The morning call., 1894-01-05

properly billed from Chicago. The ex-
hibitors, who are sufferers from the delay,
loudly assert that the gentthrough whom
their goods were shipped has much to
learn about his business. They say that
they were prepared TO prepay The freig hit
charges If that would expedite matters.
but they were never told that this would
be necessary.
At any rate the cars are away overdue
and by their non-arrival the opening of
the exposition Is being delayed The bniid-
ings are ready for the reception and in
stallatiOn of the exhibits, but there are few
Of the latter 10 install. OF those disrlays
now on the ground many comprise heavy
machinery, which will require time to
arrange engines and electrical apparatus
for lighting purposes. 1t is difficult to an
nOunce, in view of this badly managed de-
partment OF the exposition work at Chi
cage. when the Mdwinter Fair can be
opened. but the formal and real COM
mencement OF the exposition can hardly
take place much before the end of the
month. Under this condition of affairs IL
has been suggested that as January "a Will
be the anniversary of the discovery of
gold in 1S4S, that might be a good time to
open the fair.
Busting mechanics are making their &C
tivity felt during the closing days of the
construction OF Sunset City more strongly
than ever. Although there are actually
| fewer wOrkmen on the grounds now than
/ when the erection Of the great buildings
! about the central court was going on, the
number seems as great from the huge
/ strides toward cOmplet ton of the compare
| lively few structures yet unfinished.
a corps Of men is at work extending
i the spur track, which has hitherto run
only to the Mechanical Arts and Agricui-
/ iural buildings. II has now been eX ended
as lar as the adjoining Fine Arts building
/ and by Saturday will be laid TO the Manu-
facturers' building. This track will be of
/ great advantage 10 the exhibitors, for the
/ heaviest dis plays in the far will be i'm the
largest building. There Will be no more
! heavy teaming on the roads and the &C.
ment walks ard graVeled drives can be
| finished without delay.
The foundations of Festival Hall are be-
ing laid aud $1,000 feet of redwood lumber
| for the Humboldt County building are en-
route from the north. Mere lumber will
be brought by the next steamer. Other
buildings at Sunset City are being rapidly
! finished. The Vienna Prater is we'll on
toward mpletiOD, the concert hall need
ing only final touches. Electric lights were
used al Sunset City for the first time yes
terday. when the w0rkmen concluded their
nbnrs in modelling the lava formations of
the Kllauea volcano.
The design of the official souvenir spoop.
for which BennO Obermayer has the con-
cession, was approved yesterday bv the
management The spoon is Handsomely
engraved. Inside the bowl are Representa-
lions of the five official buildings of the
exposition. On the front of the handle
are clusters of fruit. bear, a miner with
! pick and nugget of gold, all inter-
twined with the name of the exposition
On the reverse side of the handle are views
OF the Clih House, the San Gabriel Mis-
siob, the Lick Observatory and the Golden
Gate.
One of the leading features of the fine
arts display at the exposition will be the
paintings which were in the Fine Arts
building in the Worlds Columbian Expo
sllion as the combined exhibit of the
Society 0f Polish Artists. These pictures
are $50 in number, and :hey cover a fs Id
which has rarely been represented in the
history of any art collection in the world.
One Of the paintings in this collection
is by Alchlnowlcz aud is entitled "Glinski
IN Prison." 1t is representation of the
famous imprisonment OF Prince Michael
Ginski, who was kept in prison by the
great Prince of Moscow after his eyes had
been taken OUT, and was not released but
died there in 1885. Another picture which
received medal at the Columbian Expo-
siton was by Gerson, and represented
Hedwig, Queen OF Poland. In the famous
scene with Demetrius. the treasurer,
where she says, Remember, l can break
your and " here the answer is made.
'Franger non f1eeter"-you can break but
not bend me.
Other pictures by Gerson are 1.-The Bap-
tism of Lithuana." king Sigismund's
Vision" and "ADOve the Clouds" land
scale in the Tatra Mountains on the SOUTH
ern frontier of Poland. Still others in
this collection represent Warsaw coal
seller, scenes on the banks OF the River
Bug, the valley of Ojeow, environ
ments of Cracow. a set of twenty-five
water color views Of Cracow, "St Johns
Night by Mateyko, Point KowskPs
famous picture Murder" which took a