The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31

the crowd within the grounds was tn
largest ever gathered together la one inclos
ure. That night when the crowd WAS dlSpers
| ing Il lam occurred at one OF lhe main exits
aud iUrIy women tainted. Four people wer
killed BY different accidents and many wer
Injured. Fortunately our rooms were 80 slt
ualed that We could walk TO and from III
grounds Tor the cars were always packed hn'
jammed." OF course. on the first day W
could zee nothing but people, but Gu th
next the crowd Mas not near so great, ant
| we began To see in earnest
The first building we entered was th'
"German Buiding.' have heard tina
France and Germany have the best foreigi
exhibits Ut the Fair and think SO iron
what saw. The most striking Things III
the German building are the figures of Chris
and his disciples. They are so life.like the.
startle one and think are the best things D
the Kind I saw. We next went into tn
Spanish building, which was not very Inter
estiug, and from there 10 the Liberal Art
building. can't begiu 10 tell you now Crane
and beautiful are the exhibits IN TINS ouild
ing. IL is simply beyond description. l
covers an area OF nearly forty acres anu Is Tue
largest building ever erected In America. Ot
entering The building you are surprised, ue
lighted and at the same time amazed, Tor i
| looks as II small town were erected in
| this one building. .
! The principal exhibits are from the United
States. Germnuy, France, and Great Britain
nj bits. 1 Will tell you about them IN the or
der IN which saw them. Japan is beautl
| fully represented, being principally Interest
! my Oh account OF the pretty faorlcs, costlnf
| from one To Two hundred dollars yard, the
| large Vases OF curious Japanese ware, al G
| the peculiar furniture.
Auslrla's forte is certainly the manufacture
or chiua aud glass ware. 1t was beautlful
especially that from Vienna. Some pieces o.
glass had patterns enaIneled In delicate
shades and traced In goId.
Germany What can 1 not say OF 1t? Ev
cry tuing was SO grand. The famous King
Ludwig's apartment are here, Which consis!
OF three rouls more magnificentiy furn ished
Tina anything ever Imagined. Tho ceilings
and walls are beautifully freScoed and the
hangings richly embroidered in gold. Some
tapslrles, pictures IN tiiing and hdnohani
mered silver and gold are displayed. Inc
characteristics vi the whole exhibit are mus
sivenesS and richness.
The most interesting things In the exhlol'
OF Great Britain are model Of w lndsor Gas
lie, room In Hatfield House, England, and q
ca ket given by the citizens ol LONDON 10
Gladstone. Windsor Castle was Particularly
interesting. You can easily Imagine That
some vi Scotl'S characters 1nhaulted the
gloomy tower of thus residence OF Brltisn
Royalty.
embroidered In gold and q chair carved ol
Brazil Ilianwo,,d which belonged 10 Dom re-
dro /. were very interesting.
III Italy sculpture VAS, OF course Tue prlncl-
pal feature. All uI IT was beautiful. The eX.
hibt troth Venice IVES very Interesting. IL
was SO iureigu-looking that you leit as II you
had really visited another part or the WorIu
alter seeing II. 49,
deal OF real seal-Skin, sable and ermlne
Frances exhibit was perfectly fascinating.
You were continually coming upon delignt,
Iul surprises. Turn one corner aud you stanu
uefore u lovely tableau in which the actors
are wax figures. Walk little iartner aho
W hat appears 10 be the outside OF an Esyp-
tlan tempe Will confront you. Here we saw
Nupoieau's bedroom set some oI the iurni.
ture of Louis ". and XVI, WORK taole oi
Marie Autuluette, u caudelaora of Lafayette,
some Very fine UrooZes anu perIectiy iotSIy
dresses. Que bridal dress cost Sl,5.0! Inc
furniture, and gold aud silver exhloits OF Tue
United States are the finest l saw. Some Oh
The finest furniture was manufactured IN
Chicago. Tifany's exhibits beyond uescrip.
tion but will try TO tell you ABOUT IL; You
first enter his chapel which Is ngnLed only
with candles. The windows are OF stained
and painted glass and on the altars Is Jew
eled cross. The whole effert Is indescrloaoiy
at the Fair. You then enter the room where
his jewels are displayed. You know ne Hla
own the largest diamond In America; lois
was In glass case which reVolVed. must
confess did not think II very pretty, tnough
1t did cost $4,000. l. really haven't tllne "
tell you more about this building, though
wish did. II was decidedly my laVorlte
building.
a portion OF 1t called the Court OF Honor" ~
the centre of which is the Grand Basin: Az
one end OF IL Is the Administration building
and the other is the Perlstyle. 1t Is complete
ly surrounded by those large white ouildlngs
on account of which the Fair Grounds have
been called the white city, In front OF
the Administration building Is McMonnles
fountain, the wonderful fountain In whlch
the sprays of water are chamged 10 al co,Efs or
OF the rainbow by electricity. Opposite this
Is French's Statue Of the Republic. IT, is d
beautiful thing and perfectly Immense. Ihe
distance from its ch in TO It's forehead Is niteen
| =, L..
and when the sun shines on 1t in the day or
searchlight at night 1t looks as u II we're on
fire.
love to shut my eyes and imagine ! am
The gilded dome which crowns the Admins,
tratiOn building is ribbed with thousand
lights; the fountain is playing and the water
is now green, then red, yellow ETC., ana IL is
GUS manner. you can almost hear the fairy
exriaim "Pr.sto, change" But l nave to
open my eyes now 10 proceed.
We went up up IN the Ferris wheel, Two
hundred and fifty feet in the air; saw the
silver statue of Ada Rehan IN tue Mining
building; saw the Liberty Bell In the Penn
sylvania State building; went to Mount Yer.
non and saw all the relics OF ofWashington and
his family; saw lovely pictures and sculpt
ure In the Art Palace; saw queen Niclorla's
furniture in the British building; and all the
wonders OF the Electricity building by night;
enjoyed very much the Interesting exhi9,ls
L
ings; rode on the moving sidewalk and
saw and did a great many things that
haven't time time to tell about.
Now last but not least, / must tell you
about La Rabida and Columbus's feet. The
latter consisted OF the three ships In which
Columbus first crossed the ocean, the SANTA
Maria Nina and Pinta. You can board the
santa Maria, which was the flagship and In
which was the Admiral's cabin. These were
very interesting but not more so than La ia.
bida, the convent In which the Immortal
Columbus found shelter and 10 which are bis
scripts which relate TO him, pictures OF him
and events in his life, an old door from The
| real La RaUidu, stones from the town OF lisa
bella which he founded, the anchor OF the
Santa Maria and his remains You are dis
appointed when you fist see these wonderful
ashes, for they are In an old battered chest
where you can't see them at all. 1t Is very
hard 10 believe they are his remains but
| any way you must pretend that you do. We
took one day To see the city or rather very
small portion of II. We rode there from the
| Fair grounds on boat and enjoyed IL sc
| much. We did some shopping In Marshall
| Field & Co.'S. establishment which Is next tc
| the largest retail house In the United States
| Three Thousand persons are employed, and
| TO any one who likes order and system 1t is 9
| pleasure to sit down and watch the statesmen
| We went into the Palmer House which o.
course, was beautiful, and saw me MASONIC
Temple which is tweniy.one stories nigh
The city was full Of wonders. very few
OF which we had time 10 see.
Well we may be proud OF being cltlzens
| that Republic, whose sons have contributed
| so much to the knowledge OF the world dls
known. Yours lovingly,
| Mary Lee Zelgler.