West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-08-31
THE WORLDS FAIR.
An Interesting and Instructive Let
ter From Our Correspondent mt
The Great white city" by
The Lake.
: ecial Correspondence of the Argus.


SEVILLE, 312-66th PLAoB.
CHICAGO, Aug. "a, 1898.
All pleasant times must have am
end some time, and last Saturday
| was brought to a realization OF the
fact that my stay IN "The Worlds
Fair City" must be brought to a
termination.
There are so many beautiful
things | still wanted to see that |
tim would have murmured "yot a
little while," but | thought of the
many girls who are longing to see
even little Of the great collection,
and my conscience told me / was
very ungnteful TO hesitate since
kind Fate had been so lavish to mo
this summer. waited until one
o'clock u. NJ. for friend, who
failed to appear, when ] started in.
dependently alone TO bid farewell to
some Of my favorite haunts.
first went to the "Big Building"
as the Manufactures Building is
called, and feasted my eyes on the
"Evangelinc Plates" OF Cauldon,
China. exhibited by British firm.
The twelve plates represent AS many
scenes from "Evangclne," and
each scene is work OF art. One
appreciates the plates more fully by
being thoroughly familiar with the
poem, and again, after seeing the
plates, the story seems more real.
The first scene recalls the lines
''Solesnnly down the stree. came the parish
priest, and the children
Paused Ia their play TO kiss the hand he extend
cd to bless them"
The second scene seemed to say
when in the harvest heat she bore to the
reapers nt Doontide
Wagons Of home-brew~d ale. Ahi fair In sooth
was tie maiden"
Each scene seemed TO be more
real and touching than the last, but
tho artist must have held back
strong reserve force for the twelfth
plate. That one represents the last
scene in the poem, Gabriel and
Evangrlinc, separated by cruel fate,
each having spent lifetime in
eager search for the other, meot at
last. but both have grown old, and
in the man the spark OF life IS al
most extinct. An admirer of Long
fellow would recall the lines
"yainly he strove to rlse and EvangolIne, kneel.
| ing beside him.
Kissed his dying lips and laid his head on her
bosom"
without a glance at the printed
quotation beside the pllto. The
price of twelve plates is 81, 900. but
they are so beautiful.
next went into the German Pa.
vilIon and hunted up the room
fashioned after King Ludwig's room
in the Royal Palace at Munich.
The tapestries in this room are SAID
to be worth fabulous sums, and the
plate glass mirrors and candelabra
must be very valuable too. There
are four candelabra, two OF size,
and the exhibitor informed me that
they were solid gold. really could
not believe il, AMI cannot yet, but
us | had no authority to dispute his
assertion, and still have not,
swallowed it at a gulp and went TO
counting the candles. The larger
ones have twenty.Tx candles each
and the smaller ones contain eleven
each, making total Of soventy-fouf
candles in a room Of not more than
Gx1O feet
The German Pavilion was plan
ned by Gabriel Sidel, Of Munich,
built in his native city and for
wardod to the Exposition ia sec
tons. This part Of the German
exhibit in the Manufactures Build
ing was new to me and / enjoyed it
very much.
A person may 10 assured in his
own mind that ne has done a build
ing thoroughly, hut let him 20
through il again and new things
wall be popping up all around him.
There are so many exhibits, aud
such Interesting ones that you can
pass some important ones before
you know il.
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