Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-04-30
OPENS TOMORROW.
Everything Ready for Tonnes
sees Centennial to Begin.

Soon the gates Of the great Ten
nessee Centennial will be thrown
open to the world, soon the mys-
terious, invisible and mighty elec-
trio current will be turned on that
simultaneously Will cause to flash
with respondent beauty thous-
ands of arc and incapdescent
lights that will illuminate in all of
the most beautiful lines magma
BILE, one of the most magnificent
and palatial cities ever construct
ed by man for exhibition purposes.
Such were the impressions Of one
who yesterday strolled through
the beautiful streets and winding
walks of the "New White City,"
Such will be the realistic pleasures
of the tens of thousands who will
in a few days visit our great Inter
national Exposition.
81 never dreamed for moment
that such q scene Of bewildering
beauty and marvellous grandeur
awaited me-" will be the thought
and expression of thousands after
they behold with their eyes the
feast that awaits them.
The writer, a native Tennessean
and a citizen Of Nashville, from
the conception Of the Centennial,
and for many months afterwards
only expected to see a State affair
of sufficient Importance to make
all true Tennesseans feel proud.
But there must have been some
wonderful multiplying principle
with the thought of conception,
for, like the banyan tree of India,
each enterprise as it would go up
would reach out, and from the in
spiration new ones would spring
into existence, until to-day, it off
ers attractio MS second only to the
Columbian Fair; and in some
features, even surprising it.
1t is not my intention in this
article to describe the many mag.
nificent buildings; that has been
done time and again; nor do Ipro-
pose to 60 into details of the thous-
ands of different exhibits that
await to greet the strangers eye;
that would be next to impossible.
But if the readers of these notes
have not watched the successful
progression of this great under
taking, | desire to impress upon
them the fact, that if they visit the
Tennessee Centennial, they will be
amply repaid for their trip.
If you are students OF geology
and minerology, one of the finest
collections from the inexhaustible
quarries and mines of Tennessee
ever on exhibition will be found
in the great Minerals and Forestry
Building.
Within this display a gigantic
block of solid white marble, of
such immense proportions, is an
exhibition of itself.
If you belong to the great agri-
cultural class sight Of unimagin.
able beauty in the large Agricul.
tural Building will delight you for
hours at time. Within this col.
ossal structure the decorations
are not surpassed by any building
upon the grounds. Here may be
seen column after column, wreaths
of rare design and grace, mosaic
work and even immense pictures
true to life, and of exquisit b eauty
all made of corn, rye, wheat, grass
es, etc. Imagine how beautiful
this will look, and when you visit
the agricultural department you
will find that your imagination
was not equal to the scene you
will behold.
Ifyou are lovers of art go to
the most imposing structure that
adorns the Exposition grounds.
Look upon, before you enter, ar
exact reproduction Of the ancien
Parthenon. Once within, ant
you are confronted by nearly one
million dollars worth Of pictures
how many moro are to arrive
know not, nor does it matter, fol
there are enough here to consume
weeks, yea months, of your time il
careful study. There are pictures
from various parts of the worlt
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