Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-10-27
SIGHTS AT THE FAIR.
AS SEEN BY A WOMAN FROM
kAlAMA.
Graphic Description of Many OBJ
jectS of Interest at the Great Ex-
Position, by Mrs. J. &. Darnell.
ksama Bulletin.

Kslama Bulletin.
At the ticket office one must
be in line and await their turn, but we
had to do this, even in going to church
Sunday morning. Bright and early. as
we thought, we started to hear a ser
mon from Moody, at the Haymarket
but in speaking of it to friend, he
kindly took pity on our ignorance, and
said there was no possible show OF our
even getting standing room, if we
were not there by eight o'clock. AS
he preached at eleven, we became sud
denly disenchanted and went to hear
the Rev. DIR. Hyde. Sunday evening
we tried to hear Moody again, at
Plymouth church, and though we were
two hours early, yet there was only
toe room to be found, and I though
as looked down on the vast sea OF
heads of the contrast to the little
country church where the grey-haired
deacon looks around and seeing
the empty pews, sighs and wishes the
neighbors had all heard Bro. Jones
was going to preach for them that
evening""
The attractions in the city We'd in
| interest with the Worlds Fair. We
went TO see Libby Prison, Panorama OF
the Chicago fire, Masonic Temple
(viewed the city from its observatory,
three hundred and eighty feet high,)
Board of Trade building, Palmer
House, Woman's Temple, Auditorium,
Gunther's..and Barry's candy palaces,
(Which are q bewildering maze of mir.
rors, cut-glass and silver.) Marshall
Field & Co. and several other large
stores.
We were fortunate enough to OBJ
tain seats to see America" and to
hear Sol Smith Russell, in pleasant
Valley" I was 80 charmed; / wished
to 60 again but we could secure no
seats for three weeks.
At the Fair I think I admired most
the statuary and the buildings. They
are 80 magnificent and of such won.
derful proportions that think the
ingenuity of man will be taxed greatly
to find something new after this. The
Columbia Fountain, by MacMonnies,
is considered the most beautiful piece
of work ever made. It represents
Columbia enthroned on a triumphal
Barge, guided by Time, hcralded by
Fame and rowed by eight standing
figures; representing on one side the
Arts, on the other side, Science, In.
dustry, Agriculture and Commerce
The circular base is $50 feet in diane.
ter, and on each side are columns SO
feet high, the largest over 20 feet. The
illustrations were beautiful indeed.
The powerful search lights being
thrown on far distant buildings, with
a radiance so soft it looked like the
smile of angels.
The grounds alone are worth going
to zee, and each State building should
claim the next attention of her sons
and daughters. I was very proud Of
dear old Missouri and Washington
State buildings. Washington boasts
of having the largest flag staff on the
grounds (215 feeD has also donated
forty-stven other fag.staffs. Her
building is 140x220 feet and is built
to show her great natural products,
timber, granite and ore. Her display
in the Fisheries and Forestry build
ings are very fine. 1 saw lovely
wreath (3x4 feet) made OF native shells
and seeds from Long Beach. Also
the veritable Elk which tarried with
us awhile in Kalama last autumn.
The skeleton of the whale, I saw in
the Washington exhibit, in the Manu-
facturers' Building, and flew to read
the name of the Texidermist. Sure
enough. there it was" Skeleton of
Whale, stranded on Long Beach,
Wash. Prepared by Prof. J. Hudson" I"
7 have not felt so near to Kalams
since left, as when reading that
card. It seemed I must turn and
speak to Annie and Addie, who
were with me that morning in
Kalama. The largest piece of coal
ever taken in bulk from any mine,
was in the Washington exhibit, also
skeleton of Mammoth, thirteen feet
high, from Spokane. The native
woods of Washington-slabs, split and
vanished, made fine showing.
In other exhibits, among antique
things, there were pianos one hundred
years old, dolls two hundred years old,
and manuscripts over four hundred
years, one being the original permit
given to Columbus by the King OF
Spain to discover America-if he
could. This is, in the Convent OF La
Rapidia, in heavy glass case, guard.
ed by q policeman. Above it on q
card are the words: Every Ameri.
can should lift his hat as he stand.
before this manuscript" All this ex
hibit OF those times was too heavy anG
terrible for me to enjoy. l rushed or
to the three caravels, Santa Maria
Pinta, Nina. In the Santa Maria
stood silently before an old sheet-iror
stove, believing implicitly that Colum
bus had fresh biscuits from that over
every morning Of his voyage, wher
my meditstions were rudely jostlet
by q man saying: "All modern
Madam, very modern. Columbul
never ate pancakes off that stove.
This was too much. Hot biscuits hat
been bad enough, but pancakes dis
solved my meditations entirely.
| l turned my attention 10 Agricul