The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-11-29
THE wOMANS BUILDING.

One of the most attractive and popular
places at the Fair is the Woman's Build
ing. Whate'er she touches, she adorns.
The building itself-a model of beauty
was designed by a woman. Within its
walls the visitor finds a realm of enchant-
ment Mellow Southern airs, from string
ed instruments, fall upon his ears His
eyes feast upon the rich embroderies, rare
paintings and other beautiful products of
her deft handiwork. Many of the States
have rooms specially set apart, Maryland
being among The number. The Colonial
relics from the New England States form a
Il unique and facinating show in themselves
The ladies manifested much interest in
great grandmothers. The gigantic pro-
portions of these ornaments for the hair
must have seemed quite out of proportion
except when used by stately danes of ma
jcstic mien. We found objects of interest
on every hand In one corner sat a table
800 years old, which was brought to Nir-
ginia early in the scttleMc:.t Of Jamestown;
near by was one reputed to have been
used by Arnold and Andre in 1880. The
original commission issued to Henry
Muhlenburg by George Washington at
tracted my notice 1t was no doubt geu-
uine, and interested me as showing how
rude was the engravers work at that day,
as compared with the artistic State papers
now used. Time-worn portraits of the
notablcs of Revolutionary times fill the
walls: their guns, swords, hats, clothes,
etc are exhibited I'd nduscdn. Up stairs
we saw Il New England woman spinning
silk from the cocOonS, some of which yield
ed as much as 1900 yards of the tiny thread
A CONTRAST.
As sauntered through the grounds one
day could not help notinga striking con-
trast between the old and the new, the
primative and the advanced. The Pullman
company has On exhibition a train of its
most modern cars, perfect moving palaces
of comfort and beauty, built of the costli-
est hardwoods, upholstered with the rich
est fabrics and replete with everything
from parlor to kitchen that caprice could
fancy or wealth procure. Near by the
Sheriff of Wilkes county, Georgia, is cX-
hibiting the mysteries of a once popular
but primitive institution, now nearly for
gotten, except in Georgia, pcrhaps-a bar
bacue The Sheriff tells his visitors "how
we cook EN-, and gives a practical Illus
tration. You can see the great roasting
pit, and the carcaSses of beeves and hogs
suspended on clean hickory poles At
one end Of the pit is the iron pot used fol
making the barbecue stew, which a color
ed boy stirS with a hickory stick. The
process of making said stew the attendant
describes in the following manner: Yer
Jest takes the meet, de hogs haid an all
all sorts er little nice parts, an yer chops
it up wild corn. an permattuseS, an in
juns and green peppers, an stcWs tell hit
"its erlikc, an yer KANT tell what hit :
made NV" Primitive. indeed, the scene
and the surroundings, and taken in
conjunction with the Old Plantation az
exhibited on the Midway, with the old
negro auntv. bringing dc bell for cake
walk, it suggests past that can never be
revived except in story. And OH the 9th
cr hand, | know of nothing that more EN-
phatically marks the progress and adj
vanccd civilization of the last three de-
cadcS than the wonderful means and
methods of modern transportation.
IN TIE CHINESE VILLAGE.
Through the courtesy of our Baltimore
friend Col J. +. Scharf, of the Immigra-
ton Bureau, who has been assigned by
the Government to Il sort Of protcCtoratc
over the Chinese part of the Exposition,
our party was invited to visit in body
this feature Of the show. We were re
cciVcd with marked courtesy by the Chi
nesc officials and escorted to seats in the
theatre. \ Chinese gentlemen, who spoke
English flucntlv, explained the nature of
the performance, which was an exact rep
rc>entation of the drama a. presented in