The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01
Copyright, 1898, by Octave Thanet.)

nc OAHdlld exposition occupies lnret
separate tracts, known as 1.-The MAR
Court" The Bluff Tract and 1.-THE
North Tract" The Main court is built
about the central lagoon. 1t is the Mair
court which recalls the lovely delight OF
the Worlds fair skyline. All the archi-
lecture is classic, and. as 1 have said, the
stucco is always white. The North tract
however. has a character of its own The
architecture is mainly modern Swiss, ex-
cept in the Midway buildings. which are
as gaudy and various as they were al
Worlds Fair. A blending of gay color
mere relieves the classic delicacy of the
larger oulldings. The main court contains
the principal exposition buildings the gov
eminent (the United States exhibit), the
fine arts, arch of states. liberal arts,
mines and mining, auditorium-these in
the order named on the south side of the
court; on the north, agriculture, admins
tration arch, manufactures. machinery
and electricity. girls and boys building.
The North Tract has not only section
of the Midway -(the West Midway but
most interesting exhibit of practical ag-
riculture. dairy and apiary products and
transportation facilities. Here are the
agricultural implement building. dairy and
apiary and divers individual exhibitors
buildings. To an eastern observer, the
irrigation exhibit is as interesting as any.
These unobtruSiVe little bitches show the
triumph of the Nebraska farmer over the
- NSlCSl blOW VI anu llicy IOlQ the
prophecy of far greater triumph in the
future. They are already stripping the
sagebrush plains of their terrors. A little
water is all that is needed to make the
Nebraska roads as fine as there are in the
world. As | drove from Council Bluffs to
omaha, or was blown over on the electric
road, | longed for that highly civilized
day when dust should be abolished
The Bluff Tract is the distinctive fea-
lure OF the Omaha exposition landscape.
Its green heights in
''all the pomp that fills
The circuit of the summer hills
its lovely outlines OF mills and dale. its
sumptuous foliage and it's rich blending
of the field tints will linger on the mind
OF the visitor just as that wondrous sweep
or the lake beyond the gate fingers on the
mind of the visitor to the Worlds fair
The different states have their build
ings in the Bluff Tract Some of them
are very beautiful. Some of them are
picturesque, and some of the minor build
lngs are-startling. For instance, the
enormous yellow wigwam.
But to return to the main court on the
lagoon.
The first building is the magnificent gov
eminent building, which contains the
United States exhibit. The building
fronts the lagoon. having frontage of 2OS
cornfce of 90 feet. 1t is of Ionic order and
color has been used lavishly in decorating
he entrance, which is reached by broad
Ilgnt OF stairs and through a collonade.
,
fountain rises out of the lagoon; and
Neptune flourishes his trident above the
clustering lines of water lilies in which
1t night glow white electric lights The
colossal dome in the center bears heroic
1gure of liberty enlightening the world
With an electric torch. The figure is
oressive than the golden goddess that
olazed at us from the court of honor.
Nothing could be more harmonious than
he proportions of the buildings on the
Il fhn l-.,gI i
S perhaps the most dignified and stately
If them all.
The interior is decorated with innurner-
lble flags. In this feature of decoration
he exposition is unique and consistent
The flag alone is used, but the flag is
everywhere, grouped about the column
draped along the walls. fiutter-
ng from every point, in beautiful and in
piring harmony.
The exhibits of the different depart
nents are more or less interesting accord
coin press which has been making
money at Philadelphia for fifty years It
5 now in operation. but it was taking a
much needed rest when l saw it. The
hiidren always pour into the fisheries
xhfbit, which taStefully entertains one
With winding tunnel of caves. cool with !
reen moss and stalactites. On either side. |
afe behind their glass wall the innumer-
bic fish of America disport themselves |
4 their huge tanks. There are all the /
ommon varieties which look like fish. and |
esides these are the bizarre suggestions |
1 human or suarian shapes. the sea |
orses and the mermaids and the sea rob- |
rs and cells.
Well" said a tall farmer who was
lack coat on his arm, well, amt them |
ritters worse'n delirium tremensI''
Don't know, answered his neighbor.
IF gT fil9 never had delirium tremens my
II didn't neither; but I've heard tell on
m and these things all mouth and legs
lake me think of EN-. Golly, look at that
ne other fellow now
But no tragedy occurred, rather / think
, the crowds disappointment
Outside there is an interesting exhibit
fish culture and fisheries, including all
lnds OF apparatus and tackle and models
boats and fishing troughs. Fish hatch
lg goes on all the time this month, as
Colorado trout. During September and
ctober salmon and Lake Superior trout
ill be Matched.
THE SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT.
OF course the Smithsonian has an ex-
hit. Most visitors will find their at
,ntion attracted by the figures Qife size)
presenting the progress of the primitive
rts; and, connected with these are the
Oject stories of the evolution of light
nd fire and tools and weapons. No one
'ols and utensils. arranged as they
70 in series beginning with the
mplest and ending with the highest
nown form, without a clearer perception
what civilization means. 1t is impossi-
e to go into Details but l would recon-
end this department TO every visitor.
L will confess, however, that | left it
yself and sneaked away TO stare at the
Informs and terra Gotta soldiers talking
yer the Mexican war. The war depart
ent has its own little show All the gay
othes that have strutted on the harm :
SIS field of militia warfare or marched
} to real cannon, have their proxies
ere. There is a droll. understood. self
Itisfed West Point cadet; him | loved
ndly and returned to admire him again
Id again, he looked so young and foolish
Id real in his olive green uniform with
s stiff blonde hair; and there is a brig
lier general of the war of 1912. who looks
re misfit clergyman, and has uni
rm as uncomfortable as the mind of
ilitary tailor could contrive; and there
a Puritan, who wears a broad linen
liar over his buff coat chow long did it