Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-10-07
MAIN ENTRANCE AND ADMINISTRATION


MAIN ENTRANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING.
planned bitterly of the climate the first
week. The managers had some difficulty
IN compelling the mon TO wear enough
clothing for pnblcappearm and lady
visitors who peered into the straw huts
for study Of African domestic life
found one glance enough and retreated
rosy rcd.
Just the same negro-that Is,
miscegene---was the hero of opening
day, Ii is taken by common consent,
but all things considered the speech Of
Professor Booker Il. Washington was
the neatest and most appropriate of the
day and beyond that the mere fact that
he was ON the platform, that the eight
negro commissioners We're in the pro
cession with the rest, and that the Ne
gro building is one Of those most sought
for on the grounds are of telling signiii
canoe. OF equal interest is the fact that
the ladies have managed their depart
ments without a Jar, and the wits will
not have Sc much fun with them as ut
Chicago And as to the rest we now
realize the great gain in constructing
the main buildings around the natural
amphitheatar and appreciate the merits
of the plans of Mr.. Grant Wilkins, chief
Of construction, and his assistants
The main entrance is at Fourteenth
street, middle Of the west side of the
park, where the Administration build
ing fronts the outside space. Ii is said
to be combination of six or seven old
castles aud looks as if it might be all
that and more Inside an advance of a
few rods between the Auditorium and
the Georgia State building brings one
to the brow Of a considerable hill, from
which he looks down into the great oval
basin which adds so greatly to the
beauty and general effectiveness of the
plan. In the deepest part of this basin,
ON the east and south sides, is the so
called Clara mere, two crystal lakes
Joined by broad neck. over which there
is a bridge. A third or more of the floor
of the basin is taken up by the grand
plaza, in the center of which is the foun-
tain, and all the space left vacant by
mere and plaza is dotted with state and
foreign buildings and minor attractions
In the mere is apparently low con-
ical island, but it is an illusion, mere
shell. and'in the immense space under
it is the electrical machinery which is
to produce the marvellous eolored foun
taina, more marvellous, the engineers
say, than anything heretofore seen on
this earth,
On the commanding points of the
terrace around this GENITAL basin are the
principal structures. Boldly conspicu
Gus on the northeast is the largest.
Manufactures and Liberal Arts, 260 by
35l feet, with floor area of 1913, 900
sduare-feet Straight north is the Gov
eminent building. the first to be ready
for visitors, and ON the slope back of it
is the camp of United States soldiers
Northwest is the Fine Arts hall, at the
best point of all for an imposing effect
as seen from the plaza. And it is we'll,
indeed, that il is so, for one cannot
help contrasting its size with that of the
marvellous palace of art at Chicago.
That was indeed imposing rs seen across
the lagoon, but as one goes up to this
one by the three long flights of steps an
Illusion II size is produced, and, seen
from the plaza, it CLOVIS like great
white tcInple set on a hill. This ar
rangement was one Of the happiest con-
ceits Of wilkins & Co. On the east is
the Electrical building, so placed as to
throw a food Of light into the basin.
All the wonderful arrangements by
which the effects are to exceed all here
tofore known | have had explained to
me three times. and therefore know
enough about il to know / had better
not tn "a ecgihe 1T On the extreme
south is Machinery hall, f1mked on one
side ~ ai.rsals and Forestry and on
the oshes Fat The California building,
while ca ise seaihSest is Agriculture,
and on tie southeast Transportation,
and this ends inc list of large structures.
in al the egrners and otherwise va
cant spaces nc s.2fo buildings and for
eign buildings. Mexican village and a
'foriy miner mining camp, scenic dis
plays and niA1y minor attractions, and
LAST, but far fgom least, there are the
Midway heights, with their ostriches
and oriental dancing girls, congress Of
beauties, 6crs1zn village. Cairo streets
and lot n6Ie too tedious TO mention.
And through it al and over it all, so
to speak, one sees q tendency to boast.
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