted by the COM
missioners shows this to be a work of
great originality and a high order of ar
hstic merit. Rupert Schmid, the sculp-
tor, is the designer of it, and he and his
assistants are now hard at work getting
it ready.
The fountain is thoroughly original.
Ii will be a classic, but not of an ancient
order. No old Greek can come back
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it is an infringement On his work; no.
modern globe trotter can find in it resem-
blances to the celebrated fountains of
the world. It is an a~llegorical history
OF the Golden State. no longer famous
for it's auriferous deposits alone, but now.
more widely known, as an inscription on
the fountain declares, as the land Of
sunshine. fruit and flowers"
On a mountainous pile of rocks q typ
ical heroic figure Of California, crowned
with peoples and waving an olive
branch, towers 40 feet in the air. At
her feet on one side is California's en-
blematic bear glaring down over arocky
precipice, and ON the other side a horn of
plenty casts forth its wealth of fruits
and flowers. Below these, on the face
of the cliff, is an eagle. illustrative of
the states loyalty to the nation, grasp
ing in his taloAs a standard and a shield
bearing CALIFORNIA; coat Of arms. Be
low these again a group of cherubs are
engaged in pressing grapes.
All about the base of the rocky pile
San Francisco's characteristic sea lions
are scattered, and from their mouths and
from the sides of the pile of rocks just
beneath the summit streams OF water
will issue, when the fountain is, put In
play. The resources, industries, com
merce and agriculture of the state ar
appropriately portrayed by statuary ar
ranged near the outer edge of the bas'
of the fountain, quite apart from thu
main grouping, but hone the less effec
lively backed up by it. The figures o
Pomona and Flora are more nearly con
ventional than anything else about tn
fountain, but it was not to be expects
that those old Roman divinities woul
consent TO attire themselves in forms en-
tirely modern, and those in which the
nave been im~personated are sufficient
original to avoid violating artistic car
ons as to originality. The group of mir
ers, however, is distinctively modern
rugged. strong and Californian, and til
old flume in the rocks above them wi
carry a food of "reminiscences over til
sands of the past of many an old fort,
miner, washing out golden nuggets
memory lons buried away amid the d
bris of forgotten things.
1t is proper that intending exhibito
from other states and nations shou
know that while the regulations adopt.
by the Midwinter commissioners perm
the greatest latitude in the matter
displays IN national, state and coun
buildings, the products SO displayed w
mot be allowed to enter into competiti,
with the classified exhibits in the ma
buildings for prizes. Neither will Al
selling privileges be, granted for n
those buildings nor anything permit
which would interfere with the rights
those who have contracts for comm,
cial privileges The justice of tn.
regulations Is easily comprehended VIII
the rights, privileges and dnties OF
concerned are properly considered.
III. r. WHITE