The Progress., 1893-05-20

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THE MANUFACTURES FroW A DISTANCE.
logga on the western side of this immense
structure H. seems To bc endless. The
southern end shows mere spcck of light,
and human beings standing there are like
ants in size It comes very near being the
ideal perspective which runs to vanish
ing point. We walk on and on. and when
we finally emerge into the grand central
court of the exposition. with the Admins
tion building at one end and the pcriStvlr
mt the other. we pause for half an hour in
spite of all our good resolutions.
Finally pluckiug mp courage 20 leave
this matChlc~4 spot we note the lateneSS
of the hour aud abandon our intentions to
walk entirely around the monster build
ing. Cpntcuting ourselves with % long look
at the great front which faces Lake Michi-
gan Then we walk under the beautiful
pcri~tyle, through the great Columbian
arch. past the Music hall and the Casino
and out the pior which cXteud' more than
half n mile from the shore. Returning.
we pass the eastern end of the AgriCIl-
turnl building. pau,ng for moment before
the grim walls of the R1bida convent; and
then skirting i'm quick succession the In
dim school house, the building in which
Herr Krupp of Essen shows his giant guns
(stopping few minutes OF course for n
peep within), the Leather building anI
the quaint structure i'm which the forestry
products of the whole world are exhibited
Here we conclude to 90 no farther south
The car houses, some power houses and
dairy barns, rs well as the immense but
unfinished stables and sheds in which tho
horses and other stock are to be shown
later in the summer and many other struc-
turcs of more or less interest lie beyond.
but we must stop review here.
Now turning we take run around
the Yucatan ruins ard the imitation rocks
in which the ciiFdwollers have burrowcd
and at our right hand is the welcome
sight of lunch-roOm attached to the
Dairy building While satisfying hunger
we again look over the map and are sur
prsed to discover that we have walked
how far do you think?-sevcn and half
milesl
The afternoon is now well advanced but
we Hre bent upon carrying out our plan.
So we suppress the impulse to stop for n
good look at the Indian villages and coun-
Gil houses, the mummieS and skulls in the
Anthropological building and rush
through the outdoor exhibit Of the French
colonies, the windmill display and the
acres of agricultural implements. past the
great amphitheater in which the horses
and stock are To he exercised before the
judges and 1000 people all comfortably
seated. and finally emerge through the
Venetian screen or arch which stands
guard over the southern end of the grand
canal
Here the view is superb. To the right
the Agricultural building, one of the
grnndest structures of the exposition: to
the left the cathedral-lilSe Machinery hall;
farther ON the Barge of State and the cleo
trio fountains, and splendid vista of
water and wooded island. dome and tower.
the Electrical building on the left and the
ovcrshadCwing leviathan to the right, and
the dome of the Illinois building and the
classic outlines of the Art palace showing
a mile away. As far rs the eye can see are
throngs of people crossing the stately
bridges, and the waters of the canal, the
basin and the lagoons are alive with gay
gondolas and swft-moving launches.
1t is indeed n scene the eve loves to lin
.
past the pumping house the big sawmill.
the great boiler house with its long row o.
four-story steam-makers, the machine
shop the annex to Machinery hall (nearly
as big as the hall itself, the enormo oua
gas house and gas-making plant, and
round into the plaza between the railway
station and the Administration building
serves as n glorious sort of vestibule to
hn ha =, a;,.I,
now, and we must make haste. A half
mile walk takes us past the Pennsylvania
railways model station and John Bull
show, the immense cold storage warehouse
where one may skate all summer on real
ice, and several minor outdoor exhibits
Another half mile has carried us past the
Mining building, and the Transportion
building with its gorgeous golden portal,
the Choral hall which Theodore Thomas
and Paderewsh recently dedicated and
nearly to the north end of the Horticul-
tural building, itself fifth of mile in
length. We do not stop to visit the green
houses nor the Hooden temple which the
Japanese have erected across the lagoon.
A few minutes walk gives us view Of
the Woman's building and Of the Illinois
state house-the ugliest structure, by the
way, to be seen on the grounds-and we
have completed the grand circuit. We
have had glimpse of every important
structure within the enclosure, and are
able to say with pride and satisfaction that
we appreciate the magnitude and the
beauty of the exposition. Our weary
limbs speak cloquently to us of the efforts
required to reach this knowledge, and
Gladly do we agree to leave the Midway
plaisance or side-show feature of the ex-
. position to another journey. Merely to
see the grounds and the exteriors of the
buildings we have walked fully eleven
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