The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1893-06-17

garten to entertain the older ones, is
to be found here. When the baby is
placed in the building it's clothes from
the skin out are removed and clean
ginghams or other durable apparel is
substituted, in order that the child
might have grand frolic and still be
returned to it's parents as spotless as
as when received. A kitchen is at
tached where none but the best and
most wholesome foods are cooked
and fed to the children.
The Fine Arts building is immense
and in it pictures from the best
painters of every nation may
be found, as we'll as a splendid
collection of statuary. 1t would take
person a month to see and properly
enjoy the masterpieces in this build
ing, and in the limited time 1 had to
stay at the Fair could only give it
one whole day, which is not any
more than the man in the play Of
Bankers Daughter who allotted
half an hour to the Louvre in Paris
and fifteen minutes to Berlin. was
surprised, however, TO see a picture
entitled Sealing the Letter." which
my catalogue says was painted by
"Charles @. Curran, 154 West Fifty
fifth street, New York; born in Frank
fort, KY; pupil Of the National
Academy of design and of the Art
Students League, New York" The
painting represents two women
at a table, one holding baby and
looking on at the other who has
writing paper spread before her and
is in the act Of sealing letter with
the wax and taper. II might be a
love letter or it might be her first eff.
fort at authorship, but at any rate
the expression of both women show
much trepidation in the act. I don't
know Curran, nor does anyone whom
I have spoken to about him know
such man who is contributing by
his genius to give Frankfort repu-
tation among the millions of people
that will attend the Fair.
In the building devoted to Manu-
featuring and Liberal Arts, covering
more than thirty acres of ground
floor, there are included the manu-
featured products of all the nations
of the globe. Many of the foreign
countries have magnificent displays
Of fine wares, jewelry, tapestries, fur
niture and other interesting lines
that in themselves are worth weeks
visit. The French, Austrian and Ger
man nations have an unusually fine
exhibit here, and the King of Siam
has small show of jewels and many
curious things to Americans that are
said to be worth many hundred thou
sand dollars. The salon of the Prin-
cess Metternich. of Austria, is repro
duced here in all it's beauty. taste and
elegance of furniture and decora-
tions. The fine chinaware Of all
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prepared from formula accidental
ly discovered by two young girls,
draw forth the highest terms OF
praise. 1t is in this building that an
ascent in an elevator, operating in a
skeletonized iron frame, may be made
to the top Of the building, a height
of $50 feet. II costs twenty-five cents
trip, and the view over the grounds
and lake as you walk around the roof
has no equal in point of beauty and
completeness Of scene. 1t enables
one better than anything else to OBJ
tain knowledge Of the location of
the buildings and the general plan of
the grounds. I hired a rolling chair
in this building for my wife and
learned that it cost rs cents an hour
with guide to push the chair, or 40
cents an hour If you push it yourself
In the latter case, however, a deposit
of four dollars is necessary to guaran-
tee the return of the chair. These
chairs are indispensable almost to
ladies after they have been on the
grounds for a day or two, and as they
are pushed from the rear with the
very slightest effort / would advise