Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-14
STATE DA1Sfy NlRREDFAvOR
Octave Tbs1si Tells Of Local Crowds and
E-thuEktn s; The Exposition.
GOOD NATURE or The EAGER CROWDS
Architectural and Landscape Eject,
of the Midvay-The Maine Explo-
tfon and other Up-Io-Dnte
Features of Sideshovs.
Copyrighted. 1875. By the Au,bor.)

II anything TIE farmers % NEBRASKA are
more thriving than the townsyeoyle. They
have : splendidlT fertile soil and . climate
'.uEt made for corn and they are q The
genuine AnElo-SaKon stock, which viii not
take a fall from Nature o. anything else
or The small section Of the state whore the
sun is too kind. and TIE rainfall sometimes
fails. they have turned disaster into success
by means Of alfalfa and irrigation. As q
rule, the Nebraska farmer is a man who
has been making money. One good year
here will PIT q man out Of debt. two will
give hin 3 better house and q balance at
his bankers. The NshrhtkB farmers are
coming TO The exposition in numbers One
would say that ~ the first Of Noven-
Der. there would be difculty IN finding the
nan who had Dot gone. either IL person or
through some proxy from his family. 10 see
the great show. Iowa and Kansas are send
inr al army also. and thousands cone from
Illinois. The management has prepared 4
crowded program. During June there was a
procession o; state days. Illinois. Iowa Kan
Ess, in q single week Bands and prooes-
sions. quiet and weary and dusty governors
and gorgeous young stat officers in eold
cord and pluned hats. singers and songs.
speakers and speeches hlled the Auditorium
and THE exposition streets. President Wat
hAN1 A-A@ 49, tANAAs - N1N- 80 H
something different also, and proved that.
bcsi5es Chauncey pepev. there are others.
The quiet governors made their speeches
IN turn. and then stood for hours shaking
hands with ardent and perspiring fellow
citizens and their wives. The state build-
inEs had flowers everywhere, AID the busy
commissioners went about with an absent
minded smile and shook hands until they
wondered whether il could be much worse
to he president II was all firing: the sun
hlazed; yet there WAS something IN THE
lnilless good nature Of these warm.
fatiEusd, yet eager crowds that was hornely
and heartsone. il was plain that they en-
3oyed themselves. They bought candy and
peanuts and hot beef sandwiches they
ehafed Aunt Jsnina as she made pancakes
and asked her II she was the real Aunt
Jeniua Of the advertisements TO which she
always returned the same placid, LAWS
yes. honey; have Z cake" They drank the
free ice water in such appalling quantities
that one wondered they did not drop dead
OF The ground. they walked countless miles
through the buildings. hardly ElancinE al
The vhite-caated chair bearers. parlsyinE
with the j!1ricksha men. but not spending
noney or them They took in the Midway
from The explosion % the Maine 10 the
] Cuban wonder and the wild west: they
] TtSleQ q space OF LIE green SFlLSGS OF Tp1t
II the gondolas. watching for the fireworks;
al last, signing, bu. not from WEAKNESS,
they turned their farewell glEnces On the
radiant court the fountains sporting sap
phires and ruhies and the hre-linnes pal
aces and cliubed into the cars.
Coming hzCk"" cried one TILL. sun
burned ffllow. whose linen coat Was daz-
7linE with patriotic souvenirs Of the eKposi-
hon, silk specimens, 3 Esudr puzzle he
slowed by Aunt Jenina. and the broad rib
boz hadre Of his state, coming back :
Well, / guess, I'm going 10 fetch ell the
folks. from my old mother to the baby.
SsT. its great"
There was q musical congress, very SUI
cessful, both Is to music and Attendance,
There was 3 Turner's day, with al athletic
exhibition, wildly spplhuded and al elo-
quent Grafton. And several thousand people
now know something Of the valiant tight
and The sacrifices that the turner's made for
liberty. thanks 10 the orator OF that ocna-
sion. And il is safe 10 say that Of these
thousands fully half had previously asso-
ciHted the turner's only with lager beer,
white tights. parallel bars and human
pyranids-whieh is one Of the illustrations
Of the education Of the exposition
appearance of the state Buildings.
The state buildings are the exposition club
houses. They are scattered about the Bluff
tract back Of the great Horticulture build
inr. Besides lis ornate architecture, its
great glass dome and crowd Of ninErsts, its
frieze OF cupids playing amid fruit Ana
flowers. and its lovely groups Of Night and
Morning, the state buildings take On IL
ali Of simplicity The less adorned are
almost plain. The immense Nebraska build
ing. however, viii compare with the struc-
lures Oh the Main Court; Illinois has q
stately home, in admirably good taste;
IoVa's building IS one Of the most graceful,
having an original and amazingly comfort
ahle arrangement Of piszZas. II is like q
fine old colonial country house, and within
The hail has q pipe organ, al exquisite
cameo collection. and some really good bits
Of painting, representing Iowa scenes.
There is q very large, beautifully built log
cabin amid the more pretsntious structures.
And The towering yellow Eigwan attracts
every eve. Il may be heretical, but ! con-
Tess TO finding the state buildings distinctly
more pleasing than those Of the Worlds
fair. They are Is 3 rule IN better harmony
with the general design, and they are more
picturesue and better disposed Es features
Of The landscape.
The landscape gardening is one very
striking example Of western quirkness 10
learn. The gardeners have studied their
lesson al The great fair TO good purpose
, They have learned not only when 10 orna-
ueut, hui IA rsreT gift Of fortune in 3 gar.
deDeTl, when TO lei the kindly scsne alone
In consequence there Is q happy diversity
, Of effect, and The faded eye Is sooIhed al
! intervals by b~eEutfu4 spaces and masses o,
grcsnery. There IS plenty Of the intricate
play o. eolors, plenty q variety in the De.
signs and the hursl has relists which gar
5 densrs affect An ingenious one Is tht
great horn Of plenty. framed from eoulise.
IN front q The Iowa building. pouring on,
its wealth Of brilliant enlors on the ter
race.
On the Midway.
: TIE Midway al Omaha has 8 general re.
senhlEnoe 10 the Midway We al know. i